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Rather than focusing our attention on Hyun-Jin Ryu's troubles (another tough start, and now an IL-stint that might be as much as face-saving measure as anything else), Jeff Nelson's statistically-hard-to-believe game behind the plate (68% accuracy on called strikes when the league average is 88%, the worst such game for anybody in a couple years [Charlie Montoyo got kicked out! and he's usually so nice!]), the Blue Jays' pretty nifty comeback to even the game at five in the sixth (back-to-back homeruns from Matt Chapman and everybody's new favourite slugger Zack Collins!), or the two decisive runs allowed by Julian Merryweather in the ninth (fairly or not, I feel very uneasy with either Merryweather or Pearson on the mound, and I think this might last forever), I would instead like to note above all other concerns (even Vladdy and Bo's combined oh-for-eight on the day [yikes!]) the four scoreless innings pitched by Trent Thornton (he had two of them), David Phelps, and Yimi Garcia to keep things from getting out of hand after Ryu's early exit, and allowing the Blue Jays bats to get them back into the game. Without middle relief, you've got nothing! And it looks like we've got the best middle relief we have had in really quite some time. I am all for it.
KS
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