By: TORONTO – Tyler Heineman was still buzzing about the Toronto Blue Jays clubhouse much than 40 minutes aft he drove successful the winning tally successful the 10th inning.
Heineman deed into a fielder’s prime to sheet Myles Straw from 3rd guidelines to thief Toronto rally to a 4-3 triumph complete the Houston Astros connected Tuesday, arsenic the Blue Jays sewage a important triumph to adhd to their lead successful the American League East. The come-from-behind triumph came hours aft Toronto put all-star shortstop Bo Bichette connected the 10-day injured database pinch a sprained near knee.
“To beryllium honest, I’ve ne'er had that happen, I’ve ne'er had a walk-off successful my life,” said Heineman by his locker astatine Rogers Centre. “It was awesome, but conscionable to do it to thief the squad triumph and inch person to winning a pennant is virtually what you dream about.
“I’m conscionable benignant of correct now starting to travel backmost down to normal. My bosom was beating retired of my thorax for a while.”
Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s two-run azygous successful the bottommost of the ninth tied it 3-3 arsenic Toronto (83-61) ended a two-game slide. George Springer led disconnected the sixth pinch his 28th location tally of the season.
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The triumph coupled pinch the New York Yankees’ 12-2 illness successful Detroit, extended the Blue Jays’ lead successful the AL East to 3 games pinch 18 near to play successful the regular season.
Toronto is besides a half-game up of the Tigers for the champion grounds successful the American League.
“I wish I would person enjoyed it a small spot more, to beryllium honest. I benignant of blacked out. That’s what you dream of,” said Heineman. “The fans are ever down us, truthful it’s awesome.
“The truth that we came backmost successful the ninth inning down, down 3-1 against a really bully person and a really bully squad is just, I mean, it’s virtually what we do the full year.”
Bichette was wounded erstwhile he collided pinch Yankees catcher Austin Wells’s shin defender successful the sixth inning of Saturday’s 3-1 nonaccomplishment successful New York. X-rays taken during a about two-hour rainfall hold came backmost negative, and he later struck retired successful his last at-bat.
The 27-year-old Bichette didn’t play successful Sunday’s finale successful the Bronx and the Blue Jays had Monday off. His move to the IL was retroactive to Sunday.
Heineman said Bichette will beryllium missed but Toronto has had a “next man up” attack each year.
“You can’t switch Bo. He can’t beryllium replaced. He’s a catalyst for our team. He’s a leader of our team, truthful it’s gonna beryllium tough,” said Heineman. “I deliberation conscionable knowing that there’s a chance that he could travel backmost conscionable motivates america to support playing until he’s capable to travel backmost and past thief america out.”
Ernie Clement was slotted into the lineup astatine short connected Tuesday day and earlier the crippled Blue Jays head John Schneider said that Kiner-Falefa would besides apt play shortstop.
Both stepped up successful the ninth.
Clement reached guidelines pinch a azygous and past Kiner-Falefa, pinch hitting for 2nd baseman Andres Gimenez, had a basehit to people Heineman and Clement, forcing other innings.
“It felt large successful that way,” said Kiner-Falefa, who was picked up disconnected of waivers from the Pirates connected Aug. 31 aft Toronto had traded him to Pittsburgh connected July 30, 2024. “Just being capable to beryllium successful beforehand of the fans for the first clip and get an opportunity.
“Obviously, Bo goes down, but we person capable extent to get through. You could ne'er switch a subordinate for illustration that but we’re gonna do the champion we can.”
Schneider was still reeling from his up-and-down time that started pinch an MRI confirming Bichette’s wounded and ended pinch Heineman’s walk-off erstwhile he sat down for his post-game conference.
“I request a beer,” joked Schneider. “Weird day. Long day. Ended really well.”
This study by BERITAJA was first published Sept. 9, 2025.
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