{"id":2620,"date":"2026-03-08T22:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/?p=2620"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:24:21","slug":"addison-barger-powers-blue-jays-to-spring-training-win-as-toronto-sweeps-split-squad-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/addison-barger-powers-blue-jays-to-spring-training-win-as-toronto-sweeps-split-squad-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Addison Barger Powers Blue Jays to Spring Training Win as Toronto Sweeps Split-Squad Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Addison Barger delivered a standout performance on Sunday, hitting a solo home run and adding a two-run single to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5\u20130 victory over the Detroit Tigers in a split-squad spring training game at TD Ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>Barger opened the scoring in the second inning with his second home run of spring training. He later extended Toronto\u2019s lead in the third inning with a two-run single that brought in George Springer and Nathan Lukes to make it 3\u20130.<\/p>\n<p>On the mound, Kevin Gausman delivered a solid outing for Toronto, allowing three hits over 3 1\/3 innings while striking out three batters.<\/p>\n<p>In the Blue Jays\u2019 other split-squad matchup, Toronto edged the Baltimore Orioles 1\u20130 in another shutout performance.<\/p>\n<p>Jes\u00fas S\u00e1nchez provided the decisive moment in that game, driving in Arjun Nimmala with a run-scoring hit in the third inning.<\/p>\n<p>Starting pitcher Cody Ponce set the tone for Toronto\u2019s pitching staff, throwing three hitless innings to help secure the win.<\/p>\n<p>The pair of victories capped a strong day for the Blue Jays as they continued their preparations for the upcoming Major League Baseball season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addison Barger delivered a standout performance on Sunday, hitting a solo home run and adding a two-run single to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5\u20130 victory over the Detroit Tigers in a split-squad spring training game at TD Ballpark. Barger opened the scoring in the second inning with his second home run of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":2740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3672],"class_list":["post-2620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-amat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}