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| Bo Bichette encounters a pregame quantum filament |
In fairness to Vladdy, who watched a called strike three sail by with two outs and the bases loaded in the third, it was a ball outside, just off the plate. But in fairness to home plate umpire Malachi Moore (tremendous name, obviously), that's the toughest pitch to see, and with Michael King on the mound—a guy who lives on the corners, and paints them with regularity—he's going to get a lot of those calls. I'm not upset about it! It's a shame, though, that the Blue Jays bats couldn't get anything going at all after that, and wasted another wonderful Kevin Gausman start (7IP, 0ER, 3H, 5K, 2BB). It's also concerning that Romano got touched again, and it wouldn't hurt my feelings any if they decided Jordan Hicks should take the ninth the rest of the way? I see no real chance of that happening, but it is for sure a thought I have had! This makes two games out of the last four that Romano has given up runs in the ninth, and I cannot help but notice that had those two losses been wins, we'd pretty much have a playoff spot locked down already . . . but we do need to score; that also numbers among our needs.
KS
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