Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays

77-79, 37-41 Away

Final
7 - 2

Texas Rangers

78-78, 44-34 Home

Playoff hopeful Blue Jays avoid series sweep with 7-2 win over AL West-leading Texas

Bateman walked twice against Texas starter Jacob deGrom (11-10), scoring on a sacrifice fly by Lukes in the first and a go-ahead RBI single by Kazuma Okamota in the fifth. Bateman had a leadoff double to ignite a four-run seventh, scoring on a single by Lukes.

With six games remaining, the Rangers (78-78) kept a one-game lead in the AL West after Houston (77-79) lost 4-2 at home to NL East champion Atlanta. The Astros own the division tiebreaker.

Toronto (77-79) had the same record as the Astros, and both were 2 1/2 games behind the Chicago White Sox for the third and final wild card.

Spencer Arrighetti (9-9), the second of seven Blue Jays pitchers, got the win despite giving up the only Texas runs over his two innings.

DeGrom, who has been dealing with mild groin tightness, left with the bases loaded in the fifth and the Rangers down 3-2. Left-handed reliever Robert Garcia induced an inning-ending double-play grounder on his first pitch.

DeGrom allowed five hits, walked four and hit another batter. The two-time Cy Young Award winner's two strikeouts put his season total at 196, just short of his fifth career 200-strikeout season.

Lukes had a single and scored on Sean Keys' double in the third for a 2-0 Blue Jays lead. Texas got even on Jake Burger's 27th homer, a two-run shot in the fourth that went 398 feet and deflected off Bateman's extended glove when he leaped at the wall in center field.

Up next Toronto opens a three-game series in Baltimore on Monday night. The Rangers have a day off before opening their final home series Tuesday night against the New York Mets.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Seager grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Langford out at second.
	9th Inning	Langford walked, Carter to second.
	9th Inning	Carter singled to left.
	9th Inning	Jansen grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Varland relieved Rogers
	9th Inning	Springer as designated hitter.

Statistics

TOR		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	11
5	Strikeouts	7
7	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	2
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
20	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
149	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	11
43	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
6.3	Runs Created	3.4
.314	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.324
.286	Secondary Average	.206
.419	On Base Percentage	.316
.847	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.639
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
6.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
47.0	Batter Rating	19.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.47	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.114	Isolated Power	.088
1.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.140	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
14.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
93.8	MLB Rating	74.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0