Major League Baseball’s playoffs are only a game old, but the Blue Jays are already out of the game after losing their first game 4-0 to the Seattle Mariners on Friday in Toronto. .
The crowd favorites did not seem ready at the start of the match, already trailing 3-0 after one set.
Pitcher Alek Manoah was also the victim of this hasty collapse. He first hit the very first batter of the game, Julio Rodriguez, before the latter completed his turn on the trails following a double from Eugenio Suarez. Cal Raleigh wrapped it all up for the visitors with a two-run homer.
Manoah (0-1) finally stepped down after five and two-thirds innings. He gave the opposition four points on as many strikes from a safe place and a free pass.
Offensively, the Jays came up against a Luis Castillo (1-0) in full possession of his means. The Mariners starter muzzled five opposing batters in seven-and-a-third innings on the mound. He gave up no runs despite allowing six hits.
If it wishes to extend its 2022 season by at least one more game, the only Canadian team in major league baseball will have no choice but to win the second duel of a best-of-three series, Saturday, still at Rogers. Center.