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At this point, why wouldn't Jordan Romano give up a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the ninth in a game made close only by the two runs Eric Swanson allowed on three hits and a walk in the seventh? Seems about right! Brandon Belt homered twice, and Kevin Gausman was good again (no surprise there) but only went five, leaving a decent amount of work for the bullpen. Yimi proved nails in bailing out Tim Mayza, and Trevor Richards (everybody's favourite guy now) struck out three, but Swanson, after being fantastic his first twenty or so appearances, has struggled in the twenty or so since, and it has been a genuine drag to behold. The Blue Jays have now lost all six games they've played against the Red Sox this season after going I believe 16-3 against them last year, and the Red Sox are now 12-1 against the Blue Jays and Yankees, but ten or eleven games below .500 against everybody else. This is all pretty weird! A quick glance at the standings reveals that things are not nearly as bad as they could be after getting swept at home on Canada Day weekend, as none of the other teams in or around the wild card scene were able to string any wins together. A-game-and-a-half out of the last two spots, and five-and-a-half out of the top spot is by no means insurmountable, unlike the division, which has felt a done deal since about the third week of the season (Tampa was very reluctant to lose any games!). Six games on the road against the AL Central (three in Chicago, three in Detroit) gives us a chance to pull into the All-Star break in decent shape, and I'd like to think that's how it'll go!
KS
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