Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman put on a vintage performance on Saturday to outdoes Tarik Skubal and the Tigers.

Max Scherzer had one of his best outings of the season Sunday against the Detroit Tigers, racking up 11 strikeouts in 7.0 innings before the Toronto Blue Jays' bullpen fell apart.

Technically, the Jays did score in Sunday’s in loss, but it was checkered, to say the least, because it came off a recently DFA’d pitcher in a ninth inning featuring a bad call by the home plate ump that led to a walk, the first of three, followed by defensive indifference.

The Tigers remain atop the American League Central, 7.5 games ahead of the Cleveland Guardians. The Blue Jays are five games up on the New York Yankees for first in the AL East.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/bluejays as Blue Jays Star Adds Another Record to His Hall of Fame Resume. Max Scherzer is in the final stages of his career, but that did not stop the Toronto Blue Jays from going after him this past winter and handing him a one-year, $15.5 million contract.

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