Guardians limited to 2 hits in shutout loss

CLEVELAND — Kevin Gausman threw eight innings of two-hit ball, Alejandro Kirk and Nathan Lukes drove in two runs apiece and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-0 on Thursday to win the three-game series.Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left the game in the third inning after being hit by a 96 MPH fastball from Guardians starter Tanner Bibee. X-rays came back negative, and the team said Guerrero sustained a forearm contusion.Gausman (6-6) gave up one walk on 104 pitches with six strikeouts and reliever Chad Green finished the Guardians' fifth shutout loss of the season.Addison Barger led off the ninth with a single, Ernie Clement and Jonatan Clase each drew a walk to load the bases with one out and pinch-hitter Kirk's single scored Barger and Clement. Clase scored on a throwing error by left fielder Steven Kwan, one of four by Cleveland.Kwan hit a double in the first for the Guardians, whose only other hit was single by Kyle Manzardo in the fourth.Bibee (4-8) gave up three hits and two runs in six innings.Jose Ramirez hit a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning Wednesday to lift Cleveland to 5-4 win after George Springer's grand slam gave Toronto a 10-6 victory Tuesday.Key momentToronto's Clase led off the third with a single, Tyler Heineman was hit by a pitch and Myles Straw laid down a sacrifice bunt and reached on a fielding error by Manzardo to load the bases with no outs. Lukes followed with a two-run single and Straw scored on another error by Manzardo, who bobbled a pickoff attempt, to give the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead.Key statManzardo committed three errors and Bibee threw two wild pitches in Toronto's three-run third inning.Up nextCleveland's Luis Ortiz (4-8, 4.30) pitches against St. Louis right-hander Sonny Gray (7-2, 3.72) at 7:10 p.m. Friday in Cleveland. Toronto's Jose Berrios (3-3, 3.51 ERA) takes the mound against Boston's Brayan Bello (3-3, 3.21) on Friday.