Revenge game spoiled for Gausman, Belt as Blue Jays blanked by Giants

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Published 28.06.2023

Revenge game spoiled for Gausman, Belt as Blue Jays blanked by Giants

TORONTO — What a possible revenge sport for a pair of Toronto Blue Jays the collection opener towards the San Francisco Giants was set as much as be. Kevin Gausman, beginning towards the workforce that helped forge him into the Cy-Young calibre drive he’s right now, however that additionally didn’t make him a proposal when he entered free company two falls in the past. Brandon Belt, the heart-and-soul first baseman pivotal to a pair of World Series championship runs, discarded after 12 years following knee surgical procedure, likewise dealing with his former teammates for the primary time.

“I thought there was always a chance that I’d be going back there really up until the day that I signed with Toronto,” Belt, a cult hero in San Francisco, stated beforehand. “It was definitely a weird off-season to say the least, but I’m happy with the way things turned out. It’s baseball. I’ve played with a lot of guys that have moved on. I’ve had a lot of my friends go to other teams. And so you always know that there’s a chance, in fact, it’s likely you won’t be with the same team your whole career.”

Sure sufficient, and although athletes will be goal sufficient to rationalize that actuality, their aggressive nature additionally typically drives them to get the perfect of their earlier workforce in future clashes. Despite six extra innings of brilliance from Gausman and a double from Belt, that didn’t occur Tuesday evening, the Blue Jays’ all-too-familiar troubles hitting with runners in scoring place resurfacing in a 3-0 loss to the Giants.

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Little extra may have been requested for from Gausman, who struck out the facet within the first, added two extra Ks within the second and completed with 12 punchies — together with the 1,500^th of his profession — whereas permitting only one run earlier than a Rogers Centre crowd of 36,004.

But a Giants workforce that’s now gained 13 occasions prior to now 15 video games did simply sufficient to drag this one out, whereas opener Ryan Walker, bulk arm Alex Wood and relievers Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval walked the tightwire simply nicely sufficient to knock off a Blue Jays workforce that had gained 4 of its previous 5. They struck out a season-high 17 occasions whereas being shut out for the second time this yr.

“Weird looks. This is how they’re built,” Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider stated of the Giants’ pitching. “We knew that going in and you’ve got to be really, really convicted to a very specific approach, especially with runners in scoring position. That’s been the theme for the past month or so, it seems like. … You look at first inning, the seventh inning, runner at third (with less than two outs), you’ve got to get those guys in. Credit to them. But at the same time, you’ve got to have a really, really diligent approach against those guys.”

The Blue Jays definitely didn’t lack for possibilities.

George Springer opened the primary with a ground-rule double after which superior to 3rd when Bo Bichette adopted with a base hit, unable to attain as a result of he had to make sure the road drive to proper wasn’t caught. Up got here Belt, alternative to instantly do hurt to his former workforce, however Walker struck him out on a 95 m.p.h. sinker, earlier than Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Matt Chapman went down swinging, too.

It was an indication of issues to come back.

Belt stranded Bichette’s two-out double within the third when he struck out once more, Chapman’s one-out double within the fourth went to waste, a leadoff single by Bichette within the sixth went nowhere as did Daulton Varsho’s double to open the seventh, even after Whit Merrifield superior him to 3rd with a grounder earlier than Danny Jansen and Cavan Biggio struck out towards Rogers. Belt’s two-out double within the eighth opened the door for some late drama however Guerrero flew out to proper towards the ruthless Doval.

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The Blue Jays have been 1-for-12 with runners in scoring place by the point Thairo Estrada — who singled, stole second, was balked to 3rd and scored on Patrick Bailey’s double within the fifth — broke issues open within the ninth with a two-out, two-run double off Erik Swanson.

“The approach is what it is. It has to be consistent. Tonight just wasn’t wasn’t it with the strikeouts,” stated Schneider. “I think guys take it as it comes. Sooner or later we’re going to get it done pretty consistently.”

Gausman, after all, continues to get it finished with exceptional consistency and whereas he stated the departure from the Giants and never getting a proposal in free company from them was prior to now, he admitted to having slightly further within the tank for this one.

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“I think any player will tell you that you always want to do well against your former team,” he stated. “That’s just the reality of it. You want to get the big hit, the big strikeout. I was pretty fired up for this game for sure. I know a lot of guys over there. I’ve watched some of those hitters for a couple of years and so I kind of knew what to do against them. That helped.”

It confirmed as Gausman’s velocity was up throughout the board from season averages, his fastball sitting at 95.5 m.p.h. relatively than the standard 94.5, whereas he topped out at 97.7.

He additionally acquired 11 of his 22 swinging strikes with a heater he relied on a bit greater than common, shifting it up and down to higher complement his splitter, using his repertoire the best way he discovered to throughout his time with the Giants.

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“They obviously did a lot for my career and I have a lot of respect for the organization and the people that are there,” stated Gausman. “The people over there are great, from the training staff all the way down, the doctors and everybody in between. And so I can’t say anything bad about anybody there, but they’re my opponent now, so obviously I want to beat them.”

Gausman definitely did has half, however the Blue Jays offence couldn’t do sufficient to make it a revenge sport for him and Belt to recollect.