Need another one.
Matchup!
Scherzer (5-5, 5.19) vs Castillo (11-8, 3.54)
Santander done for the year, Loperfido on the roster. official.
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The injury for Anthony Santander is lumbar spine inflammation.
Joey Loperfido has been with team throughout post-season, working out to stay ready.
Bo Bichette hit on the field and ran in the outfield but hasn't tried to run the bases again since his attempt Saturday.
@ShiDavidi
The injury for Anthony Santander is lumbar spine inflammation.
Joey Loperfido has been with team throughout post-season, working out to stay ready.
Bo Bichette hit on the field and ran in the outfield but hasn't tried to run the bases again since his attempt Saturday.
I thought it was a bit of a fool's game to rush Santander back, but I'm glad they didn't hesitate on pulling the plug with him if his health is going to be dicey for the rest of the playoffs.
Glad they acted quickly.
Glad they acted quickly.
it's unforunate that his back went. probably not completely unrelated to his other injury but at the same time it's still a completely different new second injury.
ok max.
add one more legend to your legendary career.
add one more legend to your legendary career.
oooohhhh that was a great pitch.
mad max folks.
mad max folks.
96.5 high that inning. Must be his hardest pitch of the year.
These Mariners seem rather unstoppable in their ability to hit balls over the fence. The key, me thinks, is to continue making sure these are solo shots not back breaking jackpots.
These early gopher balls to opponents is getting old -- Like last night though, plenty of game left.
Yeah, giving up HR has always been a weakness of our pitching so it doesn't match up well. But I do have faith in our offense and resiliency, so, as with yesterday, there's still a lot of innings left.
Many of us were questioning IKF, so of course the hit.
Andres Gimenez cleanup hitter is back! What an AB.
friendly ump / bad receiving by Cal. I'll take it.
Dan Wilson just hit the panic button tho.
Dan Wilson just hit the panic button tho.
Knocking out the SP early bodes well for both this and next game possibly. But really bases loaded and 1 out means this could be the key PA of the game.
Would have been good to get another one out of that but great inning. Another horrible ab by Barger too.
Disappointing PA by Clement and Barger, but still a great inning: the Blue Jays scored 3 runs, knocked out Castillo, and forced the top M’s LH reliever to enter the game in the third inning and throw 17 pitches.
Hope that those back-to-back ugly Ks with the bases loaded don't come back to bite us -- Let's go, Max!
Scherzer walking the tightrope. Gotta be ready to get him out of there if he falters much more.
Good job to get Arozarena after the unfortunate leadoff walk to Rivas.
Good job to get Arozarena after the unfortunate leadoff walk to Rivas.
One of those weird things I greatly enjoy in baseball is witnessing an excellent pickoff throw from a RH pitcher to first base (the disadvantage is obvious of course). That one there has to be one of my all-time favourites should the Jays hold on to win this one. Great timing by Scherzer and Guerrero’s tag was perfect.
Not pinch hitting Schneider for Barger in the 3rd inning might come back to haunt the Jays later. That was a huge moment in the game, and Barger aside from a garbage time home run last night has been dreadful for a while. Hopefully the Jays can tack on some more and make that decision meaningless.
I thought the Clement PA was the key one (bases loaded, one out). He got overaggressive early in the count swinging at balls).
Could not have asked for a better start to this road game. Now lock it down with good pitching and defense, and some additional insurance runs.
Scherzer is getting a year younger each inning.
Brash had an easy inning there. Don’t take the foot off the gas, Blue Jays (to quote Ernie).