TORONTO — Danny Jansen homered and scored three runs, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in a pair and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Monday evening.

Jansen hit his career-best sixteenth residence run, a solo shot within the third inning, as Toronto started a stretch of 12 video games towards groups at or close to the underside of the standings. The Blue Jays go to Colorado and Oakland subsequent, then host Kansas City.

The Rockies, Athletics and Royals all path their divisions. Washington got here into this sequence one sport forward of the last-place New York Mets within the NL East.

Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman pitched 5 innings to win for the primary time in three begins. Gausman (10-8) allowed three runs and 7 hits.

Gausman walked two and struck out seven, boosting his AL-leading complete to 202. Atlanta’s Spencer Strider leads the majors with 236.

Trevor Richards pitched two innings, Génesis Cabrera labored the eighth and Jordan Hicks completed for his twelfth save in 15 possibilities.

Joey Meneses had three RBIs and CJ Abrams had three hits and three stolen bases however the Nationals misplaced their second straight after successful the earlier three.

Washington right-hander Josiah Gray (7-11) allowed 4 runs and 4 hits in two innings, extending his winless streak to 6 begins. He walked 4 and struck out two.

Meneses hit an RBI single within the first however Toronto scored 4 within the second. Guerrero hit an RBI double, and George Springer and Davis Schneider each had RBI singles.

Meneses reduce it to 5-3 with a two-run double within the fifth however Kevin Kiermaier replied with an RBI single off Andrés Machado within the backside half.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Blue Jays: Toronto put 3B Matt Chapman on the 10-day injured record due to a sprained proper center finger and recalled INF Ernie Clement from Triple-A Buffalo.

NO BO

Shortstop and AL hits chief Bo Bichette was not in Toronto’s lineup Monday. The two-time All-Star was scheduled to endure an MRI on the sore proper quad that compelled him out of Sunday’s 10-7 loss to Cleveland after 5 innings.

Bichette was batting .314, second within the AL behind Tampa Bay’s Yandy Diaz.

ROSTER MOVES

Washington chosen the contract of C Drew Millas from Triple-A Rochester and transferred RHP Carl Edwards Jr. (proper shoulder) to the 60-day IL. OF Blake Rutherford was optioned to Triple-A following Sunday’s loss at Miami.

EVERYWHERE MAN

Blue Jays rookie Schneider began at third base, his third place in three video games. Schneider began at second on Saturday and in left subject Sunday.

UP NEXT

RHP José Berríos (9-9, 3.55 ERA) is scheduled to begin for Toronto on Tuesday towards Washington LHP MacKenzie Gore (6-10, 4.38).

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