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| so squint we all, José Berríos; so squint we all |
Don't be fooled: this one wasn't even really as close as a 10-5 score might suggest (which I grant you isn't all that close to begin with). Things started auspiciously enough, with a George Springer leadoff-triple and a Bo Bichette double to drive him in (Bo Bichette now holds the Blue Jays single-season record for doubles by a shortstop with 42 [and counting!] which I have not checked but must have been a Tony Fernandez record, right?). But José Berríos just did not have it, and allowed three runs in each of his two innings of work. You might think they would just kind of leave him out there to take one for the team at the start of the series rather than tax the bullpen, but José was already closing in on like eighty pitches at that point. It was brutal. A home run for Téo, and two, somehow, for Whit Merrifield were bright spots, certainly, but that's more or less it. A pal sent me a "we'll get 'em tomorrow!" kind of text message, which is a nice sentiment, but it looks like a Mitch White + bullpen day, so maybe we'll get 'em Saturday? I am in no way anti-bullpen-day, and I want only good things for Mitch White, who seems neat, but the Rays are just so endlessly pesky and I hate the Trop so much that I am in a bit of a state.
KS
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