TORONTO (AP) JosĆ© BerrĆos and two relievers combined on a two-hitter, Justin Turner had three hits and three RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Colorado Rockies 5-0 on Sunday for their second shutout victory of the season.
Turner opened the scoring with a two-out single in the first, doubled home a run in the third and added another two-out RBI single in the fifth against Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland.
Turner is 8 for 10 with six RBIs against left-handed pitching this season.
āHeās special right now,ā BerrĆos said. āWhat a ball player.ā
The Blue Jays won their second straight series after losing the previous two.
BerrĆos (3-0) allowed two hits, both singles, walked two and struck out seven. He extended his scoreless innings streak to 15 2/3 and lowered his ERA from 1.45 to 1.05.
āWe just couldnāt solve him,ā Rockies manager Bud Black said.
Coloradoās Ryan McMahon said he briefly thought he would be hit by a BerrĆos pitch that he struck out looking at in the third.
āHe wasnāt predictable at all,ā McMahon said. āHe was confident to throw anything in any count. You could feel his confidence out there."
Turner praised BerrĆos for toughening up with runners on base.
āWhen he gets into jams, his ability to pitch out of it has been spectacular,ā Turner said.
Torontoās GĆ©nesis Cabrera pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and Nate Pearson struck out the side in the ninth to hand Colorado its second shutout defeat of 2024.
Freeland (0-3) allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings, losing for the third time in four starts. Freeland walked two and struck out three. His ERA went from 16.03 to 13.21.
When Turnerās bloop single drove in George Springer in the bottom of the first, it marked the 15th time in 16 games this season that Coloradoās opponent had opened the scoring.
The Rockies have allowed 23 runs in the first inning this season.
The Rockies had a season-high 20 hits in Fridayās 12-4 win but the offense didnāt keep rolling. Colorado had seven hits in a 5-3 loss on Saturday before BerrĆos shut the Rockies down Sunday.
After striking out 15 times Saturday, the Rockies fanned 10 times in Sundayās series finale.
āThe last couple of nights weāve punched out,ā Black said. āWeāve got to do a little better job of really bearing down with two strikes, putting the ball in play.ā
Springer had two hits and scored twice for Toronto while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added an RBI single.
Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk reached base four times. Kirk walked twice and had two singles.
TRAINERāS ROOM
Rockies: OF Kris Bryant was held out of the starting lineup. Bryant left Saturdayās game in the fourth because of soreness in his right ribs and back. The 2016 NL MVP twisted and crashed into the outfield wall making a first-inning catch.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Cal Quantrill (0-2, 7.20 ERA) is expected to start Monday as Colorado opens a three-game series in Philadelphia. RHP Aaron Nola (0-1, 4.50) goes for the Phillies.
Blue Jays: RHP Chris Bassitt (1-2, 5.06 ERA) is scheduled to start Monday as Toronto begins a three-game series against the Yankees. RHP Luis Gil (0-0, 3.00) gets the ball for New York.
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