Weston Road Flows - The Toronto Blue Jays

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Platform: MLB 23 the Show on Xbox One

Rosters: TrueSim Franchise Roster V2 (Injury Free)

Sliders: S & B's Directional MLB 23 Sliders

Roster Control: Single team control

Play Style: Going to be playing one game every series while providing simple recaps of simmed games unless otherwise specified.

Posting Style: Mostly going to be game day reports, try to make it as immersive as possible. This is my first time posting a baseball chise so bear with me as I find my footing.

Roster Management Style: As I've previously mentioned, I'm only going to be controlling the Toronto Blue Jays to start things off. I love the game of baseball but I'm still getting used to the inner workings of the MLB The Show so we will be going slowly and figuring it out as we go.

Shout out to Mattchu12 for the inspiration behind this first post - I was racking my head on how I would create the foundation of this chise. Simplistic is the way to go.

I hope you guys enjoy this journey as much as I will. Let it rip.

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Major League Signings:
Kevin Kiermaier, OF: One-year contract worth $9 million
Chris Bassitt, RHP: Three-year contract worth $63 million
Brandon Belt, 1B: One-year contract worth $9.3 million

Trades and Claims:
Traded OF Teoscar Hernandez to the Mariners LHP Adam Macko and RHP Erik Swanson
Traded OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. & C Gabriel Moreno to the Diamondbacks for OF Daulton Varsho

Needs Addressed:
After a devastatingly disappointing ousting by the Seattle Mariners in the postseason last year, the Blue Jays decided to reshuffle their core group - mixing out the likes of outfielders Teoscar Hernandez and Lourdes Gurriel Jr out for more defensively-minded players like Daulton Varsho and Kevin Kiermaier; effectively giving the Toronto Blue Jays one of the best defensive outfields in the league.

This team seems to have turned the corner on franchise evolution - going from being a regular season stalwart to one being built to withstand the trudges of post-season baseball. This team is still looking to take the leap from good to great.

Remaining Questions:
The burning question is certainly what starting rotation is going to come out. A dominant one featuring Kevin Gausman taking that next step into the upper echelon of AL pitchers or one that lacks quality and can’t get out of early inning jams. The team is hoping for a bounce-back season from Jose Berrios as he joins Gausman, Alek Manaoh, and Chris Bassitt as a solid rotating cast of starters. Yusei Kikuchi is expected to round out the top five while Hyun Jin Ryu continues to work his way back from Tommy John surgery. Number one prospect Ricky Tiedemann is also in the mix as a possible midseason addition after some more minor league grooming.

Offensively, the team is loaded with heavy bats capable of littering the top of the American League charts. Obviously, they will be leaning on team MVP Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to be an absolute masher at the plate. He has stated feeling “a deeper sense of relaxation” attending Spring Training after admittedly feeling the pressure of matching his impressive 2021 numbers. A return to form for Guerrero Jr. being flanked by the likes of George Springer, Bo Bichette, and Whit Merrifield, not to mention Alejandro Kirk and Matt Chapman could provide Toronto with the best offense in the league (sorry, San Diego).

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GAUSMAN PITCHES DOMINANT SHUTOUT IN SEASON OPENER
03/30/2023 || Busch Stadium - St.Louis, MI

The biggest question mark for the Toronto Blue Jays entering the 2023 season was going to be their pitching. If starting pitcher Kevin Gausman has anything to say about it, it isn’t going to be much of a problem. The Blue Jays downed the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 7-0 on the road on Opening Day thanks to a complete game shutout of the Cardinals’ offensive weapons.

The team would chase St. Louis’ starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery immediately. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. would get things going at the top of the first inning with a quick single that would get Santiago Espinal to home plate to take an early lead that the Blue Jays would never surrender. Bo Bichette would dominate at the plate, getting Espinal and Whit Merrifield to score.

