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| that's *another* double |
A first-inning Vladdy-and-Bo double steal -- in which Vladdy himself was the one to take third! -- produced a false impression of just how rad this getaway-day game would turn out to be, which was, in the end, not rad at all (aside from how the Rays fielded the first all-Latino starting lineup in MLB history on Roberto Clemente Day [neat]): Kevin Gausman did not pitch terribly, but the three-run home run he yielded to Yandy Díaz in the second kind of sealed the deal on a day where Shane McClanahan was, well, dealing. Gausman, to his credit, lasted seven innings, a great boon to the bullpen ahead of what is sure to be a bullpen day of some description. It went Pop, Richards, and Phelps the rest of the way (though not well!), so all of the "high-leverage" arms should be all set as we prepare for a fairly big series against Baltimore. After the series win against the Rays (which I honestly did not anticipate, and feel, on the whole, pretty great about), the Blue Jays sit fully five games ahead of the Orioles with eighteen games to go, and by my feelings-math (it is a kind of math) can probably pretty much put the Orioles away by winning even two of these three. I hope this line of thinking does not come back to ruin and undo me in the final weekend of the season but you can say that about any number of lines of thinking I undertake, so no news there.
KS
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