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| Four hits, one dinger, two gun fingerz |
Though it rained sideways in Cleveland Friday night, Hyun-Jin Ryu was still striking dudes out with his 68MPH curveball because the man is, quite simply, An Artist. They only got through six and a half innings before the game was called, which was probably more than enough of them (innings, I mean) for the Cleveland pitchers, who were lit up by the bottom-half of the Blue Jays lineup (Vladdy and the boys up top didn't have much of a night, weirdly). One felt especially for Cleveland rookie Eli Morgan, who made his first career start in the worst conditions you're likely to see, and gave up six runs on eight hits and two walks and didn't get out of the third. Morgan is said to rely particularly on his changeup, which is totally fine (consider, for example, Hyun-Jin Ryu), but early on, Buck Martinez, a lovely guy who does not look for problems, was like, "Morgan's changeup looks like it is possibly just too slow, and major league hitters are going to pick it up coming out of his hand, and it's not gonna be good for him." And then they extremely did, just whacking it all over the part for extra bases. Of everyone having a miserable night, Mogan's seemed miserablist. A Saturday rainout followed, so two more seven-inning games later today. A nice break for the bullpen!
KS
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