After last night's card-grabbing controversy, Alek Manoah could have settled a score by throwing at Kevin Kiermaier. The outcome he delivered instead was of far more value than schoolyard vengeance. ShiDavidi | TD_Canada
fought tooth and nail to secure a wild-card berth, they got into a brawl with the New York Yankees. Luis Severino buzzed Josh Donaldson, J.A. Happ hit Chase Headley, Severino hit Justin Smoak and then, it was time to rumble.
Given how the ill feelings created by Kevin Kiermaier picking up Alejandro Kirk’s catcher card after it became dislodged during a play at the plate the previous night could have spun out of control Tuesday night, that 2016 fracas offers a timely cautionary tale.outfielder. But a much better outcome for the Blue Jays is the double-play ball and two strikeouts he got from Kiermaier during a 4-2 win that’s of far more value right now than schoolyard vengeance.
In the sixth, after Joey Wendle’s two-out RBI single tied the game 2-2 in the fifth, the Blue Jays went up for good on Bo Bichette’s sacrifice fly and padded the margin in the eighth on Teoscar Hernandez’s run-scoring single. Manoah was suspended earlier this season after Major League Baseball ruled that he threw intentionally at Maikel Franco during a June 19 game at Baltimore, so any shenanigans on his part Tuesday would have been even more costly. And considering that Hyun Jin Ryu is already on the injured list – he long-tossed before the game and is on track to start Tuesday’s opener against the Yankees in Toronto – the Blue Jays could not risk him taking any chances.
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