2023 Game Eighty-Two: Blue Jays 2, Giants 1

 

so important

I will set aside my objection to Thursday's game being played in the evening rather than the afternoon (it's always getaway day for somebody!) and instead focus on the very hanging curveball Vladdy hit a very long way in the sixth to score the Blue Jays only runs, fortunately the only runs they would need given Chris Bassitt's three-hit, three-walk, twelve-strikeout six innings of work (Swanson and Mayza added clean innings; Romano less so). Santiago Espinal really bailed out Kirk's throw down to second on a stolen base attempt in the ninth, scooping a somewhat errant throw and applying the tag for a crucial out in an inning that was getting away from Jordan Romano, and it is always a pleasure to see Espinal make a nice little play. He is A Liked Guy.

KS