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All baseball teams experience their share of emotional highs and lows over the course of a season, but rarely are they as closely compressed together as they were for the BlueJays in this one. (via bnicholsonsmith)

OAKLAND — In the course of a long season, all baseball teams experience their share of emotional highs and lows, but rarely are they as closely compressed together as they were for theFirst, Matt Shoemaker injured his knee in a rundown and fell to the ground in pain. He needed help from team trainers to walk off of the field after suffering a left knee sprain. An MRI will reveal more Sunday, but in the meantime his comeback season is on hold.

In other words, by the middle of the fourth inning the Blue Jays had already lost a starting pitcher to injury and watched their young first baseman hit a personally significant 418-foot home run. From that point on, the Blue Jays just kept scoring on their way to a 10-1 win that improves their record to 10-12.

Once Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrives in the majors, Drury’s role will change and he’ll play a combination of second base, third base and DH. Until then, the Blue Jays are pleased to see him coming around at the plate after a slow start.

 

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