Jays Crushed By Orioles

Orioles A Lot Blue. Jays A little.

That was less than fun.

Everything that mattered happened in the bottom of the fifth and the top of the sixth.

The Jays scored two in the top of the fifth. With two out George Springer reached on catcher interference, yet again. They are going to name catcher interference after him. Then Brandon Valenzuela homered. It was 3-1 Jays and all was good in the world.

Then, in the top of the sixth. Trey Yesavage, who had been great, other than a first inning home run, had a blow up inning. It seemed to come out of nowhere. It went:

• Double.
• Strikeout.
• Walk.
• Double (tie game).
• Strikeout.
• Single.
• Home run. 6-3.

And that was the game for Yesavage and the Jays really. It just snowballed so quickly. Everything was hit hard, or he got the strikeout.

Other than that. Conner Seabold gave up 3 more runs in the 8th. And Yariel Rodriguez gave up 4 more in the ninth.

Add into the fun, Daulton Varsho left the game with wrist discomfort.

We did have 8 hits, but no walks.

And there were dumb moments. Andrés Giménez was caught stealing, with two out and two on in the second. He is a good percentage stealer, but this wasn’t the time. And Jesús Sánchez was thrown out trying to turn a single into a double with two out in the sixth. Generally, with two outs, I’m ok with someone getting thrown out trying to get into scoring position. But, we were down by three, and he was out by 10-15 feet. It wasn’t close. And replays showed the first base coach telling him to stop at first. If it was a closer game, and if it was close at second, I’d say fine. In this case, just bad baseball.

We did get to see Tyler Heineman pitch, but just one pitch getting pop out to second.

Jays of the Day: Valenzuela (0.15 WPA) and Springer (0.10).

Other Award: Yesavage (-0.46).

Tomorrow we have a bullpen day. 3:00 PM start. Kyle Bradish (3-6, 3.44).