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| Easton Lucas threw 5 shutout innings in his first career start in a 4-2 Blue Jays win |
After extending the win streak to three games thanks to a clutch 2- run single off the bat of Bo Bichette, the Blue Jays were looking to make it four straight wins and to complete their first sweep of the season. Lefty Easton Lucas got the start with Tyler Heineman behind the plate. George Springer got the half day off as DH with Myles Straw in CF. Davis Schneider was in LF and Anthony Santander was in RF. Could the Blue Jays make it 4 straight wins and complete their 1st sweep of the season? Here is today's game recap
Game Highlights:
- The Blue jays opened the scoring in the bottom of the 1st as Andres Gimenez singled scoring Anthony Santander
- The Blue jays added a run in the bottom of the 4th as George Springer whacked a solo blast to left
- The Blue jays added a run in the bottom of the 5th on a sac fly by Ernie Clement that scored Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
- Easton Lucas pitching line: 5IP 1H 0R 2BB 3K 74 pitches (45 for strikes)
- The Nationals got one back in the top of the 6th as CJ Abrams belted a solo jack to right
- MacKenzie Gore pitching line: 5IP 9H 3R (all earned) 2BB 5K 95 pitches (62 for strikes)
- The Blue Jays added a run in the bottom half of the inning on a fielder's choice hit by Guerrero Jr. that scored Myles Straw
- The Nationals got one back in the top of the 9th as Nathaniel Lowe doubled scoring James Wood
- Jeff Hoffman got the last 3 outs for his 3rd save of the season\
- Final score: Blue Jays 4 Nationals 2
My Take:
- Easton Lucas had a strong start, throwing 5 shutout innings, giving up a hit, walking 2 and striking out 3. His biggest out streak was 6 outs. Hopefully he can replicate today's start next week in Boson.
- The bullpen gave up 2 runs on 4 hits while walking none and striking out 2 over the last 4 innings. Chad Green and Yimi Garcia both retired every batter they faced. Jeff Hoffman had fans biting their nails with a dicey inning that only ended on a nice throw from Tyler Heineman to nab Jacob Young at 2nd base
- Offensively, the Blue Jays did a nice job of manufacturing runs in multiple innings. George Springer went deep, just the 3rd Blue Jay to go yard this season. The bottom third of the order was a combined 5-8 with a run scored. The top of the lineup was 3-13 with a pair of runs scored
- Maybe the Blue Jays should follow the Yankees lead and start using torpedo bats
- The Blue Jaus were 3-12 with runners in scoring position
- Up next, after an off-day tomorrow, the Blue Jays open the road portion of their schedule in New York vs. the Mets, who won the season series last year outscoring the Blue Jays 11-10. The Blue Jays were 35-46 last season on the road. Kevin Gausman starts against Mets righty Tylor Megill
