Guerrero hits 2 doubles and scores twice as the al-best blue jays beat the slumping tigers 6-2
José Berríos (7-4) picked up the win giving up two runs on five hits and two walks in six innings. Keider Montero (4-3) took the loss allowing six runs on nine hits in four-plus innings.
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the second when Wenceel Pérez singled, stole second, and scored on Dillon Dingler's double. Addison Barger's RBI double made it 1-1 in the fourth, and he scored with two outs on a throwing error by Javier Báez. The Blue Jays then took control with a four-run fifth. Nathan Lukes and George Springer started the inning with singles, and Guerrero hit an RBI double. Bo Bichette's two-run double made it 5-1, and Alejandro Kirk's single off reliever Tyler Holton gave Toronto a five-run lead. Spencer Torkelson's 23rd homer of the season pulled the Tigers within 6-2 in the sixth.
Key moment: The Tigers didn't get another baserunner after Torkelson's sixth-inning homer.
Key stat: The Tigers have been outscored 83-32 in their 12-game skid, an average of 4.25 runs per game. They had a plus-112 run differential through 93 games but have given back almost half of it in a dozen contests.
Up next: The teams play the third game of their four-game series on Saturday with Tigers ace LHP Tarik Skubal (10-3 2.19 ERA) facing RHP Kevin Gausman (7-7 4.01).
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