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Marcus Semien and Cavan Biggio started the game with back to back singles but Bo Bichette grounded into a double play and Teoscar Hernandez flied out to end the scoring chance. Aaron Judge had a 1 out single in the bottom half, Giancarlo Stanton walked with 2 outs, but Ross Stripling was able to retire Gleybar Torres on a fly out. Gio Ursehal had a 2 out single in the 2nd, went to 3rd on a Clint Frazier double, and scored on a DJ LeMahieu infield single for a 1-0 lead. Danny Jansen and Semien walked with 1 out in the 3rd, Jansen went to 3rd on a wild pitch, and scored on a throwing error by Gary Sanchez on a Biggio strikeout. Vlad Guerrero Jr and Lourdes Gurriel Jr both singled with 1 out in the 4th following a Rowdy Tellez fly out, Randal Grichuk walked to load the bases, and Jansen grounded into a force out to end the inning. Gary Sanchez homered to lead off the bottom half to put the Yankees in front for good, Frazier, LeMahieu and Judge followed with a walk and 2 singles to load the bases, Aaron Hicks had an infield single for a 3-1 lead, but Tyler Chatwood got Stanton to pop up and Torres to strike out to keep the deficit at 3-1. Marcus Semien got a run back with a leadoff home run to start the 5th, but in the 6th Rafael Dolis walked the bases loaded, Tim Mayza relieved Dolis and Jay Bruce drove in the final 2 runs with a 2 RBI single before Mayza retired Sanchez on a ground out. Grichuk singled to start the 7th went to 2nd and 3rd on wild pitches and scored on a Semien ground out. Bichette and Hernandez started the 8th with back to back singles, but Guerrero flied out, Gurriel lined out, and Tellez struck out. Stripling (0-1) allowed 3 runs on 7 hits (1 home run) with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts in 3.1. Corey Kluber allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 5 hits (1 home run) with 3 walks (1 hit batter) and 5 strikeouts in 4 innings, Jonathan Loaisiga (1-0) had 3 strikeouts in 2 hitless innings for the win, Lucas Luetge (1st hold) and Darren O’Day (1st hold) combined to allow 1 run on 3 hits with a strikeout in 1.2 while Chad Green (1st save) had 2 strikeouts in a hitless 1.1 closing the game for a suspended Aroldis Chapman who will return to the active roster on Sunday. In east action from the last couple of days on Friday the Orioles beat the Red Sox 3-0, and the Rays beat the Marlins 6-4, while on Saturday, the Rays lost to the Marlins 12-7, and the Orioles beat the Red Sox again 4-2. That leaves the Orioles in first at 2-0, the Rays are 2.1 and a half game back, Yankees and Blue Jays 1 back at 1-1, and the 0-2 Red Sox bring up the rear at 0-2 two games behind the pace.
The rubber game of the 3 game set is slated for Easter Sunday afternoon. Domingo German (18-4, 4.03 in ’19) makes his first appearance in a year and a half, last appearing in a major league game in September of 2019 before missing all of 2020 due to a domestic violence suspension, while the Jays hand the ball to T.J. Zeuch (1-0, 1.59 last year) with first pitch from the Bronx scheduled for 1:05.
Bo Bichette had a 2 out double in the first, but Domingo German struck out Teoscar Hernandez to end the inning. Vlad Guerrero Jr lead off the 2nd inning with a home run, and following a Lourdes Gurriel Jr single, Randal Grichuk had his first homer of the year to put the Jays in front 3-0 early. Brett Gardner and DJ LeMahieu had back to back 1 out singles in the 3rd, but Aaron Judge hit into an inning-ending double play. Grichuk started the 4th with a walk, went to second on a Joe Panik single, 2 outs followed, Cavan Biggio reached on catchers interference to load the bases, but Bichette left them loaded with a groundout. Clint Frazier started the Yankees 5th with a leadoff double and moved to 3rd on a Gio Urshela fly out, and scored on a Gardner ground out. Gleybar Torres doubled with 1 out in the 6th, but got left stranded there on a Jay Bruce groundout and Gary Sanchez pop up. German (0-1) allowed 3 runs on 4 hits (2 home runs) with a walk and 2 strikeouts in 3 innings. T.J. Zeuch allowed 3 hits with a walk and strikeout in 4 scoreless innings, Ryan Borucki (1-0) went 2/3 hitless for the win, David Phelps (1st hold), and Jordan Romano (1st hold) had 3 strikeouts in 2 hitless innings, while Julien Merryweather (2nd save) had 2 strikeouts in a 1-2-3 9th for his second save. In other East action on the day: The Rays were off, and the Orioles beat the Red Sox 11-3. Orioles remain in first at 3-0, Jays and Rays are 1 back at 2-1 while the Yankees are 1-2 in 4th and the red Sox sit 5th at 0-3.
