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| alas that Nick Gordon's broad gesture is accurately reflects home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott's judgement |
José Berríos looked to be in fine form (that's good!) until a four-run fourth (that's bad!) but the Blue Jays came all the way back on home runs from Chapman, Espinal, and Vladdy and a ninth-inning rally capped by a Raimel Tapia RBI-single (that's super good!). But in the top of the tenth, Téo and Bo each left the bases loaded, striking out on just three pitches each. That's bad. What's worse: the Blue Jays kicked it around a little in the bottom of the tenth, and owing to the Manfred Man starting the inning at second base (a contemptible practice but I am not going to get my way on this), Jordan Romano ended up with the deeply improbably pitching line of 0 IP, 0 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 1 K. This, too, is bad. And it's a shame, because the comeback was really exciting, and the bullpen (Richards, Pop, Cimber, Phelps, Garcia) did such a great job of holding the line, and making that nifty comeback possible. A great game, consisting of many pleasures, and yet also a true drag just at the end there.
KS
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