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| Nathan Lukes drove in a run on a sac fly in a 3-2 come-from-behind loss to the Mets |
After dropping an extra innings game yesterday, the Blue Jays returned home to start a series against the Mets, who are in a battle and currently tied with the Braves for the 3rd WC spot. Ryan Burr got the start with Alejandro Kirk behind the plate. Vlad got the half day off as DH with Spencer Horwitz at 1B. Daulton Varsho was in CF and Nathan Lukes was in LF. Addison Barger was at the hot corner, Leo Jimenez was at SS and Will Wagner got the start at 2B. Could the Bue Jays start the week with a win? Here is tonight's game recap.
Game Highlights:
- Ryan Burr pitching line: 2IP 0H 0R 0BB 3K 30 pitches (22 for strikes)
- The Mets opened the scoring in the top of the 4th as JD Martinez singled scoring Pete Alonso
- Tylor Megill pitching line: 6IP 1H 0R 2BB 9K 88 pitches (55 for strikes)
- The Blue Jays tied the game in the bottom of the 7th on a bases loaded hit by pitch to Leo Jimenez that forced in Davis Schneider\
- A batter later, Brian Serven scored on a sac fly by Nathan Lukes
- The Mets tied it in the top of the 8th on a wild pitch by Tommy Nance that scoredTyrone Taylor
- A batter later, Eddy Alvarez scored on a passed ball charged to Serven
- Edwin Diaz threw a scoreless 9th for his 17th save of the season
- Final score: Mets 3 Blue Jays 2
My Take:
- Ryan Burr was excellent tonight, throwing 2 perfect innings and striking out 3. It's not easy starting a game as opposed to coming in as a reliever.
- The bullpen had mixed results. Ryan Yarbrough allowed a run on a hit and 2 walks over 3.2 innings. A wild Tommy Nance was tagged for 2 runs on a wild pitch and passed ball and walked 2 batters and gave up a hit. Erik Swanson also allowed a hit but was able to quickly erase the base runner by inducing a double play. Luis Frias retired every batter he faced. The bullpen must be a priority for upgrades in the offseason.
- Offensively, the Blue Jays took advantage of wildness from the Mets bullpen, scoring on a hit batter with the bases loaded and a sac fly. Other than the 7th inning, the Blue Jays really couldn't get much going. In fact after loading the bases in the 1st inning on 2 walks and a Vlad double, the next 17 Blue Jays hitters in a row were retired and 8 of the last 9 batters were retired.
- The Blue Jays cannot lose more than 4 more games or they will be below .500 on the season. The last time the Blue Jays finished a season below .500 was 2018 when they finished with a record of 73-89. It was the last season with John Gibbons, the current Mets bench coach managing the team. It was also the season before the core of this team, Vlad. Bo Bichette and Cavan Biggio made their big league debut. The only player from that 2018 team still in the Blue Jays system is Aaron Sanchez, who is currently pitching in AAA-ball for the Buffalo Bisons
- The Blue Jays were 1-3 with runners in scoring postion
- Up next, the Blue Jays try to snap the 2 game skid, avoid their 26th series loss and 15th season series loss of the season. Chris Bassitt starts against Mets lefty David Peterson
