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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

04-04-18 CHW vs TOR

Line Score - Final


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CWS 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 7 0
TOR 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 1

Box Score

TOR
AB R H RBI BB SO BA
CWS
AB R H RBI BB SO BA
2B Travis 4 0 0 0 0 1 .050
2B Moncada 3 0 1 1 1 1 .200
3B Donaldson 3 1 1 0 1 0 .250
RF García, A 3 0 0 1 0 2 .318
1B Smoak 4 1 2 0 0 1 .385
DH Abreu 4 1 1 1 0 1 .400
LF Granderson 2 0 2 0 0 0 .350
1B Davidson 3 1 1 1 0 1 .263
LF Pearce 2 1 1 1 0 0 .286
LF García, L 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
RF Grichuk 4 0 0 0 0 3 .087
1B Delmonico 4 0 0 0 0 1 .077
C Martin, R 4 0 0 1 0 1 .133
C Castillo 3 1 1 0 1 1 .200
DH Morales, K 4 0 1 1 0 1 .143
3B Sánchez 4 1 2 0 0 1 .333
CF Pillar 4 0 0 0 0 2 .320
SS Anderson, Ti 4 0 0 0 0 2 .300
SS Ngoepe 3 0 0 0 0 1 .100
CF Engel 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250
TOR IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
CWS IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Sanchez, Aa 6.0 5 3 3 2 7 98-58 5.40
Fulmer, C 5.0 5 3 3 1 5 73-48 5.40
Oh, S 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 17-13 2.25
Bummer 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 13-7 0.00
Tepera 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 10-6 2.25
Farquhar 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 18-13 5.40
Loup 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 14-11 0.00
Jones, N 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 10-8 0.00

Lots of warning track power tonight.

Sanchez had some good stuff tonight. He wasn’t great, but he was good. His final line reads 6.0 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 7 SO, 2 BB. Sanchez located his fastball well, and his off-speed pitches had plenty of movement. I really don’t have a whole lot to say about the start. This was basically the base that you expect Sanchez to build on. He gave up a solo shot to Matt Davidson, and limited the damage after that.

There were some shenanigans in the 5th, though. The inning started off with a walk to Welington Castillo and a single from Yolmer Sanchez. A couple of batters later, Sanchez hit Adam Engel with a pitch to load the bases. Yoan Moncada then drove one to the outfield wall. Watch this for the whole picture of what happened next.

At first, it seemed as though Granderson made a terrific catch, and Castillo made a boneheaded decision on the base paths. As it turned out, the umpires got the decision wrong, and after review, they awarded each runner a base, resulting in a run for the White Sox. I agree with the reasoning, even if it seemed a little strange at first. Basically, once the umpire signalled that Granderson made the catch, the runners couldn’t be expected to advance, because they weren’t forced to. As such, they couldn’t be called out for not advancing, and the umpires had to make the judgment call that it was reasonable to expect that, if the umpires hadn’t made the wrong call, the runners would have advanced one base each. I buy that.

The Jays had a chance to score early tonight, but Grichuk and his strikeout tendencies got in the way. After a Donaldson walk and a Granderson single, they had runners on the corners with two outs, before Grichuk struck out. That was a theme throughout the game. The bats went quiet after that, until Granderson and Smoak hit back-to-back doubles, and Martin scored one in the 4th. Morales struck out to end the inning.

The 6th was more interesting. Donaldson hit a single, and Smoak hit a double to start things off. With a lefty on the mound, Gibbons went to the bench. The switch worked, as Pearce picked up a pinch-hit RBI single. Grichuk then had an opportunity to pile a few runs on. He went up 3-0 in the count, before he swung at two balls below his ankles, and ultimately struck out watching strike three cross near the middle of the zone. Grichuk’s strikeouts were ugly tonight. Martin tried to bring a run in after that, but Smoak was thrown out at home. When it looked as though the Jays might have wasted a golden opportunity, Morales came through with an RBI single.

So Grichuk joined Travis in the doghouse (Travis had another bad night, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout). That doesn’t mean that Teoscar Hernandez should replace him. Not even close. As good as Hernandez looked last September with his eight home runs, he also struck out 38% of the time. That is Randal Grichuk. Grichuk brings lots of power and lots of strikeouts. The difference is that Grichuk has done it at the Major League level for a lot longer than a month, unlike Hernandez. Grichuk also brings noticeably better defence. Yes, Grichuk is off to a slow start, but he isn’t going to lose his job, especially not to someone who is a slightly lesser version of himself.

Back on topic - I didn’t count how many balls the Jays hit deep into the outfield, but it seemed like a lot. They just kept landing in gloves.

Oh worked the 7th inning. He picked up a couple of strikeouts against Moncada and Avisail Garcia, as well as a groundout from Tim Anderson. Engel mixed a single in there as well. Tepera came in for the 8th. He didn’t have a clean inning. Jose Abreu hit a leadoff home run. Tepera then hit Davidson with a pitch. Nicky Delmonico grounded into a double play (the Travis-Ngoepe duo has been smooth). Castillo flied out to end the frame. Loup worked the 9th against three right-handers. He got two strikeouts and a flyout. Loup has looked good so far.

Off-day tomorrow. Weekend series against the Rangers on tap. We have more wins than losses.

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