Riley Greene has 3 RBIs and Tigers who defeated Blue Jays 5: 4 for the 30th win of the season

Toronto (AP) -riley Greene Homered and drove in three runs, Javier Báez and Zach McKintry also connected, and the Detroit Tigers were the first team this season, which reached 30 victories, and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5: 4 on Friday evening.

Jack Flaherty (2-5) allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings and made a winning series with six starts with his first victory since April 4 against the White Sox.

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Beau Brieske stranded two runners in the ninth to earn his first parade when the Tigers (30-15) expanded their winning streak to four.

Greene hit his 11th Homer in the second inning and added a double with two runs in the fifth.

Báez gave Detroit in an eighth, sixth place an insurance run with a Homer Homer from Chad Green. The tigers are 24-2 if they achieve five or more.

Daulton Varsho hunted Flaherty with a Homer with two runs in the sixth. Longball was sixth in 12 games this season. He missed the beginning of the year when he recovered from the shoulder surgery.

Torontos Myles Straw met an RBI single in front of Brenan Hanifee and Bo Bichette in the seventh with a solo homer from Tommy Kahnle in eighth place: 4.

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Bowden Francis (2-6) gave up four runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. Francis has approved a major League-Work Homer this season.

The fighting blue Jays Slugger Anthony Santander was held from the starting line -up. Santander has a Homer and four RBIs in 10 games this month.

Key moment

Báez made a diving catch in the center of Nathan Luks’ falling liner in the second and then threw the first to double Addison Barger and end the inning.

Key

The tigers are 9-1 against Al East opponents.

Next on

RHP Reese Olson (4-3, 3.38 ERA) is scheduled for the Tigers on Saturday. The Blue Jays hadn’t named a starter.

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