Bichette were 2 to 4 with two streaks for the Blue Jays (2-0) in front of 43,386 fans at the Rogers Center. Espinal had a double RBI as a sting for the second consecutive game. Kevin Gaussmann left eight hits in his regular season debut for Toronto, but limited Texas to three series and scored five in five seasons. Relievers Trevor Richards, Yimi Garcia, Tim Mayza and Jordan Romano from Markham, OD, closed the door the rest of the way. Romano won his second save of the season. Corey Seager and Nathaniel Lowe had two hits and an RBI for Texas (0-2). Dane Dunning scored four, but allowed five hits and three innings over five innings in a non-decision. Brett Martin lost to the Rangers, with Spencer Patton and Matt Bush also coming out of the bullpen. Gausmann agreed a five-year, $ 110 million contract with Toronto on November 30 after a 14-6 season with the San Francisco Giants. The right-hand pitch averaged 2.81 wins in 192 appearances in one of the top 33 league games ever. He also broke 227. He continued from where he left off last season in Saturday’s first inning, when he overtook former Blue Jays player Marcus Semien and pushed two lineouts to break the heart of the Texas flip line. The Toronto attack backed Gausman at the bottom of the box with George Springer, Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hitting three consecutive singles. Springer scored with Guerrero’s shot and Bisset passed his goal, after Lourdes Geriel Jr., hit the home side’s selection for a 2-0 lead early. Gaussmann’s mastery in the Rangers lineup continued in the second with the back-to-back strikes of Kole Calhoun and Andy Ibanez. Semien doubled Jonah Heim in the third, as Gausman left three straight shots to start the inning. Seager then finished in third place, allowing Brad Miller to score before Nathaniel Lowe’s single led the Semien to a 3-2 lead in Texas. Gausman then settled in, withdrawing six batters in the fourth and fifth inning before being replaced by Richards on the embankment. Bichette tied it again in the fifth, hitting a 425 foot kick in the deep left field. Espinal, the sting kick for second key player Cavan Biggio, restored Toronto’s lead in the sixth inning with a double in the deep left field for Raimel Tapia to score from the front. Espinal also scored a double RBI in the Blue Jays’ 10-8 victory over Texas in Friday’s first home game. Romano caused a landslide outside Ibanez to start the ninth. Bichette then backed him up with a highlight from a line by Willie Calhoun for the second inning exit. Heim then flew to the deep center to finish the game. Romano’s 25th consecutive rebound from this year to the last equaled the Blue Jays record.
