George Springer helps Blue Jays to beat Athletics 12-1

George Springer is now in the 2^nd place on baseball’s career list with his 55^th leadoff homer; Yusei Kikuchi pitched a campaign-high 7 innings as the Toronto Blue Jays destroyed the Oakland Athletics 12-1 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

Series WIN!

FINAL: #BlueJays 12, A’s 1 pic.twitter.com/mWe8mHXcvB

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) June 25, 2023

Tony Kemp struck a solo homer, his 3^rd, but Athletics were defeated for the 10^th time in 11 matches after winning 7 straight clashes before that. Oakland is 40 matches below .500 at 20-60, matching for the 9^th worst record after 80 matches in MLB history. That’s the worst beginning of a campaign since Detroit 19-61 in 2003.

Springer had 2 for 3 with a walk and 2 RBI, a sacrifice fly. Before him is only Rickey Henderson with 81 leadoff homers.

Moving UP! #SpringerDinger pic.twitter.com/k7tJ4rhUPX

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— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) June 25, 2023

Leading off in style 💣 #SpringerDinger pic.twitter.com/zbNZvpRW51

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) June 25, 2023

Oakland will face the New York Yankees in a 3-game series in the Big Apple.

Toronto will play a 3-match series in Canada vs. San Francisco, as the 1^st game is on Tuesday.