TORONTO – Some players from the major baseball league would be offended if the opposing team intentionally walked the two strikers in front of them to load the base in an additional sleeve.
But not the receiver of the Jays Blue Toronto Alejandro Kirk. He was philosophical about this.
Kirk RBI single in 10th round finished Toronto’s return for a 7-6 victory against Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. He had also struck a solo home run as part of a sixth round in three points while the Blue Jays erased a deficit of 6-0.
The light recipient – Kirk strikes. 239 on the season even after having taken 2 for 5 Wednesday – came on the plate with the base loaded after the manager of the Red Sox Alex Cora decided to walk George Springer and Daulton Varsho to load the bases after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. started the round in second position.
“Obviously, you get a certain motivation, but that’s the name of the game,” said Kirk by translator Hector “Tito” Lebron. “This is their decision, the way they walked on both guys before me.
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The simple center of Kirk marked Guerrero and brought his teammates streaming to the field outside the dugout at home at Rogers Center. The victory ended the slippage of three Toronto games.
He also finished a rally started with the Varsho circuit in sixth grade, immediately followed by Kirk solo shot. The explosion of three points by Anthony Santander in the seventh equaled the 6-6 match and forced additional sleeves for the Blue Jays (14-16).
“Oh, it was a lot of emotion there,” said Santander about his fourth circuit of the season. “I feel good because to equalize the match there, in this situation at the end of the match, put the team in good position to win the ball game.”
Toronto had known 11 games without scoring more than four points in a single outing to Homer de Santander. Even with the release of seven points on Wednesday, the Blue Jays scored the fifth fewer MLB points this season.
“A victory like this can do a lot for you,” said Toronto manager John Schneider. “I think it brings together guys and when you pass a difficult section a bit, you expect something like that.
“Sometimes you need something like that to make you move forward.”
Planes, trains and cars – Eric Lauer was called from the Buffalo Bisons Triple -A Tuesday evening to help consolidate the Blue Jays rotation.
The only problem? He had to start for bison against Iowa cubs at monks on Wednesday afternoon.
“Got up early this morning and took a few flights, arrived around noon, made a solid nap and came directly to the clubhouse and was ready to switch,” said Lauer, who abandoned two points in four work sleeves against the Red Sox.
It was the first appearance of Lauer at the MLB since 2023, when he was ready for the Brewers Milwaukee.
The addition of Lauer to the Toronto list was necessary because the Blue Jays are currently without fifth launcher in the rotation. On Wednesday, Wednesday, on Wednesday was appointed a day of enclosure of the lifts by Schneider with the lifter Yariel Rodriguez by launching the first round before giving way to Lauer.
LAUER, 29, had a file of 4-6 with an average of 6.56 made in 2023 for the Brewers, withdrawing 43 out of 46 2/3 sleeves.
This Canadian press report was published for the first time on April 30, 2025.
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