Blue Jays rock the Rockies by launching five home runs
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On this night, the Jays made the most of their hits in resounding fashion by unleashing an onslaught of dingers.
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In the sixth inning, the Jays scored four runs to take a 7-2 lead with all seven runs the result of homers, including two by Daulton Varsho, who homered once in Monday's 15-1 shellacking.
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Toronto went deep three times alone in Tuesday's sixth inning en route to its 10-4 win, but this game was close on a night the visitors committed two errors.
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The AL East leading Jays go for the series sweep Wednesday knowing a date in L.A. looms against the reigning World Series champion Dodgers, knowing the red-hot Boston Red Sox are nipping on Toronto's heels.
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The following are three takeaways on a night Joey Loperfido was hit by a 98 m.p.h. fastball flush off his right knee; he was in clear pain and walked off the field with the aid of manager John Schneider and a member of the team's training staff.
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1. Longball Berrios
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At some point, Jose Berrios will have to address his Achilles heel.
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For the fifth time in his past five starts, Berrios yielded a homer, a two-run blast in the first inning.
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It was the 20th home run Berrios has given up in 24 starts.
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One of his strengths is an ability to bounce back when adversity strikes.
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In the sixth, Berrios hit a batter and had runners at second and third after the Rockies pushed across one run to make it a 7-3 game.
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It was a 7-4 game when Berrios was pulled with the tying run at the plate.
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The home run didn't help and neither did the hit batter to Jordan Beck, resulting in Beck and Berrios to exchange words before Schneider left the dugout to settle things down.
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A fifth run would have been charged to Berrios, but the Jays turned a double play to end the sixth.
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2. Vlad's misery ends
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Almost lost in Monday's pasting was Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s reaction following a poor at-bat.
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