The St. Louis Cardinals’ batters would struggle throughout most of the day, leading to nine shutout innings from Gausman, with seven strikeouts and only allowing six hits. Former MVP Paul Goldschmidt and Cardinals’ power hitters Willson Contreras and Nolan Gorman would only get on base once between the three of them.

The game would feel fairly close until George Springer would send away his first home run of the season 350 feet into the stands for Merrifield and Espinal’s second and third runs of the game, respectively.

The two teams will reconvene on October 1st as the Blue Jays hope to continue their hot start to the season while the Cardinals look to get their offense on the board.

Toronto Blue Jays at St. Louis Cardinals
Mar 30, 2023	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto (0-0)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	18	0
St. Louis (0-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
W: Kevin Gausman L: Jordan Montgomery

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TOR	STL
TOR	1	Guerrero Jr. grounded to center for a single. Espinal scores. Springer advances to 3rd	1	0
TOR	3	Bichette doubled to right, out while advancing extra bases (9-4-5). Espinal scores.	2	0
TOR	7	Bichette lined to right for a single. Merrifield scores. Espinal advances to 2nd.	3	0
TOR	9	Espinal lined to left for a single. Kiermaier scores. Merrifield advances to 3rd.	4	0
TOR	9	Springer homered to left (350 ft.). Merrifield scores. Espinal scores.	7	0

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Whit Merrifield	5	2	2	0	0	0	.400
Santiago Espinal	5	3	4	1	0	0	.800
Bo Bichette	5	0	2	2	0	0	.400
George Springer	5	1	3	3	0	0	.600
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	5	0	1	1	0	0	.200
Alejandro Kirk	5	0	2	0	0	0	.400
Matt Chapman	5	0	1	0	0	3	.200
Daulton Varsho	4	0	2	0	0	0	.500
Kevin Kiermaier	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250
BATTING 2B: Bichette (1) HR: Springer (1) RBI: Espinal (1), Bichette (2), Springer (3), Guerrero Jr. (1)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Kevin Gausman	9.0	6	0	0	0	7	0.00

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Tommy Edman	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
Brendan Donovan	4	0	2	0	0	0	.500
Paul Goldschmidt	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Nolan Arenado	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
Willson Contreras	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250
Nolan Gorman	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Juan Yepez	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333
Tyler O'Neill	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Lars Nootbaar	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jordan Montgomery	6.0	9	2	2	0	2	3.00
Dakota Hudson	2.0	7	4	4	0	0	18.00
Jordan Hicks	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	9.00

Simulated Games



STL | 2 | 10 | 0
TOR | 3 | 6 | 0

St. Louis Cardinals:
Tommy Edman: 2-5, 2B, 1 R
Paul Goldschmidt: 3-4
Miles Mikolas: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO

Toronto Blue Jays:
George Springer: 1-2, HR, 2 BB
Brandon Belt: 2-4, 1 RBI
Alek Manoah: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 6 SO

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STL | 4 | 6 | 0
TOR | 2 | 13 | 0

St. Louis Cardinals:
Tommy Edman: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
Paul Goldschmidt: 2-4, 1 R
Jack Flaherty: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO

Toronto Blue Jays:
Kevin Kiermairer: 2-5, 1 R, SB
Whit Merrifield: 2-5, 2 SB
Chris Bassitt: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO

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JAYS' HITTING DEPTH PROVE GAME CHANGER IN HIGH-SCORING VICTORY
04/03/2023 || Kauffman Stadium - Kansas City, MO

The beginning of this matchup for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Kansas City Royals felt reflective of their hot start against the St. Louis Cardinals in the previous series. Immediately, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. would put the Blue Jays ahead in the top of the first inning by getting Kevin Kiermaier in. Brandon Belt would have an efficient game, getting on base three times and running in two batters.

Blue Jays' starting pitcher Jose Berrios pitched six strong innings until the Royals' batters started to figure things out. Drew Waters, hitting in the eight-hole, was able to take advantage of Berrios and the Blue Jays' bullpen with a strong double, and later an impressive triple. Franmil Reyes would bang home the game's sole homerun in the bottom of the ninth inning in a futile effort to keep the game close.

