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Welcome to the longest-awaited Start Day in the history of the Blue Jays, where the occasion has been celebrated on many levels. Most important in a return to a full Rogers Center for the first time in three years, the Jays scored a 10-8 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night to start a season with so many promises in dramatic, impressive style. How else to describe a game that instead of ringing the new season with the joy of seeing a friend who had been lost for a long time, falls into a 4-0 pit before many even sit in their seats? This Rangers’ lead would increase to a touchdown conversion by the fourth inning and a smaller team could have more withering than fighting to keep the game interesting. But when you have an offense as charged as the Blue Jays brought to the bash better known as Opening Day 2022, the fun always has a chance to break out at any time.
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And a glorious return erupted with the patience that such a deep attack can make. One hit and one run at a time. It started with three Jays runs in the fourth, when a driver from George Springer followed singles from Bo Bichette and Vlad Guerrero Jr. A couple of sacrifices led to two more and suddenly things became interesting. The rally part of the fifth four-run season started in a similar way with a Springer walk and a single Guerrero. But the big damage was caused in a three-way hostage by the excellent cleaning man, Teoscar Hernandez. Antenna. Just like that, a 7-0 deficit was now a 7-7 draw and the 45,022 sold out threatened to blow up the roof of a Rogers Center renovated for the occasion.
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“As we always do, we never panic,” said Hernandez, who has been the Jays’ most trusted player for the past two seasons. “We know what we are capable of and we trust each other. “Slowly we came back and won the game with the ball.” The most underrated star in the Jays lineup gave them what they came for in their first real home game in three years: The Jays took their first lead of the night in the sixth, when a Santiago Espinal double led to Danny Jansen. Although the Rangers would make it to the seventh with a solo hostage by Antolis Garcia, the momentum was on the side of Jayce. Cue Hernandez once again. Although it took a video review to overturn a closed game, Hernandez scored from the first time with a double Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and the Jays were back and forth.
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Add a solo home run by Jansen to the eighth and soon it was time for the party to spill out into the streets around the city center dome. But before that happens, a little taste of home from the nearest Canadian Jordan Romano. Markham’s player came in to throw a ninth with a three-up, three-down to secure the win – with a few emphatic blows. What a finish. What a night. With most of the full house away as Romano recorded the final exit, the place erupted when Rangers’ Nathaniel Lowe hit to finish. So explosive is the composition of manager Charlie Montoyo that even a terrible start from the usually reliable Jose Berrios does not cause even a hint of sadness, as difficult as it was to watch his trial.
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One of only four pitchers to have an ERA below 4.00 in each of the last five seasons, Friday’s start certainly seemed like an extreme for the 27-year-old. But the early riots that led to an unstable order were too much to overcome. The Rangers lost some time jumping on Berios as Brad Miller put a hostage belt over the wall in the left field. Former Blue Jay Marcus Semien then walked away and eventually returned home. It was not nice as the first five Rangers batters arrived and Berrios did not record his first outing until his 31st pitch, three more before he was given the hook for what he would be, not surprisingly, the shortest exit of his career. “Everyone seemed a little nervous at first,” Montoyo said of the early deficit. “The whole team, which is expected with so many people and we wanted to give them a good show. But we settled down.
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“I knew we would always have a chance with our attack.” Hernandez’s heroism was a prime example of this. With the Rangers showing little interest in giving Guerrero much to hit, Hernandez licked his steaks. “We have a pretty good squad,” the manager said with a conscious smile. “If you do not want to play Vladdy, go to Teo. By the end of the night, the Berrios’s fights were a distant memory, however, and a team deep in talent and determination sent an Opening Day treat to a hungry fan base for the party. A game in 162, but what an exciting start to what everyone hopes will be a warm-up for the entire season. “This moment is very special,” Hernandez said. “There is not a single player in this club who does not forget what happened today.”
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The Jays became just the third modern-day team (since 1901) to return from seven extra races to win Starting Day and the first of the 1950 New York Yankees… Do the 10 tracks sound familiar to this offense? The Jays scored double-digit MLB levels 23 times last season λική Finish for Berrios, who later admitted he may have been trying to be very precise: 0.1 innings, four three-stroke trips with a couple of walks and one hit.
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