TORONTO – Andruw Monasterio’s solo shot within the sixth began a five-run inning because the Milwaukee Brewers routed the Toronto Blue Jays 7-2 on Friday in a showdown between the American and Nationwide League leaders.
Isaac Collins’s two-run double capped off the inning that noticed Milwaukee (84-52) work by its complete batting order. Andrew Vaughn and Caleb Durbin every had an RBI single within the sixth.
Christian Yelich’s floor out scored one other run within the seventh and Vaughn had one other RBI single within the subsequent at bat.
Freddy Peralta (16-5) pitched six innings of one-hit ball, hanging out eight with only one stroll. Aaron Ashby, Shelby Miller and Abner Uribe preserved Peralta’s win.
Davis Schneider hit a two-run single as Toronto (78-57) mounted a small comeback within the seventh.
Shane Bieber (1-1) gave up two runs on 5 hits, hanging out six over 5 1/3 innings.
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Relievers Brendon Little, Louis Varland and Justin Bruihl gave up a mixed 5 runs over 1 2/3 innings. Tommy Nance and Yariel Rodriguez additionally got here out of the bullpen.
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Blue Jays’ star centre-fielder Daulton Varsho dropped to the turf in apparent ache after he was hit on the hand by a 96.9 m.p.h. sinker from Ashby within the seventh. Myles Straw changed him.
TAKEAWAYS
Brewers: Peralta outpitched Bieber in what promised to be a duel between two of the very best starters in Main League Baseball. Toronto runners solely bought into scoring place twice with Peralta on the mound. Alejandro Kirk had a two-out double within the second — the one hit Peralta allowed — and George Springer was hit by a pitch to guide off the third earlier than Addison Barger drew a stroll.
Blue Jays: Bieber had a spectacular Toronto debut in a 5-2 win over the Miami Marlins on Aug. 27, hanging out 9 and permitting only one run on two hits over six innings. He picked up the place he left off on Friday evening, hanging out the primary three batters he confronted. He solely allowed three hits till Monasterio’s homer within the sixth. His earned-run common grew to 2.38 within the loss.
KEY MOMENT
Little had an 86.7 m.p.h. knuckle curve exterior the zone referred to as a strike to go 1-2 towards Vaughn with one out and two on within the sixth. Little’s subsequent two pitches had been each knuckle curves within the dust, forcing him to throw a 93.1 m.p.h. sinker within the zone that Vaughn linked on to attain a run and delay the inning.
KEY STAT
Because the All-Star break, Toronto’s bullpen has a 5.60 earned-run common, second worst within the majors. Blue Jays relievers gave up 5 runs over 3 2/3 innings on Friday.
UP NEXT
Kevin Gausman (8-10) will get the beginning for Toronto within the second recreation of the sequence.
Quinn Priester (11-2) is scheduled to start out for the Brewers.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Aug. 29, 2025.
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