MLB

Miami Marlins at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball
Miami Marlins
62-100, 32-49 Away
Final
3 - 1
Toronto Blue Jays
74-88, 39-42 Home

Jonah Bride has 2 RBIs, Marlins sweep Blue Jays with 3-1 win

“It’s a good moment, especially to end the season this way,” bench coach Luis Urueta said.

Ryan Weathers (5-6) allowed one run and three hits in 6 1/3 innings to win his second straight start. Weathers walked two and struck out six.

Weathers pitched out of a bases-loaded, nobody-out jam in the first inning and retired 16 straight batters between the second and seventh.

“It felt good,” Weathers said. “Any time you can do well against a quality lineup is good.”

Anthony Bender got the final four outs for his first save in five chances as Miami swept a series for the second time.

Toronto lost eight of its final nine games to go 7-17 in September. The Blue Jays finished 39-42 at home.

Manager John Schneider put slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the leadoff spot, hoping to increase his chances of becoming the sixth player in Blue Jays history to reach 200 hits.

Guerrero went 0 for 2 with a strikeout and walked twice to finish with 199 hits.

Fans booed when Miami’s Lake Bachar missed with a 3-2 fastball in Guerrero’s final plate appearance in the eighth, then rose for a standing ovation when Guerrero was replaced by pinch runner Nathan Lukes.

No Blue Jays player has had a 200-hit season since Vernon Wells (215) in 2003.

Milestone chase or not, Guerrero said he wasn’t tempted to swing at Bachar’s full-count pitch.

“It was easy for me,” Guerrero said through a translator. “I’m not just going to strike out trying to get a hit knowing that I can get a walk.”

Toronto was swept for the fifth time and finished 74-88, its worst record since going 67-95 in 2019.

“We’ve got to get better at everything,” Guerrero said.

The Blue Jays went 89-73 last season, good for the third AL wild card.

The Marlins also saw a major decline from 2023, when they finished 84-78 and earned an NL wild-card berth. Despite winning five of their final six, Miami’s final record was 62-100.

“It’s a young group of players and they have a bright future,” Urueta said. “They’ve just got to keep working.”

The Blue Jays drew a crowd of 31,688, pushing total attendance for the year to 2,681,236. That was down from 3,021,904 in 2023.

Urueta, handling his second game in place of the absent Skip Schumaker, put Jake Burger atop his lineup. Burger came in with 29 home runs. He singled and scored in the first but didn’t reach base again.

Bride hit a two-run single off Blue Jays opener Ryan Burr (0-2) in the first.

Bride walked against Dillon Tate in the sixth, advanced on a single and scored when Lopez doubled.

Bride hit .326 with six home runs and 17 RBI in 26 September games.

“I think he’s got a future here,” Urueta said.

Schumacher missed his second game after leaving the team because of a medical issue in his family.

ROSTER MOVES

Blue Jays: Toronto recalled LHP Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Buffalo and optioned RHP Yariel Rodríguez to the Spring Training Complex.

UP NEXT

Marlins: Miami begins its 2025 Spring Training schedule by hosting St. Louis on Feb. 22.

Blue Jays: Toronto begins the 2025 Grapefruit League schedule by hosting the New York Yankees on Feb. 22.

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Matchup Prediction

Blue Jays: 64.0%
Marlins: 36.0%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Loperfido struck out looking.
9th Inning Berroa fouled out to catcher.
9th Inning Barger grounded out to second, Schneider to second.
9th Inning Barger hit for De Los Santos
9th Inning Schneider walked.
9th Inning Fortes lined out to left.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
15 Ground Balls 8
8 Strikeouts 10
3 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
9 Hits 4
0 Stolen Bases 0
1 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 1
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
35 At Bats 31
0 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
13 Runners Left On Base 20
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 1
12 Fly Balls 13
1 Caught Stealing 0
142 Pitches 152
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
10 Total Bases 5
36 Plate Appearances 35
0.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
1 Extra Base Hits 1
2.4 Runs Created 0.8
.257 Batting Average .129
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.286 Slugging Percentage .161
.029 Secondary Average .161
.278 On Base Percentage .229
.563 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .390
1.3 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
2.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 0.8
23.0 Batter Rating 10.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.94 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.34
.029 Isolated Power .032
0.13 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.40
.028 Walks Per Plate Appearance .114
-.229 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .032
6.0 Runs Produced 2.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.2
75.5 MLB Rating 61.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Rogers Centre

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 31,688 | Capacity:

2024 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Philadelphia 95 67 .586 - W1
Atlanta 89 73 .549 6 W1
New York 89 73 .549 6 L1
Washington 71 91 .438 24 L1
Miami 62 100 .383 33 W4

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 94 68 .580 - W1
Baltimore 91 71 .562 3 W3
Boston 81 81 .500 13 W1
Tampa Bay 80 82 .494 14 L1
Toronto 74 88 .457 20 L3
Full Standings