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DUNEDIN, Fla. — Chris Bassitt went a strong 5 2/3 innings while Ernie Clement scored the winning run on a wild pitch as the Toronto Blue Jays nipped the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 in exhibition baseball action Sunday afternoon. Read More

​DUNEDIN, Fla. — Chris Bassitt went a strong 5 2/3 innings while Ernie Clement scored the winning run on a wild pitch as the Toronto Blue Jays nipped the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 in exhibition baseball action Sunday afternoon. Clement put Toronto ahead 2-0 in the third inning when he scored on Pittsburgh starter Bailey Falter’s   

Published Mar 23, 2025  •  1 minute read

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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt, front, throws a pitching session during spring training in Dunedin Fla., on Sunday, February 16, 2025.
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt, front, throws a pitching session during spring training in Dunedin Fla., on Sunday, February 16, 2025. Photo by Nathan Denette /THE CANADIAN PRESS

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Chris Bassitt went a strong 5 2/3 innings while Ernie Clement scored the winning run on a wild pitch as the Toronto Blue Jays nipped the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 in exhibition baseball action Sunday afternoon.

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Clement put Toronto ahead 2-0 in the third inning when he scored on Pittsburgh starter Bailey Falter’s wild pitch. Nathan Lukes’ RBI single opened the scoring for the Blue Jays.

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Pittsburgh scored its lone run of the game in the sixth when Joey Bart’s sacrifice fly brought Isiah Kiner-Falefa home.

Bassitt (2-0) earned the win, allowing just two hits and one run (earned) with four strikeouts and three walks.

Falter (0-1) took the loss. He gave up four hits, two runs (both earned) with a strikeout over five innings.

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