At 28-27 after last night's 8-4 spanking of their AL East rival Baltimore Orioles, the Jays are really taking off this year. Facing a lot of adversity as "a young, inexperienced team" (including getting lit up 12-0 by Cleveland earlier this week!), I think will only help them realize that, while it sucks at times, facing adversity only makes the team stronger.
It's been a relatively awful week for the team, considering they just faced Cleveland and last night, facing the Orioles.
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Post-game analysis:
It's clear that the Jays simply love to face the Orioles. With the score already 3-0 going into the 5th inning (and me having been out on an errand, but hearing the game on the radio), the next thing I heard was something like this:
"Swing and a drive...it's a long one..AND GONE! GRAND SLAM FOR JP ARENCIBIA!". First career Grand Slam for Arencibia and that, my friends is the definition of a hot bat. No lie--having a young catcher who's usually defensive minded, but now working to incorporate being more offensive minded is a great thing.
"It's one of those things you don't really think about," Arencibia said. "I don't remember the last time I hit a grand slam in baseball. It was just one of those things. If I say I was trying to hit a grand slam, I'd be a liar. I just hit the ball and it was able to go out and we had three guys on base. The biggest thing, I think, was it gave our pitcher a cushion and he can pitch with that lead."
To say the least, the bats are warming up again-and the Jays are definitely looking for at least a 3 game win streak (and a series sweep) while they're on their current 7 game road trip.
OK! OK! BLUE JAYS! LET'S PLAY BALL!
@jlau87
It's been a relatively awful week for the team, considering they just faced Cleveland and last night, facing the Orioles.
*************
Post-game analysis:
It's clear that the Jays simply love to face the Orioles. With the score already 3-0 going into the 5th inning (and me having been out on an errand, but hearing the game on the radio), the next thing I heard was something like this:
"Swing and a drive...it's a long one..AND GONE! GRAND SLAM FOR JP ARENCIBIA!". First career Grand Slam for Arencibia and that, my friends is the definition of a hot bat. No lie--having a young catcher who's usually defensive minded, but now working to incorporate being more offensive minded is a great thing.
"It's one of those things you don't really think about," Arencibia said. "I don't remember the last time I hit a grand slam in baseball. It was just one of those things. If I say I was trying to hit a grand slam, I'd be a liar. I just hit the ball and it was able to go out and we had three guys on base. The biggest thing, I think, was it gave our pitcher a cushion and he can pitch with that lead."
To say the least, the bats are warming up again-and the Jays are definitely looking for at least a 3 game win streak (and a series sweep) while they're on their current 7 game road trip.
OK! OK! BLUE JAYS! LET'S PLAY BALL!
@jlau87
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