Evil Doers 1 Blue Jays 3
But Bassitt was great, and the Jays did just enough on offense.
Bassitt went 6.1 innings, allowing 4 hits, 2 walks with 5 strikeouts and just 1 earned against. Considering the opposition, that might be the best start he has given us. It is so much fun watching him pitch.
Tim Mayza got the last two outs of the seventh inning.
Chad Green pitched a clean 8th, getting a strikeout.
Yimi Garcia picked up his second save, getting two fairly soft line outs and a fly ball to deep left.
On offense…we did the minimum we could do to get the win. We only had 4 hits, but 8 walks and a wild pitch got us enough runs to win.
We scored:
- Two in the second: Cavan Biggio started the inning with a ground-rule double. Alejandro Kirk walked. Daulton Varsho walked. Isiah Kiner Falefa walked, bringing in a run. After a Kevin Kiermaier strikeout (he had a bad day at the plate—actually, he’s had a bad 17 games at the plate), a Luis Gil wild pitch scored Kirk. It has to be a very wild pitch to bring in Kirk.
- One in the third: Bo Bichette singled, and two outs later, Kirk doubled him home.
If given eight walks, you should score more than 3 runs. There were a few at-bats, while Gil had a hard time finding the strike zone, that were..just terrible.
But we won on the strength of a terrific starting pitcher.
Jays of the Day: Bassitt (.260 WPA), Kirk (.235). Let’s give honourable mention to Green, Garcia and Mayza.
The Other Award: Justin Turner (-.093 for an 0 for 3, with a walk). He could have made it a blowout with a hit at the right moment. And Kiermaier (-.088, for an 0 for 3 with 2 strikeouts).
Tomorrow we have Yusie Kikuchi (0-1, 2.30) vs Carlos Rodón (1-0, 2,87), Rodón isn’t going to walk 8 or bring in runs with wild pitches, so our bads are going to have to be better.