Chris Bassitt shut down his former team on three hits to lead the Blue Jays over the New York Mets.
The 34-year-old right-hander escaped a first-and-third, no-outs jam in the third, retiring Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil on popups around a called third strike to Francisco Lindor. That inning began a streak of 14 straight batters retired for Bassitt.
Jordan Romano finished the four-hitter for his 14th save in 15 chances, the Blue Jays’ major league-high ninth shutout. New York has been blanked eight times, matching the Mets’ total last year. Springer homered on Verlander’s second pitch for his 54th leadoff homer, tying Alfonso Soriano for second behind Rickey Henderson’s 81.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.Sports newsletter:Nimmo struck out in the eighth when plate umpire Nic Lentz called a pitch clock violation with a 2-2 count.
“Seems ticky-tack,” Nimmo said. “I was in the box at 8 seconds, Usually we get a little more time on foul balls -- maybe that’s been wrong, but we usually do. And he was on the mound — sorry, not on the mound, but on the rubber at 9 seconds, and I was in the box at 8 seconds, but because I wasn’t looking at the pitcher, I got it. So just seems ticky-tack. You’re slowing down the game more by coming out and calling that than just letting the pitch go.
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