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Mike Wilner@wilnerness.bsky.social |
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Former voice of the Toronto Blue Jays, current Toronto Star baseball columnist and host of the Deep Left Field podcast (you should subscribe). Loves stand-up comedy, ‘80s music and my two incredible kids!
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Mike Wilner
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Just put Episode 201 of Deep Left Field to bed and you're gonna love it!
With the all-star break coming up, I spoke to one-time #Bluejays all-stars Tom Henke and Marco Estrada about their all-star experiences as #Jays.
Look for it Thursday afternoon, wherever you get podcasts!
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Francis strikes out Thairo Estrada to end it. #Bluejays win it 10-6 and are one strike away (last night) from being on a four-game winning streak.
I'm gonna go record Ep201 of Deep Left Field now, featuring Marco Estrada and Tom Henke as we talk about their all-star experiences as #Jays!
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Matt Chapman's first hit against his former team is a home run absolutely murdalized to Deep Left Field, back to back with Patrick Bailey.
#Bluejays lead 10-6 with 1out in bot9.
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Bowden Francis comes on to try to close it out. Would have been fun to let Burr come back out and try for the save, but Francis hasn't pitched in almost a week.
10-4 #Bluejays as they look to even the series.
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Ryan Burr has faced six hitters and retired them all on just 18 pitches. He's doing a great job saving the rest of the bullpen and if #Bluejays send him back out for the 9th, could earn his first #MLB save.
#Jays lead 10-4 after 8.
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George Springer blasts his 2nd ringing double to Deep Left (centre) Field in as many at-bats.
Scores Clement and now #Bluejays lead 10-4 #GoodBuddy top8.
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Zach Pop comes in with the bases loaded and 2out and gets Matt Chapman to fly out to RF to end the threat.
Chapman is 0-for-8 so far in the series.
9-4 #Bluejays to the 7st.
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I know, I know - pics or it didn’t happen. #Bluejays
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Dan Shulman and Joe Siddall talking about the cotton candy vendor passing right in front of them reminds me of the time that Ben Wagner and I bought garlic fries from a ballpark vendor in San Francisco. The broadcast booths are right there on top of the fans! #Bluejays
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#SFGiants ace Logan Webb retired 13 of the first 14 batters he faced tonight and winds up allowing seven runs on eight hits in five innings.
Baseball, huh?
9-3 #Bluejays top6.
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Kirk greets Sean Hjelle with an RBI single to right, his third hit of the night.
#Bluejays have started top6 2B-1B-2B-1B-1B to take a 6-3 lead, still with nobody out.
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With the infield in, Davis Schneider's grounder takes a bad hop on shortstop Brett Wisely and gets through for an RBI single, doubling #Bluejays lead to 5-3 and knocking Webb out.
Who had Bassitt getting deeper than Webb in this one an hour ago? 2on, 0out, top6.
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Justin Turner, who has been showered with boos since #Bluejays got to San Francisco - he's an ex #Dodgers after all - gives #Jays the lead back with a single up the middle scoring Vladdy's long double.
4-3 top6.
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#SFGiants tie it up on a 2out RBI 2B by Michael Conforto after Patrick Bailey's 12-foot single up the 3B line.
Runner on 3rd, 2out, bot5 in a 3-3 game. #Bluejays
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#Bluejays tell us that Bo Bichette came out of the game with right calf soreness - same issue that head him on the injured list last month.
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A three-run homer for Ernie Clement, you say?
Didn't that happen last night?
There goes another one, #Bluejays lead 3-2 somehow.
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#Bluejays tell us that Varsho left the game with a left knee contusion, no doubt suffered when he hit the ground on his headfirst dive into first base in top2.
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Since walking three straight to load the bases with 2out in bot2, Bassitt has retired seven in a row.
But he's at 87 pitches through four innings.
#Bluejays down 2-0 to the 5st.
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Things go from bad to worse for #Bluejays as Bo Bichette doesn't answer the bell to play defence in bot4, joining Varsho as players who had to leave mid-game.
#Jays haven't told us why yet.
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Yes, it sure would have. But child abandonment? Gross comparison.
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Logan Webb is really, really good but there are only so many times you can tip your cap.
#Bluejays have gone 13 up, 12 down so far tonight. They trail 2-0 to bot4.
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Bassitt throws his first 1-2-3 inning of the game, with the clock ticking down on his remaining time in this one.
#Bluejays down 2-0 to the 4st.
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I genuinely don't see how that's funny at all.
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Feels like #Bluejays offensive innings are done in 3 minutes and their defensive innings are taking half an hour.
Still, #Jays are down only 2-0 to bot3.
Daulton Varsho has left the game after getting shaken up on that headfirst dive into 1B in top2.
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Bassitt pops up Chapman and makes the catch himself in foul territory just before a sliding Ernie Clement trips him up.
#Bluejays down 2-0 to the 3th - could be a lot worse.
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Chris Bassitt is having a tough night in San Francisco. He's walked three in a row now with 2out in bot2 and is already at 60 pitches.
This game is at a real tipping point right now.
