Mets 3 Blue Jays 9
One of those, very very rare days, where the offense and the pitching both were great for the Jays.
We scored early, we scored often:
- One in the first: Nathan Lukes started things with a single. Vladimir Guerrero followed with a double (very well hit ball). Kazuma Okamoto had an infield single, bringing the run. Course, runners on first and second with no outs, we should have scored more. But Daulton Varsho fly out, Alejandro Kirk walk, Yohendrick Piñango pop out and Ernie Clement strikeout, ended the fun and had us thinking “here we go again”.
- Four in the third: Oka walked, an out later, Kirk singled and another out later Clement doubled, scoring out second run. Sean Keys hit his first MLB home run to make it 5-0.
- Four in the seventh: Vlad walked, Oka singled but was thrown out trying to turn it into a double. Varsho singled, scoring Vlad. Kirk singled. And then Myles Straw, pinch hitting homered.
12 hits, 2 home runs, 5 for 9 with RISP. All the things we’d like every game. Lukes, Okamoto, Kirk and Clement had two hits each. Piñango and Andrés Giménez had o fors.
All-in-all a good day for the bats.
Pitchers?
- Braydon Fisher opened and gave up just a walk in his inning. I was all for having him go another, after just 14 pitches, but then the coaches are closer to the game than I am. Vlad made a terrific play on a ground ball down the line on the first at bat of the game.
- Spencer Miles went three innings, giving up just a hit and a walk, with five strikeouts. Excellent job. He also made a terrific play grabbing a line drive and a nice play on a roller down the first base line.
- Patrick Corbin, after being demoted to the bullpen, threw the last five innings. He did give up a couple of home runs, and four hits in all, but had five strikeouts and no walks. Honestly, though the two home runs didn’t look good, he knew the assignment, fill up the strike zone. I thought is was a success. Five innings on 46 pitches. He got the save.
Vlad made a nice play on a line drive and a nice play on a ground ball, going to his right and making a great throw to the pitcher at first.
Nathan Lukes made a terrific throw to second on a ball off the netting in right field. Giménez had a nice play at short too.
Jays of the Day: Miles (0.13 WPA) and Keys (0.13). Lets give Honourable Mention to Kirk, Vlad, Oka and Corbin.
Other Award: Piñango (-0.11).
Nice to see some runs. Let’s make a habit of it.
Tomorrow is an off-day and then three in Seattle.
