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Vargas’s two-run double lifts White Sox over Jays
TORONTO – Miguel Vargas doubled in two runs in the eighth inning as the Chicago White Sox rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Sunday afternoon.
Luis Robert Jr. hit into a fielder’s choice in the fourth inning, with Kyle Teel getting out but giving Chase Meidroth enough time to score for an early Chicago (25-53) lead. Austin Slater also scored in the eighth after Toronto’s fielding error allowed Andrew Benintendi to reach base.
Adrian Houser allowed two runs on seven hits and three walks over 6 1/3 innings with four strikeouts. Relievers Jordan Leasure (2-4), Brandon Eisert and Grant Taylor didn’t allow a run.
Bo Bichette had two RBI singles as Toronto (41-36) held a 2-1 lead for half an inning. Alan Roden led off the seventh with the first triple of his career, scoring on Bichette’s second basehit of the game.
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Chris Bassitt struck out seven, giving up just one run on three hits and a walk over six innings of work.
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Yariel Rodriguez, Brendon Little (3-1), Jeff Hoffman, Nick Sandlin and Braydon Fisher came out of the Blue Jays bullpen. Hoffman allowed two of the runners he inherited from Little to score, and gave up a run of his own, for his fourth blown save of the season.
Takeaways
White Sox: Houser returned from Chicago’s paternity list, having missed his scheduled start against the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. The veteran right-hander’s earned-run average inched up to 2.27 after entering the game with a 2.15 ERA, the fourth-best in the American League before play began Sunday.
Blue Jays: Although he didn’t drive in any runs or cross the plate on Sunday, Ernie Clement is still one of the hottest hitters in Toronto’s lineup. His 2 for 4 day gave him 28 hits in the month of June, and improved his batting average from .304 to .307.
Key moment
Hoffman, who started the season as Toronto’s closer, continued to struggle in the eighth. Benintendi reached first on Hoffman’s fielding error, allowing Slater to score. Vargas then doubled to drive in Meidroth and Michael Taylor for a 4-2 Chicago lead.
Key stat
Blue Jays second baseman Andres Gimenez snapped an 0 for 20 skid at the plate when he singled to left field in the fifth.
Up next
Toronto has Monday off before beginning a road trip with stops in Cleveland and Boston.
The White Sox return home to Chicago to host the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 22, 2025.
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TORONTO – Blue Jays slugger George Springer has been cleared to return to game action after suffering a concussion over two weeks ago, Toronto manager John Schneider said Wednesday.
The 35-year-old outfielder/designated hitter hasn’t played since July 28 when he was hit in the helmet by a fastball thrown by Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kade Strowd.
Springer, who was on hand for batting practice before Toronto’s game against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night, was expected to play for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on Thursday.
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“Play DH tomorrow and then see if he needs a game in the outfield to see how he feels,” Schneider said in his pre-game availability. “But he’ll be doing that tomorrow.”
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Springer has been one of the top offensive performers this season for the Blue Jays (70-50), who had a 4 1/2-game lead on the Boston Red Sox in the American League East standings entering play Wednesday.
Over 101 games, Springer has a .291 average, 18 homers, 57 RBIs and an on-base and slugging percentage of .889.
Strowd’s 96-m.p.h. pitch appeared to hit Springer’s shoulder before making contact with his helmet near the ear flap. After laying prone for a moment or two, Springer got up slowly and left the field with some assistance.
He was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list on July 29.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 13, 2025.
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Two delightfully shaggy new faces will be on display at the Toronto Zoo starting on Friday.
The nine-month-old brothers are Scottish Highland cattle, with long, woolly, reddish coats and fringe over their eyes.
The zoo’s manager of wildlife care, Marc Brandson, says the two were born and raised at a local Ontario farm before moving to the zoo about a month ago.
He says they completed a quarantine period and now live just outside the Eurasia Wilds area of the zoo.
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Membership holders can visit the brothers at a pre-screening on Thursday, while other visitors can see them starting Friday.
Brandson says there is “a lot of excitement” around the pair because of how popular the Highland breed already is.
He says the zoo is hoping to have the brothers walk through the public area of the zoo as part of its animal ambassador program, which can give visitors a closer look at certain animals.
“Each and every day, our outreach and discovery staff are working to get them to that level,” he said.
“Having a bonded pair is a really great social situation for Highland cows. These brothers are very calm and they are gaining confidence each and every day that they interact with their caregivers.”
The brothers don’t have names yet, and Brandson says the public should stay tuned on ways to contribute naming ideas.
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Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says the federal government needs to do more to fight Canada’s devastating forest fires.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday in Ottawa, the Alberta MP accused Ottawa of “inaction” on wildfires. She also blamed that lack of action for new measures restricting activities in the forests of two provinces — even though those bans were imposed by the provinces themselves.
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick last week banned hiking, fishing, camping and the use of vehicles in its forests in response to the heightened wildfire risk.
Rempel Garner said that while she understands the fear Maritimers feel, restricting individuals’ movements is “not right.”
“Whenever there’s a major crisis, what the Liberal government has done by their inaction has conditioned Canadians to expect that the only response they can see out of their federal government is to restrict their movement,” Rempel Garner told reporters.
“We’re calling on the federal government to actually get serious about this issue.”
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Conservative MP Marc Dalton presented a bill last year to stiffen penalties for wildfires caused by arson. It never made it past first reading and died when Parliament was dissolved ahead of this year’s election.
Rempel Garner said that’s one area where the Liberals could have taken action on wildfires. She also called on the federal government to dedicate more resources to wildfire control.
In its 2021 election platform, the Liberals promised to train 1,000 community-based firefighters to fight wildfires and to work with provinces and territories to get them more firefighting planes.
Last month, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters that Alberta-based water bomber manufacturer De Havilland was facing a four-year backlog of orders.
“Four full wildfire seasons ago, the Liberals promised more water bombers, more firefighters,” Rempel Garner said. “Where are they?”
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston brushed off the criticisms of the forest entry ban at a press conference later Wednesday.
“I find it remarkable, the interest in travelling in Nova Scotia woods by people who aren’t in Nova Scotia and probably haven’t been here much in their life,” Houston told reporters.
“We’re only concerned with keeping people safe. We’ll do what’s necessary to protect lives, and that’s what we’re doing in this case.”
So far this season, the total area of the country burned by wildfires is nearly the size of the entire province of New Brunswick.
— With files from Sarah Ritchie.
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