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| Spencer Horwitz had a pair of hits in a 2-0 shutout loss to the Twins |
After a shutout win over the Red Sox thanks to yet another outstanding start from Bowden Francis, the Blue Jays were looking to extend the win streak to 2 games. Nathan Lukes was re called from AAA-ball and Steward Berroa was optioned to AAA-ball. Kevin Gausman got the start with Alejandro Kirk behind the plate. George Springer got the complete day off with Addison Barger in RF. Nathan Lukes got start in LF. Ernie Clement was at the hot cornerm Leo Jimenez was at SS and Will Wagner got the start at 2B. Could the Blue Jays make ir 2 straight wins? Here is tonight's game recap.
Game Highlights;
- The Twins opened the scoring in the bottom of the 5th as Carlos Santana singled scoring Jose Miranda
- Four batters later, Santana scored on a sac fly by Willi Castro
- Kevin Gausman pitching line: 5.2IP 4H 2R (both earned) 4BB 4K 103 pitches (58 for strikes)
- Pablo Lopez pitching line: 7.2IP 6H 0R 0BB 3K 106 pitches (75 for strikes)
- Jhoan Duran threw a scoreless 9th for his 19th save of the season
- Final score: Twins 2 Bklue Jays 0
My Take:
- And the Blue Jays pitchers continue to feed off of each other's strong performances. Tonight, Kevin Gausman fired 5.2 innings, giving up a pair of runs on 4 hits while walking 4 and striking out 4. Gausman retired 9 of the first 10 batters he faced before the Twins batters adjusted and started barreling up his ptches. He's going to need to have more consistent starts next year
- The bullpen gave up a walk while striking out 2 over the last 2.1innings. Zack Pop retired every batter he faced.
- Offensovely, the bats wasted another strong effort from the pitchers. The Blue Jays best chance to score was in the 5th inning when they hit back-to-back singles to start the inning. That might have been a situation where bunting to advance the runners might have produced a run.
- The Blue Jays were 0-4 with runners in scoring position
- Up next, the Blue Jays try to even the series. Jose Berrios starts against Twins righty Zebby Matthews
