Saturday, May 1, 2021

2021 Game Twenty-Four: Toronto 13, Atlanta 5

 

Yes; yes.

There was much to admire about all six of the Blue Jays home runs last night (or indeed about each of the six): Bo Bichette went to the opposite field; Randall Grichuk hit one off a hanger that you could see was a hanger seemingly the very instant it left Smyly's hand; Teoscar Hernandez is back from illness and apparently in fine form; Lourdes Gurriel Jr has had a rough start and so it's good to see him get going; and Alejandro Kirk hit two! My favourite moment out of the lot of them, though, was for sure Lourdes Gurriel's celebration at third base when Kirk's first (of his two!) went over the wall. It wasn't quite Ryan Goins on the José Bautista bat flip, but it was still a lovely moment. Kirk seems to be as loved as he seems loveable, which is an amount I would characterize as "a fair deal so." Another good start from Robbie Ray, and although Borucki had a hard time out of the bullpen, Payamps and Romano did not. Not that any of that mattered especially however as the Blue Jays hit six home runs (discussed above).   

KS

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