Toronto Blue Jays

5thin AL East · 75-76

Ugh, no.

Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Detroit Tigers

71-79 6 – 5

75-76

Final · Mon, Sep 14

Game Details

Rogers Centre (Toronto) · 42,867 fans · Sportsnet, TVA, MLB.TV, Tigers.TV

Recap

Zach McKinstry scores go-ahead run on error to help Tigers outlast Blue Jays 6-5

Zach McKinstry scored the winning run on a missed-catch error in the ninth inning after Brett Callahan hit a tying RBI single in the eighth, as the Detroit Tigers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Monday night.

Recap via ESPN

Rogers Centre · Toronto

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	6	9	0
TOR	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	8	1

Win Probability · Toronto Blue Jays

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Detroit Tigers

Max Clark · 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
Tyler Kinley · 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K (W, 7-5)Pitching

Toronto Blue Jays

Kazuma Okamoto · 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, 1 RBatting
Louis Varland · 1.2 IP, 1 ER, 2 K (L, 5-6, B, 2)Pitching

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

2026 American League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

Scoring

Top 9th

BER McKinstry scored on error, Lee safe at first on error by pitcher Varland.6–5

Top 8th

1B Callahan singled to left, McGonigle scored, Greene to second.5–5

Bot 7th

HR Okamoto homered to left (390 feet), Springer scored and Kirk scored.4–5

Top 7th

2B Torkelson doubled to left, Clark scored.4–2

Top 7th

2B Clark doubled to left, Dingler scored and Greene scored.3–2

Top 7th

1B Dingler singled to left, Torres scored, Greene to second.1–2

Bot 1st

WP Springer scored on Melton wild pitch, Kirk to second.0–2

Bot 1st

1B Kirk singled to left, Bateman scored, Springer to third.0–1

Team Stats

Detroit TigersToronto Blue Jays

Batting

9 Hits 8

0 Home Runs 1

2 Walks 6

7 Strikeouts 7

1 Stolen Bases 0

16 Left on Base 23

Pitching & Fielding

183 Pitches Thrown 144

0 Errors 1

3 Double Plays 0

Box Score

Detroit Tigers ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
K. McGonigle3B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.273	17	.373	.425
G. Torres2B	5	1	1	0	0	1	.267	20	.368	.378
J. PeckSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	0	.357	.265
R. GreeneDH	5	1	2	0	0	1	.284	24	.371	.483
D. DinglerC	4	1	1	1	0	2	.244	14	.304	.455
B. CallahanLF	4	0	1	1	0	0	.231	13	.281	.385
M. ClarkCF	4	1	1	2	0	0	.273	11	.353	.446
S. Torkelson1B	3	0	1	1	1	2	.223	16	.315	.414
Z. McKinstryRF	3	1	0	0	1	0	.207	15	.293	.305
H. Lee2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.255	14	.315	.408
Team	37	6	9	5	2	7		144

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T. Melton	2.2	5	2	2	4	3	0	76-45	2.52
B. Brieske	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	40-26	4.91
T. Holton	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15-10	2.69
K. Finnegan(B, 10)	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	1	28-19	4.18
T. Kinley(W, 7-5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-8	3.66
K. Jansen(S, 20)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	13-8	3.43
Team	9.0	8	5	5	6	7	1	183-116

Toronto Blue Jays ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
B. BatemanCF	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.323	16	.395	.423
G. SpringerDH	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	.253	33	.328	.418
C. McAdooPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	0	.297	.345
V. Guerrero Jr.1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.263	20	.334	.362
A. KirkC	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.280	27	.353	.428
N. LukesRF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.273	21	.322	.390
K. Okamoto3B	4	1	1	3	1	0	1	.236	15	.311	.468
A. GimenezSS	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.245	16	.290	.362
J. SmithLF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.225	15	.319	.352
M. StrawLF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	12	.299	.340
E. Clement2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.271	8	.297	.379
Team	34	5	8	4	1	6	7		183