{"id":794715,"date":"2026-09-02T10:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/794715\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:06:17","slug":"gavin-williams-whiffs-13-in-7-innings-and-leads-guardians-to-6-1-win-over-blue-jays-national-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/794715\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Williams whiffs 13 in 7 innings and leads Guardians to 6-1 win over Blue Jays | National Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEVELAND (AP) \u2014 Gavin Williams struck out a career-high 13 and allowed just two singles in seven innings, leading the Cleveland Guardians to a 6-1 win on Tuesday night over the Toronto Blue Jays in a matchup of teams in the thick of the AL wild-card race.<\/p>\n

Patrick Bailey, rookie Angel Genao and Angel Martinez all hit two-run homers for the Guardians, who are 11-4 since Aug. 12. Cleveland came in with a slim lead for the third wild-card spot.<\/p>\n

Williams (13-7) began September by dominating the Blue Jays, allowing one unearned run. The right-hander, who was coming off a shaky outing last week, didn\u2019t give up a hit until the fourth.<\/p>\n

Williams struck out the side in the seventh and fanned five of his last six. It was his 10th double-digit strikeout game this season.<\/p>\n

Hunter Gaddis and Matt Festa pitched an inning apiece to finish the three-hitter.<\/p>\n

Bailey put the Guardians up 2-1 in the fifth with his eighth homer. Martinez led off with a walk, and one out later, Bailey drove a 3-1 pitch from Spencer Arighetti (7-8) into the left-field bleachers.<\/p>\n

Pinch-hitting for fellow rookie Travis Bazzana in the seventh, Genao made it 4-1 with a 426-foot blast over the wall in left. Martinez opened with a single before Genao connected for his second homer since debuting on Aug. 5.<\/p>\n

Martinez hit his 14th homer in the eighth.<\/p>\n

Toronto got some help in scoring its only run off Williams in the fifth.<\/p>\n

Rookie Kazuma Okamoto singled and went to third when Guardians catcher Bailey threw wildly into center on a steal. Williams then uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Okamoto to come home.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Blue Jays RHP Dylan Cease (9-5, 2.33 ERA) starts Wednesday against Guardians LHP Joey Cantillo (9-7, 3.70).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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