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The momentum turned before Lourdes Gurriel Jr. even reached the first base. It was definitely in Toronto’s favor when he rounded up the bases, but not for long.
The three-based Blue Jays waited for Gurriel on a plate as he rounded the bags to formalize the game-tying. It was a blow that pushed Toronto back into a seemingly lost game and restored the decisive series. It was one of those moments when the Blue Jays wanted to be at this time of year, Manger Charlie Montoyo said, but it wasn’t even the biggest of the game.
When hoodies and long sleeves appeared in September, Jays wanted to play meaningful baseball. They wanted to have the opportunity for this big hit, the opportunity to return to these big games, and the opportunity for huge meaningful fluctuations in speed. For Jays, this stretch of early September couldn’t mean more, and they seized every opportunity.
“Everyone knows what we’re playing right now,” Alek Manoah said. “This is a great game tomorrow.”
Toronto played 4.5 games from the playoffs on Friday and was three innings away from losing more ground. The match with athletics began with a seven-match game against teams chased by the Blue Jays — a rare opportunity to control their own destiny. Nearly miss, Friday’s double-return victory was an opportunity.
No season is really in line for the three games to be played in early September, but this weekend holds its weight. Blue Jays knows the stakes, and every Rogers Center fan waited for two in ninth place.
When Marcus Semien’s barrel hit the ball, the audience confirmed the rest. The home winner, who won the game, fell over the field wall a few feet from where Oakland’s ninth inning silenced Toronto a few moments before.
“The biggest bat of the year for me,” Semien said. “Apparently.”
In the Baseball Reference event, Toronto participated on Friday with a 12.1% chance of getting to the playoffs (0.6% to win the World Series). During Friday’s race, Toronto’s odds looked from the heart-monitor floor as Oakland pulled forward 8-2, added Gurriel’s slam, collapsed when athletics took home in ninth and rose for the last time Semien went to the yard.
“After the first seven innings, we just woke up,” Semien said.
The Blue Jays came back on Friday twice. To return to the league table, they must show the same battle throughout the month.
“This is exactly our team,” Montoyo said. “And they’ve been doing it all year.”
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