Kevin Gausman pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings to win back-to-back begins for the primary time this season, Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman each homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Thursday.

Gausman (4-3) struck out 11, giving him 100 on the season and reclaiming the AL lead from Angels right-hander Shohei Ohtani (90). Gausman allowed 5 hits and walked two.

“He was awesome,” Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider stated. “I mean, he was lights out.”

Gausman has struck out 10 or extra a major-league main 5 instances in his 12 begins.

“That’s a pretty ridiculous pace,” Schneider stated. “It’s a testament to him, how he takes care of himself.”

Erik Swanson retired all 4 batters he confronted and Jordan Romano completed for his thirteenth save in 16 possibilities.

PHOTOS: Gausman strikes out 11, Bichette and Chapman HR, Blue Jays beat Brewers 3-1

The Brewers have misplaced 5 of seven.

Bichette and Chapman each linked off Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta (5-5) in a three-run first inning as Toronto opened June on a profitable be aware after going 11-17 in May.

Bichette bought it began with a solo drive to heart, his team-leading twelfth. Three batters later, Chapman hit a two-run blast, his eighth.

“That put us in a big hole against a really good pitcher,” Brewers supervisor Craig Counsell stated.

Blue Jays heart fielder Kevin Kiermaier made a sensational diving catch on the warning observe for the ultimate out of the second inning, laying out for Andruw Monasterio’s deep drive. Backing up the play, proper fielder George Springer raised his arms in celebration on the spotlight reel catch by the three-time Gold Glove award winner.

“He just has that mentality to go after it and go get it,” an appreciative Gausman stated. “I told him after the game ‘It looked like you had no chance to get to that from my vantage point.’ Then he just kind of came out of nowhere and made the play.”

Kiermaier almost made one other nice catch within the ninth, however couldn’t provide you with Rowdy Tellez’s inning-opening triple. After William Contreras walked, Tellez scored on Brian Anderson’s double-play grounder.

After giving up a leadoff double within the second, Peralta retired the subsequent 9 batters so as. He set down 14 of the ultimate 16 batters he confronted.

“They took very good ABs against me in the first inning but I was able to manage it a little bit,” Peralta stated.

Peralta allowed three runs and 6 hits in six innings, his second straight shedding determination.

Blue Jays batters didn’t strike out, stroll, or hit a house run in Wednesday’s 4-2 loss, simply the third time in staff historical past that’s occurred, and the primary since 1979. In distinction, Toronto did all three within the first inning Thursday. After Bichette and Chapman homered, Cavan Biggio drew a two-out stroll however Kiermaier struck out to finish the inning.

SPEED ZONE

Gausman ended the sixth by putting out Anderson with a 99.3 mph fastball. It was the quickest pitch Gausman has thrown this season, and his quickest since a 99.3 fastball on Aug. 9, 2020.

IT’S A BEAST

Milwauklee is 3-6 in opposition to AL East opponents.

UP NEXT

Brewers: RHP Corbin Burnes (4-4, 3.68) begins Friday as Milwaukee opens a three-game collection at Cincinnati. LHP Brandon Williamson (0-0, 5.02) begins for the Reds.

Blue Jays: RHP Chris Bassitt (5-4, 3.80) faces his former staff Friday as Toronto begins a three-game collection in New York in opposition to the Mets. New York had not named a starter.

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