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| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in his 500th career run in a 7-2 come-from-behind win over the Cardinals |
After a walk off win on an RBI single off the bat of Alejandro Kirk yesterday, the Blue Jays were going for 2 straight wins, 15 series wins and 9 season series wins. Jose Berrios got the start with Alejandro Kirk behind the plate. George Springer was back in the field after DH'ing yesterday (Spencer Horwitz served as DH today). Nathan Lukes was in CF and Joey Loperfido was in LF. Addison Barger was at the hot corner, Ernie Clement was at SS and Davis Schneider was at 2B. Could the Blue Jays make it 2 straight wins, 15 series wins and 9 season series wins? Here is today's game recap.
Game Highlights:
- The Cardinals opened the scoring in the top of the 3rd as Jordan Walker belted a solo jack to left-center
- The Blue Jays tied it up in the bottom half of the inning as Davis Schneider whacked a solo blast to the opposite field in right-center
- Joey Loperfid left the game prior to the top of the 5th with a sore adductor muscle
- The Blue Jays added a run in the bottom of the 6th on a fielder's choice hit by Ernie Clement that scored Nathan Lukes. Cardinals SS Masyn Winn was charged with a throwing error
- A batter later, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored on a groundout hit by Alejandro Kirk.
- A batter after that, Addison Barger singled scoring Spencer Horwirz
- A batter later, Schneider singled scoring Clement
- Kyle Gibson pitching line: 5.1IP 4H 5R (1 earned) 3BB 1K 95 pitches (55 for strikes)
- Jose Berrios pitching line: 7IP 2H 1R (earned) 2BB 4K 97 pitches (62 for strikes)
- The Blue Jays added a run in the bottom of the 7th as Guerrero Jr. singled scoring Lukes. It was the 500th career RBI for Vlad
- Three batters later, Kirk singled home Guerrero Jr.
- The Cardinals got one back in the top of the 9th on a ground out hit by Jose Fermin that scored Alec Burleson
- Final score: Blue Jays 7 Cardinals 2
My Take:
- Jose Berrios threw 7 strong innings, giving up a run on 2 hits while walking 2 and striking out 4. He retired the first 8 batters he faced and the final 7 batters he faced. Berrios will be part of the core of this franchise for the next several years and likely the ace of the staff too.
- The bullpen gave up a run on a hit whhile walking none and striking out 1 over the last 2 innings. Ryan Burr retired every batter he faced
- Unfortunate timing with the injury to Joey Loperfido. It is likely that he will be shut down for the rest of the season with just 2 weeks left in the season. There's no need to rush him and have him make the injury worse, especially with the experience with Bo Bichette that almost cost him the last 6 weeks of the season.
- Several Blue Jays had big days at the plate: Vlad drove in his 500th career run and scored twice, Nathan Lukes scored twice, Davis Schneider drove in a pair including himself on a solo HR, and Alejandro Kirk drove in 2
- The Blue Jays were 4-11 with runners in scoring position
- Up next, the Blue Jays try to extend their win streak to 3 games and complete their 3rd sweep of the season. Yariel Rodriguez starts against Cardinals righty Miles Mikolas
