Reese Olson dominated and Spencer Torkelson hit a solo home run, but the bullpen allowed runs in the eighth and ninth to lose.

The Toronto Blue Jays entered Friday's series opener against the Detroit Tigers looking to get back in the win column. Dropping Thursday's contest against the Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto fell one game below .500 at 21-22. Unable to pull back even, the Blue Jays made it consecutive losses with a 5-4 defeat against the AL Central leaders.

Flaherty responded with his best outing in two weeks, allowing only a two-run homer by Daulton Varsho in 5.2 strong innings and the Tigers hung on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4, in the first of three at Rogers Centre.