The Toronto Blue Jays also got strong efforts from the likes of leadoff hitter Whit Merrifield (3 for 5 with 2 RBIs) and Daulton Varsho (2 for 4 with 2 RBIs as well).

Royals' starting pitcher Brad Keller was belted from the jump by the Blue Jays' triumphant lineup to the tune of 12 hits and six runs earned in four innings.

The Blue Jays and the Royals will battle for the next two days before the Jays fly out west for a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels.

Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals
Apr 3, 2023	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto (2-1)	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	9	17	2
Kansas City (0-3)	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	5	9	0
W: Jose Berrios L: Brad Keller

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TOR	KAN
TOR	1	Guerrero Jr. lined to right for a single (9-2). Bichette out. Kiermaier scores. Springer advances to 3rd.	1	0
TOR	2	Varsho grounded out to Witt Jr. (6-3). Belt scores.	2	0
TOR	4	Varsho doubled to left. Belt scores. Chapman advances to 3rd.	3	0
KAN	4	Perez grounded to shortstop for a single (E6). Eaton scores. Perez advances to 2nd on throwing error,	3	1
TOR	5	Guerrero Jr. lined to right for a single. Bichette scores. Springer advances to 2nd.	4	1
TOR	5	Belt lined to left for a single. Springer scores. Guerrero Jr. scores.	6	1
KAN	7	Massey hit a sacrifice fly to Varsho (SF7). Perez scores.	6	2
KAN	7	Waters doubled to left. Reyes scores.	6	3
KAN	7	Dozier grounded to center for a single. Waters scores.	6	4
TOR	8	Merrifield doubled to right. Chapman scores. Varsho scores.	8	4
TOR	8	Kiermaier lined to center for a single. Merrifield scores.	9	4
KAN	9	Reyes homered to left (400 ft.).	9	5

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Whit Merrfield	5	1	3	2	0	0	.350
Kevin Kiermaier	5	1	1	1	0	0	.277
Bo Bichette	5	1	2	0	0	1	.368
George Springer	5	1	2	0	0	0	.500
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	5	1	2	2	0	0	.235
Danny Jansen	5	0	0	0	0	0	.153
Brandon Belt	4	2	3	2	0	0	.583
Matt Chapman	4	1	2	0	0	0	.214
Daulton Varsho	4	1	2	2	0	1	.333
BATTING 2B: Whit Merrifield, Brandon Belt 2, Daulton Varsho RBI: Whit Merrifield 2, Kevin Kiermairer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 2, Brandon Belt 2, Daulton Varsho 2

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jose Berrios	6.2	6	4	3	0	5	4.05
Zach Pop	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Erik Swanson	1.1	1	1	1	0	3	3.85
Jordan Romano	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0.00

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Bobby Witt Jr.	4	0	1	0	0	1	.235
Nate Eaton	4	1	0	0	0	1	.125
Vinnie Pasquantino	4	0	0	0	0	2	.312
Salvador Perez	4	1	2	0	0	0	.266
Edward Olivares	4	0	1	0	0	1	.133
Franmil Reyes	4	2	2	1	0	1	.375
Michael Massey	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Drew Waters	4	1	2	1	0	1	.333
Hunter Dozier	4	0	1	1	0	2	.250
BATTING 2B: Drew Waters 3B: Drew Waters HR: Franmil Reyes (2) RBI: Franmil Reyes, Michael Massey,, Drew Waters, Hunter Dozier

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Brad Keller	4.0	12	6	6	0	1	13.50
Kris Bubic	3.2	4	3	3	0	1	7.36
Taylor Clarke	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	3.85

Simulated Games



TOR | 3 | 8 | 1
KC | 4 | 11 | 3

Kansas City Royals:
Bobby Witt Jr.: 2-5, 1 R, 3B
Franmil Reyes: 3-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI
Daniel Lynch: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 6 SO

