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Davis Schneider drove in four runs and scored twice in a 20-1 rout over the Rockies |
After another huge win over the Rockies thanks to a 6RBI effort from Daulton Varsho, the Blue Jays were looking to extend the win streak to 3 games and complete their complete their 9th series sweep and 5th season series sweep of the season. Kevin Gausman got the start with Tyler Heineman behind the plate. Vlad got the half day off as DH with Ty France at 1B. Davis Schneider was in LF and Myles Straw was in RF. Ernie Clement was at the hot corner and Buddy Kennedy got the start at 2B. Could the Blue Jays extend the win streak to 3 games and complete their complete their 9th series sweep and 5th season series sweep of the season? Here is today's game recap.
Game Highlights:
- The Rockies took the lead in the bottom of the 1st as Ezequiel Tovar doubled scoring Tyler Freeman
- The Blue Jays took the lead in the top of the third as Bo Bichette whacked a 3- run blast to the opposite field in right-center; also scoring Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Ernie Clement
- The Blue Jays added a pair of runs in the top of the 5th as Nathan Lukes tripled scoring Ty France and Buddy Kennedy
- A batter later, Tyler Heineman singled home Lukes
- Kyle Freeland pitching line: 4.2IP 7H 6R (all earned) 2BB 4K 76 pitches (55 for strikes)
- The blue jays added a run in the top of the 6th as Davis Schneider belted a solo jack to left
- Four batters later, France doubled scoring Clement
- A batter later, Addison Barger singled scoring Guerrero Jr. and France
- The Blue Jays added a run in the top of the 8th as Guerrero Jr. smacked a solo blast to the opposite field in right and into the Rockies bullpen
- Four batters later, France scored on a ground out hit by Lukes
- Kevin Gausman pitching line: 7IP 3H 1R (earned) 2BB 8K 102 pitches (74 for strikes)
- The Blue Jays added a run in the top of the 8th as Guerrero Jr. doubled scoring Clement
- A batter later, Bichette double scoring Clement
- Two batters later, Bichette scored on a sac fly by Barger
- A batter later, France scored on a sac fly by Lukes
- Three batters later, Davis Schneider hammered a 3-run bomb to dead center; also scoring Heineman and Myles Straw
- A batter later, Clement whacked a solo bomb to left
- Final score: Blue Jays 20 Rockies 1
- Kevin Gausman fired 7 strong innings, giving up a run on 3 hits, while walking 2 and striking out 8. Crazy to think that he actually gave up the first run of the ballgame with the way the game ended. He recovered nicely from that rough inning and retired five in a row. Gausman would retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced.
- The bullpen threw 2 perfect innings, striking out 3.
- I'm not going to list every player's offensive stats here today. Every Blue Jays batter reached base at least once and all but Buddy Kennedy had a hit. Everyone either scored a run or drove in a run. Only Kennedy and Myles Straw didn't have an RBI
- Pretty crazy to think the Blue Jays were actually trailing this game until Bo Bichette went yard in the top of the 3rd. In fact, the Blue Jays recorded 2 comeback wins in a series where they outscored the Rockies 45-6 and set an MLB record with 63 hits in this 3-game series
- The Rockies are exhibit A for why tanking this badly shouldn't automatically give you the 1st overall pick in the next draft. It's simply not good for any sport to have such a non-competitive team in the league. Not only does it impact the careers of the players since no team will want to give players a shot when they play so poorly, it affects revenue of that team since fans will eventually stop coming to the ballpark or purchasing team swag and the players on that team will stop trying.
- Which brings me to the use of a position player pitching for the losing team in blowouts. It should not be allowed. There is too much risk of that player hurting themselves because pitching is a lot different than throwing the baseball say back to the infield or to a base to record an out. It would be better to call the game early if a team runs out of pitchers.
- Up next, after an off-day/travel day tomorrow, the Blue Jays open a series in LA against the defending world series champs Dodgers. The Dodgers won the season series last year, outscoring the Blue Jays 17-7. Max Scherzer starts Friday against Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw.