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| Bring it on in, Marcus Semien. |
This one was an absolute blast, and I speak not of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s third home run in as many days, which was itself an absolute blast, one estimated at 464 feet (remember to calculate the horizontal and vertical components of a trajectory independently -- that's a tip for all you kids out there taking grade eleven physics right now), though I understand your confusion. After Marcus Semien and Bo Bichette led off with back-to-back home runs, it looked the Blue Jays were really going to have a monster inning until poor Rowdy Tellez grounded into an inning-ending double play. The second was even more fun, with Santiago Espinal's triple (savour every triple, because you do not get to see that many -- that's another one for the kids), then just a whack of doubles and stuff until poor Rowdy Tellez lined into his second consecutive inning-ending double play. Robbie Ray was terrific until he wasn't, and the bullpen didn't exactly lock it down after that, which led to a wild afternoon all around, but striking out a pinch-hitting Bryce Harper (who followed up five-times-on-base Friday by messing up his shoulder on Saturday) to end was pretty neat! It is pleasing to have taken two of three from the Phillies, as the Blue Jays are really in it now: ten straight against the Red Sox, Yankees, and Rays. The AL East is shaping up to be a bloodbath, with four teams at twenty-two wins or better right now, at a time when there are other divisions in baseball with just the one. I take some comfort in the weird fact that New York and Boston haven't played each other even once yet, and so that's nearly twenty games of those two teams just kind of beating up on each other coming up, and maybe the Blue Jays can sneak on through with a whole bunch of wins over let's say Baltimore (no diss)? Red Sox up first, though, with the Blue Jays just a game and a half back.
KS
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