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| Vladdy: is in there |
The other day, I noted that aside from low-key ace Yusei Kikuchi's inspiring performance, the first trip through the Blue Jays rotation had been pretty rough. This was a false statement! Kevin Gausman had actually pitched really well in St. Louis, allowing only three thoroughly unearned runs on an uncharacteristic Matt Chapman error as his (Gausman's) weird luck from last year seemed to carry over. No such weirding Thursday, though, as he just rolled through his six scoreless innings (season ERA: 0.00). Between Vladdy's homer and Cavan Biggio's (!), and just all of generally good stuff from the bats, the Blue Jays built up enough of a lead that, after Anthony Bass pitched the seventh, John Schneider, his bullpen somewhat depleted, understandably opted for Trevor Richards, just to see. This went poorly: Richards day went home run, walk, single, and in the end he was charged with three runs whilst recording nary an out. Tim Mayza didn't fare a whole lot better, but fortunately, Yimi Garcia, who is nails, came in, and was nails. The ninth fell to Adam Cimber, which I felt good about first æsthetically, and then actually, when it went groundout, groundout, strikeout. A genuine pleasure! Looks like it could be a long season in Kansas City, but at least they've still got that really nice ballpark. Finally, I must say that I am deeply appreciative of getaway-day afternoon games that fall on judo nights, or rather judo night days, if you follow. Let's do more like that.
On to Los Angeles! The way it all lines up, we will not see Shohei Ohtani pitch, which is a drag, but also probably for the best.
KS
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