TORONTO (AP) — Pinch hitter Tyler Freeman hit an RBI single in the 10th inning and the Colorado Rockies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Wednesday.

Troy Johnston had two hits, including a game-tying single in the eighth, as the Rockies won their first series of the season.

Colorado is 3-12 all-time in Toronto.

Freeman led off the 10th with a single up the middle off left-hander Brendon Little (0-1), scoring automatic runner Brenton Doyle.

Brennan Bernardino (1-0) worked one inning for the win and Jimmy Herget finished for his first save, retiring Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for the final out and stranding the tying run at third.

Toronto’s Kevin Gausman was perfect through four innings before Ezequiel Tovar ended an 11-pitch at bat with a leadoff single in the fifth.

TJ Rumfield reached on a fielder’s choice but Gausman struck out Jordan Beck and Brett Sullivan before Rumfield was forced out at second.

Gausman allowed two hits and struck out 10 in six shutout innings. He’s the only pitcher since 1900 to strike out 10 or more and walk none in his first two starts of a season.

Colorado’s Kyle Freeland allowed one run and five hits in five innings. The left-hander walked one and struck out six.

Toronto’s Davis Schneider drove in the opening run of the game with an RBI single in the third.

After putting a runner in scoring position in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, Colorado tied it on Johnston’s RBI single off Tommy Nance in the eighth.

Up next

Rockies: RHP Michael Lorenzen (0-0, 6.23) is expected to start at Philadelphia on Friday against Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (0-0, 5.40).

Blue Jays: Toronto’s scheduled game at the White Sox on Thursday has been postponed to Friday because of inclement weather. Blue Jays RHP Dylan Cease (0-0, 1.69) is expected to face Chicago RHP Sean Burke (0-1, 6.75).

Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar expected to miss a few games with upper-body injury

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche will be without standout defenseman Cale Makar for a few games after he suffered an upper-body injury in a win over Calgary earlier this week.

Coach Jared Bednar said Wednesday after morning skate that Makar is “doing OK. He's going miss some time, though. Nothing serious. Nothing that's putting the playoffs in jeopardy or anything like that.” The Avalanche host the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night as they try to move closer to clinching the league's best record. They currently hold an eight-point lead.

Makar appeared to be hurt when he was hit along the boards in the second period Monday of a 9-2 win over the Flames. He finished with three assists despite not playing in the third period.

When asked if Makar might shut down for the rest of the regular season, Bednar simply responded, “No.” Colorado has nine games remaining.

Makar, a two-time Norris Trophy winner, is third among defensemen this season with 75 points (20 goals, 55 assists). He's the league's first defenseman to notch three straight 20-goal seasons since Phil Housley and Al MacInnis more than three decades ago.

“We talk about Cale enough as a player, about how important he is for us and our offensive game — power play — and defensively as well,” captain Gabriel Landeskog said. “He's a big, big part of our team. Other guys are going to have to step up.”

Bednar is adjusting his defensive pairings against the Canucks. Nick Blankenburg is likely to take Makar's spot in the lineup and figures to be partnered with Brent Burns. The 41-year-old Burns is expected to skate in his 999th straight game Wednesday.

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