Toronto Blue Jays:
George Springer: 2-5, 1 R
Daulton Varsho: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI
Yusei Kikuchi: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 8 SO

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TOR | 5 | 14 | 0
KC | 9 | 12 | 1

Kansas City Royals:
Franmil Reyes: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
Bobby Witt Jr.: 1-5, HR, 2 RBI
Brady Singer: 6.1 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO

Toronto Blue Jays:
Danny Jansen: 3-5, HR
Daulton Varsho: 2-4, HR, 2B
Kevin Gausman: 3.1 IP, 6 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO

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TOR | 6 | 11 | 0
KC | 1 | 5 | 0

Kansas City Royals:
Hunter Dozier: 1-2, HR
Franmil Reyes: 1-4, 3 SO
Zack Greinke: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 SO

Toronto Blue Jays:
Bo Bichette: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
Brandon Belt: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
Alek Manoah: 8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO

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LATE ANGELS COMEBACK COMES UP SHORT AS JAYS ESCAPE
04/07/2023 || Angel Stadium - Anaheim, CA

If there is one thing that the Toronto Blue Jays have started to bring consistently, its getting on base early and dominating some early runs. George Springer would get himself, Bo Bichette, and Whit Merrifield home early with a blast out to left off of Los Angeles Angels' pitcher Tyler Anderson. 3-0 would be the score until the bottom of the 5th inning, when Anthony Rendon would put the Angels on the board with a blast off of Chris Bassitt

Angels' two-way megastar Shohei Ohtani would get his first of two home runs the very next inning, trading with Blue Jays' superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who would get him back in the top of the 7th inning. Ohtani's two-run shot in the top of the eighth inning would get him and fellow superstar Mike Trout home to tie the game up.

Whit Merrifield would ultimately clutch the game-winning run, hitting a single down the right side, allowing Matt Chapman to leg it home. Closer Jordan Romano would sit one of the three hitters faced and save the game for the Blue Jays.

The Blue Jays and the Angels will duel two more times before the boys in blue head back home to Canada for a series against the Detroit Tigers.

Toronto Blue Jays at Los Angeles Angels
Apr 7, 2023	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Toronto (4-3)	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	-	6	12	0
Los Angeles (4-2)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	-	5	8	1
W: Tim Mayza (W, 1-1) L: Jose Quijada (L, 0-1) S: Jordan Romano (S, 2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TOR	LAA
TOR	1	Springer homered to left (391 ft). Merrifield scores. Bichette scores.	3	0
LAA	5	Rendon homered to left (391 ft).	3	1
LAA	6	Ohtani homered to center (402 ft).	3	2
TOR	7	Guerrero Jr. homered to left (404 ft).	4	2
LAA	7	Walsh homered to center (371 ft).	4	3
TOR	8	Guerrero Jr. grounded to right for a single. Bichette scores. Springer advances to 2nd.	5	3
LAA	8	Ohtani homered to left (369 ft). Trout scores.	5	5
TOR	9	Merrifield grounded to right for a single. Chapman scores. Kiermaier advances to 2nd.	6	5

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Whit Merrifield	5	1	2	1	0	1	.333
Santiago Espinal	5	0	0	0	0	0	.315
Bo Bichette	5	2	2	0	0	0	.315
George Springer	4	1	3	3	0	1	.482
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	4	1	2	2	0	0	.250
Alejandro Kirk	4	0	2	0	0	1	.357
Matt Chapman	3	1	0	0	1	0	.214
Daulton Varsho	4	0	1	0	0	2	.333
Kevin Kiermaier	4	0	0	0	0	0	.233
BATTING 2B: Whit Merrifield, Bo Bichette HR: George Springer [3] Vladimir Guerrero Jr. [1] RBI: Whit Merrifield, George Springer (3), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Chris Bassitt	6.1	6	3	3	0	7	3.55
Tim Mayza	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	10.80
Anthony Bass	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	9.00
Jordan Romano	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
David Fletcher	4	0	2	0	0	2	.406
Gio Urshela	4	0	1	0	0	2	.266
Mike Trout	4	1	1	0	0	1	.161
Shohei Ohtani	4	2	2	3	0	1	.321
Hunter Renfroe	3	0	0	0	0	1	.240
Taylor Ward	4	0	0	0	0	0	.206
Jared Walsh	4	1	1	1	0	1	.142
Anthony Rendon	4	1	1	1	0	2	.318
Max Stassi	3	0	0	0	0	2	.150
BATTING HR: Shohei Ohtani (2), Jared Walsh, Anthony Rendon RBI: Shohei Ohtani (3), Jared Walsh, Anthony Rendon HBP: Hunter Renfroe

