Great Lakes bracket: 2009 Blue Jays sweep 2019 Cubs

Game One: Blue Jays 8, Cubs 1
WP: Halliday (1-0)
LP: Lester (0-1)
HR: Bautista (1), Wells (1)

Game Two: Blue Jays 16, Cubs 4
WP: Camp (1-0)
LP: Strop (0-1)
HR: Bryant (1), Wells (2), Lind 2 (2), Encarncion (1), Ruiz (1)

Game Three: Blue Jays 4, Cubs 0
WP: Tallet (1-0)
LP: Darvish (0-1)
HR: Hill (1)

Game Four: Blue Jays 7, Cubs 1
WP: Richmond (1-0)
LP: Quintana (0-1)
HR: Hill (2), Barajas (1), Encarncion (2)

The Cubs led at the end on only two innings of the four games, the fifth and sixth innings of Game Two, as the Jays outscored them 35-6 in the series.

The Jays got off to a strong start in the Wrigley Field opener. Scott Rolen and Vernon Wells hit back-to-back two-out doubles in the first off John Lester, and Jose Bautista hit a two-run homer in the second. Wells hit a three-run homer off Pedro Strop in the seventh; Wells had three hits and four RBIs. Roy Halladay allowed one run on seven hits in 6.2 innings for the win.

Kris Bryant homered to lead off the fifth inning of Game Two and added an RBI groundout in the sixth, which gave Chicago a 4-2 lead against Ricky Romero. But Derek Holland, relieving Kyle Hendrick, allowed a single and a walk before giving way to Strop, who promptly surrendered an RBI double to Rod Barajas and a three-run pinch-hit homer to Edwin Encarancion. Adam Lind hit two homers and drove in six runs in the final two innings as the Jays punished Steve Cishek, Craig Kimbrel and Kyle Wick.

The series shifted to 2009 and the retractable dome of Rogers Centre. Brian Tallet, Josh Roenicke and Shawn Camp combined for a four-hit shutout of the visiting Cubs. Travis Snider doubled in two runs in the second off loser Yu Darvish

The Jays wrapped up the series in Game Four, with Barajas hitting a two-run homer in the second, Adam Hill a two-run homer in the seventh and Encarncion a solo shot in the eighth. Scott Richmond carried a shutout in the seventh with the aid of three double plays turned by the Jays infield.

Player restrictions: None.

Projected rotation: Halladay-Romero-Tallet-Richmond-(Halladay)-(Romero)-(Tallet)