The Blue Jays bang the Red Sox as Gausman offers the long-awaited quality outing

The Toronto-Baseball season is, in a sense, managing a series of ever-changing small fires. First, the offense may not have been clicked. When it comes, the rotation spouts. Then the bullpen goes, it only helps to rekindle the starter. If that continues, the team will move from one crisis to another, leaving only the deepest clubs standing.

Over the past few weeks, the Toronto Blue Jays have dealt with a number of rekinds after splitting four games against the Baltimore Orioles and dropping them into the club for three consecutive games. Hyun-jin Ryu’s end-of-season surgery. The struggle between Yusei Kikuchi and, more surprisingly, José Berríos. Danny Jansen’s continued absence. George Springer’s elbow. A series of bullpen injuries. It’s like the daily use of relief shuffles from Buffalo to Toronto.

In addition to Kevin Gausman’s seven shutout innings, Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and Matt Chapman’s home runs are ideal for hitting the Boston Red Sox 7-2 on Monday to extinguish recent embers. It was a good way.

It doesn’t define the season by any means, but the current eight-game homestand and Tampa Bay Rays against the Red Sox, who won seven straight games, will either suppress the flames or heat up.

The taxed unmanned bullpen needed to be deepened by Gausman after a series of Krunker and Ace right-handed from Kikuchi and Berríos provided quality as well as quantity. He retired the first eight batters he faced, grabbed the game in his throat, and kept it out of his grasp while the attack was defeated by Connor Sebald’s call.

Bo Bichette’s RBI double did things first, with Springer’s solo shot followed by a third Guerrero two-run drive to take advantage, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s Lanscore fielder ahead of Chapman’s home run. Arrival without the game.

In summary, these efforts have made the Blue Jays one of the least stressful games this season. On the other hand, concerns about Gausman, who appeared to emerge from a short blip, were alleviated.

He defeated the Red Sox for the third time this year and hit 10 while allowing only 4 hits and 2 walks. Probably the most impressive thing now that he has recovered on the plate after a slow start.

“The first month wasn’t very aggressive,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said before the match. “We were chasing the pitch. We faced some good pitching. And (Gausman) was most of our hardship. He was once at Fenway, here. I was really good at starting once in a row. But we are currently doing damage in the strike zone. We didn’t do that in April. We still swing But I’m not chasing too many pitches … I have control over my turn at bat and I’m doing a better job. “

So was Gausman, and for all the talk about whether he’s tipping and if the Blue Jays are shifting too far behind him (they did it regularly on Monday). In, it’s a controversial conversation when he can move his fastball and knock out the batter split. He won 10 whives with a heater. The heater sat 95 times, split 7 times, and slider once more.

Beyond that, he gave the bullpen a break ahead of Tuesday’s Ross Stripling outing, and Alexandre prepared for Wednesday’s Series Finale. After that, Kikuchi will start a series with Rays. This includes Saturday with a doubleheader that limits club options.

Charlie Montoyo has confirmed that Kikuchi is off to a good start so far, but added that nothing was carved into the stone. A left-handed player who struggled to command a fastball on a recent outing said, “On flat ground (working on Sunday), Pete (pitching coach Walker) felt good about it,” Montoyo said. .. “understand.”

He has a long track record and isn’t too worried about Berríos, at least consistently in the zone, but he wasn’t the stable post he had expected so far.

Bullpen has been threatened over the past few weeks during additional work and thinning from injury. As a result, a deal with the recently released veteran Sergio Romo is approaching.

The Blue Jays are betting on his achievements and competitiveness in the absence of setupmen Yimi Garcia and Trevor Richards, as well as deep relief Julian Merryweather, Tayler Saucedo and Andrew Vasquez. Nate Pearson (shoulder) is expected to be taken into account in some way, but may remain off the table.

At the age of 39, Lomo’s best days are gone, but the team has his predominantly 85.4mph sinker and 77.6mph slider mix enough for him to compete and he is a teammate.

It’s a bonus if he can help fill the gap and record several 5 or 6 innings out within a few days. If not, well it wouldn’t cost them much.