Blue Jays 1 Mariners 2
The good news: Alec Manoa was amazing. One roll cost him. In the seventh, he gave up a single to JP, Crawford and then a crushed home run by Carlos Santana.
Overall, he went 7.1, allowed just 3 hits, 4 walks (2 of those walks were in the eighth inning) and 7 strikeouts.
If we could score a little it would be a great game.
Unfortunately, Robbie Ray himself was excellent. He went 6 innings, allowed just 3 hits, 2 walks, with 6 strikeouts. The only run against him was a George Springer home run.
We had a chance to blow it in the fifth. The inning began with back-to-back walks to Alejandro Kirk and Teoscar Hernandez. Lourdes Gurriel singled to load the bases with no outs. But:
- Matt Chapman struck out. He really needed contact. He got a close call against him that could have made it 3-1, but instead tied it at 2-2.
- Santiago Espinal also struck. He was royally ripped on the field by the plate. He should have been up 2-0, instead it was 1-1 and then he had to swing the next pitch off the scoreboard.
- And Raimel Tapia got away.
In a tight game like this, loading the bases with no outs, you have to score a little bit. We didn’t.
Other than that inning, Ray was in charge.
Amazingly, Mariners relievers Matt Brash (Lourdes fouled off nine innings with 2 hits before striking out) and Andres Munoz threw even harder than Ray and each had perfect 2-hit innings.
We had another hit in the 9th. After Bo popped out on the first pitch. Vlad and Kirk are alone. Teoscar Hernandez dropped out. Surprisingly to me, the Mariners intentionally sent in Lourdes Gurriel to throw to Matt Chapman with the bases loaded.
But Chapman, after taking a hit over the zone, was dropped.
The Jays were 1 for 6 with RISP.
Jays of the day? I give one to Manoah, even though his number wasn’t good (-.109 WPA). Also Kirk (.125), Springer (.109) and Gurriel (.102).
Sukaj: Chapman (-.344, 0 for 4, 3 k), Espinal (-.169, 0 for 4), Tapia (-.143, 0 for 3, 2 k), Bichet (-.121, 0 for 4 , 2k).
Tomorrow is a day match. 4:00 Eastern. It’s going to be a tough day for the Jays. Logan Gilbert (10-3, 2.61) for the Mariners.
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