TNK - BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #33 of Season
Toronto Blue Jays (17-14) @ Boston Red Sox (21-11)
Pitching Matchup – Kevin Gausman vs Brayan Bello
Brayan Bello and Kevin Gausman were both pitching well early and the game was scoreless through 4 innings. Toronto opened the scoring in the top of the 5th when Alejandro Kirk was hit by a pitch leading off the inning and Matt Chapman followed with a liner into the LF corner where Rob Refsnyder had trouble getting the ball which allowed Kirk to score all the way from first base making it 1-0. Kevin Kiermaier RBI single through the right side with 1 out increased the Jays lead to 2-0. Gausman retired the side in order in the bottom of the 5th and had allowed just two hits through his first 5 innings as we would head to the 6th inning with Toronto leading 2-0. Bello and Gausman pitched 1-2-3 frames in the 6th sending the game to the 7th inning with Toronto leading 2-0. Bello returned to the mound for the top of the 7th and retired the side striking out Varsho on a changeup for his 7th K of the game to end the frame while Gausman recorded his 9th K of the game when he struck out Kike Hernandez to end the bottom of the 7th and send the game to the 8th inning with the Blue Jays up 2-0. Bello retired Kiermaier and Espinal to start the top of the 8th before singles by Biggio and Bichette put runners on the corners for Vlad Guerrero with 2 outs and that would be all for Bello and Chris Martin came in from the pen to face Guerrero. Martin left a cutter over the plate and Guerrero delivered a RBI single up the middle to extend the lead to 3-0. Martin would get Brandon Belt to ground out to end the inning stranding a pair but the Blue Jays lead was now 3-0. Gausman was at 80 pitches as he returned to the mound for the bottom of the 8th and retired the first two batters picking up his 10th K before Refsnyder singled with 2 outs to put a man on for Jarren Duran. Gausman and Duran had a good battle as Duran fouled off a couple tough pitches with a full count before flying out to Varsho in LF sending the game to the 9th inning with Toronto leading 3-0. Martin retired the first two hitters in the top of the 9th before Daulton Varsho connected for a solo HR to RF making it 4-0. Gausman returned to the mound for the top of the 9th with a 4-0 lead and retired the side in order to finish off a complete game shutout as the Blue Jays win 4-0
GAME NOTES
* The Blue Jays win 4-0 behind a complete game shutout from Kevin Gausman and Toronto takes the final two games to earn a split of the 4 game series
* The Red Sox fall to 21-12 while the Blue Jays improve to 18-14 on the season
* Brayan Bello pitched 7.2 innings for Boston allowing 3 runs on 7 hits with 1 walk & 8 Ks but took the loss to fall to 1-2 with a 2.88 ERA
* Kevin Gausman pitched a gem for Toronto as he threw a complete game shutout holding the Red Sox to just 4 hits over 9 dominant innings on the mound and racked up 11 Ks on the day to improve to 3-1 with a 2.36 ERA on the season
* The Blue Jays had a balanced attack on offense and Daulton Varsho who has been having a tough season led the way going 2 for 4 with a HR and is now hitting .177 with 4 HR & 11 RBI
* The Red Sox will be right back in action tomorrow as they begin a 5 game inter-league road trip beginning with 3 game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies are currently 16-16 on the season sitting 3.5 games behind the 1st place Braves in the NL East. Chris Sale will be on the mound for Boston to open the series against Zack Wheeler who gets the start for Philadelphia
HIGHLIGHTS
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BOX SCORE
<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="13">Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">May 4, 2023</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Toronto (18-14)</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">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (21-12)</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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Kevin Gausman (3-1) <b>L:</b> Brayan Bello (1-2)</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="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Matt Chapman doubled to LF (Kirk scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Kevin Kiermaier singled to RF (Chapman scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Vladimir Guerrero singled to CF (Biggio scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TOR</td><td align="center" width="7%">9</td><td width="70%">Daulton Varsho solo HR to RF </td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</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>Espinal, 2B</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">.339</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Biggio, 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">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.179</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bichette, SS</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">.297</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Guerrero, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</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" class="active">.292</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Belt, DH</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">.212</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Kirk, C</td><td align="right">3</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" class="active">.274</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chapman, 3B</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">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.291</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Varsho, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.177</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Kiermaier, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.176</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Chapman (12)<br /><b>HR:</b> Varsho (4)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Guerrero (18), Varsho (11), Chapman (22), Kiermaier (14)<br /><b>HBP:</b> Kirk<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Kirk</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>Duran, 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">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.255</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Tapia, RF</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">.333</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Turner, 3B</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">.297</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Yoshida, DH</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">.262</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Casas, 1B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.284</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Hernandez, SS</td><td align="right">3</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">.206</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Arroyo, 2B</td><td align="right">3</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">.260</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>McGuire, C</td><td align="right">3</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">.292</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Refsnyder, LF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">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">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.2204</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Duran (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%">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>Kevin Gausman (W, 3-1)</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.36</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Gausman - 111Pitches (71% 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>Brayan Bello (L, 1-2)</td><td align="right">7.2</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.88</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chris Martin</td><td align="right">1.1</td><td align="right">2</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" class="active">4.38</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Bello - 94 Pitches (70% Strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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