Baltimore Orioles turned on the power for the opening day, and the values Toronto Blue Jays hope to be able to recover from the shock on Friday night when the team’s four-game series continues.
Orioles blasted six home races, a club record for an opening day, and pronounce Blue Jays 14-4 on Thursday afternoon in a 12-2 novel.
In one sentence, Toronto is happy that the opening day is over. This is because Baltimore’s Tyler O’Neill expanded his own record by beating a Homer-a three-run shot-on his sixth opening day in a row.
“It’s crazy,” said Blue Jays manager John Schneider. “It’s home and road, Canada and the United States that you tip your hat, man. He likes the opening day. I’m glad that tomorrow’s not opening day.”
O’Neill, native of Burnaby, British Columbia, admitted that the streak was on his mind.
“Yes, that’s there. It’s sure,” he said. “I’m just not trying to do too much of it. Just try to go out, have a good first bat, see what the game gives me from there. Of course I understand what’s going on, but not as I try to get up there and make something crazy like that.”
It was a rude opening for the Blue Jays fans, which had been encouraged by an 18-10 spring training record. At the eighth round they were booing and left.
They had seen this act earlier with the lack of crime similar to their struggle from last season. Blue Jays will look to better support their best hitter, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who went twice on Thursday.
Toronto will count on the right hand Kevin Gausman (14-11, 3.83 era 2024) to turn off Oriole’s power when he starts on Friday night.
Gausman was 1-1 with a 5.02 era in two starts against Orioles last season. He is 2-4 with a 4.75 era in seven career start against his former team.
Orioles will counteract more crafts than power with 41-year-old Charlie Morton (8-10, 4.19 ERA 2024). The right-hander did not meet Blue Jays last season and is 2-2 with a 4.01 era in nine career starts against them.
The impressive thing about Oriole’s outbreak is that they were without two of their big home runners from last season in Anthony Santander and Gunnar Henderson.
Santander, who met 44 Homers, signed as a free agent with Toronto during the season. Santander was 0-for-4 on Thursday.
Henderson (intercostal tribe), who had 37 homers and 92 RBI last season, is expected to return soon.
“I was just thinking during the game, which, man we don’t even have Gunnar yet. This is pretty sweet,” said Jackson Holliday, who started on a card stop.
Also impressive is that Orioles met three homers and got six runs against the Toronto starter Jose Berrios, who went into the match with a 10-1 career record and an era of 2.95 in 16 starts against them.
There were some bright spots for Toronto. Andres Gimenez, a Gold Glove Second Baseman acquired in a trade with Cleveland Guardians, met a two-run Homer.
Right -field Alan Roden debuted in the Major League and had a single and a walk.
“I’ve been prepared,” he said. “I’ve been ready to go for this game for a long time. I’ve been excited over the past week, so when (Schneider) told me, it was just a confirmation of what I wanted to do. I was just trying my best out there.”
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