Target (Field) Practice: Jays Explode Late to Crush Twins
5/2/202656 min
Sho Alli and Jesse Rubinoff break down the Blue Jays' 11-4 win over the Twins in the third game of this four-game series at Target Field in Minnesota! They take your calls and texts, and get right to the team scoring eight runs in the eighth inning to blow the game open - how important has Kazuma Okamoto continued to be? They discuss Myles Straw's big day, Lenyn Sosa and Davis Schneider both contributing, and Brandon Valenzuela smashing a three-run shot - is there a chance Valenzuela stays up over Tyler Heineman when Alejandro Kirk eventually returns? Plus, they get into a terrific seven innings from Dylan Cease, and discuss the injury to George Springer.
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First 90 secondsSho Alli· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Well, Jesse, quite the game for the Blue Jays today. They trailed one-nothing early, 4-2 midway through this game, but not only do they stage a big comeback, the Blue Jays absolutely explode for eight runs- Mm ... in the eighth inning on their way to an 11-4 victory. The most runs they've scored in a single game this year. They blast four home runs today. Dylan Cease with his longest outing of the year, the fewest walks by him this season as well. Everything was clicking for the team today, especially late. They ensure a series split in Minneapolis. Jays now 16 and 17 on the season, and they will aim, with Trey Savage on the mound tomorrow, for a series win.
Jesse Rubinoff· Host0:47
Well, it's really, really nice to see the offense coming around like that. It has been a slow start to the season, obviously. And i- it's funny in a, in a 162 game season how there are so many times where you focus in on different elements of a baseball team. You focus on the pitching when it's not going well. You focus on the offense when it's not going well. Sometimes the defense lets you down. And there was a pretty good chunk of April where the offense just wasn't humming along, and it's almost like it's coincided with the emergence of Kazuo Okamoto that suddenly the offense looks that much scarier. And we saw a lot last year where one or two guys in the lineup would really kick it up a notch, and it would have this trickle-down effect throughout the rest