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Tyler Anderson	6.0	6	4	4	0	4	5.55
Jaime Barria	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	2.70
Ryan Tepera	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	9.00
Jose Quijada	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	2.07

Simulated Games



TOR | 3 | 11 | 2
LAA | 5 | 10 | 0

Toronto Blue Jays:
Vladimir Guerrero Jr: 3-3, 2 R
Whit Merrifield: 2-5, HR, 2 SO
Jose Berrios: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5 SO

Los Angeles Angels:
David Fletcher: 1-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
Hunter Renfroe: 2-4, 3B, 2 R, RBI
Patrick Sandoval: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO

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TOR | 4 | 8 | 1
LAA | 9 | 12 | 0

Toronto Blue Jays:
Alejandro Kirk: 4-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Cavan Biggio: 2-3, 3B
Yusei Kikuchi: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 6 SO

Los Angeles Angels:
Brandon Drury: 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI
Hunter Renfroe: 3-5, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
Reid Detmers: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 SO

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HUGE SEVENTH INNING BOMB HAS JAYS ROARING PAST TIGERS
04/11/2023 || Rogers Centre - Toronto, ON

The first duel of the series between the Detroit Tigers and the Toronto Blue Jays seemed like a run-of-the-mill game between the two teams up until the seventh inning. Matt Carpenter kicked things off in the top of the second inning with a solo blast before Santiago Espinal hit a single to get Whit Merrifield to make his way home.Austin Meadows would break the tie in the top of the sixth inning and had the Blue Jays' faithful hold their collective breath.

And then all Hell broke loose.

Bo Bichette and Alejandro Kirk both swung for the fences and hit the crowd in the bottom of the seventh inning while the likes of Kevin Kiermaier and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led the chasing of the Tigers' bullpen for what felt like an eternity.

Bichette and George Springer would come back in the next inning and add some more scores to completely demoralize the Tigers and pray that the end of the game would come sooner rather than later.

13 total runs and 18 total hits and the lowly Detroit Tigers never had a chance. The two teams will face off two more times before the Blue Jays welcome the Tampa Bay Rays to Canada.

Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays
Apr 11, 2023	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Detroit (3-6)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	3	9	0
Toronto (5-5)	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	3	X	-	13	18	1
W: Mitch White L: Jason Foley

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			DET	TOR
DET	2	Carpenter homered to right (409 ft). Haase scores.	2	0
TOR	3	Espinal grounded to center for a single. Merrifield scores.	2	1
DET	6	Meadows doubled to right. Haase scores.	3	1
TOR	7	Kiermaier grounded to center for a single. Chapman scores. Varsho advances to 2nd.	3	2
TOR	7	Merrifield doubled to right. Varsho scores. Kiermaier scores.	3	4
TOR	7	Espinal lined to right for a single. Merrifield scores.	3	5
TOR	7	Bichette homered to center (385 ft). Espinal scores.	3	7
TOR	7	Guerrero Jr. grounded to right for a single. Springer scores.	3	8
TOR	7	Kirk homered to left (385 ft). Guerrero Jr. scores.	3	10
TOR	8	Bichette doubled to left. Kiermaier scores. Merrifield scores.	3	12
TOR	8	Springer grounded to left for a single. Bichette scores.	3	13

