Overview
- Corbin Carroll, who batted with the bases loaded Saturday, crushed a 3-1 pitch for an eighth-inning grand slam that sealed a 6-2 win and handed Juan Morillo his first major-league victory.
- Jeff Hoffman allowed two singles and a four-pitch walk before the homer and took the loss, a fresh sign of the Blue Jays’ shaky bullpen.
- Max Scherzer returned to Chase Field with six steady innings of two-run ball and now sits at 3,499 career strikeouts, one shy of 3,500.
- Ildemaro Vargas led off the eighth with a single to extend his majors-leading hitting streak to 17 games.
- The defeat left Toronto at 7-13 and last in the AL East, with Kevin Gausman set to face Ryne Nelson in Sunday’s series finale.