Sanoja and Stowers each have 2 doubles and 2 RBIs as Marlins win 4th straight, beat Blue Jays 8-2

TORONTO (AP) — Janson Junk pitched five innings and won for the first time since April 28, Kyle Stowers and Javier Sanoja each had two doubles and two RBIs, and the Miami Marlins extended their winning streak to four games by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 8-2 on Monday night.

Canadian outfielder Owen Caissie went 2 for 4 and drove in a pair as Miami improved to 14-5 all-time at Rogers Centre.

Junk (3-5) allowed one run and eight hits, all singles. He walked none and struck out three.

Ernie Clement hit a solo home run for Toronto, but the Blue Jays lost their second straight after winning the previous four.

Toronto’s Trey Yesavage allowed five hits and a career-high five runs in a season-high 6 2/3 innings. The rookie right-hander had allowed just three total earned runs in five previous starts this season.

Yesavage (2-2) walked two and struck out six. All five hits off Yesavage were doubles.

Sanoja was retired in his first at-bat after Yesavage twice bobbled his comebacker, eventually using his glove to shovel the ball to first baseman Lenyn Sosa.

Playing under open skies at home for the first time this season, the Blue Jays fell behind in the first inning on Otto Lopez's sacrifice fly.

Sanoja and Caissie made it 2-0 with back-to-back doubles in the fifth, but the Blue Jays cut the deficit in half on Yohendrick Piñango’s RBI single in the bottom half.

Stowers dropped a two-out RBI double into shallow left in front of a charging Piñango in the sixth. After Jakob Marsee walked, Sanjoa added a two-run hit that sailed over the rookie outfielder’s head.

Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. did not play. Guerrero left Sunday’s loss to Pittsburgh after being hit on his right elbow by a pitch.

RHP Sandy Alcantara (3-3, 4.00 ERA) is expected to start for the Marlins on Tuesday. RHP Braydon Fisher (2-1, 2.73) is scheduled to open for Toronto.

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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage catches the ball during second-inning baseball game action against the Miami Marlins in Toronto, Monday May 25, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Janson Junk throws to the Toronto Blue Jays during first-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday May 25, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage, center, watches as his throw to first baseman Lenyn Sosa (50) puts out Miami Marlins' Javier Sanoja, left, during first-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday May 25, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Miami Marlins' Xavier Edwards, right, is congratulated by Kyle Stowers (28) after scoring against the Toronto Blue Jays during first-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday May 25, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Miami Marlins catcher Joe Mack, left, gives starting pitcher Janson Junk, right, a congratulatory pat following fourth-inning baseball game action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Monday May 25, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

CLEVELAND (AP) — Karl Anthony-Towns had 19 points and 14 rebounds, OG Anunoby scored 17 and the New York Knicks routed the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-93 Monday night to complete a four-game sweep of the Eastern Conference finals and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.

Landry Shamet scored 16 off the bench while Mikal Bridges and Jalen Brunson had 15 apiece for the Knicks, who became the fourth team to have an 11-game winning streak during their postseason run. The last to do it was Golden State, which had a 15-game run en route to its second title in three seasons in 2017.

The Knicks pulled their starters with 7:47 remaining and a 35-point lead as their large contingent of fans loudly chanted “Knicks in four!” New York fans easily outnumbered Cleveland fans as die-hard celebrity fans director Spike Lee, comedian Tracy Morgan and actor Timothée Chalamet and his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, made the trip.

New York will play the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder or San Antonio Spurs in the Finals. The Western Conference finals is tied at two games apiece with Game 5 to be played in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The Thunder or Spurs will have homecourt advantage when the Finals start on June 3 because of a better regular-season record.

This will be the Knicks third appearance in the Finals since winning their last title in 1973. They lost in seven games to Houston in 1994 and in five to San Antonio in 1999.

It is the 15th time since the NBA-ABA merger in 1976 that a coach has reached the finals in his first year with a team. The Knicks hired Mike Brown after parting ways with Tom Thibodeau after they reached the Eastern Conference finals last year, but lost in six games to Indiana.

It will be Brown's second trip to the Finals as a coach. His last trip was with Cleveland in 2007.

Donovan MItchell had 31 points for Cleveland, which was swept in a postseason series for the first time since the 2018 NBA Finals against Golden State.

Mitchell scored the Cavaliers first eight points as they jumped out to an 8-2 lead. Cleveland led for most of the first six minutes before New York took control.

Evan Mobley's putback dunk gave the Cavaliers a 17-14 advantage before the Knicks scored nine straight points.

A floater by Mitchell got Cleveland within 30-26 with 2:12 remaining in the first quarter when New York went on a 20-0 run over a five-minute span. The Knicks were 8 of 14 from the field, including four 3-pointers. The bench scored 15 points, including a pair of 3-pointers by Shamet. The seventh-year guard was 11 of 12 from beyond the arc during the series.

Cleveland was 0 for 9 from the field during its drought, including missing all three shots from beyond the arc, and committed four turnovers.

The Knicks led by as many as 29 in the first half and were up 68-49 at halftime. It was the fourth time this postseason the Knicks were up by at least 19 after 24 minutes.

Knicks already had four players in double figures in the first half. Towns had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

New York's largest lead was 45 points in the fourth quarter.

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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Jaylon Tyson (20) collides with New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) during the first half of Game 4 in the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoffs series in Cleveland, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson (23) and Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen (31) battle for the ball during the first half of Game 4 in the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoffs series in Cleveland, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Tim Phillis)

New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) shoots during the second half of Game 4 in the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoffs series against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

New York Knicks guard Miles McBride reacts during the second half of Game 4 in the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoffs series against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)