The Toronto Blue Jays participated in their first game this season in Buffalo and defeated the Miami Marlins 5-1 at Sahlen Field on Tuesday night. The Blue Jays held their home games in the first two months of the 2021 regular season at their spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida.
The Blue Jays 30 home games during the shortened 2020 campaign was in Buffalo instead of Toronto due to the Canadian government's guidelines toward the coronavirus pandemic. The Marlins and Blue Jays played in the first Major League Baseball regular season ever in Buffalo on August 11, 2020.
The Marlins have lost five of their last seven games. Both clubs will the second game of their two-game set on Wednesday.
Toronto(28-25) started ahead \3-0 in the third inning. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. blasted a solo home run to left-center field on the first pitch. with Marcus Semien and Bo Bichette aboard. It was the 17th homer for Guerrero this season.
Miami(24-29) garnered their only run of the contest in the top of the fifth. Starling Marte doubled into ccccc field and Luis Marte crossed the plate.
The Blue Jays picked up one run during the bottom of the fifth. Teoscar Hernandez grounded out to third for Semien to score.
It became 5-1 for Toronto in the eighth inning. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. powered a solo home run to left-center field on a 3-2 count for his fifth homer of the year.
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