Offensively, Toronto had 15 hits in the win, with Nathan Lukes, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Ernie Clement, Joey Loperfido and Will Wagner registering multi-hit efforts. Guerrero went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs, and he also tied a franchise legend in team history.

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“Just not good enough,” said manager Aaron Boone, who along with pitching coach Matt Blake was ejected in the seventh inning for arguing balls and strikes. “We’ve got to obviously tighten it up. Confident we will. We’ll continue to work at it. We have good defenders here. But tonight was obviously a rough night for us.”