One night after a surprising loss to the undermanned, last-place Royals, the Blue Jays bounced back with an 8-1 drubbing behind a strong start from Alek Manoah and three-run blasts from both Teoscar Hernandez and Matt Chapman. (By ByDavidSingh)
The Royals travelled to Toronto without 10 players — including outfielders Andrew Benintendi, Michael A. Taylor and Kyle Isbel — who did not meet Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements. A second-straight loss for the Blue Jays would not have been a good look, especially during a week that saw the club fire its manager.
Manoah pitched with a lead for most of the game thanks to a Blue Jays offence that attacked veteran Royals starter Zack Greinke early. Teoscar Hernandez led off the second inning with a bloop double to right field and advanced to third on Matt Chapman’s single, before scoring on a liner to centre field off the bat of Raimel Tapia. The next inning, Hernandez deposited an 87-mph cutter from Greinke over the centre-field fence for a three-run homer to push the lead to 4-0.
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