Sunday, June 5, 2022

2022 Game Fifty-One: Twins 9, Blue Jays 3

 

what if everyone lead-off home-runned;
that is all George Springer asks us to consider 

Well, it had to happen sooner or later, didn't it, and there was every reason to think it would occur on a Yusei Kikuchi game, and so here we are: the end of the Blue Jays' eight-game winning streak, their longest of the season thus far, certainly, and in all likelihood the longest they will will enjoy this season. I am not upset about it. I liked the George Springer homer, and also the Vladdy homer, and am actually a little surprised to look at the box score now and see that the Blue Jays had only two other hits besides those ones, because it really didn't feel as miserable as that lowly total (combined with the "nine-runness" of Minnesota's offensive output) might imply. Byron Buxton, everyone's favourite, had three hits, and everybody likes him (is he still doing those incredible Sheboygan Sausage radio ads? I should have had this one on the Twins radio to see). José Berríos against his former team tomorrow, which could be neat! 

KS

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