Pillar drives in a run, Giants hit four homers to power past Blue Jays
TORONTO — Rowdy Tellez was pleased to get a good result against a tough left-handed reliever at the major league level on Tuesday.
But even hitting a grand slam — the first of Tellez’s career — lost its lustre when it came in a losing effort.
Tellez sent a pitch from Tony Watson deep into the centre-field seats in the eighth inning to bring Toronto within a run, but the San Francisco Giants held on to beat the Blue Jays 7-6 in the opener of a two-game interleague series.
“We lost tonight so it’s a tough one for me, kind of a meaningless home run in the scoreboard,” the Blue Jays rookie said. “But mentally, it’s nice to have a good at-bat against a tough lefty out of the bullpen.”