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Monday, April 1, 2019

04-01-19 BAL vs TOR

The Canadian Press
Line Score - Final


123456789RHE
BAL410000100660
TOR000000212561

Box Score

TOR
ABRHRBIBBSOBA
BAL
ABRHRBIBBSOBA
RFMcKinney300010.200
CFMullins410002.111
3BDrury411001.238
LFSmith Jr.511000.375
1BSmoak310012.167
2BVillar412202.294
CFGrichuk422201.125
RFMancini322200.500
DHTellez301000.286
RFRickard000000.100
DHPillar000100.063
3BRuiz, R411001.200
LFHernández, T401101.158
DHNúñez, R300011.167
2BGurriel Jr.400003.000
1BDavis, C300112.000
CJansen300000.133
CSucre400002.250
SSGalvis311102.357
SSMartin, R200012.083
TORIPHRERBBSOP-SERA
BALIPHRERBBSOP-SERA
Reid-Foley2.04532352-3213.50
Hess6.10001882-500.00
Pannone4.01001569-451.80
Araujo0.22221014-627.00
Gaviglio3.01110435-242.25
Wright1.02220115-136.75









Bleier1.02110115-1120.25






















The bullpen was exceptional tonight, allowing one run over 7.0 innings. Of course, the reason they had to pitch 7.0 innings was because the Jays found themselves in a deep hole early on. Could the offense dig its way out? Well, they gave it a shot.

The thing about Sean Reid-Foley is that he reminds me an awful lot of a young Aaron Sanchez. Maybe I’m just being optimistic in that comparison. But there’s something about him that screams “electric stuff with no command but holy smokes if he could ever harness it.” He didn’t harness it tonight. Reid-Foley’s line was 2.0 IP, 5R/3ER, 4H, 2BB; 3K. You can throw in a couple of hit batters and a wild pitch which led to an unearned run for good measure. He also walked Chris Davis with the bases loaded. Sigh.

It was an ugly two innings for Reid-Foley. But it was only two innings. He’ll get more chances this year. Still lots of time to improve.

The good news was that Thomas Pannone was up to the challenge of piggy-backing that awful start. He came in and effectively shut down the Orioles. Pannone pitched 4.0 innings, while allowing only one hit and one walk, with five strikeouts mixed in there. Admittedly, I don’t have much confidence in him as a starter, and expect him to eventually become a left-handed specialist in the bullpen. But if he can build on tonight’s performance, then the Jays might have something with him. Who knows. Maybe I’m too low on Pannone and too high on Reid-Foley. Let’s just have one of them work out.

In four games this season, the pitcher who has pitched the most innings in the game for the Jays has yet to allow a single run. This is a 28-inning streak.

The Jays’ offense had a horrible start, before coming to life in the late innings. They showed terrible discipline at the plate, they weren’t taking any pitches, and they were swinging at everything outside of the zone. And don’t give me the “How long until we blame Guillermo Martinez?” shit. It’s April 1st. Give the hitting coach more than a weekend before you grab the pitchforks.

So the story was that the offense was putrid for more of the night. But they spring to life in the later innings. With one out in the 7th, the Orioles decided to pull David Hess, who had a no-hitter going to that point. I agreed with the decision, as it was Hess’ first start of the year, he was at 82 pitches, he had only thrown 42 pitches in his last start, and there’s six months left in the season. ANYWAY. As the baseball gods were surely angry, Pedro Araujo came in and walked Justin Smoak, before giving up a two-run bomb to Randal Grichuk. Rowdy Tellez then picked up a single. Of course, Teoscar Hernandez grounded into an inning-ending double play after that, but the Jays did look decent for half a minute.


Know how awful the Orioles are? Despite all of the moaning about the Jays’ anemic offense, they were still able to get runners on 2nd and 3rd, down by only three runs, with 1 out in the 9th. Kevin Pillar (who was pinch hitting for Tellez) hit a sac fly to make it 6-4, and Hernandez followed that with an RBI triple to make it a one-run game. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. picked up a strikeout to end the game. The Jays came that close to tying the game, after looking lost at the plate, after having their starter get shelled, after being no-hit for most of the game… and in the end, they lost 6-5. Not the worst result, all things considered.

It was a good thing that Sam Gaviglio only worked one inning last night, as the Jays needed him to eat some innings tonight. He started in the 7th, getting Dwight Smith Jr. to ground out, and Jonathan Villar to strike out… but then Trey Mancini hit a solo shot. Ah well. Gaviglio then struck out Rio Ruiz to end the frame.

Gaviglio was back out for the 8th. Renato Nunez, flied out, Davis struck out, and Jesus Sucre grounded out. Quick and easy. He kept rolling in the 9th, striking out Richie Martin, before Cedric Mullins and DSJ each flied out. Gaviglio could make a useful long man.

Tonight’s paid attendance was 10,460. That was the lowest attendance since April, 2010. There are 76 home games left this season. Stroman starts tomorrow. Hopefully a couple more people show up.

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