TORONTO — Alex Wood and the Atlanta Braves held Toronto’s lineup in check for much of their interleague game Saturday. Just not long enough.
Wood took a 4-0 lead into the seventh inning, but late homers by Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson lifted the Blue Jays to a 6-5 victory in 10 innings.
“They swing the bat, you know, and you make a mistake or put the ball over the plate and they hit the ball out of the ballpark,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “Today we didn’t have enough runs where we could absorb that.”
Donaldson belted a game-ending leadoff shot against Sugar Ray Marimon (0-1) for his third homer in two days. The drive into the second deck in left was Donaldson’s third hit of the afternoon.
It was the second major league appearance for the 26-year-old Marimon, who pitched four innings in an 8-2 loss to Miami on Tuesday.