Summer is here, but 'Spring' is in! Takeaways from the Jays win in Miami
The Jays and Marlins were up against each other at loanDepot Park in Miami on Tuesday, and Toronto proves that three time's the charm with their third dub in the last three games.
TOR 2 - 1 MIA
The Jays were without Charlie Montoyo after he was suspended for one game following the outburst made at umpires after Alek Manoah intentionally threw at the Orioles Mikael Franco. And, oh boy, did they succeed under acting manager John Schneider or what! It was surely one of their best games of the season.
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George Springer isn’t looking too shabby
The $150 million-dollar man isn’t looking too rusty by any means from the two more games we got to see him rocking the Blue Jays uniform. And, yes, he did go 0-for-4, but he was going up against Sandy Alcantara, and he was quite the player in those 8.0 innings of one-run baseball. Alcantara, only 25 years of age, pitched the aforementioned eight innings, and they were near perfect. He gave up only five hits, and recorded a 2.93 ERA.
Enough of Alcantara, we’re talking about Springer today. As I mentioned, an 0-for-4 night is never good, any way you slice it, but he did make contact on all three outs: Groundout, lineout, popout, groundout. The best chance would have been the lineout to left in the second inning, but it just seemed to fly in to the glove of Jesus Sanchez (who hit a 430-foot home run to centre). No balls went to centre field, where Springer was playing, so we’ll have to wait to see him with the glove.
The pitching redeems themselves
Although this is due in large part to Ross Stripling (6.0 IP, 2 H, 7 K), the trio to come out of the ‘pen, which was Tyler Chatwood, Tim Mayza (who grabbed the win), and Ontario native Jordan Romano (who took the save). In fact, Romano was the only one who gave a single hit. So it totals the pitching numbers of this game to an astonishing three hits, one run, one walk, and eleven punch outs. For a bullpen that shelled out ten runs in the Orioles series. They came back in a big way, and despite the Marlins aren’t exactly great at hitting (2.91 runs per game), this win is sure to do wonders for the confidence of this group.
Sticky stuff inspection looks so awkward
Stripling was the first Jay to be inspected by the umpires to see if he had any foreign substances on him, and he got through it without getting thrown out of the game, fortunately, but, I have to say, it’s a weird thing. Jacob DeGrom (understandably, as he’s having one of the best ERA seasons ever) of the Mets was the first to be looked at, and he got a chuckle of it. Max Scherzer of Washington was not as happy, as he seemed mad at the umps and just didn’t look happy at all.
You have to hand over your glove and hat, then turn around your hands. You kind of have to show your jersey, and, the strangest of all, you show the inside of your belt. What do you think of these instances? Have your voice heard on my Twitter poll here.
There you have it, the Jays win their THIRD in a row with a win against Miami in a thrilling one. They return to action tonight against those Marlins for the final game in a two-match set, at 7:10 PM ET on Sportsnet 1.