When the other team has more errors than hits, you really have to win. And we did. The Tigers committed 4 errors and had 3 hits.
José Berríos had a very nice day. He went 7 innings, allowing just 3 hits, 1 earned run on a Javier Báez home run (Javier had 3 long flies just fouled out in his first at-bat before walking, as he attempted to walk three balls. The two are brothers-in-law); 1 walk and 6 strikeouts.
Jose exited the game at 86 pitches. He probably could have gone longer, but a hot day in Toronto might as well not stress him out.
Tim Maiza and Jordan Romano (rep. 24) completed the game.
Offensively, we got another home run from Matt Chapman (his 20th), a two-run homer, in the second inning.
And we got two more in the fifth. Cavan Biggio had a walk with just one out. A throwing error on a pick-off moved him to second. And Vlad Guerrero doubled him. Later, Bo Bichette doubled Vlad.
We only had 6 hits. Chapman had two. But Tiger’s four errors helped:
Robbie Grossman put a goal on Vladimir Guerrero’s line. He got hit pretty hard, but a big leaguer should do that. Baez had two mistakes. A missed catch on a hit by Beau (Beau should have gone to second but didn’t) and a throw to first). And the wild pickup throw.
Jays of the Day: Berríos (.277 WPA), Chapman (.198) and Vlad (.136) Kirk took the Suckage number to -.097. The Jays have tomorrow off and then two games at the house of horrors in St. Petersburg.
