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Flappy-gloved young Red Sox starter Connor Seabold did not pitch terribly, really, but you add up Bo Bichette's RBI double in the first, home runs from Springer and Vladdy in the third, and then Matt Chapman's in the fifth, and all of a sudden it's 7-0 Blue Jays with Kevin Gausman absolutely rolling through seven scoreless innings (4H, 2BB, 10K). The Red Sox were biting on the splitter all night, so either Gausman is no longer tipping (he is wearing an utterly enormous glove to help conceal grips better), or perhaps the Red Sox simply do not have on him what the Twins have on him? Interesting to think about either way! Whatever the mechanism, this was a promising start to what feels like a pretty major homestand. Hey also, here's something: with their 9-2 win over the Mariners last night, the Baltimore Orioles, who I have been insisting are not that bad this year, now stand at 35-40 on the season, for a .467 winning percentage (per mille, I guess). That puts them ahead of eleven other MLB teams! And consider that they have to play their grossly unbalanced schedule in the AL East, the division that would, were the season to end today (I realize it will not), send four of its teams to the postseason? It is not inconceivable that Orioles could end up a .500 team on the season, playing an historically great division! Wouldn't that be wild! Good for the Orioles, is all I mean to say, even though I find their manager to be an unpleasant guy.
KS
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