Steven Matz won his fourth consecutive start, Marcus Semien hit a three-run homer, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Friday night.
Canada picked up a bonus ticket to the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. The country was awarded a quota spot in women’s lightweight double sculls, a rowing event, by World Rowing after a New Zealand boat was forced to drop out.
Hamilton Public Health Services has confirmed a man in his 60s experience a rare blood clotting condition after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19.