Spencer Torkelson hits 3-run homer as Tigers thump Blue Jays 10-1 to win 6th straight

TORONTO (AP) — Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer, Drew Anderson pitched five shutout innings and the Detroit Tigers won their sixth straight game by thumping the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 on Tuesday night.

The Blue Jays have lost six of nine. Toronto fell two games behind Cleveland in the race for the final American League wild card after the Guardians rallied in the ninth to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-6.

The Tigers are 4 1/2 games behind Cleveland, with three teams in between.

Anderson (5-6) allowed two hits, both singles. He struck out four and walked three for his first win since beating Kansas City in relief on July 23.

Torkelson went 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBIs. He stole a base and scored three runs.

Torkelson’s 24th homer was a 379-foot drive off Michael Lorenzen (3-13) in the fourth. Lorenzen permitted five runs and four hits in two innings.

Max Clark had two hits and two RBIs, and Kevin McGonigle drew three of Detroit’s eight walks.

Tigers infielder Hao-Yu Lee hit a solo homer, his ninth, off Joe Mantiply in the ninth.

Torkelson doubled off Spencer Arrighetti in the eighth and scored from second base when Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk made an errant pickoff throw to third. Clark scored ahead of Torkelson.

Braydon Fisher opened for Toronto and got four outs, pitching around a pair of walks in the first. Brendan Cellucci followed by striking out three over 1 2/3 innings in his major league debut.

Lorenzen got two quick outs in the fourth before walking Riley Greene and Eduardo Valencia. Clark hit an RBI double before Torkelson homered into the left-field bullpen.

RHP Max Scherzer (2-8, 6.38 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays on Wednesday against Tigers RHP Keider Montero (9-8, 3.55).

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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Brendan Cellucci (70) throws to a Detroit Tigers batter in his major league debut during the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays' Kazuma Okamoto (7) hits a single against the Detroit Tigers during the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Detroit Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson (20) scoops up a ground ball off the bat of Toronto Blue Jays' Nathan Lukes for an out during fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Detroit Tigers' Spencer Torkelson (20) celebrates his three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Detroit Tigers pitcher Drew Anderson (38) throws to a Toronto Blue Jays batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — Baltimore Orioles right-hander Shane Baz left Tuesday night’s start against the New York Mets after getting hit on his pitching arm by Bo Bichette’s 105.1 mph line drive in the fifth inning.

X-rays were negative, Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said following his team's 7-5 victory in 11 innings.

The ball caromed off Baz’s upper arm and into shallow left field. Baz immediately crouched and shook the glove off his left hand before gripping his right arm.

Albernaz and an athletic trainer came out to check on the 27-year-old starter, who tried to throw a warmup pitch but sailed it to the backstop. Baz immediately walked off the mound and into the dugout.

“He's pretty sore,” Albernaz said after the game.

Baz allowed two runs and seven hits while striking out two. He was relieved by Grant Wolfram, who immediately picked off Bichette.

Baz is 6-15 with a 4.11 ERA in his first season with Baltimore after spending his first four with Tampa Bay. He leads the Orioles with 30 starts and 173 innings pitched but is tied with Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee for the most losses in the majors.

Baltimore remained three games behind Cleveland for the final American League wild card.

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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Shane Baz throws during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Baltimore Orioles manager Craig Albernaz, second from left, and others watch as pitcher Shane Baz, center, tests his arm after he was hit by a ball during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)