Giants 6 Blue Jays 8
Well, that was a wild one. But a sweep is a sweep. And our tenth straight win at home.
José Berríos was good through five innings. The sixth didn’t go well. He gave up a run in the first inning on a double (not really a double, as Davis Schneider lost the fly ball in the sun. I wish they would call those things errors). The sun was an issue for much of the game. And one more in the fifth and a single, walk (the first walk the Jays gave up this series) and a single.
The sixth didn’t
go well. Jose likely wouldn’t have pitched in the sixth, but we scored four runs in the top of the fifth, so it seemed a good idea to see if we could get a little more out of Berrios. His sixth went single, strikeout, flyout and a Matt Chapman home run. That was it for him. 5.2 innings, 8 hits, 4 earned, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts. He did seem to tire in the fifth and sixth.
Braydon Fisher came in with two outs and a three-run lead. He had nothing, double, single, walk and a single, one run in. Suddenly, it was a two-run game. Justin Bruihl came in and was no better, giving up a walk and an RBI single, making it a one-run game. Very fortunately, Jung Hoo Lee tried to turn his single into a double. It was close at second, called safe on the field, out on challenge—a very close play. Very nice play by Clement, cutting off a throw to the plate and throwing to second. It was a huge play.
Justin Bruihl stayed in for the seventh, giving up a leadoff single, then getting a strikeout. Tommy Nance followed, getting a strikeout and a groundout.
Nance stayed in for the eighth and got two strikeouts and a flyout.
Yariel Rodríguez got the ninth. Clement helped him out with a nice grab of a ball going down the left field line for the first out. And Leo Jiménez made a nice play on a grounder hit between first and second for the second out.
On offense....it was nice to see some home runs. We scored:
- One in the first: Vlad hit is 13th home run of the season. 105 mph, 420 feet.
- Two in the third: Ernie Clement had a one-out double. An out later, Vlad walked. And Bo Bichette doubled both home.
- Four in the fifth: George Springer started the inning with a home run, his 17th of the season. 100 mph, 375 feet. Vlad lined out hard to left (Giants’ left fielder had a rough day in the field but made a good catch here on a 111 mph hit). Bo doubled again. A wild pitch moved him to third. Alejandro Kirk singled over the drawn-in infield. Then Addison Barger just murdered a pitch, 407 feet, 108 mph. It looked longer than 407 feet.
- One in the sixth: Springer had a two-out double, and Vlad singled him home.
We had nine hits and five walks. Springer, Guerrero and Bichette each had two hits (with two home runs and three doubles between them, plus five RBI). An easy fly out ended the game. That’s Yariel’s second save of the season.
Our old friend Robbie Ray was not good, pitching 4.1 innings, allowing 5 hits, 5 earned runs, 5 walks, and striking out 3. He wasn’t a fan of Chad Whitson’s strike zone. I’ll be curious to see the umpire scorecard tomorrow, but it did seem that the Jays were getting the better of the calls.
Jays of the Day: Bo (,237 WPA, 2 for 4, 2 RBI), Vlad (.207, 2 or 4, home run, 2 RBI, walk) and Tommy Nance (.166)
Other Award: Fisher (-.115).
Tomorrow, we are back to regular nighttime baseball. The Yankees are in town. Kevin Gausman (6-7, 4.19) vs. Carlos Rodón (10-6, 3.08)
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