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| he is for real going to win the AL Cy Young at this point, isn't he |
Bo Bichette, the Blue Jays' deserving nominee for this year's Roberto Clemente award (they never nominate jerks), wore Clemente's number 21 today (as did, of course, many players) as he knocked in five of the six Toronto runs: a three-fun shot in the first, a sac fly in the third, an infield hit that he legged out in the fifth. Had you stayed tuned after the game for Jays Talk (they just read texts now! it is infinitely better than taking calls! except we'll never really get this kind of thing again, I guess) you'd have heard one of the host describe Bo Bichette as "just a wild horse out there." What a notion, and utterance. From there, all Robbie Ray had to do was hold the Non-Robbie Rays (haha!) to a lone run on four hit and no walks with thirteen strikeouts through seven complete, no big deal. The only Blue Jays lefties to strike out thirteen or more are Robbie Ray a bunch of times now, and, weirdly enough, 2004 Ted Lilly. Never would have guessed that one! In relief, Soria ran into a little trouble in the eighth, but not so much that it was especially ticklish when Jordon Romano came out to lock it down in the ninth. A series win against the Rays is fantastic, and yet I feel slightly unfantastic to see that the Mariners are currently betraying the 1977-expansion-cousin solidarity that should have them defeating the Boston Red Sox, whereas in reality they have gone behind 7-3 in the 10th (come on, man), and the Yankees are already up early against Baltimore; and so our three-way tie for two Wild Card spots lives to die another day (not a great film). The Blue Jays are off tomorrow ahead of their three-game series with the Twins, and while I am sure they will welcome the reprieve, all I see when I look at tomorrow's schedule is that the Yankees play the Orioles again, so the Blue Jays will probably enter play Friday a half-game behind. I've got playoff-worrying fever!
KS
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