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Game #25 of Season
Toronto Blue Jays (9-13) @ Boston Red Sox (16-8)
Pitching Matchup - Tanner Roark vs Collin McHugh
JD Martinez got things started with a RBI single that drove in two runs as the Red Sox jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st but Toronto would answer with two runs in the top of the 2nd when Danny Jansen smoked a ball off the wall in CF for a RBI double to tie the game 2-2. Boston took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the 2nd when Kevin Pillar would drive a solo HR into the monster seats for his first HR in a Red Sox uniform. Danny Jansen would come through again for Toronto with a RBI single in the 4th inning tying the game 3-3. The Blue Jays took a 5-3 lead in the top of the 5th when Cavan Biggio took McHugh deep for a 2-run HR into the Sox bullpen in RF. Brian Johnson took over for Boston in the top of the 6th and two men would reach with two outs and Ryan Brasier would come in and give up a single to Bichette as the Jays loaded the bases with 2 outs. Cavan Biggio came to the plate for a huge at bat with a chance to blow this game open but Brasier would get out of the jam as Biggio flew out to CF and the score remained 5-3. Tanner Roark would retire the Sox in order in the bottom half of the 6th and we would go to the 7th inning with Toronto leading 5-3. Brasier retired the Jays in order in the top of the 7th and Roark would toss another 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the 7th as we moved to the 8th with the Blue Jays leading 5-3. Josh Taylor worked around a lead off double in the top of the 8th to keep it a 5-3 game and Anthony Bass would come on to pitch the bottom of the 8th for Toronto. The Red Sox would put two men on with 1 out as Devers singled and Bogaerts would reach when Bichette booted a ground ball at SS. Bass would get JD Martinez to fly out for the 2nd out and had 2 strikes on Mitch Moreland who turned on an inside fastball and yanked a line drive into the RF corner scoring both runners for a huge RBI double to tie the game 5-5. Taylor stayed in the game and pitched a scoreless top of the 9th and the Red Sox would come to bat in the bottom of the 9th with a chance to win the game. Justin Miller would get through the bottom of the 9th and this game would head to extra innings. Matt Barnes took over on the mound for Boston and tried to get ahead with a first pitch curveball to start the inning and Travis Shaw was sitting on it and crushed a 433 foot HR down the RF line to put the Blue Jays ahead 6-5. Barnes would allow two men to reach and Bo Bichette came up with 2 outs and lined a ball into the monster seats for a big 3-run HR to push the Jays lead to 9-5. JD Martinez would hit a 2-run HR to LF in the bottom of the 10th but Ken Giles would come on to record the final two outs as the Blue Jays win a wild one 9-7
* The Red Sox and Blue Jays were tied 5-5 after 9 innings and Toronto would explode for 4 runs in the top of the 10th on home runs by Shaw and Bichette. Boston got a HR from Martinez in the bottom of the 10th but the comeback fell short as Ken Giles closed out a 9-7 win for the Blue Jays
* The Red Sox have lost 2 in a row and fall to 16-9 on the season while the Blue Jays improve to 10-13
* Matt Barnes struggles continue as he gets tagged for 4 runs in the top of the 10th and his ERA balloons to 11.17 on the season. The Red Sox desperately need Barnes to figure it out on the mound and become the reliable reliever they have depended on in the setup role
* Tanner Roark pitched well for Toronto throwing 7 innings and allowing 3 runs on 4 hits with 1 walk and 6 Ks
* Collin McHugh allowed 5 runs in 5 innings of work on 7 hits with 1 walk and 6 Ks
* The Blue Jays got home runs from Bo Bichette (3 for 6 with a HR & 3 RBI), Travis Shaw (1 for 4 with a HR & 1 RBI) and Cavan Biggio (1 for 4 with a HR & 2 RBI)
* Danny Jansen had a big night for the Jays going 4 for 5 with 3 RBI
* JD Martinez went 2 for 5 with a HR & 4 RBI and Kevin Pillar hit his first HR in a Red Sox uniform
* The Red Sox and Blue Jays will play the 2nd game of this series tomorrow with Chris Sale set to take the mound for Boston and get the Red Sox back on track against Matt Shoemaker who will get the start for Toronto
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="14">Blue Jays at Red Sox | </td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="37%">Aug 21, 2020</td><td align="right" width="4%">1</td><td align="right" width="4%">2</td><td align="right" width="4%">3</td><td align="right" width="4%">4</td><td align="right" width="4%">5</td><td align="right" width="4%">6</td><td align="right" width="4%">7</td><td align="right" width="4%">8</td><td align="right" width="4%">9</td><td align="center" width="15%">Extras</td><td align="right" width="4%">R</td><td align="right" width="4%">H</td><td align="right" width="4%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Toronto (10-13)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="right" class="active">9</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (16-9)</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="right" class="active">7</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="14"><b>W:</b> Justin Miller (2-0) <b>L:</b> Matt Barnes (2-1) <b>S:</b> Ken Giles (2)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">TOR</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">1</td><td width="70%">JD Martinez singled to CF (Devers & Bogaerts score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Danny Jansen doubled to CF (Grichuk & Drury score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Kevin Pillar solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Danny Jansen singled to CF (Hernandez scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Cavan Biggio 2-run HR to RF (Bichette scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Mitch Moreland doubled to RF (Devers & Bogaerts score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">10</td><td width="70%">Travis Shaw solo HR to RF</td><td align="right" width="8%">6</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">10</td><td width="70%">Bo Bichette 3-run HR to LF (Drury & Jansen score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">9</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">10</td><td width="70%">JD Martinez 2-run HR to LF (Bogaerts scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">9</td><td align="right" width="8%">7</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#043EA4" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Toronto Blue Jays</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bichette, SS</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.277</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Biggio, 2B</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.125</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Guerrero, 3B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.269</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hernandez, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.292</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Shaw, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.315</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Grichuk, CF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.225</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Drury, LF</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.189</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jansen, C</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.237</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Fisher, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.243</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">45</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Drury 2 (3), Hernandez (6), Jansen (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> Bichette (7), Shaw (3), Biggio (3)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Bichette 3 (16), Jansen 3 (7), Biggio 2 (6), Shaw (8)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Bichette (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Verdugo, LF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.234</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Devers, 3B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.297</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.333</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Martinez, DH</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.266</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Moreland, 1B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.156</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chavis, 2B</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Vazquez, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.359</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Pillar, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.204</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bradley, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.233</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">40</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Moreland 2 (5), Bogsaerts (12)<br /><b>HR:</b> Martinez (6), Pillar (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Martinez 4 (24), Moreland 2 (8), Pillar (5)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Verdugo</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#043EA4" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Toronto Blue Jays</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tanner Roark</td><td align="right">7.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.16</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Anthony Bass (BS, 2)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">6.23</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Justin Miller (W, 2-0)</td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.05</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ken Giles (S, 5)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.50</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">10.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Roark - 89 Pitches / 63% Strikes</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Collin McHugh</td><td align="right">5.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.11</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Brian Johnson</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.26</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ryan Brasier</td><td align="right">1.1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.53</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Josh Taylor</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1.35</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Matt Barnes (L, 2-1)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">11.17</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Marcus Walden</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.38</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">10.0</td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> McHugh - 85 Pitches / 73% Strikes</td></tr></table></body></html>
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