The Red Sox needn’t have bothered showing up for the difference it made on the scoreboard.
One night after clinching a wild card ticket to the MLB postseason in underwhelming fashion, Alek Manoah and the Blue Jays put an exclamation on their case by rolling over the Red Sox in a 9-0 shutout.
But neither did they did come to really even making good contact. The two hits were both cheapies, a ground ball bounced to first that Manoah didn’t expect to stay fair and didn’t get off the mound, and a blooper to open the 6th. I didn’t even realize it at the time, but the former broke up a no-hitter that was almost halfway home. A somewhat unfortunate way for it to end, but perhaps a blessing in disguise considering the elevated pitch count early to obviate any reluctance to take him out.
Getting on the board for a third straight inning, the Jays finally got a crooked number in a more usual manner for them: Danny Jansen and Merrifield followed by drilling single, putting George Springer in position to finally land the knockout punch with a no-doubter of his own that almost rivalled Vladdy:
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