Bullpen Hit Late, Jays Drop Series Finale vs. Angels
4/22/202648 min
Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker break down the Blue Jays' 7-3 loss vs. the Angels to wrap up the road trip in California. They take your calls and texts, and get into the outing from Eric Lauer - was there anything to the tape that was on his neck amidst a low-velo start? What does the future look like for Lauer with reinforcements on their way for both the rotation and bullpen? They also discuss the offence, as Nathan Lukes and Ernie Clement both played starring roles in the seventh inning - can they keep this up? Plus, they discuss Braydon Fisher's late meltdown, the roles of both Louis Varland and Jeff Hoffman, and the ongoing development of Kazuma Okamoto.
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First 90 secondsJeff Blair· Host0:00
[upbeat music] All right, Kevin. Well, going into this afternoon's, uh, tilt, we were wondering how the Jays would fare against José Soriano, um, who's been off to an unbelievable start. Probably be AL Pitcher of the Month, I would imagine. Jays managed seven hits off him, but at the end of the day, which I, y-you know, kudos to them because I think that's more than, more hits than he's given up in a couple of starts. So kudos to them, kudos to them for that. But at the end of the day, it comes down to Brayden Fisher and the Blue Jays bullpen not being able to get the job done in the seventh inning, and up to that seventh inning, the Angels had been three for 17 with runners in scoring position in the series. They get, they get a couple big hits. The big hit, Nolan Shanwell, uh, driving in, clearing the bases and essentially the difference in this game as, uh, the Blue Jays head home after a 7-3 loss, still won three of their last four games. Still have their first series win since the start of the, uh, since the start of the season. But just, Kevin, your, your, your thoughts, before we get to the player of the game, your thoughts on, um, something Ben and, um, and Chris talked about on the radio, uh, o-on the broadcast just a minute ago. Do you feel better about