Blue Jays 2 Yankees 11
For two innings, it looked like this would be a fun game. Kevin Gausman got out of the first inning on 12 pitches and the second inning on 6.
And we scored in the first. Bo singled and went to second on an error, then to third on a wild pitch (not that it matters, but I’d have called it a passed ball). And Bo scored on a Vlad groundout. We loaded up the bases on a Anthony Santander walk, Alejandro Kirk single, and Andres Gimenez walk, but didn’t add to the one run.
And we had a couple of baserunners in the season. Myles Straw singled and went to second on another wild pitch. Bo singled on a line to center, but Straw didn’t read it well and didn’t move up. Then during Vlad’s at bat, Straw was picked off second and caught stealing. Terrible base running with Vlad up.
But we were winning and we had a number of baserunners.
Then came the bottom of the third. It went flyout, walk, walk, single (RBI for Judge), sac fly, walk, walk (RBI), walk (RBI), double (3 RBI for Austin Wells). That was finally the end of Kevin Gausman’s night. Gausman threw 53 pitches in the inning. He was throwing hard, but missing and/or not getting the close calls.
Kevin was not happy, and let the umpire know it, and he was tossed from the game (after being pulled). John Schneider was ejected an inning later. It was 6-1.
Paxton Schultz finished the third and pitched two more innings, giving up 3 more earned runs. Josh Walker went 1.2 giving up another run. And Dillon Tate threw 1.1 giving up another run.
We scored one more in the ninth. Straw hit a one-out double, and Addison Barger doubled him home.
We had 11 hits, should have scored more than 2 runs. Straw had 3 hits. Bo, Barger, Kirk had two hits.
Jay of the Day: Bo (.093).
Other award: Gausman (-.398, 3 hits, 5 walks, 2 strikeouts, 2.2 innings).
Caleb Joseph discussed how Gausman was missing the arm side. He felt that Kirk should have set up differently.
We’ll have a new GameThread, with hopefully better luck.