Overview
- George Springer opened the game with a leadoff home run and the Blue Jays broke a 1-1 tie with a four-run sixth that produced the decisive scoring.
- The Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Saturday, handing starter Paul Skenes his second straight loss after he allowed nine hits and four earned runs in five-plus innings.
- Veteran Patrick Corbin won the pitching duel by going six innings with one run allowed and a season-high seven strikeouts to keep the game close until Toronto’s rally.
- Pirates pitching coach Bill Murphy and manager Don Kelly were ejected in separate sixth-inning incidents over a missed challenge timing and a checked-swing dispute that added to Pittsburgh’s momentum shift.
- Skenes’s recent struggles follow an earlier stretch of dominance and have raised concern because he has now allowed 15 hits and nine earned runs across his last two starts, a change that could affect the Pirates’ rotation and club outlook.