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Torkelson hits 3-run homer as Tigers thump Blue Jays 10-1 to win 6th straight

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Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer, Drew Anderson pitched five shutout innings and the Detroit Tigers won their sixth straight game by thumping the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1. The Blue Jays have lost six of nine. Toronto fell two games behind Cleveland in the race for the final American League wild card after the Guardians rallied in the ninth to beat the White Sox 7-6. The Tigers came in five games behind Cleveland. Anderson allowed two hits, both singles.

He struck out four and walked three for his first win since beating Kansas City in relief on July 23.

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