Things worth mentioning…

• For the first seven innings, Aaron Sanchez was unhittable. Then, in the eighth, when it seemed like it was all going to fall apart, he put together perhaps his most impressive work of the game. In the eighth, Tim Beckham led off with a double that really should have been an error, then Anthony Santander hit a single so the score call didn’t matter anyway, then Chance Sisco drove in the tying run with a double. Sanchez then bared dow and got Trey Mancini, who had squared up on a few balls earlier in the game, to fly out to shallow centre. After that, he intentionally walked Manny Machado before getting Adam Jones to ground into the double play. As impressive as the seven hitless innings were, that gutsy showing in the eighth to navigate adversity was damn ace-like.
• Roberto Osuna picked up his 100th career save, making him the youngest in Major League Baseball history to reach the century mark. Per Blue Jays stats guy Scott Carson, he’s a full year and 184 days younger than K-Rod who set the standard in 2006. I know we don’t value saves as much as we used to, but still, holy fuck, that’s bad ass for a kid who’s only 23 years old. Osuna looks like a damn veteran out there and I would venture a guess he’s younger than pretty much everyone reading this right now.
• Fuck yes to Curtis Granderson for coming through with that clutch homer in the ninth. It was his first as a Jay, and it was a damn important one. It preserved the win for Sanchez in what was likely the best start of his career and then it gave Osuna the chance to get save No. 100. I can guarantee these are things the players care about. No wonder everyone seems to like Granderson.
• Finally, the way Baltimore allowed Toronto to take the lead 1-0 was hilarious. I can watch this over and over again:

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