Thursday, April 27, 2023

2023 Game Twenty-Five: Blue Jays 8, White Sox 0

 

so happy for Vladdy right now

Yusei Kikuchi did it again! His ERA is down to 3.00! What! Just four hits and a walk alongside his eight strikeouts as he pitched into the sixth in a nice, easy win on a getaway-day game in front of a merry crowd of 35 069 (had to be a lot of school kids). Three hits for Bo (a homer, just fair!) two for Vladdy (a hustling double!), a super-cool double steal (Merrifield leading Espinal [three hits for Santi, and he needs every one of them he can get]) . . . just a great afternoon of baseball. And it really frees up the evening. Nothing not to like here, except for the ongoing sad plight of the White Sox, who were outscored 20-2 over the three-game series as they were swept away. It might not be their year. But it may yet be ours! The Mariners come in for the weekend, and even though it was of course the Mariners that ended things badly for the Blue Jays last season, it really felt then, and continues to feel now, like really the Blue Jays ended things badly for the Blue Jays last season, you know? Not a great start for Seattle so far, with the Mariners a couple games under .500, and Robbie Ray now out for the season. It will be nice to see Téo again, though. I do hope he is well. 

KS 

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