Blue Jays top Tigers 9-3 in home opener

In the modernized Rogers Centre, Toronto Blue Jays beat Detroit Tigers 9-3 in their first game at home this season.

HOME(R) OPENER 😤

FINAL: #BlueJays 9, Tigers 3 pic.twitter.com/PWIKXFUx1q

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) April 12, 2023

Toronto hit 5 of the match 6 homers in the 5^th and returned to wipe out a 3-run deficit. Bo Bichette and Alejandro Kirk hit in the 8^th inning to trash their opponent 9-3 in the home opener.

Kiermaier protected the 7^th ball from clearing the wall after Kerry Carpenter, in the 2^nd period, got a 404-foot drive to the centre, and then to the wall, jumped over for, and got from over the fence.

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Kevin Kiermaier is…

THE. OUTLAW. pic.twitter.com/l4jgOV8PVe

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) April 11, 2023

Rogers Centre was sold out as over 42,000 fans enjoyed the victory in the first game of Blue Jays in Canada.

Toronto (7-4) will play again against Detroit (2-8) tomorrow as Kevin Gausman will start for Blue Jays against Eduardo Rodriguez for the Tigers.