Yankees 4 Blue Jays 0
One of those games that led to a bad entry. In fact, it triggered a couple of bad calls.
Fourth inning 0-0. With an out, 3-1 throw to Anthony Rizzo. Rizzo pretends to get in, but throws the bat back. The ball is in the kick zone but is called the ball. Rizzo walks. Later on Isiah Kiner-Falefa takes a swing and hits it … The ref is taking no bull today and Isiah Kiner-Falefa is booked for complaining. He ends up single. Loaded bases until Aaron Hicks doubles them all at home. Later in the match, Jose Trevino was hit by a swing and was sent off for a foul. That drove Charlie out.
Anyway, at least it was 3-0. The Yankees would get one more in the sixth. Ramiel Tapia was caught napping as lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper’s arms. Something we couldn’t see until they showed a view from the left field line.
But…..
We have to score.
We had 5 visits a day. Ramiel Tapia had 2 of them, and our only extrabase hit.
George Springer took 3 walks. The only Jay who has a ball base.
And 12 times, the Jays got out.
The throw was hard, but we have to score against a hard throw.
Manoah was 5.1, yielding 6 hits, 4 wins, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts.
Manoah is still a young pitcher, and could have handled the adversity better. And the Jays were constantly changing the signals from the receiver. Alek doesn’t like the tone communicator, but maybe he could rethink it now. Every time there was a runner in second, the signals changed, which is not uncommon. Teams do it for years.
David Phelps (1.1), Tim Mayza (0.1) and Trent Thornton (2.0) kept the Yankees off the scoreboard the rest of the way, so we could have, with a little attack, returned to the game.
Jay of the Game: Tapia (.109).
Suckage: Manoah (-.166), Vlad (-.109), Espinal (.113), Chapman (-.098) and Kirk (-.089). The four batters in this group were 1 in 15 combined.
Tomorrow Kikuchi (2-3, 4.80) goes against Severino (2-3, 2.80). It is a departure at 1:00 east. Maybe we could try to score?