Milwaukee — Quite a few weeks for the Blue Jays Early leads have been welcomed.
However, retaining them is not always the easiest task.
But on a perfect summer Friday night in Wisconsin, the mound didn't smash Alek Manoah. And in particular, it's not the output of another star on the plate from Alejandro Kirk, who is soon an all-star catcher.
Jaze made five runs for the third time, three of which were on the base, with Matt Chapman clearing the double and NL Central's leading Brewers 9-4. I gave it.
A stress-free victory was welcomed for Jaze, who won his first consecutive match since June 13. Manoa made 6.2 innings. He improved to 9-2 and threw the best 106 pitches of the season at his 14th start.
For some reason, the Jaze batter seems to react when a 24-year-old Florida native takes the mound. With the start of his 34 careers, his team has now set a great 26-8 record.
"I was most impressed with his way of thinking," said manager Charlie Montoyo about Manoa. Midsummer classics are approaching. "He believes in what he has gained, which makes it easier to get out of trouble.
" When he takes the mound, he has everything he has. Everyone knows that he's going to give you, which is one of the reasons he's so good. "
He's typical of Manoa, digging into it. Forced ground out. It impressed the strong delegation of J's fans among the 32,165 American Family Fields.
Overall, Manoa gave up the season's best four runs (mostly disasters) on his last start in his second defeat of the season.
On Friday, Manoa allowed five hits and walked three times with six hits.
Jaze has improved to 40-30, so run support that makes the starting pitcher's life much easier is faster and slower.
A second offense occurred in the seventh inning when a hot pistol hit a home run for three consecutive games. The two-run shot left the park in no time, a vicious line drive that had just cleared the wall with a left fielder. The two-run bomb came after Cavan Biggio led the inning with a solo shot, ending Jaze's lead 8-1.
But the news around Kirk, who went 4-4 at night to raise his batting average to .321, wasn't all good. Kirk was removed from the game after a follow-through hit on his arm from the 7th Brewers Jonathan Davis bat.
The preliminary diagnosis from Jaze was a left bruise. Kirk underwent a preventative x-ray examination and the team reported that they had returned to negative.
Nolead is a safe theory, but Brewers made things reasonably interesting with a ninth run and a corner runner when relief Adam Simver finally got things done.
Hitting coach interruption
MLB's Blue Jays Guillermo after a pre-match match against a referee in Chicago on Wednesday It hit Martinez.
Martinez, who said the league had "contacted" referee Doug Edings while exchanging lineup cards, was suspended for five games and fined undisclosed. ..
Friday night, when Jays played Brewers in the first of three weekend series games, banished Martinez from the clubhouse and dug out at the start of the game. The outage has begun.
Martinez requested delivery of the lineup card on Wednesday afternoon following the blunder of the referee by Eddings the night before. Jaze lost 7 in this match. -12 innings to -6.
The nature of the contact is unknown, but Martinez apologized in a statement on Friday.
"I want to apologize to the referee (from Wednesday)," Martinez said. "The referees understand that they are doing a lot of work and (I) respect their position, but I could have stood up for the players in another way.
"I lost my temper at the wrong time, and it shouldn't have happened."
The referee It's been a source of frustration for Jaze this season. Charlie Montoyo has been sent off four times, winning the most ties in the American League.
Not a bailout
Jaze lost another arm before the match on Friday, which is an important arm May be.
Right-handed relief Emi Garcia was put on the 15-day injured list with a left lumbar sprain, and Jeremy Beasley was recalled from Triple A Buffalo and activated before the match. I did.
The injury was not considered serious and in fact Garcia tried a light pitch before the match. However, given the recent bullpen arm bruise, Jays can't afford to keep Garcia on the roster and hopes his situation will improve in the next few days.
Around the base
For other health updates, injured pitcher Nate Pearson returns ... Also, George Springer (elbow) wasn't included in the lineup for two consecutive games, but he practiced hitting and opened up the possibility of a pinch hitter ... Bo Bichette's Grand Slam in Chicago on Wednesday was Jays 12 from the beginning. Bichette teamed up with Springer (13) and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (17) alone in 11 home runs during the 2021 season, tied to the most World Series champions in the major leagues, Atlantic Braves. I was quietly in 3rd place. )… Jaze's attack recorded 13 hits at night and 8 hits from Brewers.
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