No person in baseball is as scorching because the Toronto Blue Jays for the time being, who improved to 17-4 within the month of July with a really spectacular victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night time. The Jays have now gained three in a row in opposition to the AL Central leaders and can go for the four-game sweep on Sunday in Detroit.
Whereas the Blue Jays have been surging and the Tigers have ben struggling, Saturday night time’s consequence was nonetheless considerably shocking primarily based on who was on the mound. Kevin Gausman took the bump for the Blue Jays whereas Tarik Skubal, one of the best pitcher in baseball, acquired the ball for the Tigers.
Gausman has been stable this season, however has not fairly been on the degree of a few of his greatest seasons in 2021 with the San Francisco Giants and in 2023 with the Toronto Blue Jays. Nonetheless, he discovered that type once more on Saturday to guide his crew to a win.
“It regarded like three years in the past,” Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider mentioned of the efficiency, through ESPN. “He was simply dominating the place he wished to go together with the ball, and his splitter was a difference-maker.”
Gausman pitched six innings and was almost flawless all sport lengthy, giving up only one hit and one stroll whereas hanging out 10 batters. He didn’t surrender a run because the Blue Jays raced to a 6-1 victory.
On the opposite facet, Skubal additionally introduced a few of his greatest stuff regardless of simply making it by way of 5 innings and 96 pitches. He gave up 5 hits and three walks whereas hanging out seven, however nonetheless did not surrender a run. As a substitute, the Detroit bullpen faltered late within the sport as Toronto got here away with the win.
The Blue Jays at present have one of the best file in baseball at 63-42, however they’ll want extra performances like this one from Gausman and the remainder of their arms on the mound in the event that they wish to snap their World Sequence drought that dates all the best way again to 1993. If he can preserve this manner up for a protracted interval shifting ahead, Toronto will probably be very powerful to beat within the postseason.