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Mar 31, 2026; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Jesus Sanchez (12) is doused with water by team mates as they celebrate a win over the Colorado Rockies at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images | Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images
I said it almost had to go better than yesterday, and it did. Max Scherzer was regularly getting it up to 95 tonight, which has to be a good sign. The offence wasn’t slugging but they notched 14 hits and four walks, and the bullpen kept things low stress. A nice bounce back all around.
Max Scherzer looked good early in his season debut. He retired the side in order in the first. TJ Rumfield singled and Brenton Doyle walked in the second, but his second K of the night got him out of it. Two soft flies and a ground out got him through the third. Rumfield reached again in the third, on a fly ball that Sanchez lost in the lights, but again Scherzer got out of it pretty easily. A line single was erased by a double play in the fifth. The only damage against him came in the sixth, as Hunter Goodman launched a solo shot deep into the second deck in left field. All in all, he gave up one run on four hits and a walk, striking out four. Not bad for an old guy.
The offence struggled with Ryan Feltner. Four of the first six Jays struck out, and none of the first eight reached. Andres Gimenez lined one off Feltner’s back for a single to get the first Jay on. Gimenez then stole second to put a man in scoring position, while George Springer worked a walk, but Jesus Sanchez grounded out to prevent them from capitalizing. Feltner left the game at that point, probably as the bruise started to swell. Juan Mejia took over. Vladimir Guerrero jr. lead off the third with a line single to left. One batter later, Nathan Lukes did the same, moving Vlad to second. Ernie Clement got jammed on a high fastball and lined it directly back to the mound. Mejia caught it and was able to toss it to first for an easy double play.
The Jays finally got on the board in the fifth. Daulton Varsho and Tyler Heineman singled to lead off, and with one out Springer walked to load the bases. That prompted Colorado to pull Mejia in favour of Jaden Hill. The move didn’t really work, as a Sanchez single and a Vlad walk force home two runs, enough to eventually earn Scherzer the win.
Brennan Bernardino worked around a Heineman single in the bottom of the sixth. Mason Fluharty got the first two outs of the seventh and Braydon Fisher the third, while the offence added three runs of insurance off Zach Agnos. Four consecutive hits by Sanchez, Guerrero, Kazuma Okamoto, and Nathan Lukes brought the tally to four, and an Ernie Clement double cashed a fifth. Fisher returned to work a scoreless eighth around a Jake McCarthy double, and Jeff Hoffman allowed only a single in the ninth to seal it.
Jays of the Day: Vlad (0.14), Scherzer (0.24)
Less So: Clement (-0.10)
The series wraps tomorrow with a getaway day game at 1:07pm ET. Kevin Gausman (0-0, 1.50) will make his second start of the season against Rockies ace Kyle Freeland (0-1, 4.15)
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