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The four races won by Justin Verlander on Monday were the best since he joined the Astros last August.
The four races won Justin Verlander allowed Monday were the most …
Following the loss of the Astros 6-3 against the Blue Jays on Monday at Minute Maid Park:
No curves, problems of mo: The defeat of Justin Verlander on Monday was a testament to his exceptional rejuvenation in his mid-thirties. This was the kind of game that an average pitcher could rejoice or get used to, but Verlander behaved as if he had spilled a pot of boiling coffee on himself in a white linen suit. .
Four earned runs would have never seemed so infuriating before his 6-3 loss to the Blue Jays.
He had not awarded as many deserved points in any of his previous 26 starts since he had joined the Astros last August.
Verlander had launched 122 yards last season in a 2-1 loss to the Rays.
A next day of rest gave him extra rest.
"Physically, I felt good," he said after the match.
But he started the night without feeling his curve. Verlander shot two or fewer curveballs in five of the seven innings.
"At first, he had a bit of trouble controlling his throw," Hinch said. "They did a good job and did not run too early, which put some pressure on him to throw a few more fastballs."
Verlander gave up his curve and adjusted well to stay competitive for six innings, but he asked if he became too predictable. He would come to regret a few quick balls and would like to have another arrow in his quiver.
With two outs in the first, three Blue Jays hit the first two points of the team. With two outs in the seventh end, Curtis Granderson hit his second circuit off Verlander and Teoscar Hernandez chose to chase the Astros starter from the game.
Verlander might have screamed in a hoarse voice: A.J. Hinch let him shoot over 112 lengths.
Granderson made both of his home runs seem easy, but he hit them in two shots and on land in difficult areas of the attack zone.
The first fastball was an inch or more above the box and outward, which he managed to shoot for an emphatic home run.
"I was trying to go inside, but it sank in the middle," Verlander said.
The next home run irritates Verlander. Granderson, a left-handed batter, did not square a fastball on the outside, but he pulled it well enough out of his barrel for it to reach the Crawford Boxes.
"I do not think he's done very well," Verlander said. "It's the stage we play in. It's just for all parties."
Depending on the launch angle and the output speed according to StatCast, the ball thrown by Granderson is a hit 17 percent of the time. Left fielder Marwin Gonzalez hit the ball on the wall and waited, but he climbed out of reach.
Verlander was delighted with this throwing.
"He was in the plate and away," he said in the field. "Sometimes in this game, you have to flip your cap, I threw the ball I wanted to run."
His solution to regain his sense of the curve?
"You throw them away."
The Springer crisis: Randal Grichuk made a comeback in the eighth inning to spoil the Astros chances of a home match and, perhaps more painfully, push George Springer's downfall to 5-in-49.
Springer entered the room for about 20 seconds before leaving the club.
"Yeah, that sucks," he says. "There is really nothing to say about it.
"I did it well, it did a good game. That's what it is, I went out, they win."
The capture represents the nadir of the worst part of Springer's career.
Springer needed this three-point race. He saw the light of day through the door, a chance to escape, but Grichuk kept Springer imprisoned.
"Baseball can be pretty cruel," Hinch said. "I initially thought that George had one, that he wore, wore and wore."
For 368 feet.
Then Grichuk seemed to leap and reach so high that he snatched the bullet from the claws of the tense fans.
"I thought that he went far enough in the stands," Hinch said. "Cruel sport".
Tony Kemp and Josh Reddick reached the base without any withdrawal. Hinch sympathized with the non-shared opportunity for Springer to potentially get out of the crisis with a triumphant homer.
"Returning to equality would have been like the lead with the change of momentum," Hinch said. "Being able to meet their lead with a three-run circuit is so rare to come back to this point in the game.
"Tomorrow could be his day."
Homer of Harris: Will Harris did not return to watch the balloon explode from Randal Grichuk's bat. The sound, like a slight car accident, was enough to make Harris aware of the damage he had allowed.
The ball zipped 471 feet.
Judging a relief pitcher is not so simple as watching his totals for the season.
The concept of "trust" can have the most weight and influence the public opinion. Has this pitcher earned the trust of his teammates, his manager and – most tenuously – fans that he can do the job?
The stock in Harris is volatile for almost three months in its incoherent season. His ERA has climbed every month. He struggled to chain long periods of goal-free outings.
Before Monday, Harris had removed eight of fourteen batters in four consecutive scoreless appearances.
Then against the Blue Jayes, Harris walked Kendrys Morales to start the eighth inning and allow a home race to Randal Grichuk. The Harris EER climbed to 4.45.
Receiver Max Stassi had put his glove on the field in Grichuk for a backstroke – he lands low but in the middle of the area, in the batter's wheelhouse.
During his previous three years, Harris had turned into a right-handed elite shoe, able to send left-handed hitters even better than the right ones.
He is at the same pace for appearances and heats this season. Yet Hinch often has to answer questions about Harris's failures.
Hinch usually summarizes them with one or two "mistakes". He said Harris's poor performance on Monday was "about half a mistake."
The limited and sporadic nature of relief from relief leaves little room for error. This leaves less room for repeated errors.
Marisnick deserves a credit: The unfortunate one for Jake Marisnick had a brilliant moment on Monday.
He scored in the fourth to give the Astros 3-2 ahead. How the race went could go unnoticed in a game that the Astros have lost for bigger reasons.
Marisnick used a swing upside to go from right to right. He took second base on a hit-and-run to foil a double play. He scored on Alex Bregman's double.
The funniest of all, Marisnick, whose speed is easy to forget because his OPS is .522, had to dive his head first on Bregman's bat to reach home plate.
The Astros had been 15-1 when Marisnick scored.
About Tuesday's game: Before Monday's game, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons was shy when asked whether Ryan Borucki would make his debut in the major league on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old southpaw will likely be called to support a rotational injury.
Charlie Morton leaves for the Astros. Despite a tight fight recently (14 steps and five hits in 15 innings and 2/3), Morton is 2-0 with a 2.30 ERA in his last three starts, including six rounds against the Rays last Thursday.
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