Another bug scoring game. The pitching wasn’t as sharp as last night, but then when you score 11 it doesn’t have to be. Every member of the lineup got on base at least once, and eight of them did it twice or more. Vlad, Clement and Straw each managed it four times. It’s as if … Read more
Padres 6 Blue Jays 7 (11 innings) What an exciting set of extra innings. Top of the 10th Brendon Little is pitching Xander Bogaerts on second. Little got two quick outs but gave up a single, and the Padres were ahead. Little got Machado to ground out to end the inning. Bottom of the 10th … Read more
Tiger 1 Blue Jays 2 The Jays didn’t do much on offense, scoring just a run in the eighth and the winning run in the ninth. In the eighth, Ernie Clement led off with a walk. Nathan Lukes bunted him to second. Alejandro Kirk, pinch-hitting, singled him home. Unfortunately, Michael Stefanic struck out, and Bo … Read more
Red Sox 10 Blue Jays 2 Not only are the Jays bad, but they are also boring to watch. It is hard to watch them. We are less than 30 games into the season, and I’m thinking longingly of the off-season. And I don’t know what they should do. They got rid of last year’s … Read more
I’ve wanted Barger called up, but this will only be for two or three games. Please play him, John. Addison hasn’t had the best of starts in Buffalo, hitting just .221/.311/.421 with two homers and two doubles. Congratulations to Nathan Lukes, whose wife had a baby boy, their second child. I always like to point … Read more
Jays 7 – Orioles 6 This was a hard one to watch. The Jays once managed to clank the ball on defense, make stupid outs on the basepaths, and squander opportunities to blow the game open. I know this sounds unnecessarily negative for a win but the Jays really did everything they could to hand … Read more
Blue Jays 2 Red Sox 1 (11 innings) Another great start for our Jays. Kevin Gausman was terrific. He had an unearned run in the first. Jarren Duran singled to start the game (I thought Nathan Lukes should have caught it). Duran went to steal second, and Alejandro Kirk’s throw was wide and high of … Read more
Mets 2 Blue Jays 1 I don’t know. We just aren’t hitting. Just 4 hits on the day, with 5 walks. One extra base hit. Alejandro Kirk had two of the hits. Tyler Heineman and Myles Straw had the other two. Clement and Santander had two walks. But we were 0 for 8 with RISP. … Read more
Blue Jays 0 Mets 5 Kevin Gausman had a tough first inning, giving up a two-run home run to Pete Alonso and taking 31 pitches to get out of the inning. And that was lucky. Starling Marte hit a hard line drive right at Ernie Clement for a double play to get us out of … Read more
Orioles 1 Blue Jays 3 I love watching Chris Bassitt battle. Today, he gave up eight hits and two walks but just one earned run in his six innings. He also had seven strikeouts. He did a terrific job against a very good offense. The only run scored against him was on a passed ball … Read more