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Yusei Kikuchi wasn't thrilled to be pulled in the fifth inning (hey you know what? good for him), but John Schneider seemed to be managing the first game of this big series (big fun?) in Baltimore almost as though it were the playoffs themselves rather than the grim march towards them. No messing around! It was Yimi time! From there it went Richards, Hicks, Swanson, Mayza (the whole gang!), and ultimately Romano to close it out after Brandon Belt's two-run home run in the top of the tenth (plus Vladdy sliding home on a wild pitch in that same inning). But the play of the game, and maybe the play of the season thus far in terms of not just its æsthetic merits but of its import in the moment, was Bo Bichette's bottom-of-the-ninth sliding stab at a ball hit sharply to his right and a beautiful arcing throw that hit Vladdy right in the chest for a crucial out (it kept them from pitching to Mountcastle, which is as crucial as it gest). Just a true honey of a play from the Blue Jays' best player by kind of a lot.
KS
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