TORONTO – Although this was a night of what could have been for both of them Toronto Blue Jays and Shohei Ohtani, a direct look at a life partner on a road not yet taken, their first meeting since their incomplete winter love is also about the here and now.
For Ohtani, that helped draw out some of the loudest booing of anyone at the Rogers Center in recent memory when he homered in the first inning, then walked and scored in a six-run third inning. in the round. Los Angeles Dodgers' Fifth straight win, final score 12-2.
For the Blue Jays, it's a deeper concern about Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s declining duo. and Bo Bichette in their inactive lineup, the grim reality of what it means when their pitching staff fails to pin a game and the slump is now at 5 o'clock. lost in six outings.
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Off-season baggage combined with current discrepancies in fortune created a strange feeling in front of a crowd of 39,688 on Friday.
Ohtani looks exactly like what the Blue Jays are missing from their lineup. The Dodgers racked up 18 hits — including additional homers by Max Muncy and Will Smith — while retiring Chris Bassitt in 2.2 innings, forcing manager John Schneider to use all five. reliever before asking Isiah Kiner-Falefa to throw the ninth.
This was definitely the Blue Jays' worst game of the season.
