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| Kevin Gausman threw 5.2 solid innings in a 5-1 win over the Cardinals |
After a win last night, thanks to a late clutch hit off the bat of Luis Urias, the Blue Jays were looking to extend the win streak to 3 games and notch their 13th series win and 5th season series win of the season. Kevin Gausman made what is likely to be his last start in a Blue Jays uniform with Alejandro Kirk behind the plate. Davis Schneider was in LF and Myles Straw was in LF. Ernie Clement was at SS and Luis Urias got the start at 2B. Could the Blue Jays extend the win streak to 3 games and notch their 13th series win and 5th season series win of the season? Here is today's game recap.
Game Highlights:
- The Blue Jays opened the scoring in the bottom of the 3rd as George Springer doubled scoring Davis Schneider
- The Blue Jays added a run in the bottom of the 4th on a sac fly by Luis Urias that scored Ernie Clement
- The Cardinals got one back in the top of the 6th as Masyn Winn doubled scoring Ivan Herrera
- Kevin Gausman pitching line: 5.2IP 9H 1R (earned) 1BB 4K 94 pitches (65 for strikes)
- Quinn Mathews pitching line: 5IP 6H 2R (both earned) 3BB 3K 97 pitches (63 for strikes)
- The Blue Jays added a run in the bottom of the 7th as Springer doubled scoring Andres Gimenez
- A batter later, Alejandro Kirk singled scoring Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Springer
- Final score: Blue Jays 5 Cardinals 1
My Take:
- Kevin Gausman fired 5.2IP giving up a run on 9 hits while walking 1 and striking out 4. Not his best start in a Blue Jays uniform but not his worst either. He certainly helped his trade value today, showing prospective teams he can pitch and minimize the damage when he doesn't have his best stuff working.
- The bullpen pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up 2 hits walking 2 and striking out 2. Tyler Rogers retired every batter he faced.
- Offensively, Alejandro Kirk (2 RBI), George Springer (2RBI, run scored) Luis Urias led the way.
- Every starter except Kazuma Okamono reached base at least once and all but Okamoto and Davis Schneider had a hit
- Alejandro Kirk was unsuccessful on the only ABS challenge of the day
- The Blue Jays were 3-11 with runners in scoring posittion.
- Up next, the Blue Jays try to extend the win streak to 4 games and complete their 2nd sweep and 1st season series sweep of the season. Max Scherzer starts against Cardinals righty Michael McGreevy
