The Toronto Blue Jays capped a sequence for the ages Wednesday in Denver — and added to the woes of the Colorado Rockies within the course of.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had 4 hits, together with a house run, and Davis Schneider went deep twice because the Blue Jays routed the Rockies once more at Coors Area, 20-1.
Toronto completed with 63 hits within the sequence, essentially the most by a workforce in a three-game set since 1900.
However the offensive accolades did not cease there.
The Blue Jays, who gained the sequence opener 15-1 after which the center sport 10-4, set a franchise report for runs (45) in a three-game sequence. It was the sixth time in franchise historical past (since 1977) that they scored at the least 20 runs.
Bo Bichette and Ernie Clement additionally homered Wednesday for AL East-leading Toronto, which hit 13 residence runs within the sequence. Ty France had 4 doubles and Clement added 4 hits.
Bichette and Daulton Varsho, who did not play Wednesday, every had 10 RBIs within the sequence to develop into the primary pair of teammates with 10 RBIs every in a sequence of three video games or fewer since Edgar Martínez and Alex Rodriguez did so for the Seattle Mariners in 2000 — in opposition to Toronto.
Guerrero prolonged his on-base streak to 23 video games, the longest present streak within the AL.
Toronto scored its last eight runs within the ninth inning off Colorado catcher Austin Nola, who gave up eight hits, together with homers by Schneider and Clement.
Toronto right-hander Kevin Gausman (8-8) allowed one run and three hits in seven innings. He struck out six and walked two.
Bichette hit a three-run homer off Kyle Freeland (2-12) within the third for a 3-1 lead. Nathan Lukes had a two-run triple within the fifth and Schneider homered off Angel Chivilli to start a five-run sixth. Guerrero linked within the eighth.
The Rockies (30-84), in the meantime, continued a seasonlong spiral.
They now have a run differential of -316 for the season. Their 114 video games are the fewest to achieve a -300 run differential since 1900, surpassing the 1911 Boston Rustlers (118 video games). The final workforce to achieve the mark in fewer video games was the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, which did so in 73 video games earlier than folding on the finish of the season.
Data from ESPN Analysis and The Related Press was used on this report.