Jays Lose To Guardians

The Jays had all sorts of troubles with Guardians starter Gavin Williams. Well, really just one trouble. They couldn’t hit him. Williams went seven innings and allowed just two hits and a walk with thirteen strikeouts.

Our one run was in the fourth. Kazuma Okamoto led off with a single. After Andrés Giménez struck out, Ernie Clement went to a full count and the Jays sent Okamoto (surprising me, Oka is not fast and the Jays were striking out a lot). Clement took ball four, but the Guardians threw to second anyway. The throw was well wide of second and Okamoto went to third on the play. After Myles Straw struck out (I really thought that he had to make contact or we weren’t going to score at all today) Williams threw a wild pitch to Brett Bateman, allowing Oka to score. Oka going first to home without the help of a hit wasn’t on my bingo card.

The Jays didn’t have any more luck against Guardian relievers, Hunter Gaddis and Matt Festa.

The bullpen day started off ok, for the Jays, but didn’t end well.

• Spencer Miles opened, and gave up just a two-out single in his inning.

• Ricky Tiedemann allowed a pair of walks in his inning, but no runs.

• Spencer Arrighetti pitched two excellent innings, both 3 up 3 down. But he gave up a walk and a homer run in his third inning. He ended up going 3.2 innings, giving up the two earned.

• Joe Mantiply got the last out of the sixth. But in the seventh, he gave up a single and a home run to start the inning. He went 1.1 with 2 earned, on three hits.

• Michael Lorenzen gave up two more in the eight, on another home run. As they mentioned on the broadcast, that allowed the Guardian to let their closer sit.

Spencer Miles opened, and gave up just a two-out single in his inning.

Ricky Tiedemann allowed a pair of walks in his inning, but no runs.

Spencer Arrighetti pitched two excellent innings, both 3 up 3 down. But he gave up a walk and a homer run in his third inning. He ended up going 3.2 innings, giving up the two earned.

Joe Mantiply got the last out of the sixth. But in the seventh, he gave up a single and a home run to start the inning. He went 1.1 with 2 earned, on three hits.

Michael Lorenzen gave up two more in the eight, on another home run. As they mentioned on the broadcast, that allowed the Guardian to let their closer sit.

The Jays had three hits in total. Kirk, Guerrero, and Okamoto had one each.

Jay of the Day: Okamoto (0.13 WPA) for getting us our run.

Other Award: Arrighetti (-0.12), Mantiply (-0.11), Straw (-0.12, 0 for 2, k), Bateman (-0.10, 0 for 4, 2 k) and Lukes (-0.09, 0 for 4, 2 k).

I wasn’t expecting a sweep, but now we need to get the next two. Tomorrow Dylan Cease (9-5, 2.33) and Joey Cantillo (9-7, 3.70). Go Jays.