Blue Jays 9 Braves 5
What a terrific game for Spencer Horwitz. Two home runs and a double and a single (he could have had a fourth RBI, but up by seven Vlad didn’t try to score from second, He would score on Wagner’s single right after), three RBIs. He wants a spot on the team next year. Nathan Lukes and Will Wagner had three hits. Ernie Clement and Joey Loperido had two hits each.
On Horwitz’s double, Vlad scored from first base, running through the stop sign. He was easily safe, so this time he was right.
The Jays had 17 hits (with no walks), to get their first win of August.
And Jose Barrios pitched very well, considering he didn’t seem to be quite 100% healthy (he had the trainer and John Schneider come out to the mound early in the game. I don’t know what the issue was, but he didn’t look all that healthy). He threw six innings, allowing five hits and one walk, with five strikeouts and just the one earned in the fifth inning. Nathan Lukes made a nice play on the RBI single, getting to the ball quickly and throwing to second base to get the speedy Michael Harris out to end the inning.
Wagner made two very nice plays at second base as well as getting the three hits.
Ryan Burr pitched a quick seventh, and Genesis Cabrera did the same in the eighth. We got our first look at Luis Frias in the ninth. He hit 96.1 MPH with the fastball. He gave up three soft singles to start the inning. Lukes bobbling the third one allowed a run to score. A popout and another single followed that. A double made it a 9-4 game. Nothing was hit hard, but they were missing gloves.
Brendon Little came in there. He got a ground out (scoring a run) and another ground out ended the game.
Jays of the Day: Horwitz (.257 WPA) and Barrios (.230).
Other Award: Kirk (-.091) and Vlad (-.090).
Tomorrow, we have the rubber game of the series. The starters are Yariel Rodriguez (1-6, 4.61) and Chris Sale (16-3, 2.46).