Jansen leads Jays to 9-3 win over White Sox
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Danny Jansen was celebrating the beginning of his Victoria Day with a pancake breakfast when he found out he would be hitting second in the Toronto Blue Jays batting order for the first time in his career.
TORONTO – Danny Jansen was celebrating the beginning of his Victoria Day with a pancake breakfast when he found out he would be hitting second in the Toronto Blue Jays batting order for the first time in his career.
The catcher responded with a three-hit, five-RBI outing that included a two-run, seventh-inning homer in the Blue Jays 9-3 win against the Chicago White Sox 9-3 in the three-game series opener on Monday.
“Wherever I am in the lineup, I’m just trying to do my part and put some good swings up,” said Jansen, the only Blue Jays regular with an average above .300 at .333.
“Anyway I can help the team.”
Besides his fifth homer, Jansen knocked in a run in the second with a double to right-centre field and later scored. He also scored two more runs in the eighth with a hard-hit single.
“He’s having good at-bats, hitting the ball hard,” Toronto manager John Schneider said. “It worked out well today.”
Daulton Varsho also smacked a two-run homer as the Blue Jays (21-25) won back-to-back games for the first time since April 28-29 but remained in last place in the American League East Division.
The White Sox (14-34), last in the AL Central Division, dropped their fourth in a row.
