Miami’s Eury Pérez overpowered Toronto with six innings of two-run ball on 94 pitches, sealing a 5-3 win that capped a strong August (3-0, 3.00 ERA) and drew a standing ovation in Miami. Pérez’s fastball velocity and sharp breaking balls kept the Blue Jays' lineup off balance, reinforcing his status as the Marlins’ future ace after a comeback season from Tommy John.

Toronto mounted a late charge as Daulton Varsho delivered a three-run homer in the seventh, but Pérez and the Marlins held on. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is working his way back from a hamstring injury, while the Jays’ road trip ended frustrated against two generational arms, Pérez and Skenes, who continue to reshape fantasy and betting narratives around elite young pitching.

In this win, Pérez trimmed the noise, attacked the zone, and flashed the ceiling many expect for him as a cornerstone of Miami’s rotation. The matchup against a rival with a growing ace aura further fueled Pérez’s narrative as one of the sport’s most electric young arms.