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It's one thing to watch Yusei Kikuchi get shelled out there (in fact it is many things; innumerable things; unnamable things), but quite another to see José Berrios roughed up for eight runs in just two-and-two-thirds. He has had some tough, tough outings this year, and at other times has looked every bit as good as you'd hope. It's a bit of a poser! Alejandro Kirk's three-run homer in the first was really the only bright spot on the day (as far as baseball goes; it was a lovely summer Sunday). This largely unsuccessful road trip does not auger well, probably, as the Blue Jays head home for eight games against Boston and Tampa Bay over the next seven days. I had gotten extremely used to the Blue Jays as the top wild card team, but that is not at all the case now, given the weird tear the Red Sox have been on. I think maybe I had gotten too cute by half with all my talk of how the final wild card spot is probably a better place to end up than either of the first two, and now I am to be haunted by it? We're a game and a half behind Boston, tied with the Rays, and only two ahead of Cleveland. You just settle down, Cleveland; you just settle right down.
KS
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