Plakata! Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a 450-foot home run in the first game of the season, and the Toronto Blue Jays won 8-2 Thursday at Tropicana Field against the Tampa Bay Rays.
By achieving this impressive solo slap, in a five-point surge in the sixth inning, Guerrero Jr. moved from words to action.
“We want to win everything, we developed this mentality from training camp,” Guerrero Jr. revealed in an interview with MLB Network earlier this month. We have several experienced players on the team, with the addition of Justin Turner and IKF [Isiah Kiner-Falefa].»
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This time, in addition to “Vlad Junior”, George Springer and Cavan Biggio also each managed a long ball against the Rays for a successful start to the campaign.
Berrios avoids the nightmare
The match, however, started strangely for the visitors. There was only one opposing batter past in this new season that the Blue Jays already lost by a score of 1 to 0. Yandy Diaz thus welcomed Berrios with a solo home run, down the left field line.
For a moment, Berrios must have feared reliving the nightmare of 2022 when, as a starter in the Jays’ opener, he couldn’t survive the first inning. The Blue Jays gunner, however, recovered quickly on Thursday, in front of more than 25,000 fans gathered at Tropicana Field, finishing his game by allowing only two earned runs in six innings of work.
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Two years ago, Berrios allowed four runs, all earned, to the Texas Rangers while making only one out. The Blue Jays nevertheless won 10-8 that day. Alek Manoah was the starter for the Toronto team for opening day in 2023. After a very difficult season last year, he begins the current campaign on the injured list for 15 days.
Not before April 8 in Toronto
The Blue Jays and Rays will face off again on Friday night, with Chris Bassitt starting for Toronto. He will face Aaron Civale.
After the current four-game series against the Rays, the Blue Jays will face the Astros three times, in Houston, then the Yankees three times, in New York, before returning to Toronto for a first home meeting, on April 8, against the Seattle Mariners.
2024-03-28 23:21:51
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