Three things: Jays serve up walk-off slam in St. Louis series opener
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ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Three things you need to know about the Blue Jays’ 7-3 loss to the Cardinals on Monday night:
Slammed
Paul Goldschmidt destroys left-handed pitching. Going into the game, the Cards first baseman was murdalizing southpaws to the tune of a .519 batting average with eight extra-base hits in just 27 at-bats this season. The veteran has compiled a career 1.033 on-base plus slugging against portsiders, so he would be someone you really want to keep your lefties away from in big spots.
Yet there was Goldschmidt standing in against lefty Ryan Borucki with the bases loaded and two out in a tie game in the bottom of the 10th. Borucki had been brought in with two runners on to face rookie Nolan Gorman left-on-left, but St. Louis pinch-hit with right-handed Edmundo Sosa and Borucki walked him on five pitches.
Borucki fell behind Goldschmidt with a first-pitch slider, then beat him with a pair of sinkers to move ahead in the count 1-and-2. Then he went back to the slider again, and Goldschmidt put it in the seats for a walk-off grand slam.
Just four hits
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Jays offence continued its season-long slump, managing only four hits in 10 innings. One of them was a George Springer home run in the sixth that tied the game1-1.
The Jays took the lead in the seventh with only one hit, a single. It was followed by a walk and a hit batter to load the bases, then two more walks to force in a pair of runs. The Alejandro Kirk single that started the “rally” was the last hit the Jays would manage on the night.
Game-saver
With two on and one out in the top of the 10th, Bo Bichette hit a sinking liner to shallow right and rookie Brandon Donovan came charging in to make a spectacular diving catch. If that ball drops, the Jays likely score, Jordan Romano pitches the bottom of the 10th and the story winds up completely different.
Mike Wilner is a Toronto-based baseball columnist for the Star and host of the baseball podcast “Deep Left Field.” Follow him on Twitter: @wilnerness
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