Jays 0 Red Sox 3
I get this for thinking the Jays would get to .500. They are now 5 games back from .500.
If you only get two hits, you deserve to lose. Red Sox starter Brayan Bello was terrific and the Jays batters weren’t. Addison Barger had a double (he also had our lone walk), and Vlad a single, which was it for offense.
For some reason, the Red Sox decided to take Bello out after eight innings. He could have easily pitched a complete game, but Kenley Jansen pitched a quick ninth.
Chris Bassitt had a shaky first inning, giving up three singles and a hit batter for just one run, but that was enough. He was excellent for 6.2 innings, with just five hits, one earned, one walk and nine strikeouts.
He came out with two on and two out in the seventh (Daulton Varsho almost made a great catch on Masataka Yoshida’s line drive. It looked like a catch, but it just barely touched the ground before ending up in Varsho’s glove). Brendon Little got the last out of the inning.
In the eighth, David Hamilton reached on an Alejandro Kirk error on a bunt single attempt. The ball pretty much bounced on the plate; Kirk reached for it and knocked it away from him, and, with Hamilton’s speed, that was enough. The next batter, Tyler O’Neill, homered.
That made it 3-0 going into the bottom of the ninth, which is much worse than 1-0, but then we couldn’t hit tonight, so it didn’t matter.
Jays of the Day: Bassitt (.215 WPA).
Other Award: Kirk (-.202, 0 for 3), Varsho (-096, 0 for 4, 3 k), Clement (-.094, 0 for 3, k), and Loperfido (-.092).
The game was just 2 hours and 5 minutes. I guess if you are going to lose, you might as well lose quick.
Tomorrow we finish this four or five game series with Bowden Francis (7-3, 4.02) vs. Kutter Crowford (8-11, 4.19).