Kevin Gausman throws 8 innings of 2-hit ball, Blue Jays beat Guardians 6-0

By: The Associated Press Posted: 4:07 PM CDT Thursday, Jun. 26, 2025 Last Modified: 5:15 PM CDT Thursday, Jun. 26, 2025

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Gausman threw eight innings of two-hit ball, Alejandro Kirk and Nathan Lukes drove in two runs apiece and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-0 on Thursday to win the three-game series.

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Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left the game in the third inning after being hit by a 96 mph fastball from Guardians starter Tanner Bibee. X-rays came back negative, and the team said Guerrero sustained a forearm contusion.

Gausman (6-6) gave up one walk on 104 pitches with six strikeouts and reliever Chad Green finished the Guardians’ fifth shutout of the season.

Toronto Blue Jays' Kevin Gausman pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Addison Barger led off the ninth with a single, Ernie Clement and Jonatan Clase each drew a walk to load the bases with one out and pinch-hitter Kirk’s single scored Barger and Clement. Clase scored on a throwing error by left fielder Steven Kwan, one of four by Cleveland.

Kwan hit in a double in the first for the Guardians, whose only other hit was single by Kyle Manzardo in the fourth.

Bibee (4-8) gave up three hits and two runs in six innings.

José Ramirez hit a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning on Wednesday to lift Cleveland to 5-4 win after George Springer’s grand slam gave Toronto a 10-6 victory on Tuesday.

Key moment

Clase led off the third with a single, Tyler Heineman was hit by a pitch and Myles Straw laid down a sacrifice bunt and reached on a fielding error by Manzardo to load the bases with no outs. Lukes followed with a two-run single and Straw scored on another error by Manzardo, who bobbled a pickoff attempt, to give the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead.

Key stat

Manzardo committed three errors and Bibee threw two wild pitches in Toronto’s three-run third inning.

Up next

Toronto’s José Berríos (3-3, 3.51 ERA) takes the mound against Boston’s Brayan Bello (3-3, 3.21) on Friday and Cleveland’s Luis L. Ortiz (4-8, 4.30) pitches against St. Louis right-hander Sonny Gray (7-2, 3.72).

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