Jays hit the road as they’ll take a trek down to Arlington, the Rangers home opener, and outside of the Brewers (who played 2 exhibition games there last week), and the Padres, Dodgers, Braves and Rays that played there in the playoffs, the Jays will become the first non-west division team that plays a game at the new ballpark in Arlington. Steven Matz (0-5, 9.68 last year with the Mets) makes his first Blue Jays start, while Mike Foltynewicz (0-1, 16.20 last year with the Braves) will toe the rubber for the home town team, with first pitch slated for 4:05.
Cavan Biggio walked with 1 out, Bo Bichette followed with a single, Teoscar Hernandez struck out, but Vlad Guerrero put the Jays on the board 1-0 with a single. Randal Grichuk walked to begin the 2nd, a passed ball moved him to 2nd, a groundout moved him to 3rd, and back to back home runs from Marcus Semien and Biggio made it 4-0. Danny Jansen walked with 1 out in the 4th, Jonathan Davis reached second on a force out & error, but got caught stealing 3rd to end the inning. Isiah Kiner-Falefa started the 4th with a single, moved to 2nd on a groundout, Joey Gallo was hit by a pitch, and 2 batters later Nate Lowe put the Rangers on the board with a single. Guerrero and Rowdy Tellez were hit by pitches to start the 6th, and a Grichuk single made it 5-1. Biggio walked with 1 out in the 7th, Bichette was hit by a pitch to put runners on 1st and 2nd, and Biggio scored when Hernandez reached on an error. Nick Solak started the 9th with a hit by pitch, and following 2 strikeouts Brock Holt added the final run of the game on a double. Steven Matz (1-0) allowed 1 run on 2 hits with a walk (1 hit batter) and 9 strikeouts in 6.1. Mike Foltynewicz allowed 4 runs on 4 hits (2 home runs) with 3 walks and 7 strikeouts in 4 innings. In other East series this week the Yankees host the Orioles for 3 games, and the Red Sox host the Rays for 3 games both beginning on Monday.
The series continues on Tuesday. Tanner Roark (2-3, 6.80 in ’20) starts for the Blue Jays while Dane Dunning (2-0, 3.97 last year) the prized return from the White Sox in the Lance Lynn trade over the winter starts for the Rangers with game time slated for 8:05.
Bo Bichette had a 2 out homer in the first, Isiah Kiner-Falefa lead off the bottom of the first went to single, stole second, and 3 batters later scored on a Nate Lowe home run to give Texas a 2-1 lead. Randal Grichuk singled with 2 outs, went to second on a wild pitch by Dane Dunning, but Alejandro Kirk struck out, and in the bottom half Ronald Guzman had a lead off home run for a 3-1 lead. David Dahl had a 1 out single in the 3rd and Lowe followed 2 batters later for his second home run of the night, Nick Solak singled, stole second and third, but Guzman ended the inning with a strikeout. A single and 2 walks with 1 out in the 5th loaded the bases for the Rangers, but the Jays got out of the inning with a double play ball, but Jonah Heim made it 6-1 with a homer in the 6th. Vlad Guerrero Jr walked, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr singled with 1 out in the 7th, 2 wild pitches brought Guerrero home and moved Gurriel to 3rd, and Gurriel scored on a Grichuk single to make it a 6-3 game. Bichette would have his second, 2 out homer of an inning, this one coming in the 8th to make it a 6-4 game, but Solak lead off the bottom of the 8th with a single, a passed ball moved him to second, and he scored on a Brock Holt single for the final run. Tanner Roark (0-1) allowed 5 runs on 6 hits (3 home runs) with 2 strikeouts in 3 innings. Dunning (1-0) allowed 1 run on 3 hits (1 homer) with 6 strikeouts in 5 innings, Matt Bush (1st hold) allowed 1 run on 1 hit (1 home run) with a strikeout in 1 inning and Ian Kennedy (1st save) pitched a hitless 1-2-3 9th for the save.
The final game of the season opening road trip is on Wednesday in a matchup of opening day starters. Kyle Gibson (0-0, 135.00) starts for the Rangers while Hyun Jin Ryu (0-0, 3.38) stars for the Jays, with first pitch from Arlington scheduled for 2:05.
