TORONTO (AP) — Ernie Clement singled home the winning run in the 11th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Athletics 8-7 on Saturday.
Clement won it with a one-out single to left off Luis Medina (0-1), scoring Nathan Lukes for Toronto's second-straight walk-off win.
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Toronto Blue Jays' Jesús Sánchez (12) scores a run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics in Toronto, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk, right, and a team trainer, left, help pitcher Mason Fluharty leave the game after he was hit by a second come-backer in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics in Toronto, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease (84) throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Athletics in Toronto Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Athletics' Shea Langeliers (23) celebrates in the dugout with teammates after he hit a grand slam in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) slides into home plate to score in front of Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers (23) in the bottom of the sixth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto rookie Spencer Miles (1-0) pitched a scoreless top of the 11th to win his major league debut.
Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk hit a game-tying homer off Michael Kelly in the bottom of the ninth, Toronto’s first home run of the season.
Brent Rooker’s two-out single in the top of the 10th gave the A’s a 7-6 lead, but Addison Barger tied it with a sacrifice fly in the bottom half.
Shea Langeliers hit his third career grand slam but it wasn’t enough for the Athletics, who couldn’t make a 6-2 lead stand up.
Langeliers, who homered twice in Friday’s season-opening loss, went 2 for 4 with a walk.
Dylan Cease set a Blue Jays record by striking out 12 in his Toronto debut, including seven straight at one stretch. He fanned Tyler Soderstrom to end the third before striking out the side in the fourth and fifth.
The Athletics trailed 2-1 through six before a five-run seventh.
Left-hander Mason Fluharty started the inning but exited after being struck on the right leg by consecutive infield singles.
Lefty Brendon Little came on and struck out pinch hitter Andy Ibañez, but both runners advanced on a double steal before Denzel Clarke tied it with an infield single.
Nick Kurtz walked to load the bases and Langeliers chased Little with a 420-foot drive to center.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit an RBI single in the seventh and Toronto cut the gap to one in the eighth with RBI hits by Jesús Sánchez and Andrés Giménez.
LHP Eric Lauer starts as the Blue Jays go for the sweep in Sunday’s series finale. RHP Luis Morales starts for the Athletics.
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Toronto Blue Jays' Jesús Sánchez (12) scores a run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics in Toronto, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk, right, and a team trainer, left, help pitcher Mason Fluharty leave the game after he was hit by a second come-backer in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics in Toronto, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease (84) throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Athletics in Toronto Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Athletics' Shea Langeliers (23) celebrates in the dugout with teammates after he hit a grand slam in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) slides into home plate to score in front of Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers (23) in the bottom of the sixth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
HAVANA (AP) — Two sailboats that went missing carrying humanitarian aid from southern Mexico to Cuba landed in Havana on Saturday afternoon hours after Mexico's navy said it had located the boats days after they went incommunicado because of bad weather.
The vessels carrying at least eight people departed from Isla Mujeres in southern Mexico on March 20 and then lost contact, fueling concern in Mexico, Cuba and beyond.
In a post on X on Saturday morning, the navy said an aircraft spotted the boats 80 nautical miles (148 kilometers) northwest of Havana, Cuba. Upon arriving to the island, Adnaan Stumo, the coordinator of the sailing convoy, said bad weather was responsible for the delay because the boats had to take a longer route and the sailors were “never in any serious danger.”
He thanked Mexico's navy, which escorted one of the boats into Havana Bay, for its support and making sure they were OK, and said they were “delighted” to start delivering aid to Cubans on the island.
““We arrive with a simple but powerful message: solidarity with the Cuban people doesn’t stop at borders. It crosses oceans,” Stumo, a U.S. citizen, said. “Over the past week, our sailboats encountered difficult conditions at sea, during which we lost contact with convoy coordinators and maritime authorities alike."
The organization Nuestra América Convoy said Friday that based on the speed of the vessels reported to the Cuban maritime authorities, the window of arrival for the boats in Havana should be between Friday and Saturday and that the boats were led by experienced sailors.
James Schneider, communications director for Progressive International who helped coordinate the Nuestra America convoy to Cuba, thanked Mexican and Cuban authorities for their help on Saturday and said he was “relieved” to hear they were safe.
“The crews are safe, and the vessels are continuing their journey to Havana,” he said Saturday morning. “The convoy remains on track to complete its mission — delivering urgently needed humanitarian aid to the Cuban people."
The boat's arrival comes as an increasing number of countries and aid organizations have sent shipments of aid to Cuba while a U.S. fuel blockade has caused crippling blackouts and pushed the Caribbean nation to the brink of collapse. President Donald Trump in a speech Friday said “Cuba is next” after speaking about military actions in Venezuela and Iran.
The fuel blockade has prompted United Nations leaders to warn of a potential “humanitarian crisis” in the island's future amid mounting concerns by human rights and religious leaders as hospitals, schools and many residents go without power for long stretches.
The same day the boat was located, a delegation of religious leaders also arrived in Cuba. They visited hospitals and a nursing home, and met with other religious leaders on the island.
“Immense suffering is being caused to the people,” said the Rev. Philip Vinod Peacock, general secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.
One of two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid organized by activists with an international organization that departed from Mexico arrives in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
One of two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid organized by activists with an international organization that departed from Mexico arrives in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
One of two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid organized by activists with an international organization that departed from Mexico arrives in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Activists from the vessel Maguro that arrived from Mexico, behind, as part of the "Nuestra America," or Our America convoy, unload humanitarian aid with the help of Cuban port workers in Havana Bay, Cuba, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Jorge Luis Banos/IPS via AP, Pool)
Activists from the vessel Maguro, that arrived from Mexico, unload solar panels and other humanitarian aid from the "Nuestra America," or Our America convoy, at the port in Havana Bay, Cuba, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Jorge Luis Banos/IPS via AP, Pool)
Activists wave Cuban and Palestinian flags from the vessel Maguro, arriving from Mexico with humanitarian aid as part of the "Nuestra America," or Our America convoy, in Havana Bay, Cuba, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Activists wave Cuban and Palestinian flags from the vessel Maguro, arriving from Mexico with humanitarian aid as part of the "Nuestra America," or Our America Convoy, in Havana Bay, Cuba, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
