"RYU, we need another QS" Toronto takes off its shocking four-game losing streak and retakes third place in WC for two consecutive wins
The Toronto Blue Jays caught the flow of counterattacks again.
After a shocking four-game losing streak, he won two consecutive games and rose back to third place in the wild card. However, the direction of the postseason is still foggy.
Toronto won 4-3 in a home game against the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Center on the 17th after extra time.
Toronto, which won 3-0 against Boston the previous day and threw off the shock of a four-game sweep by the Texas Rangers earlier, marked 82 wins and 67 losses, maintaining third place in the AL East Division, jumping to third place in the wild card.
Texas, the second-ranked wild card player, knelt 1-2 against the Cleveland Guardians, reducing the gap with Toronto to 0.5 games. The Seattle Mariners, who were third in the wild card, fell to fourth place after losing 2-6 to the Los Angeles Dodgers. It's only half a game away from Toronto. That is, three teams, Texas, Toronto and Seattle, are struggling within a game with two wild cards.
Toronto starter Chris Batchett blocked seven innings with four hits, three walks, five strikeouts and two runs, throwing off his slump against Texas on the 12th (5⅓ innings, nine hits and five runs lost). Boston starter Chris Sale also did his part by pitching well with two hits, two walks, 10 strikeouts and one run in six innings.
The game was a tight pitching game. The two teams continued their balance of zero until the fifth inning. The one who broke it was Boston. In the top of the sixth inning, Rafael Devers hit a two-run home run over the left wall to lead 2-0. Devers pushed Bassett's fourth ball, a 93 mile fastball outside, over the left fence.
Toronto recovered one point in the bottom of the seventh inning when leadoff Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a solo home run. Guerrero pulled a 78-mile slider outside Sale's sixth pitch and easily crossed the left fence. Guerrero hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the third inning the previous day, and then hit a decisive long hit in two consecutive games to serve as a leading hitter for the first time in a while. Since the game against Texas on the 15th, he has been marching home runs in three consecutive games.
Toronto Whit Merrifield is running to first base with all his might after hitting a walk-off infield hit in the bottom of the 13th inning of extra time. In the meantime, the third-week runner Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is jumping home when he looks at the opponent's defense.
Ryu Hyun-jin will start against the Boston Red Sox at 2:37 a.m. on the 18th. Associated Press
Toronto tied the game 2-2 with Dulton Basho's triple over the middle wall in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and runners on second base, driving the game to extra time. After exchanging one point in the 12th inning, the two teams scored a walk-off finish by bringing in third baseman Guerrero with Whit Maryfield's infield hit to third base in the bottom of the 13th inning when Boston was scoreless.
Toronto will now send Ryu Hyun-jin as a starter on the 18th to seek second place in the wild card. Ryu Hyun-jin pitched well with five hits and three runs in six innings against Texas on the 13th, but lost without receiving batting support. If Ryu Hyun-jin, who takes the mound for the first time in five days, leads the team to victory, Toronto will be able to further increase its chances of advancing to the postseason.
Ryu Hyun-jin can also secure an advantageous bridgehead in FA contract negotiations after this season as he is judged to be a perfect revival if he achieves another quality start. Ryu Hyun-jin pitched in six career games against Boston with two wins and two losses, a 4.01 ERA, a WHIP 1.13 WHIP and a batting average of 0.259. His most recent appearance was at home on August 9, 2021, when he was hit by 10 hits in 3 2⅔ innings and allowed seven runs. 토토사이트
The Boston starter who will face Ryu Hyun-jin is right-hander Nick Piveta. He is marking 9 losses and a 4.56 ERA between bullpen and starting pitchers this season.
