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| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was 4-4 with a run scored and 3RBI in a 10-8 come-from-behind win over the Twins |
After a heartbreaking loss yesterday, the Blue Jays were trying to even the series and avoid their 6th series loss of the season. Kevin Gausman got the start with Danny Jansen behind the plate. The rest of the lineup was the same as yesterday's loss. Could the Blue Jays even the series and avoid their 6th series loss of the season? Here is tonight's game recap.
Game Highlights:
- The Twins opened the scoring in the top of the 1st as Carlos Correa singled scoring Edouard Julien
- A batter later, Alex Kirilloff singled scoring Correa and Max Kepler. Davis Schneider was charged with a fielding error on the play
- The Twins added a run in the top of the 2nd as Trevor Larnach singled scoring Carlos Santana
- The Blue Jays got one back in the bottom half of the inning as Bo Bichette hammered a solo bomb to keft-center
- The Twins added 3 runs in the top of the 3rd as Santana hammered a 3-run bomb to dead center; also scoring Correa and Willi Castro
- The Blue Jays got one back in the bottom half of the inning as Daulton Varsho doubled scoring Davis Schneider
- A batter later, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled home Varsho\
- Kevin Gausman pitching line: 3IP 10H 7R (6 earned) 2BB 6K 86 pitches (54 for strikes)
- The Twins added a run in the top of the 4th as Ryan Jeffers drilled a solo jack to left-center
- The Blue Jays got one back in the bottom of the 5th as Schneider whacked a solo blast to left and into the Blue Jays bullpen
- Four batters later, Danny Jansen smacked a 2-run blast to left and into the Blue Jays bullpen; also scoring Guerrero Jr.
- Simeon-Woods Richardson pitching line: 4.1IP 8H 5R (all earned) 1BB 2K 91 pitches (61 for strikes)
- The Blue Jays tied it up in the bottom of the 7th as Guerrero Jr. singled scoring Cavam Biggio and Schneider
- The Blue Jays took the lead in the bottom of the 7th as Ernie Clement singled scoring Danny Jansen
- A batter later, Jansen scored on a sac fly by Schneider
- Jordan Romano pitched a scoreless 9th for his 6th save of the season
- Final score: Blue Jays 10 Twins 8
My Take:
- Kevin Gausman eas rocked tonight, giving up 7 runs (6 earned) on 10 hits while walking 2 and striking out 6. It was his worst start of the season and was bad timing with Alek Manoah slated to start tomorrow. The Blue Jays are about to enter their busiest stretch of baseball with just two off-days left in May and 13 straight days of games after the off-day Thursday. It is imperative that the Blue Jays find a couple of starters capble of pitching deep in games,\
- The bullpen was excellent tonight, giving up a run on three hits while walking none and striking out 6. Erik Swanson, Yimi Garcia and Trevor Richards retired every batter they faced
- The offence was the star of the game today with their largest output of the season, hitting double digits in runs for the first time this season
- Every starter except Justin Turner had at least one hit
- The Blue Jays were 5-9 with runners in scoring position
- Up next, the Blue Jays try to extend the win streak to 2 games and notch their 5th series win of the season. Alek Manoah starts against Twins righty Bailey Oder
