May 01, 2005
Bottom's Up
The Toronto Blue Jays take 2 out of 3 from the New York Yankees with an 8-6 victory in the Bronx. The interesting thing about the Toronto offense this season is that most of the damage is coming from the bottom of the order. Today, the 5-9 hitters were 9 for 20 with seven runs scored and 3 RBI. If you look at Toronto by lineup slot for the season, you see the same thing.
My guess is that this is a good thing. I assume the Blue Jays have put the lineup together properly; it's great the bottom is picking up for the slumping top. But eventually you have to assume that these things will even out, which will still leave the Blue Jays with a pretty good offense.
It should also be noted that the Toronto bullpen threw four hitless innings to earn the win. It was a stellar outing from a less than stellar relief corps.
Posted by David Pinto at
06:58 PM
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