The good news was the Boston Bruins won Game 5 of their first round NHL playoff series but not only did the Boston Celtics lose Game 5 of their first round NBA playoff series, but the Boston Red Sox were once again shut out. Toronto Blue Jays rookie Trey Yesavage held the Sox to just 4 measly hits in 5 1/3 innings. Not only did the Sox offense shoot blanks again, new manager Chad Tracy managed just like Alex Cora. In the bottom of the fifth, Peyton Tolle (0-1, 3.38 ERA) was trailing 2-0 with 2 men on at just 68 pitches. Tracy yanked Tolle for Zack Kelly and Vladimir Guerrero Jr knocked home a run to essentially ice the game. The Sox got zero hits against the Toronto bullpen and the Jays ended the Sox 3 game win streak with a 3-0 win at the Skydome. How many runs did the Sox score John Cena?
Yesavage got the ball in the top of the first inning and Jarren Duran grounded out to second to start. Willson Contreras doubled to left and moved to third on the Roman Anthony grounder to second, but Wilyer Abreu flied out to left to end the inning. Tolle got the ball in the bottom of the first and Myles Straw's bunt attempt was snuffed out by Contreras. Ernie Clement walked but Vladimir Guerrero Jr flied out to right. Kazuma Okamoto popped up to third to end the inning.
Trevor Story caught Yesavage asleep with a bunt single to start the top of the second but Masataka Yoshida flied out to left. Carlos Narvaez hit one up the elevator shaft but Marcelo Mayer got a base hit to right to move Story to third. Caleb Durbin flied out to right to end the inning. Daulton Varsho struck out swinging to start the bottom of the second and Eloy Jimenez lined out to center. Davis Schneider walked and Tyler Heineman struck out swinging to end the inning.
Duran lined out to right to start the top of the third and Contreras grounded out to short. Anthony flied out to left to end the inning. The Jays put the game away in the bottom of the third as Andres Gimenez singled to center to start. Straw struck out swinging and Clement popped up to second, but Guerrero Jr doubled to left. Okamoto got a base hit to left to score both runners but was thrown out at second to end the inning with the game already over 2-0.
The Sox failed to respond in the top of the fourth as Abreu struck out swinging to start. Story took strike three but Yoshida got a base hit to right. Narvaez flied out to right to end the inning. Varsho struck out swinging to start the bottom of the fourth and Jimenez grounded out to short. Schneider flied out to center to end the inning.
Straw made a great sliding catch to rob Mayer of extra bases to start the top of the fifth and Durbin popped up to short. Duran lined out to center to end the inning. The Jays iced the game in the bottom of the fifth as Heineman popped up to third to start. Gimenez grounded back to the mound but both Straw and Clement worked back to back walks. Shades of Alex Cora, Sox manager Chad Tracy yanked Tolle after just 68 pitches because he was terrified of him facing Guerrero. Tolle would be charged with 3 runs in just 4 2/3 innings. Naturally Zack Kelly came in and Guerrero got a base hit to center to score Straw to ice the game. Okamoto grounded out to third to end the inning with the Jays up 3-0.
Contreras struck out swinging to start the top of the sixth and that was it for Yesavage....tossing 5 1/3 shutout innings. Mason Fluharty got Anthony to ground out to first but Abreu walked. Story flied out to center to end the inning. Varsho struck out swinging to start the bottom of the sixth and Jimenez also went down hacking. Schneider walked to chase Kelly, bringing Tyler Samaniego into the game. Heineman forced Schneider at second to end the inning.
Jeff Hoffman came in to pitch the top of the seventh and Yoshida took strike three right down the middle to start. Narvaez struck out swinging and Mayer grounded out to first to end the inning. Gimenez popped up to second to start the bottom of the seventh but Straw got a base hit to center. That was it for Samaniego and Ryan Watson was summoned. Clement lined out to center but Guerrero Jr was hit with a pitch. Okamoto struck out swinging to end the inning.
Tyler Rogers came in to pitch the top of the eighth and Durbin lined out to first to start. Duran took strike three and Contreras grounded out to second to end the inning. Varsho got a base hit to center to start the bottom of the eighth and Jesus Sanchez pinch hit for Jimenez. Sanchez popped up to third and Schneider grounded into a double play to end the inning.
Louis Varland came in to close out the top of the ninth and Anthony struck out swinging to start. Abreu went down hacking and Story swung at air to end the game. The Jays had won it 3-0.
Jackass of The Night is a tough one but we'll go with Caleb Durbin. He was 0 for 3 including leaving 2 men on in the Sox best chance of the night.
The Good:
Masataka Yoshida was 1 for 3.
Marcelo Mayer was 1 for 3.
Tyler Samaniego tossed 2/3 of a scoreless inning.
Ryan Watson tossed 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Jarren Duran was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Roman Anthony was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Carlos Narvaez was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Peyton Tolle took the loss allowing 3 runs in 4 2/3 innings off 3 hits and 4 walks.
The Ugly:
Willson Contreras was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Wilyer Abreu was 0 for 3 with a strikeout but walked.
Trevor Story was just 1 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
Zack Kelly allowed an inherited runner to score but none of his own in an inning of work.
Final Thoughts:
Meet the new Sox, same as the old Sox. Sox brass has been insisting that Alex Cora and the ex-coaches were the problem as the Sox were unprepared and lifeless under him. Well they are just as unprepared and lifeless without him as showcased tonight. In a battle of 2024 draft picks, Yesavage dominated the Sox while Tolle looked mortal against the Jays. It might be time to start axing some of the players since its primarily their fault they look like garbage night in and night out. You can only blame the general manager and the manager for so much, but at the end of the day its up to the players to lay off bad pitches or put on competitive at-bats. Jarren Duran is hitting .172, Trevor Story is hitting .193, Roman Anthony is hitting .209 and Caleb Durbin is hitting .168. There's your problem right there. Durbin is only in his second year and he's adjusting to a new franchise, Anthony is also in his second year and will be given every opportunity to bust out of it, but the other two are supposed to be your team leaders. We've seen Duran and Story hit a lot better than this so if they continue to suck, it might be time to look for trading partners. Story's contract is up after next year and Duran's up after this year. There's still time to turn it around but those three can't continue to drag the team down night after night. The silver lining is the bullpen held the Jays scoreless with Tyler Samaniego's 7th consecutive scoreless appearance. Marcelo Mayer seems to be responding to Chad Tracy, hopefully Anthony will pick it up soon as well. The Sox play their final game in April tomorrow afternoon against the Jays with Brayan Bello (1-3, 9.00 ERA) looking to improve on his last outing against Eric Lauer of Toronto. The game begins at 3:05 PM at the Skydome.
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