As for the game, the sooner this season ends the better. The Boston Red Sox just took 3 out of 4 against the Baltimore Orioles then ran right into their personal babayaga the Toronto Blue Jays. Alek Manoah took another step toward the AL Cy Young Award by tossing 6 shutout innings against the Sox offense. Meanwhile Nick Pivetta (10-12, 4.56 ERA) got hammered for 4 runs in just 5 innings. The Sox got no help from the bullpen as Tyler Danish and Franklin German got pounded for 5 runs combined. The Jays pounded out 13 hits and 9 runs as they blanked the Sox 9-0 at the Skydome. How many runs did the Sox score Dean Wormer?
JD Martinez flied out to right to start the top of the second and Triston Casas struck out swinging. Abraham Almonte popped up to third to end the inning. The Jays struck again in the bottom of the second as Teoscar Hernandez got a base hit to center to start. Raimel Tapia forced Hernandez at second but Danny Jansen walked. A wild pitch moved both runners over and Whit Merrifield hit a sac fly to right to score Tapia. Springer flied out to right to end the inning with the Jays up 2-0.
Reese McGuire took strike three to start the top of the third and Christian Arroyo flied out to left. Duran grounded back to the mound to end the inning. The Jays got another run in the bottom of the third as Bichette walked to start. Guerrero Jr hit a home run all the way to Ottawa to ice the game. Kirk walked but Chapman struck out swinging. Hernandez forced Kirk at second and Tapia lined out to first to end the inning with the Jays up 4-0.
Devers walked to start the top of the fourth but Bogaerts flied out to right. A wild pitch moved Devers to second but Verdugo flied out to left. Martinez grounded out to second to end the inning. Jansen struck out swinging to open the bottom of the fourth but Merrifield got a base hit to left. Springer forced Merrifield at second then stole second base. Bichette flied out to center to end the inning.
Casas took strike three to start the top of the fifth but Almonte beat out a roller to first. McGuire flied out to center and Arroyo popped up to short to end the inning. Guerrero Jr lined out to left to start the bottom of the fifth but Kirk beat out a roller to second. Chapman lined out to center and Hernandez flied out to right to end the inning. That was it for Pivetta who allowed 4 runs in 5 innings but got no run support.
Duran got a base hit to right to start the top of the sixth but Devers grounded into a double play. Bogaerts grounded out to second to end the inning. The Tigers iced the game in the bottom of the sixth as Tapia hit a home run all the way to the Klingon Homeworld to start. Jansen and Merrifield got back to back base hits and Springer hit a home run all the way to Edmonton to make this one a laugher. Bichette struck out swinging, Guerrero watched strike three go by and Kirk grounded back to the mound to end the inning with the Jays up 8-0.
Yusei Kikuchi came in to pitch the top of the seventh and Verdugo grounded out to second to start. Martinez struck out swinging but Casas walked. Almonte struck out swinging to end the inning. Chapman took strike three to start the bottom of the seventh and Hernandez grounded out to short. Tapia got a base hit to center but Jansen grounded out to second to end the inning.
McGuire beat out a roller to second to start the top of the eighth but Arroyo struck out swinging. Duran grounded out to short to move McGuire to second and Bobby Dalbec pinch hit for Arroyo. Dalbec struck out swinging to end the inning. Franklin German came in to take a beating in the bottom of the eighth as Yu Chang took over at short for Bogaerts. Merrifield hit a ground rule double down the right field line and Bradley Zimmer pinch hit for Springer. Zimmer struck out looking but Bichette got a base hit to right to score Merrifield. Guerrero forced Bichette at second and Kirk lined out to second to end the inning with the Jays up 9-0.
Otto Lopez took over for Bichette for the top of the ninth and Chang struck out swinging to start. Verdugo and Martinez both lined out to center to end the game. The Jays had won it 9-0.
Jays win
Jackass Danish
Jackass of The Night is Tyler Danish. He ended any hope of a comeback by allowing 4 runs in 2 innings to put the game out of reach.
The Good:
Rafael Devers walked twice in 3 plate appearances.
Abraham Almonte was 1 for 3.
Reese McGuire was 1 for 3.
The Bad:
Bobby Dalbec struck out as a pinch hitter.
Xander Bogaerts was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Yu Chang struck out in his only plate appearance.
Alex Verdugo was 0 for 4.
JD Martinez was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Christian Arroyo was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Nick Pivetta took the loss allowing 4 runs in 5 innings off 6 hits and 3 walks.
Franklin German allowed a run in the eighth inning.
The Ugly:
Jarren Duran was just 1 for 4.
Triston Casas was 0 for 2 with 2 strikeouts but walked.
Final Thoughts:
Five games left and this torture is over. The Jays have utterly dominated the Sox this season winning 14 out of 17 games and a lot of those games weren't even close. Not that the Sox have done much better against the other AL East teams but Toronto was their big bully this year. The Jays don't just beat them, they beat them badly. Every single hitter on the Jays are probably hitting 20 points higher due to their dominance of the Red Sox and thank goodness this year is almost over. Pivetta was a war horse this season as their only healthy starter wire to wire, its a shame that it was wasted on this year's team. As being mentioned, we're in the final stretch for JD Martinez, Xander Bogaerts, Tommy Pham, Matt Barnes and Nathan Eovaldi. Enjoy them for the next five days. The loss dropped the Sox to 75-82, good for last place in the AL East. The Sox look to bounce back tomorrow against the Jays when Brayan Bello (2-7) makes his final start of the season against Ross Stripling of the Jays. The game begins at 3:05 PM at the Skydome.
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