Vlad Guerrero Jr doubled with 1 out in the 2nd, but Lourdes Gurriel Jr and Randal Grichuck both struck out to end the inning. Nick Solak homered to lead off the bottom of the 2nd, Jose Trevino singled with 1 out, a groundout moved him to second and he scored on a Leody Tavares single, Charlie Culberson singled to move Tavares to 3rd but Isiah Kiner-Falefa struck out to end the inning. Marcus Semien and Cavan Biggio had 2 out singles in the 3rd but Bo Bichette ended the inning with a strike out. A Joe Panik single, Danny Jansen double, and Semien walk loaded the bases in the 5th but Biggio ended the inning on a double play ball, while Culberson had a 1 out double in the bottom half, but 2 lineouts ended the inning and kept the score at 2-0. 2 singles started a Rangers rally in the 7th but a force out, strike out and ground out kept it a 2-0 game. Semien had a leadoff home run in the 8th, while the Rangers got a single and hit batter in the bottom half with 1 out but a force out and fly out kept them off the board. Kyle Gibson (1-0) had 1 walk, 8 strikeouts and 6 hits allowed in 6 scoreless innings, Josh Sborz (1st hold), and Matt Bush (2nd hold) allowed 1 run on 2 hits (1 home run) with a strikeout while Ian Kennedy (2nd save) allowed 1 hit and had 3 strikeouts in a scoreless inning. Hyun Jin Ryu (0-1) allowed 2 runs on 7 hits (1 home run) with 7 strikeouts in 7 innings. In other East action this week the Red Sox swept 3 games from the Rays, and the Yankees won 2 of 3 against the Orioles. That leaves the Orioles still in first at 4-2, the Yankees, Red Sox and Blue Jays are all 3-3 and 1 back, while the Rays are 2 back at 2-4.
Rangers will have Thursday off before staying at home to welcome in the San Diego Padres for a 3 game interleague series beginning on Friday. Blue Jays meanwhile will head back to Florida for their Dunedin “home” opener as the Los Angeles Angels come to town for a 4 game series beginning on Thursday. Griffin Canning (2-3, 3.99 last season) makes the start for the Angels while the Jays will hand the ball to Ross Stripling (0-1, 8.10) with game time scheduled for 7:07.
Lost 2 of 3 to the Angels, and had their first "home" game postponed since I believe 2018 when the Royals were in Toronto way early in the season when one of the games in that series got postponed when ice fell off the CN tower and punctured a hole in the Rogers Center roof, their first "home" weather delay since 2003, and their first "home" postponement because of weather since it looks like May, 1989 a few months before they moved into SkyDome. After losing 2 of 3 to the Angels they've split the first 2 with the Yankees with the finale on Wednesday before hitting the road to KC for 4 games to end the week.
Boston has won 7 straight after an 0-3 start so they lead the East, and they are 2.5 up as the other 4 teams (Jays, Yankees, Orioles & Rays) all have identical 5-6 records.
Won 2 of 3 in Dunedin against the Yankees but got tripped up in KC against what so far is looking like a good Royals team losing 3 of 4. This week is a relatively short week with only 5 games schedule (actually 5 games next week 2) with 2 in Boston and then heading back to Florida with 3 games at the Blue Jays house of horrors Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg with off days Monday and Thursday. Elsewhere in the division this week the Yankees went home and got swept by Tampa over the weekend, before heading to the Bronx, the Rays lost 3 of 4 at home to Texas, the Red Sox won 3 of 4 in Minnesota, and then went home and so far have lost 2 of 3 to the White Sox with the finale scheduled for Monday morning, while the Orioles lost 3 of 4 at home to the Mariners, but then went to Arlington and won 2 of 3 against Texas. Boston is in first at 10-6, Rays are 8-8 are 2 back, Jays and Orioles (7-9) are both 3 back tied for 3rd and the Yankees ay 5-10 are last and 4.5 back.
Red Sox stay at home and welcome in the Mariners for 4 games after Toronto leaves, Rays will follow the Jays to KC and play 3 night games at Kaufmann stadium before heading home to play the Jays, Orioles play 2 games in Miami against the Marlins, and than 3 games at home against Oakland over the weekend, while the Yankees play 2 games against the Braves, and than play 4 games in Cleveland to end the weekend.
Some good news: Not only did they actually win a game, they actually won a series!! at their personal house of horrors known as Tropicana Field, and George Springer should make his official Blue Jays debut, maybe even sometime in the recent upcoming homestand. But unfortunately as one Jays star is returning, another maybe leaving as Hyun Jin Ryu left his Sunday start with an injury. The Red Sox and Mariners split 4 games in a battle of division leaders (though I believe Oakland has knocked Seattle out of the catbird seat after Seattle came in tied), Yankees split 2 games at home against the Braves before winning 3 of 4 in Cleveland, the Rays won 2 of 3 in Kansas City to begin the week, and the Orioles split 2 games in Miami before losing 2 of 3 at home to Oakland, but in the Sunday victory ended Oakland’s season long 13 game winning streak. Boston is in first at 14-9, Tampa at 11-11 is 2.5 back, Toronto is 3 back, Orioles and Yankees are both 4 back at 9-12.
Jays have another 5 game week, this time all at home against NL east teams; first 2 games are against the 2019 World Series Champions Washington Nationals, and the final 3 games are against the 3 time division winners the Atlanta Braves. Yankees have 4 at Baltimore before heading to New York for 3 with the Tigers, Orioles will have the rematch in Oakland next weekend, Rays play the A’s at home for 4 and then the Astros for 3, while the Red Sox play 2 in Queens against the Mets, and they’ll play 4 in Arlington against the Rangers.
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