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It was certainly the right call to walk Matt Chapman to pitch to Daulton Varsho after Vladdy had ripped a single so rippingly into centre field that Bo Bichette (who runs well enough!) was rightly held up at the third base. You're going to want the force out at the plate for sure, and you're going to bring the outfielders in so close that they'll have a shot at the runner (Bo!) tagging up from third on a fly ball . . . the Mariners are not fools! They did all these things correctly. But Varsho ripped one well into right field on the first pitch, and there you go, the Blue Jays third hit of the day was the one that ended it. Kevin Guasman's thirteen-strikeouts over seven scoreless innings sure helped out along the way, I think it's fair to say, and Pop, Romano, and Swanson struck out six more (no hits!). These last couple weeks have just been unreal for pitching: the starters have been going so deep into the games (by contemporary standards) the bullpen has not been called upon to do all that much (by contemporary standards) but have exceeded any reasonable expectations we could have had of them (even by contemporary standards [bullpens are so good now {the good ones, anyway}]).
Six in a row! Give straight this homestand! Only one more to go! Chris Bassitt! The hound on the mound!
KS
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