The Toronto Blue Jays erased a 5-2 deficit to beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5, scoring four runs in the seventh. Kazuma Okamoto's two-run double tied the game, and Nathan Lukes' single put Toronto ahead. Tyler Rogers held Cincinnati in the eighth, and Varland earned the save.
Jose Soriano gave up five runs in the third, putting Toronto behind 5-2 after the Blue Jays had stranded several early baserunners. The seventh-inning rally began with walks to pinch hitter Andres Gimenez and Alejandro Kirk; a George Springer grounder misplayed by Oswaldo Cabrera loaded the bases before Okamoto's double and Lukes' go-ahead single.
The recap also flagged a possible strikeout milestone in the season finale. Justin Verlander was scheduled to start for Detroit the next day with 3,554 career strikeouts, four ahead of Max Scherzer's 3,550. Toronto had not named its finale starter; the article considered Scherzer a likely option and said he could overtake Verlander, depending on both starts.
