Sunday, August 11, 2019

#121 - New York Yankees (76-41) at Toronto Blue Jays (49-71)



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.