TORONTO – When outfielder Theoscar Hernandez was lost on the list of 10-day disabled left-handers last week, the Toronto Blue Jays needed Lourdes Guriel Jr. to step up and secure a clean-up attack in the order of the strike. .
Gurriel went on to win the Blue Jays’ 4-3 win against the Auckland Athletics on Sunday. He knocked out in a series of sacrificial flies in the first inning, doubled in the third and scored in the fifth to score twice in the afternoon 3 to 4.
It was the third consecutive outing for Garyel since the Blue Jays returned home with Hernandez on the shelf, and it is essential that the left-hander continue to hit the spot behind Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
“It’s big enough to get hot,” said Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo. “It simply came to our notice then.
“He’s doing work right now to make sure Vladi sees some games.”
Guerrero, who scored five home runs in his first eight outings, hit three of his four bats before 27,490 at Rogers Center. Outside the game, however, it did not affect Montoyo.
“He’s one of those guys you can have fun with,” Montoyo said when asked if he was talking to Guerrero after the disappointment he showed with his third out Sunday.
“I can ask him, ‘Do you want me to pinch you?’
The Blue Jays (6-4) reached the limit of 10 games with their best start after winning 6 of 10 in 2018. While Toronto has an explosive offense, their pass and defense were shown in the first 10 games.
The starter Alec Manoa and the closer Jordan Romano were the bright spots on the mound. Manoah (2-0) conceded two runs with four hits and scored six in his six innings.
The Blue Jays have won his last 10 starts and have been 18-4 in his young career.
“It’s pretty cool,” Manoa said. “I want the boys to feel that I’m doing my best and I hope they can feed on my energy.
Romano arranged three outs with flyball in the four bits with which he faced his sixth save in the league. He realized 29 consecutive opportunities for rescue, a club record.
“I met his family,” Montoyo said. “His father told me he was nervous when [his son] is on the mound. I told him, “I’m not.”
The Blue Jays scored a series in each of the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead. Athletics (5-5) received a homer from hunter Stephen Vogt to center field right in the fifth and scored another later in the inning.
Toronto returned to the bottom of the heel when Gurriel scored and then scored on a mistake in throwing Kevin Smith from Auckland. Auckland scored again in the eighth with a sacrificial blow to first baseman Seth Brown.
BUCK’S BAD NEWS
Blue Jays veteran Buck Martinez announced before the match that he had been diagnosed with cancer. As a result, he will stop shouting games for a while.
The 73-year-old former hunter and manager of the Blue Jace shared his health news via his Sportnet Twitter account.
“It has been a great honor and privilege for me to have the support of Blue Jace fans, colleagues, staff and players since I arrived here in 1981, and this continued support through this next challenge means the whole world to me,” Martinez said.
“I hope to rejoin my Sportsnet teammates for a long time later this season, but in the meantime I will watch from the sidelines as I fight the good fight.”
RYU ON DL
Toronto put incumbent Hyun Jin Ryu on its 10-day list of left forearm injuries. Ryan Borucki (knee tendon) has been restored to replace Ryu on the list.
NEXT
Toronto has a break Monday before the start of a three-game Fenway Park game against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday. Blue Jace’s likely pitchers are left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (0-1, 5.40 ERA) at the start, followed by right-winger Jose Berios (0-0, 11.81) and Kevin Gaussman (0-1, 4.22).
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on April 17, 2022.
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