TORONTO – In the early Saturday afternoon – before he was sent off, before his team won another one-run game – Charlie Montoy wanted to pay a little tribute to his initial rotation.
“You know,” he began from the manager’s office at the Rogers Center, “our initial rotation leads to the American Serving League.” There is little information about you. “
However, this is more than curious facts. With so many passes in the beginning, the Blue Jays holders constantly keep their team in the game, while keeping the coat for the time when it is most important. So far, the combination works. Example: the 2-1 victory over Houston Astros on Saturday afternoon.
Starter Jose Berios made 5.2 effective innings before transferring the ball to retailers Adam Simber, Tim Maisa and Jordan Romano. Together, they held on to Houston’s powerful squad only once with eight goals, while the Blue Jays improved to 14-8 this season.
Offensively, the Blue Jays collected just six goals, but as two of them were home to George Springer, the Blue Jays managed to come back from a disappointing loss on Friday night. With the Blue Jays victory, they are now 8-2 in single-player games, and although this level of success is probably unsustainable, those wins are in the bank.
Morals erupted in the fifth inning. With two outs and a runner in second base, home referee Nick Lenz called up Vladimir Guerrero Jr. after a hit. That 1-2 quick ball? It was a strike. But the bat’s first pitch was a ball outside, and Lenz called it a kick. Such was the first pitch of Guerrero Jr.’s first shot and the one on which Lenz called him in the first inning.
In this context, Guerrero Jr. was angry. He slammed his bat on the ground and expressed his disappointment as he turned back to the home dugout. At that moment, Montoyo appeared on the field and offered Lenz a few words of his own. At a time when Guerrero Jr. was warming up his teammates in the field at first base, Montoyo was thrown out.
Of course, judging is hard work. No one expects perfection in balls and shots, and this was not quite on the level of the failure of Angel Hernandez, who recently led to a mini-collapse of Kyle Schwarber. At the same time, it is fair for attackers to expect more consistency. And to further reduce, is it good for the game when the referees take the bat out of the hands of Vlad Guerrero Jr.?
Before the match, Theoscar Hernandez and Hyun Jin Ryu took part in a simulated game on Saturday morning and both could go on rehabilitation tasks next week. These reinforcements will help support a group that already plays high-quality baseball.
On Sunday, the Blue Jays will pass the ball to Kevin Gaussman, who filled the gap from the defense of Cy Young winner Robbie Ray even better than expected so far.
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