TORONTO -- All of the greats have a little stubbornness to their game, that ability to keep hammering forward until it all breaks wide open.

Max Scherzer was brilliant in Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Cubs at Rogers Centre, but as the first six innings whizzed by, it looked like the likely future Hall of Famer would end up stuck as a one-man show with no supporting cast. That’s the beauty of this Blue Jays offense, though. Even if it takes them a while to wake up, they’re always coming.

This was vintage Scherzer in every way, mowing through the Cubs in Thursday’s 3:07 p.m. ET start like he had a dinner reservation at 5:30.

Over seven-plus innings, Scherzer held the Cubs to just one run on a solo shot from Michael Busch, and while he only struck out three batters, Scherzer stayed away f

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