Toronto pitcher Chris Bassitt, with his wife in labour, shuts down New York Mets as Blue Jays blank New York Mets 3-0
Chris Bassitt took the mound after a 91-minute rain delay, ready to rush back to Toronto as his wife went into labor, and shut down his former team on three hits to lead the Blue Jays over the New York Mets 3-0 on Friday.The game was scheduled to start at 7:10 p.m. but began at 8:41 p.m. and didn’t end until shortly after 11 p.m. George Springer started the night by homering on Justin Verlander’s second pitch.
He had not been to Citi Field since losing the decisive Game 3 of an NL Wild Card series against San Diego last October. Tim Mayza relieved with two outs and none on the eighth, and struck out Nimmo when the batter was called for a pitch clock violation with a 2-2 count. Springer hit his 54th leadoff homer, tying Alfonso Soriano for second behind Rickey Henderson’s 81. New York has been outscored 46-13 in the first inning this season.Verlander gave up five hits and struck out out eight over six innings. He threw 117 pitches, the most by a big leaguer this season and the most for Verlander since 2019, before he had Tommy John surgery.Mets general manager Billy Eppler said infield prospect Ronny Mauricio — who is hitting .
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