The Toronto Blue Jays reestablished their home-field benefit on Sunday night time, posting a 6-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, a victory that prolonged this 12 months’s ALCS to seven video games.
For the Blue Jays, the recipe was easy on Sunday. Get a strong begin from rookie Trey Yesavage and mix it with well timed hitting and protection to pressure a winner-take-all Recreation 7 on Monday night time.
Yesavage struck out seven over 5.2 innings, giving up six hits and two earned runs. The 22-year-old right-hander struck out the facet within the second inning.
Whereas Yesavage was making an impression on the mound, he was getting help from Addison Barger, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI. Amongst his hits have been an RBI single that opened the scoring within the second inning and adopted that by blasting a two-run homer within the third.
Recreation 7 is about for Toronto on Monday night time with first pitch slated for 8:08 p.m. Japanese time. If Seattle wins, the Mariners will meet the Los Angeles Dodgers in Southern California for World Sequence Recreation 1 on Friday night time. If Toronto wins, the Dodgers will journey north of the border for Friday’s World Sequence Recreation 1.
So what did we see and study in ALCS Recreation 6?
Seattle starters proceed to be a difficulty
By the primary 4 video games of the ALCS, the Mariners’ rotation had posted an 8.04 ERA. That lowered under 7.00 due to Bryce Miller’s one run over 4.0 innings in Recreation 5.
Seattle starter Logan Gilbert allowed 5 hits and two earned runs over 3.0 innings in a Recreation 2 begin, figuring out of bother when wanted as Seattle went on to publish a 10-3 win in Toronto. On Sunday, nonetheless, Gilbert could not keep away from the massive hit because the Blue Jays tagged him for 5 runs (4 earned) and 7 hits over 4.0 innings. Included in these seven hits have been a pair of dwelling runs and a triple, with Vladimir Guerrero’s fifth-inning dwelling run bringing Gilbert’s night time to a detailed.
