Blue Jays Win Capped by Huge 7th Inning
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The Toronto Blue Jays started the second half of the season with a big win against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The scoring started in the bottom of the second inning, where the new Home Run Derby Champ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. would launch a ball 426 feet to left field to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead. Later in the inning Kevin Kiermaier would hit a sacrifice fly to bring in the second run for the Blue Jays. The Diamondbacks would score a run in the 4th inning when Blue Jays starter José Berríos would throw a wild pitch allowing Ketel Marte to score. In the top of the 7th, Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno hit a solo homerun against his former team to tie the game at 2.
In the bottom of the 7th, Kevin Kiermaier would lead off with a double followed by George Springer being hit by a pitch. Bo Bichette would line out to right field moving Kiermaier to third base. Brandon Belt would ground into a fielder’s choice where Kiermaier would score. Guerrero Jr. would hit a single putting runners on first and second, before Matt Chapman would rip a double down the third baseline scoring a run from second and moving Guerrero Jr. to third while making the score 4-2. Whit Merrifield would score both runners with a single to right field while he moved to second base on the throw home. Daulton Varsho would get hit by a pitch putting runners on first and second. Merrifield would score on a throwing error by Ketel Marte making the score 7-2. Amazingly enough for the Blue Jays, 4 of their runs in that inning came with 2 outs.
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In the second game of the series Blue Jays will start Chris Bassitt instead of Kevin Gausman against the Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen. Kevin Gausman said that he had left side discomfort and an MRI “showed no concerns”. Gausman is listed as day-to-day. Bassitt is 8-5 with a 4.19 ERA while Gallen is 11-3 with a 3.04 ERA. First pitch is scheduled for 3:07 PM EDT.