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Akil Baddoo	5	0	2	0	0	0	.306
Matt Vieling	4	0	1	0	0	1	.189
Miguel Cabrera	4	0	0	0	0	2	.146
Eric Haase	4	2	3	0	0	1	.176
Kerry Carpenter	4	1	1	2	0	1	.167
Austin Meadows	4	0	1	1	0	1	.300
Jonathan Schoop	4	0	0	0	0	2	.147
Javier Baez	4	0	0	0	0	3	.282
Ryan Kreidler	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250
BATTING 2B: Austin Meadows (1), Eric Haase 3 (4) HR: Kerry Carpenter (2) RBI: Austin Meadows (6), Kerry Carpenter 2 (3)

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Matthew Boyd	6.2	7	3	3	0	1	3.21
Jason Foley	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	27.00
Beau Brieske	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	6.39
Joey Wentz	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	6.30
Will Vest	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Whit Merrifield	5	3	3	2	0	0	.353
Santiago Espinal	5	1	3	2	0	0	.313
Bo Bichette	5	2	2	4	0	0	.308
George Springer	5	1	2	1	0	0	.372
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	5	1	1	1	0	0	.295
Alejandro Kirk	4	1	4	2	0	0	.600
Matt Chapman	4	1	0	0	0	1	.212
Daulton Varsho	4	1	1	0	0	0	.289
Kevin Kiermaier	4	2	2	1	0	0	.237
BATTING 2B: Bo Bichette (5), Whit Merrifield 2 (4) 3B: George Springer (1) HR: Bo Bichette (2), Alejandro Kirk (2) RBI: George Springer (9), Bo Bichette 4 (9), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (6), Alejandro Kirk 2 (4), Whit Merrifield 2 (7), Kevin Kiermaier (5), Santiago Espinal 2 (4)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Kevin Gausman	6.0	8	3	3	0	9	5.40
Mitch White	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	1.23
Yimi Garcia	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00

Simulated Games



DET | 1 | 6 | 0
TOR | 2 | 5 | 2

Detroit Tigers:
Kerry Carpenter: 1-4, 2B, 3 SO
Jonathan Schoop: 2-4
Spencer Turnbull: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 6 SO

Toronto Blue Jays:
Brandon Belt: 2-3, HR
Vladimir Guerrero Jr: 1-4, HR
Alek Manoah: 7.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 SO

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DET | 3 | 6 | 1
TOR | 2 | 8 | 1

Detroit Tigers:
Akil Baddoo: 1-4, HR, 1 SO
Austin Meadows: 2-3, HR, 2 R
Michael Lorenzen: 7.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 9 SO

Toronto Blue Jays:
Vladimir Guerrero Jr: 2-4, 2 HR
Kevin Kiermaier: 2-3, 1 BB, 1 SO
Chris Bassitt: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 5 SO

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CHAPMAN HOMERS TO SAVE JAYS, ESPINAL WINS IT IN EXTRAS
04/14/2023 || Rogers Centre - Toronto, ON

The Toronto Blue Jays welcomed their division rival Tampa Bay Rays into the Rogers Centre for their first series of the young season. And boy, was it an intriguing one.

Blue Jays' starting pitcher Jose Berrios was chased out of the game after struggling early, ending his game after only three innings and a high pitch count. Brandon Lowe and Harold Ramirez would score early and except for a Alejandro Kirk RBI single, seemed like it would be the winning score for the Rays.

Bo Bichette would send off his third home run of the season to continue his red-hot start to the season to tie things up before Lowe doubled back and hit his own homerun blast in the top of the ninth to regain the lead.

Clutch batting and the Blue Jays have not previously been synonymous, but Matt Chapman would come up clutch and blast one for himself to tie things up in the bottom of the ninth. After closer Jordan Romano struck out the Rays during the top of the 10th inning, Santiago Espinal would scorch one up the middle and successfully get Daulton Varsho home to complete the comeback effort.

Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays
Apr 14, 2023	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Tampa Bay (8-5)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	0
Toronto (7-6)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	15	1
W: Jordan Romano L: Jason Adam

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TAM	TOR
TAM	2	Raley doubled to center. Lowe scores.	1	0
TAM	3	Diaz doubled to right. Ramirez scores.	2	0
TOR	4	Kirk grounded to center for a single. Springer scores. Guerrero Jr. advances to 2nd.	2	1
TOR	8	Bichette homered to left (414 ft).	2	2
TAM	9	B. Lowe homered to right (397 ft).	3	2
TOR	9	Chapman homered to left (386 ft).	3	3
TOR	10	Espinal grounded to center for a single. Varsho scores.	3	4

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Randy Arozarena	5	0	0	0	0	4	.240
Harold Ramirez	3	1	2	0	1	1	.372
Yandy Diaz	4	0	1	1	0	0	.350
Brandon Lowe	3	2	1	1	1	1	.224
Christian Bethancourt	4	0	0	0	0	1	.195
Josh Lowe	4	0	0	0	0	2	.388
Luke Raley	4	0	2	1	0	1	.375
Jose Siri	3	0	0	0	0	4	.176
Isaac Paredes	3	0	0	0	0	3	.178
BATTING 2B: Yandy Diaz, Luke Raley HR: Brandon Lowe (2) RBI: Yandy Diaz, Brandon Lowe, Luke Raley
BASERUNNING SB: Luke Raley

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jeffrey Springs	6.0	9	1	1	0	1	1.37
Jalen Beeks	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
Pete Fairbanks	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	7.36
Jason Adam	1.0	3	2	1	0	1	3.60
Yonny Chirinos	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	2.38

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Whit Merrifield	5	0	1	0	0	1	.301
Santiago Espinal	5	0	1	1	0	1	.297
Bo Bichette	4	1	3	1	0	0	.301
George Springer	4	1	1	0	0	0	.333
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	4	0	2	0	0	0	.321
Alejandro Kirk	4	0	3	1	0	0	.600
Matt Chapman	4	1	1	1	0	0	.190
Daulton Varsho	4	1	1	0	0	1	.291
Kevin Kiermaier	4	0	2	0	0	1	.312
BATTING HR: Bo Bichette (3), Matt Chapman (2) RBI: Santiago Espinal, Bo Bichette, Alejandro Kirk, Matt Chapman

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jose Berrios	3.0	3	2	2	2	5	.490
Anthony Bass	3.0	1	0	0	0	4	6.00
Tim Mayza	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	6.75
Yimi Garcia	2.0	2	1	1	0	4	2.25
Jordan Romano	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0.00

Simulated Games



TB | 3 | 8 | 0
TOR | 7 | 9 | 0

Tampa Bay Rays:
Yandy Diaz: 1-4, HR
Brandon Lowe: 2-4, 2 2B
Zach Eflin: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO

Toronto Blue Jays:
Brandon Belt: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
Danny Jansen: 1-3, HR, 2 R
Yusei Kikuchi: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO

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TB | 8 | 9 | 2
TOR | 1 | 4 | 2

Tampa Bay Rays:
Francisco Meija: 1-3, HR, 4 RBI
Manuel Margot: 1-4, HR
Shane McClanahan: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 SO

Toronto Blue Jays:
George Springer: 1-4, HR
Vladimir Guerrero Jr: 2-3, 1 BB
Kevin Gausman: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO

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BLUE JAYS BATS STAY RED HOT, HOLD OFF ASTROS COMEBACK ATTEMPT
04/17/2023 || Minute Maid Park - Houston, TX

There is no team in baseball that is absolutely dicing the ball better than the Toronto Blue Jays. Today, they got to experience the Houston Astros for the first time this season and managed to get 13 hits against the Astros' pitcher Christian Javier on the way to a 6-4 narrow win. Every player in the Blue Jays' lineup managed a hit while Brandon Belt sent one 355-feet for his fourth home run of the season.

Catcher Danny Jansen ripped off a triple by sending one deep into center, managing to bat George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. home to take a 4-1 lead.

