The day the universe changed.
Litsch and Romero lead the world-beating Jays into a two-game home series against the first-place Rays.
And what have we learned?
With offense way down for the second year in a row, I figured it'd be worthwhile to take a quick and dirty look at the Jays' stats so far, and compare them to the league totals from this year and last.
Let's just not talk about that last series, how's about that?
Justin Verlander threw a no-hitter against the Blue Jays this afternoon. He was perfect aside from a well-earned walk by JP Arencibia in the 8th inning on a 12-pitch walk. Arencibia was erased on a double-play by Encarnacion. Verlander only struck four batters all game, but he punctuated the performance by striking out Rajai Davis for the final out of the game.
We need an exorcism. I don't know what it is about that stupid arena, but the Jays are now 6-19 there against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Does
this sound familiar? A 30 year old outfielder, who made his ML debut back in 2004... reinventing himself in mid-career?
We're talking, of course, about the guy who ruined Jesse Litsch's day yesterday afternoon.
No, really, we don't just publish threads for wins. But ... Mitch Moreland? Derek Holland? Cody Eppley? Really?
Rangers 7, Jays 6. (Discuss.)
P.S. Trivia time ... Texas has the second-best record in the AL right now. Without looking it up -- can you guess which team has the best?
And the Jays win their second straight in Arlington.
22 games corresponds to about 13.6% of the season. That's as good a time as any to take stock, right? No? Well, whatever.
It was a good win for the Jays tonight. The offense came out of their weekend funk with a nine hit, five walk performance, and three of the hits (homers by Patterson, Bautista and Rivera) gave Drabek enough support to pick up his second win. Let's go through what each member of the line-up did tonight and see where they're at on the season.
This could be a problem...
Mariano Rivera falls victim to Toronto's mystique and aura, and the Jays notch their second walkoff of the season.
We knew Boston would start to turn things around. Did it have to be against the Jays?