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On Friday night, the very first pitch thrown by the Blue Jays' bullpen resulted in a walk-off home run (making a fine hash of Chris Bassitt's best start), so Kevin Gausman wisely elected to pitch a complete-game shutout on Saturday. Great call, man! Sunday's game was one in which it felt like a million things happened on a perfect afternoon, but it was Isiah Kiner-Falefa's bases-clearing double in the tenth that left the greatest impression (and yet could it even have arisen had Varsho not stolen third, to be sac-flied in by Davis Schneider to tie it a little earlier?). A sweep would have been fantastic, obviously, but two-out-of-three leaves us, improbably, just a game under .500 and—you are seriously not going to believe this—just two games out of a Wild Card spot. What? For real? Yes! I assure you! I have checked a bunch of times! Milwaukee is our next stop, and they've been really, so this might not be super fun, but it does give us a chance to check in with the great Bob Uecker on the radio. I should also note that this weekend was the last time the Blue Jays are ever going to play the Athletics in Oakland, and that is a truly miserable thing. The Blue Jays' broadcast, led by Dan Shulman, talked about it a lot over the course of all three days, and appropriately mournfully, with great sympathy towards the faultless Oakland fans. The crowds were small this weekend—how could they not be?—but they were loud and fun and loved baseball. I am super sad for them.
KS
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