Jays 2 Rangers 6
So another 'must win' loss. The 'good' news is that there won't be more must win games this year.
José Soriano didn't have a good day, though his defense didn't help him out. He gave up a:
Home run in the first.
Walk, hit batter, and a
Andrés Giménezerror that allowed one to score. A wild pitch scored the second run of the inning.Then, in the sixth: Hit batter, single, and double (making it 4-1).
Paul Sewaldcame in. He got a strikeout. Then they intentionally walked Nick Lopez to load the bases. I HATE intentional walks. I like them even less when the pitch hits the next batter to bring in another run. A sac fly made it 6-1.
Soriano went 5 innings, allowing 4 hits, 6 runs, 5 earned, 1 walk with 9 strikeouts, which is pretty efficient work. If you only all 7 base runners and 6 of them score, that's efficiency. He also hit two batters.
Three relievers pitched an inning each without allowing any runs. Sewald (whose hit batter added to Soriano's line), Tyler Rogers and Brendan Cellucci threw an inning each.
On offense we had 6 hits and 1 walk (and one hit batter). So really, considering that, getting two runs was pretty good. Davis Schneider had a solo home run (our on...