Varsho has grand slam as Blue Jays hold off Rockies 5-3 in Rodriguez's MLB debut

TORONTO — Daulton Varsho had a grand slam in the first inning as the Toronto Blue Jays held on for a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.

Bowden Francis, Tim Mayza, Chad Green and Yimi Garcia came out of the Blue Jays' bullpen to preserve the win, with Francis giving up two runs over 2 1/3 innings. Rodriguez agreed to a US$32-million, five-year contract with the Blue Jays in the off-season and was called up to MLB for the first time earlier Saturday. He has pitched as a starter and a reliever in top leagues in Cuba and Japan.

Toronto's offence backed Rodriguez up in the bottom of the first, with Schneider drawing a bases-loaded walk to push George Springer across home. Rodriguez was pulled from the game after two outs in the fourth inning. Blue Jays manager John Schneider said before the game that Rodriguez would be limited to 70 pitches and the Toronto skipper was true to his word, bringing Francis out of the bullpen as soon as Rodriguez struck out Rodgers for his sixth K of the game.

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