Blue Jays' Shane Bieber on getting the nod for Game 7 of the ALCS vs Mariners
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Toronto Blue Jays starter Shane Bieber oozing confidence after getting the nod in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night.
This is exactly why Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins brought Shane Bieber to Toronto in July.
Bieber will get the start in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners tonight in the biggest game in Blue Jays history since they won the World Series in 1993.
Shane Bieber expresses how grateful and confident he is to start game 7 of the ALCS
"It's been a culmination of a lot of events and dominoes to get to this point," said Bieber, who noted that Cleveland also reached Game 7 of last year's ALCS, but he was unable to play as he recovered from Tommy John surgery. "But now I get the ball tomorrow and I'm extremely excited for it. This is what I love to do and I'm grateful for every opportunity."
Bieber had seven starts for Toronto in the regular season, finishing with a 4-2 record, a 3.57 earned-run average and 37 strikeouts over 40 1/3 innings.
"I feel like I have numerous ways to attack guys and to get guys out," said Bieber. "As long as I go out there and execute, I think I'll put the team in a good position."
Shane Bieber on if Game 7 in the ALCS was the kind of game he was brought into the Blue Jays organization for:
«Sure. I don't know how many starts I'm at right now, but that's how it's felt every start, right? ... And this is what I love to do. I'm grateful for every opportunity.»
Toronto manager John Schneider said Bieber is the ideal pitcher for high-leverage situations like a do-or-die game to reach the World Series.
"I think when you get into this situation - historical game for the franchise, right? - you want a guy that's kind of been there," said Schneider. "You want a guy that has a super high sense of awareness in the moment. That's exactly why we traded for him.
"I said it before, it was kind of a quiet, I don't want to say quiet acquisition at the deadline, because he was hurt, but this is what we envisioned."
George Kirby will take the mound for the Mariners, who are trying to reach the World Series for the first time in the franchise's history.
Seattle entered the league in 1977 along with the Blue Jays, but Toronto has won MLB's championship twice.
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