It looked like Loftin would be the final out of the seventh as Toronto right-fielder George Springer tracked down the ball near the foul line but his attempt at a sliding catch was mistimed, with the ball bouncing off his glove. Two batters later, Bichette hit a double down the first-base line to tie the game 1-1. Kevin Kiermaier led off the sixth for the Blue Jays with a triple, sliding to avoid the tag. "I think I used my fastball really effectively today." "Every inning I thought my fastball was getting better and better," said Kikuchi via interpreter Yusuke Oshima. Kikuchi gave up a soft bunt to Freddy Fermin to start the fifth but was dialed in after that, striking out Loftin, Kyle Isbel, and Blanco to end the inning. "He's been as consistent as anyone the entire year." "Credit to him, he's really, really turned it on in the second half," said Toronto manager John Schneider. Only New York Mets starter Jose Quintana has allowed fewer in that span among pitchers with at least 50 innings pitched. More impressively, it was only the second home run Kikuchi has allowed in his nine starts since the all-star break. Hitting at the bottom of the Royals lineup, it was just his second homer of the season. The Royals had a bullpen day, with Collin Snider serving as opener before Alec Marsh, Austin Cox, Carlos Hernandez (1-10), and Tucker Davidson came to the mound.īlanco opened the scoring for Kansas City in the third inning. Edward Olivares drove in a run with a fielder's choice and Salvador Perez had a late RBI single. Romano recorded four outs for his 33rd save of the season.ĭairon Blanco had a home run for Kansas City (44-98) and Nick Loftin added an RBI triple. Jordan Hicks, Trevor Richards, Chad Green (2-0), Tim Mayza, and Jordan Romano of Markham, Ont., came out of Toronto's bullpen. Starter Yusei Kikuchi had eight strikeouts over five innings for Toronto, allowing one run on three hits and a walk. "We lose? We flush it and let's take it to the next game. Savour it for a little bit and then take it to the next game. "Day by day, just think one game at a time," said Guerrero. The win, coupled with Texas's 6-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics later Friday, extended Toronto's lead to 1 1/2 games over the Rangers for the third and final American League wild-card berth. "I would have been a lot happier if he had a few more days off," said Royals manager Matt Quatraro. Pinch-hitter Ernie Clement also had an RBI single.īichette returned from the 10-day injured list four hours before the game after missing time with a strained right quadriceps. "I said, 'Well, you know what, if he comes right here, I'm going to swing at it.'"īo Bichette drove in two runs with a single and a double for Toronto (78-63) in his first game since Aug. "That was the perfect scenario for me though with runners on base. "I'm the kind of hitter that I don't really like to swing on 3-0," Guerrero said via interpreter Hector Lebron. He said it all came down to Royals reliever Carlos Hernandez putting a fastball down the middle. Guerrero's two-run double was part of a four-run seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays hung to beat Kansas City 5-4 on Friday. But when he saw a fastball coming into the zone, he just couldn't resist. is content to keep the bat on his shoulder when he has a 3-0 count at the plate. It was really nice of Roger Goodell to let the Blue Jays play the Bears.TORONTO - Normally, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The Blue Jays’ manager tonight /CJB1Fmx7eN ![]() Most runs allowed in 3-game span, since at least 1901:ġ950 Browns: 54 (overlapping with above span)īoston is three runs from having Toronto right where it wants…. It's the most runs any team has scored in a single game this season □ /fYmFK1Enxj The Blue Jays have a franchise-record 25 runs in the fifth inning □ It's the 4th-worst run differential in MLB history and worst since the Louisville Colonels in 1894. The Red Sox have a -47 run differential over their last 3 games, the worst over a 3-game span in the Modern Era (since 1900). ![]() +23- CHW (29-6 on 4/23/55 the Kansas City A's) /j4RjpNLQAZīetween innings, a guy proposed to his girlfriend, she said yes, and the stadium dj played, “We Fell in Love in a Hopeless Place.” +23- NYY (25-2 on the Philadelphia Athletics) Most lopsided road wins in MLB modern era (1900-): Here are some more tweets about the Blue Jays’ 23-run victory in Boston: The wacky stats and factoids were all over the place with this game. Relief pitcher Kaleb Ort allowed eight earned runs over 2/3 innings pitched. Starter Nathan Eovaldi allowed nine earned runs in 2 2/3 innings pitched, which took his ERA from 3.34 to 4.30. Not a single Red Sox pitcher went at least three innings. Raimel Tapia drove in a game-high six runs, and four of those came on a hilarious inside-the-park grand slam (the first in MLB since 2017).
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