Category: Recaps
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Recap: Blue Jays 6 vs Red Sox 4 – or Why So Serious? The Jays Are In First!
(Thanks Elise Amendola!) It was an odd night around the Majors this evening. At the Trop in Tampa, the A’s beat the Rays 3-2, even though they were out-hit 9-1. In Cleveland, the Tigers lost 11-10 – on a bases loaded BALK in the 13th inning. In Pittsburgh, the Orioles trailed 8-6 after two innings,…
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Recap: Blue Jays 7 vs Red Sox 4 – or Jays win an absolute Thriller, Sox drop 5th straight.
This was the scene before the game. I didn’t happen to see it until after the game, but it’s kinda funny in hindsight that while Big Papi (0 for 4 with 2 huge strikeouts) and Jose Reyes (1 for 5, lacking in the field) horsed around, Edwin Encarnacion just stood there laughing.
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Recap: Blue Jays 2 vs Rangers 6 – or Gibby Lets Another Winnable Game Slip Away.
The Blue Jays were victims of straight up bad infield defence, two bad pitches by R.A. Dickey, and a couple of questionable moves by John Gibbons in a very dissatisfying 6-2 loss on Sunday. Yes, they won the series, but not before bowing out of the finale with four errors, 8 men left on base,…
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Recap: Blue Jays 4 vs Rangers 2 – Or Reyes Fist-Pumps Jays to 3rd Straight Win.
Jose Bautista’d, Mark Buehrle’d, and the Blue Jays Reyes (that’s a verb, yes?) to a resilient 4-2 victory over a Texas Rangers team that is essentially the poster child for baseball in 2014. Some great pieces, solid on paper, but flawed.
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Recap: Are Yu Kidding Me?! Hutch Shuts Out Rangers
Drew Hutchison pitched a complete game three-hit shutout as the Blue Jays beat Yu Darvish and the Rangers 2-0 on Friday night in Arlington.
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Recap: Hope fades despite Blue Jays win over Cleveland
The thing about high ceilings is that the fall from the top is farther, and it’s harder. By now, you all know the story of the hope and promise of the 2013 Blue Jays and the resulting disaster. Well, the failure to meet expectations lowered the ceiling for the 2014 Blue Jays, even though it…
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Recap: Clevelands 15, Blue Jays 4 – Or Deja Vu All Over Again.
(Thank you Nathan Denette) Alright, everybody settle down. Even if you look past all of the “it’s only one out of 162” cliches, the end result of this game looks far worse than the sum of it’s parts. If you’re like me, and were unable to watch the entire game, there are a number of…
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Recap: Clevelands 4 vs Blue Jays 5 – Or Francisco, Reyes, Bats Master Cleveland’s Son
(Thanks Frank Gunn!) If you disregard the emblem on the shoulder, it sure looks as though I’m not the only one who’s trying to see how the world responds to just a little less blatant racism on the Cleveland Baseball Team’s jersey. And if you disregard the first three innings (in which they were set…
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Recap: Blue Jays (19-20) snap 3 game slide with 7-3 win over Angels (19-18)
Mark Buehrle did it again. Like he has all season, he spotted his stuff and got swings on pitches that caught just enough, but not too much of the plate. Although, to say he was fooling Angels hitters tonight would be a bit of a stretch. Over 6+ innings of work, Buehrle allowed 6 hits,…
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Blue Jays make it 5 in a row with 12-6 win over Phillies
That was fun. 12 runs, 5 home runs, a solid start from “ace” R.A. Dickey, a perfect inning and a third from Marcus “the saviour” Stroman. All combining to give the Jays a 4 game sweep of the Phillies and their 5th win in a row. And hey, don’t look now, but the Blue Jays…
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