Blue Jays rout Orioles but get no help, miss playoffs
George Springer and the Blue Jays place on 1 ultimate energy screen, but even a 91st victory in Game 162 could not retain Toronto’s vagabond season likely.
Springer hit two property runs, like a grand slam, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. introduced his 48th homer as the Blue Jays romped to a twelve-four blowout of the Baltimore Orioles that wasn’t ample to keep away from playoff elimination Sunday.
“Unfortunately our fate was in the arms of a further staff,” Springer explained. “We ended up hoping for something but naturally it didn’t happen.”
Toronto needed to get and a reduction by the Yankees or Pink Sox on the ultimate day of the typical season to pressure at the very least a tiebreaker game Monday for an AL wild card. But the Blue Jays’ hopes ended up dashed when Boston rallied from a four-operate deficit to defeat Washington 7-5 on a two-operate homer by Rafael Devers in the top of the ninth inning that silenced shocked Toronto supporters at Rogers Centre who trapped around to watch the Pink Sox on the big movie board.
A little earlier, New York edged Tampa Bay one- with a operate in the bottom of the ninth to clinch a postseason berth.
“It hurts,” Guerrero explained via a translator. “Knowing that you gained ninety one games and you didn’t make the playoffs, it seriously hurts me, it hurts all my teammates. That’s just likely to make me more robust to appear back again up coming year even much better than this year.”
The only other time the Blue Jays gained ninety or a lot more games and unsuccessful to arrive at the postseason was 1987, when Toronto’s ninety six victories left the staff two games guiding AL East champion Detroit. The Blue Jays lost their ultimate seven games that season, four to the Tigers.
Hyun Jin Ryu (fourteen-10) pitched 5 innings to get for the initially time due to the fact Sept. six, Marcus Semien hit a solo property operate and Tesocar Hernández had three hits and three RBIs as the Blue Jays scored in each individual of the initially 5 innings.
“Those men came out to play all collection,” Baltimore’s Trey Mancini explained. “That’s 1 of the best offenses I’ve at any time observed, individually.”
Tyler Nevin hit his initially career property operate for Baltimore, a 442-foot push into the fourth deck off Ryu, but the Orioles concluded a distant very last in the AL East at 52-110.
“Obviously, our history isn’t where it desires to be,” Mancini explained. “We’ve acquired a prolonged way to go, but a whole lot of seriously good things happened this year and a whole lot of men manufactured names for themselves.”
The Blue Jays (ninety one-seventy one) hit four property runs in Game 162 to complete with 262, the optimum full in the majors this season and the most in Toronto background.
“I’m so happy of this staff beating all the obstructions that ended up put in our way to get ninety one games,” Blue Jays supervisor Charlie Montoyo explained.
With the U.S.-Canada border closed because of the coronavirus pandemic when the season commenced, Toronto was compelled to play property games at its spring coaching property in Dunedin, Florida, in April and May possibly. In June, the Blue Jays moved to Buffalo, New York, the property of their Triple-A affiliate, in advance of lastly acquiring approval to return north of the border July 30.
“That wasn’t effortless,” Montoyo explained of actively playing in three metropolitan areas. “You’re moving households, you’re acquiring out of leases to transfer to a further place.”
Toronto went 25-11 at property soon after moving back again to Rogers Centre, leaving some players to speculate what could have been devoid of all the turmoil.
“The things we dealt with aren’t excuses but they are the fact of our circumstance,” shortstop Bo Bichette explained, struggling to manage his emotions. “I believe at times we had a lot more on our minds than we really should have.”
Springer’s property runs ended up his 21st and 22nd, his 18th career multihomer game and fourth of 2021.
He gave the Blue Jays an early advantage with a leadoff homer towards left-hander Bruce Zimmermann in the initially. It was the forty third leadoff property operate of his career and fourth this season.
Springer manufactured it 9-one with his slam off Eric Hanhold in the 3rd, the sixth of his career.
Guerrero drove in Springer when he homered off Marcos Diplán in the next, matching Kansas Metropolis catcher Saldavor Perez for the key league guide. Guerrero also broke a tie with Eddie Matthews (1953) for the most property runs in 1 season by a player 22 or young.
Whilst Semien and AL Cy Younger Award beloved Robbie Ray are headed for absolutely free company, the Blue Jays feel good about what Guerrero and Bichette showed in their initially complete seasons.
“They’re exclusive players in my eyes,” Springer explained. “They’re exclusive talents that function really hard, constantly wanting to get much better. As for a ceiling, I really don’t even believe they’ve scratched the area nonetheless.”
Making his next start off soon after a stint on the hurt list because of a sore neck, Ryu permitted six hits and two runs. He walked 1 and struck out seven.
Nate Pearson, Julian Merryweather, Jacob Barnes and Adam Cimber all labored 1 inning for Toronto.
Zimmermann (four-5) confronted seven batters in advance of currently being replaced. He permitted 5 hits and three runs.
“I didn’t want to pull him early but three runs provided up, targeted traffic on the bases, I was seeking to retain it suitable there,” Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde explained.
Screen TIME
Former Blue Jays left-hander Ricky Romero posted a photo on social media exhibiting all four games in the AL wild-card race airing on various tv screens in a room of his property. “Added a 4th television for the insanity nowadays,” Romero wrote. “I’m not moving all day.”
BIRTHDAY BOY
Hyde celebrated his 48th birthday Sunday.
SLAM-A-Ton
Spinger’s slam was Toronto’s ninth of the season, matching the staff history established in 2000.
UP Subsequent
Blue Jays: Toronto had not announced reporting dates for spring coaching 2022. The Blue Jays commence exhibition play Feb. 26 towards Minnesota.
Orioles: Pitchers and catchers report to spring coaching on Feb. fifteen, posture players on Feb. twenty, and the initially complete training is Feb. 21. Baltimore starts its 2022 spring coaching routine Feb. 26 towards the Yankees.
