The won their ninth game out of their last 11 on Friday night, kicking off the second half the right way. Jack Flaherty spun a good game while Wenceel Pérez and Mark Canha homered to take down the Blue Jays 5-4 in the Rogers Centre.
This was a pretty good pitching matchup to start the second half. RHP Chris Bassitt isn’t at all overpowering, but with good command and quality stuff he can be tough. He mixes a cutter in with his 92 mph sinker and has a good curveball to boot.
On the Tigers side, Jack Flaherty took the mound no doubt aware of the presence of a host of scouts from contenders.