Overview

• Toronto beat Cincinnati 13-9 after trailing by five, with home runs from George Springer, Daulton Varsho, Alejandro Kirk, Addison Barger and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
• Varsho and Kirk went back to back in the fourth before Barger and Guerrero repeated the feat in the fifth, marking two pairs of consecutive homers in one game for the first time since 2015 for the club.
• Shane Bieber yielded five runs in the second inning but settled to finish six frames for the win in his third start back from Tommy John surgery.
• The Blue Jays piled up 18 hits, with Barger driving in four runs as Springer extended his torrid stretch, giving Toronto a 2-1 series victory.
• The Reds fell to 70-70 with 10 losses in 13 games and remain five back of the Mets for the final NL wild-card spot, as Zack Littell allowed four homers and now leads MLB with 34; OptaSTATS noted Cincinnati allowed a run in seven straight innings after leading by 5+ at home and still lost.