2023 Game Sixty-Two: Blue Jays 5, Astros 1

 

hey Springer hey Springer hey Springer: sweet dinger

Okay, here we go: a day after the sad debacle of Alek Manoah's final start for at least a good while (if not the season?), we have Kevin Gausman's seven innings of four-hit, one-run (Mauricio Dubon's leadoff homer!), thirteen-strikeout baseball, bolstered by home runs from Springer, Varsho, and Bo Bichette. Gausman, Bassitt, and Berrios have all been fantastic over the last month, but especially Gausman, obviously, who might find himself not only a part of the AL All-Star team in a few weeks, but possibly starting it? It is enormously convenient to have a fallback ace.  

KS