Astros' superstar Jose Altuve did his best to keep the Astros in the game, breaking the game open in the bottom of the second with a home run and then coming back in the bottom of the eighth with a two-RBI single off of an error. Blue Jays' relief pitcher Erik Swanson managed to sit the Astros down in the bottom of the ninth to secure the victory.

It should be mentioned the strong effort the Blue Jays got from star Alek Manoah, who pitched seven strong innings after coming out cold due to the Altuve homer. He allowed six hits and three earned runs but managed to sit down 12 batters.

Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros
Apr 17, 2023	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Toronto (9-7)	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	-	6	18	1
Houston (10-6)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-	4	9	0
W: Alek Manoah L: Christian Javier S: Erik Swanson

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TOR	HOU
HOU	2	Altuve homered to left (357 ft).	0	1
TOR	3	Springer hit a sacrifice fly to Meyers (SF8). Kiermaier scores. Bichette advances to 3rd.	1	1
TOR	3	Guerrero Jr. doubled to center. Bichette scores.	2	1
TOR	5	Jansen tripled to center. Springer scores. Guerrero Jr. scores.	4	1
TOR	5	Belt homered to left (355 ft). Jansen scores.	6	1
HOU	8	Brantley hit a sacrifice fly to Kiermaier (SF8). Meyers scores.	6	2
TOR	8	Altuve grounded to right for a single (E3). Tucker scores. Alvarez scores. Altuve advances to 2nd on a throwing error.	6	4

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Whit Merrifield	5	0	2	0	0	0	.289
Kevin Kiermaier	5	1	2	0	0	0	.303
Bo Bichette	5	1	2	0	0	0	.289
George Springer	4	1	3	1	0	1	.354
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	5	1	2	1	0	0	.338
Danny Jansen	4	1	1	2	0	1	.305
Brandon Belt	4	1	3	2	0	2	.428
Matt Chapman	4	0	2	0	0	2	.212
Daulton Varsho	4	0	1	0	0	0	.290
BATTING 2B: Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2), Brandon Belt 3B: Danny Jansen HR: Brandon Belt [4] RBI: George Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Danny Jansen (2), Brandon Belt (2) SF: George Springer

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Alek Manoah	7.1	6	3	3	0	12	1.51
Zach Pop	0.2	2	1	0	0	0	8.10
Erik Swanson	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.50

Houston Astros
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Kyle Tucker	4	1	2	0	0	2	.362
Michael Brantley	3	0	1	1	0	2	.350
Yordan Alvarez	4	1	1	0	0	1	.347
Jose Altuve	4	1	2	2	0	2	.339
Jose Abreu	4	0	0	0	0	1	.265
Alex Bregman	4	0	1	0	0	3	.258
Jeremy Pena	4	0	1	0	0	0	.228
Korey Lee	4	0	0	0	0	2	.195
Jake Meyers	3	1	1	0	0	0	.200
BATTING HR: Jose Altuve RBI: Michael Brantley, Jose Altuve (2) SF: Michael Brantley

Houston Astros
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Christian Javier	4.2	13	5	5	0	2	4.62
Blake Taylor	2.1	4	1	1	0	0	3.85
Hector Neris	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	3.72
Seth Martinez	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00

Simulated Games



TOR | 5 | 10 | 1
HOU | 6 | 12 | 0

Toronto Blue Jays:
Nathan Lukes: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
Daulton Varsho: 1-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SO
Chris Bassitt: 8.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 SO

Houston Astros:
Michael Brantley: 3-5, HR, 2 R
Yordan Alvarez: 1-1, 2B, 3 RBI, 1 R
Lance McCullers Jr: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO

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TOR | 2 | 4 | 0
HOU | 4 | 8 | 1

Toronto Blue Jays:
George Springer: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, SB
Daulton Varsho: 1-3
Jose Berrios: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO

Houston Astros:
Kyle Tucker: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Jose Altuve: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Luis Garcia: 7.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 SO