Blue Jays sweep Oakland Athletics thanks to another walkoff homer
TORONTO — Steve Pearce and Kendrys Morales hammered their way into the Blue Jays record book Thursday afternoon as Toronto finished off a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with panache.
There were some casualties en route to the 8-4 win, capped by Pearce’s grand slam in the 10th inning. Manager John Gibbons, starter Marcus Stroman and catcher Russell Martin were all ejected in the fifth inning in a beef with home plate umpire Will Little.
Toronto trailed 3-1 at the time.
Fast forward to the ninth and Morales, whose homer in the ninth had given the Jays a 3-2 walkoff win the night before, hit his second solo home run of the afternoon to tie the game at 4-4.