Blue Jays fire on all cylinders to earn most lopsided win of season

On Sep 16, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — T-Cellular Park in Seattle will get all the credit score as a “home away from home” for the Toronto Blue Jays. That’s truthful, however Goal Subject in Minnesota ought to at the very least be within the dialog.

Followers from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, amongst different provinces, confirmed up to the ballpark on Friday evening, creating what appeared like a sea of blue jerseys within the stands. Sadly, they didn’t have a lot to cheer for that evening because the Blue Jays had been shut out.

However, boy, did they get their cash’s price on Saturday evening.

The visiting ballclub put on an absolute laser present, registering a season excessive in runs scored throughout a 15-0 drubbing of the Minnesota Twins. Daulton Varsho, Spencer Horwitz, Addison Barger and Will Wagner every homered whereas right-hander Jose Berrios tossed a gem on the mound.

The Blue Jays followers in attendance spent a lot time cheering on their toes that it may need made sense for them to have bought standing-room-only tickets.

The Blue Jays received to work straight away, teeing off Twins starter Zebby Matthews. The precise-hander hit George Springer to open the sport and Varsho adopted that with a two-run shot over the left-centre discipline wall. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled after which Spencer Horwitz added his ninth homer of the season.

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Nathan Lukes then added an RBI double and Leo Jimenez cashed in two extra with a single up the center. All advised, the Blue Jays plated seven runs within the first inning earlier than Matthews was ready to file two outs.

Some extra enjoyable information from the most lopsided win of the Blue Jays’ season:

• This marked the primary time the Blue Jays scored seven runs within the first inning since Sept. 5, 2018, towards the Tampa Bay Rays, per Sportsnet Stats.

• The Blue Jays’ 23 hits on the evening represented their highest tally in a sport this season. Wagner led the best way with 5 hits, Lukes collected 4 and Horwitz and Guerrero Jr. tallied three every.

• Every of the Blue Jays’ 9 starters scored at the very least one run, whereas all however Springer recorded at the very least one hit.

• The win helped the membership end August with a 16-12 file, their finest month of the season.

Berrios was the benefactor of the offensive barrage however barely wanted the assistance. The precise-hander was in wonderful kind and continued what’s been one of the perfect stretches of his profession. Berrios allowed simply three hits over six scoreless frames, strolling one and hanging out 5.

Over his previous 5 begins he’s allowed simply six earned runs over 34.2 innings for a glowing 1.56 ERA — a outstanding degree of consistency and innings logged from the right-hander, who’s clearly managed to proper the ship after some uneven begins in June and July.

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