Overview
- The Blue Jays erased a 5-0 deficit with eight unanswered runs in the seventh and eighth innings on Saturday to win 8-6 at Wrigley Field.
- Daulton Varsho, activated from the injured list before the game, hit a three-run homer in the seventh that jump-started Toronto’s comeback.
- Alejandro Kirk and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. delivered consecutive RBI singles off Cubs reliever Jacob Webb in the eighth to tie the game.
- Kazuma Okamoto followed with a three-run homer in the eighth to give Toronto the lead, and Jeff Hoffman and Louis Varland closed out the win.
- The victory snapped a recent offensive slump after Friday’s 16-2 loss and hands the Blue Jays momentum heading into Sunday’s series finale.