Blue Jays' Bo Bichette comes up clutch against Rangers amidst back woes
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For most Blue Jays fans watching the Jays and or Rangers try to score runs in this series has been painful.
So when John Schneider brought Bo Bichette in to pinch hit in the 9th inning it may have raised an eyebrow but that was about it.
Bo Bichette comes up clutch against Rangers amidst back woes
Until
Bichette mashed an 0-1 changeup from Jacob Webb over the wall in left to cash in Ernie Clement from second and end a 22-inning run drought. Finally something to cheer about for Blue Jays fans everywhere.
Even with that blow, the Blue Jays finished their road trip 4-for-45 trip in that regard.
In a post game interview Bichette reflected on how hard runs are to come by these days for the Blue Jays.
«Obviously when teams are not scoring runs that becomes a thing of trying to get runs across and the more you don't, it becomes bigger and both teams feel it,» said Bichette. «So, yeah, definitely, the offence feels that and wants to help out the pitching staff. Luckily, we were able to score enough runs to win two games.»
While they did hit into some bad luck, Addison Barger, for instance, had two hits but came up empty on the two balls he hit hardest, a 104.9 m.p.h. groundout in the eighth and a 103.3 m.p.h. drive to centre in the fourth that's a homer in four parks, but a long out at Globe Life Field this isn't their first such dry spell this season.
It's worth remembering that the very best pitching and defence can do is run-prevent a team to level. The teams that will thrive are the ones who can find ways to consistently create runs, too.
«That's what ball's about,» said Bichette. «Everything's not going to go at the same time all the time. It's about picking each other up and the (pitchers) were amazing.»
The Blue Jays are trying to reach a similar level with their hitters, in a league where very few teams can say the same about their offence.
Should the Blue Jays keep Bichette at DH in the next game or let him rest up his lower back till he can play at shortstop again?
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MAI 29 | 74 ANSWERS Blue Jays' Bo Bichette comes up clutch against Rangers amidst back woes Should the Blue Jays keep Bichette at DH in the next game or let him rest up his lower back till he can play at shortstop again? |
DH next game | 49 | 66.2 % |
Let him rest his lower back till he is ready | 25 | 33.8 % |
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