He recovered to allow two hits over five innings Saturday in the Blue Jays' (cheap Toronto Blue Jays championship rings) 7-1 win over the Athletics. "When I came out last game, we kind of caught it at the right time so it was fine going into today," he said. "It just bothers me a little bit and I was only going five, but it will be all right." Sanchez (3-1) struck out four and walked four. He lowered his ERA to 2.32. Sam Gaviglio gave up two hits in three innings, and Daniel Hudson finished the four-hitter with a hitless ninth. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 1 for 4 with two strikeouts in his second big league game, while Brandon Drury had three hits a day after his winning ninth-inning home run. Randal Grichuk and three hits and two RBI for Toronto, 5-0 against the A's this season. Brett Anderson (3-2) allowed six runs and 10 hits in 4 1/3 innings, dropping to 0-3 in his career against Toronto.
"My velocity was the best it has been all year," he said. "It was coming out of my hand good, I just wasn't able to command it like I usually am." Anderson became the first pitcher to face Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Vladimir Guerrero Sr., who was 1 for 5 against him. Guerrero was moved up a slot to cleanup and came to the plate with the bases loaded in the first. Teoscar Hernandez grounded to third baseman Matt Chapman, who threw to second for a forceout, but second baseman Jurickson Profar's throw to first trying for a double play was sailed to the home plate side of the base for an error that allowed a second run to score. Umpires originally called interference on Grichuk sliding into Profar, but the call was reversed on a video review. 
Toronto (mlb world series championship rings) doubled its lead in the second when Eric Sogard drove in Danny Jansen with a drag bunt and Grichuk hit an RBI single. "We have plenty of guys who can hit the long ball, but I think adding the small ball game into it is only going to make us better," Sogard said. Guerrero doubled leading off the ninth inning for his first hit, and Brandon Drury followed with a winning two-run homer with two outs in a 402 win over the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Friday night. "Just the way I dreamed it," Guerrero said. Guerrero was showered with beer and almond milk after the game in the clubhouse. On the field, he dumped a sports drink over Drury.
"It was awesome," Blue Jays (cheap championship rings) manager Charlie Montoyo said. Guerrero, the 20-year-old son of Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero, is considered the top prospect in the major leagues. He arrived at Rogers Centre in a replica Montreal Expos jersey to honor his father, who was on hand. He grounded out in the second, was robbed of an extra-base hit by left fielder Stephen Pinder's leaping catch in the fourth, then flied out to right in the sixth. "He's a great player," Drury said. "You can see by his at bats the game kind of comes easy to him. We're all super excited to have Vladdy in this lineup." Guerrero hit an opposite-field double down the right-field line on a 2-2 fastball from Yusmeiro Petit (0-1). Billy McKinney sacrificed pinch-runner Alen Hanson and, with the infield in, Teoscar Hernandez lined out to second baseman Jurickson Profar.
Drury followed with a drive over the center-field wall to stop an 0-for-12 slide. Guerrero, arm raised, was the first Blue Jays player out of the dugout to celebrate. "It feels great," said Drury, who talked Montoyo out of giving him a day off. "I always feel like I'm one swing away from getting my bat going. I never want to take a day off, I want to be in there every day." Ken Giles (1-1) struck out two in a one-hit ninth. Eric Sogard's first-inning homer and Randal Grichuk's third-inning RBI single built a lead off Mike Fiers, but Robbie Grossman hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Joe Biagini. Guerrero missed the start of the season after an oblique injury in spring training. He played four rehab games at Class A Dunedin before moving up to Triple-A Buffalo, where he hit .367 with three homers and eight RBI in eight games. "People don't understand how good of a hitter this guy really is," Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman said. "He's way ahead of his years."
Oakland (Oakland Athletics championship rings) manager Bob Melvin said he was impressed with Guerrero's performance at the plate. "He looks like he has a good swing, an aggressive swing," Melvin said, "Looks like there's some power behind it." By delaying Guerrero's debut until Friday, the Blue Jays ensured his maximum service time this year would be 157 days -- 15 days shy of being eligible for free agency after the 2024 season. The few hundred fans already inside the stadium clapped and cheered as Guerrero launched several long drives. A crowd of 28,688 rose for a standing ovation as Guerrero led off the bottom of the second. Guerrero worked the count to 2-2 as fans chanted "Let's go, Vladdy!" On the fifth pitch, he hit a sharp grounder to first baseman Kendrys Morales, who made the play unassisted. The exit velocity was 106.8 miles per hour. 
The 20-year-old batted fifth and played third base and wore No. 27, the number retired in honor of his father by the Los Angeles Angels. "Since I was a kid I was running around with my dad in the clubhouse in Montreal," Guerrero said in an afternoon news conference. "I just wanted to bring that back today." Even Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau noted the debut on Twitter with a message attached to a Tweet from the elder Guerrero. Guerrero's famous father watched as his son's batting practice was broadcast live on Sportsnet, the Canadian network operated by team owner Rogers Communications.
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