Sunday, August 11, 2019 | 1:07 pm
Rogers Centre | Toronto, Ontario
Masahiro Tanaka (7-6, 4.93, 1.32) vs. Trent Thornton (4-7, 5.55, 1.53)
PREAMBLE:
The Blue Jays, having won the past two games, look to secure a series win in the finale of a four-game series against the Evil Empire.
In a stunning development, we have two actual starting pitchers going up against each other in today's game. Yes, stop the presses and put Wince on defibrillator-watch. Trent Thornton takes the ball for the Jays as he faces off against Masahiro Tanaka, who is 3-3, 3.70 in eight Rogers Centre starts.
NOTES:
I'm back for a week... nice to see you folks didn't turn the place upside down and left some beer in the fridge for me.
The Yankees and the Rays are a combined 16-4 in their past ten games each. They're 14-0 against teams not named the Blue Jays and 2-4 vs. the Jays. Sweet.
It's a rare day without any roster moves for the Jays. Vlad Jr. gets rewarded for his game-winning triple in yesterday's game with a seat on the bench for today's game (load management, folks).
LINEUPS:
Fuckin' Gio Urshela is the cleanup hitter for the Yankees today. Only in Yankeeland does this stuff ever happen.
This is your "let's bag us a series win, boys" game threat.