Matt Chapman stands in for SF with #Bluejays down 2-0.
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Daulton Varsho is shaken up after taking a headfirst dive into first base in an ultimately fruitless attempt to avoid Logan Webb's tag.
He'll stay in the game.
#Bluejays down 2-0 to bot2.
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Chris Bassitt throws 33 pitches in bot1, allowing two runs on a walk and three singles.
Gotta lock it in from here.
#Bluejays down 2-0 to the 2th.
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#Bluejays give up the game's first run the same way they gave up the tying run in the 9th last night - ground ball up the middle, just past the pitcher and sneaks up the middle.
RBI single by Conforto makes it 1-0 #SFGiants bot1, still 2on, 2out.
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#Bluejays are underway in San Francisco, looking to bounce back after a brutal loss last night (this morning, Eastern time) in which they were a strike away from a win and wound up losing on a walkoff wild pitch.
I'll be here watching it with you, then it'll be time to record Deep Left Field!
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A post-DLF recording/pre-ballgame Birdle runs the streak to Casey Janssen! Wordle 1,117 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Just finished an outstanding discussion that you'll hear on tomorrow's new episode of Deep Left Field!
I chatted with Tom Henke and Marco Estrada about their experiences as #Bluejays all-stars in 1987 & 2016, respectively.
You're gonna love it!!!
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A walkoff wild pitch.
Can't remember the last time #Bluejays had that happen.
#Jays were a strike away from a 3-game winning streak but they lose 4-3 in the opener in San Francisco. Yuck.
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A two-strike seeing-eye single just beyond the dive of 2B Leo Jimenez ties the game.
Second blown save of the season for Richards.
Winning run is at third with 2out in the bottom of the 9th. #Bluejays
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#Bluejays closer is The Silver Fox tonight.
Trevor Richards comes on to protect a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth with Flores, Bailey and Matos due up.
Richards has one career #MLB save, it happened Apr. 20, 2021 when he was with #Rays
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After falling behind Chapman 2-and-0, Nate Pearson strikes out the ex #Bluejays with 99 up and in to preserve the lead.
They're off to the 9th out west with #Jays on top 3-2.
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#Bluejays were clearly not interested in having Nate Pearson pitch to Michael Conforto. The unintentional/intentional walk brings Matt Chapman to the plate with 2on and 2out in bot8.
#Jays clinging to a 3-2 lead.
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On Yusei Kikuchi's 100th and final pitch, he strikes out Brett Wisely to give him a career-high 13 Ks over 7 1/3 terrific innings.
He gave up two solo homers and #Bluejays call on Nate Pearson with a one-run lead and five outs to go.
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Kikuchi gives up a leadoff bloop single to Wilmer Flores then gets his career-high-tying 12th K and a 1st-pitch double-play ball.
At only 93 pitches, it would be nice to see him come back out for the 8st.
3-1 #Bluejays top8.
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Spencer Horwitz bats for David Schneider and hits a 380-foot double over Ramos' head in left-centre.
Then Ernie Clement absolutely destroys a two-strike offering for a 3-run homer.
Blown save Ryan Walker - 3-1 #Bluejays top7.
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Kikuchi has a season-high 11 Ks over six innings and has made only one mistake.
But his #Bluejays have just one hit.
#Jays down 1-0 to the 7st.
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Blake Snell is done after five innings of one-hitter, having just come off the injured list.
The new guy, Randy Rodriguez, gets the top of #Bluejays lineup in order in top6.
#Jays down 1-0 to bot6.
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Kikuchi - who really doesn't want to be traded at the deadline but understands the situation #Bluejays are in - gets out of a tough jam in bot5. Runners on the corners, nobody out and puts up a zero.
They're off to the 6st in SF with #Jays down 1-0.
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Just as The Great Joe Siddall says "I'm surprised Ernie Clement isn't running, the worst thing that can happen is that he gets picked off or caught stealing and Springer gets a fresh count," Clement takes off for second and is picked off.
#Bluejays down 1-0 to bot5.
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Heliot Ramos, who didn't get called up until May, celebrates his all-star selection by taking Kikuchi deep on a 0-and-2 pitch for his team-leading 13th home run of the season.
#Bluejays down 1-0 bot4.
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Kikuchi strikes out the side in bot2. The lefty has struck out five of the first six hitters he has faced tonight, all swinging.
0-0 to the 3th. #Bluejays
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It's not just where the fence is, it's the elements. The ball doesn't fly to right-centre in SF. It's not all just about "would have been a home run in X parks."
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Home runs to right-centre don't happen very often in San Francisco, and unfortunately for #Bluejays that's where Daulton Varsho hit his deep fly ball with 2on in top2.
To bot2, 0-0.
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#Bluejays are just underway as they begin a three-game set in San Francisco against defending NL Cy Young winner Blake Snell.
Yusei Kikuchi gets the start for #Jays who are looking for a 3rd straight win.
They're in the ballpark where Vladdy hit his first two #MLB homers.
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According to #Bisons - Swanson left the game with "heat-related illness symptoms."
The heat index in Allentown, PA was 106 degrees F today. #Bluejays
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