Saturday, April 10, 2021

2021 Game Eight: Angels 7, Blue Jays 1

 

Doctor; Lawyer; Really Good Kisser?

Well this one honestly wasn't nearly as much fun! Téoscar out of the lineup because of a COVID-19 exposure, Lourdes Guriel Jr. (and Bourecki, too?) out with vaccine side-effects, and George Springer out with the injury he got while he was injured did not bode well for an especially jaunty outing against the Angels, but even given those lowered expectations, this Blue Jays performance lacked jaunt. Bo Bichette's little double-clutch error that missed the inning-ending force at second, only for Shohei Ohtani to rip a three-run double off the wall (and it was very close to clearing that weird, extra-tall wall altogether) in the next at-bat was kind of the whole game, except for Ohtani's <<coup de circuit>> in the fifth (that guy! wow!). We can take some comfort, I guess, in how rad Vladito continues to be, with another hit and a couple of walks on the night, but the Blue Jays on the whole are perilously close to answering to the name of lucky right now. And yet! Steven Matz on the mound! Maybe he'll strike out another nine batters! Some of whom could very well be Shohei Ohtani! Or Mike Trout! Let's find out!

KS  


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