Friday, July 28, 2023

2023 Game One-Hundred-Three: Blue Jays 8, Dodgers 1

 

Two-Hit Whit

The dueling "Let's Go Blue Jays"/"Let's Go Dodgers" chants that took off after Whit Merrifield's three-run home run in the fifth to put the Blue Jays up 5-0 in a game where the bats didn't actually need to do anywhere near as much as they did given that Yusei Kikuchi struck out eight whilst cruising through six innings of one-run baseball? To me? Those were great! It is weird to feel like a series win against the Dodgers (on the road, too!) is in any sense a disappointment, but that Tuesday night meltdown does make this feel like something of a missed opportunity for a sweep at a time when the Blue Jays could really use every single win (this is never not the case, but one feels it more acutely as the playoff races tighten and the trade deadline nears). Back home for the Angels! Who will have Shohei Ohtani I guess unless he is traded before then! Which probably won't happen! But what if it did. 

KS  


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