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It really didn't matter who was pitching, or how poorly, because for the first time in a week or so the boys truly did not bop, but it is hard not to be discouraged that Alek Manoah's second start since he's come back up was such a mess. Ninety-two pitches to get through three? A forty-one pitch first? Five walks against no strikeouts? It is true that he was getting low-key squeezed in the first, but you can't expect to get a lot of close calls when you are basically not throwing strikes. Maybe Manoah gets another start or two, but with Ryu quite possibly coming back in as little as a week, that might be about it? I do take some consolation in the fact that all five AL East teams lost on this night (for only the second time this year!), so the Blue Jays gave up no ground, but what a drag. Coming into this one, the Blue Jays had won eight of their previous nine (everything but the no-hitter), and yet there I was, exchanging dire texts with my two pals with whom I text about the Blue Jays, as early as the second inning. We did not do a good job of keeping things in perspective.
KS
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