{"id":655979,"date":"2026-04-01T05:59:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/655979\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:59:33","slug":"max-scherzer-shines-as-blue-jays-beat-rockies-with-strong-outing-and-late-offensive-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/655979\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Scherzer shines as Blue Jays beat Rockies with strong outing and late offensive surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1397324_093412_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Max Scherzer shines as Blue Jays beat Rockies with strong outing and late offensive surge\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Blue Jays secured a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, backed by a strong performance from Max Scherzer and timely hitting.<\/p>\n<p>Scherzer (1-0) pitched six solid innings, allowing one run on four hits and one walk while striking out four. <\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u2019s bullpen, featuring Mason Fluharty, Braydon Fisher and Jeff Hoffman, followed with three scoreless innings to close out the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jays took control in the fifth inning. Jesus Sanchez drove in a run with an RBI single before Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added another with a bases-loaded walk.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto extended its lead in the seventh inning, with RBI singles from Kazuma Okamoto and Nathan Lukes. <\/p>\n<p>Ernie Clement later added an insurance run with a double.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado\u2019s only run came in the sixth inning, when Hunter Goodman hit a solo home run. Starter Ryan Feltner struck out four over three innings before leaving the game after being hit by a comebacker.<\/p>\n<p>Reliever Juan Mejia (0-1) allowed the decisive runs in the fifth, while Zach Agnos conceded additional runs later in the game.<\/p>\n<p>The win improves Toronto\u2019s record to 4-1 on the season, as the team continues its strong start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Blue Jays secured a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, backed by a strong&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2378],"tags":[5,377,2554,4,282,70,2553],"class_list":{"0":"post-655979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-blue-jays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-blue-jays","10":"tag-bluejays","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-toronto","13":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","14":"tag-torontobluejays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116327925443617318","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}