Things that were good

• Marco Estrada, ladies and gentlemen. That’s why he’s known as ACEstrada around these parts. What a masterful pitching performance. Estrada went seven innings, allowing no runs, scattering four hits and three walks, while striking out eight. Everything was working. He was all around the corners, hitting his spots, changing speeds, and confusing the Orioles hitters. And that isn’t an easy lineup to make a fool out of, either. It’s a shame he didn’t end up with the win, but hell, that’s why pitcher wins are largely irrelevant.
• Kendrys Morales has been one of very few bright spots for the Blue Jays offensively this season, and he came up huge when it mattered most today. On the first pitch he saw from Tyler Wilson, Morales launched a walk-off home run, saving the Blue Jays from what could have been the most devastating of their losses so far this season.
• Troy Tulowitzki and Ryan Goins turned a nice double play in the seventh inning to help Estrada work his way out of a “jam”. I mean, it wasn’t really a jam, but it was pretty much as close to a difficult situation as Marco had today.
• And finally, Darwin Barney came up big in the bottom of the seventh inning, punching a single into centre to drive in Toronto’s first run of the game. Barney isn’t known for his hitting, obviously, but he’s worked some very nice at bats over his Blue Jays career, making himself into a more difficult out than you’d expect from a glove-first guy.

Things that weren’t so good

• I don’t really feel like being negative after a win like that. Roberto Osuna’s blown save was unfortunate. The Orioles got a lucky infield hit, and worked some small ball to cash the runner in. Zeke’s throw on that first out was uuuggggllllyyyy.
• The offence largely was quite bad yet again. Getting shut down by *checks box score* uhhhh Alec Asher isn’t good at all. But fuck it, let’s enjoy this win for now. We’ll have time to worry about the limp bats again tomorrow.

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