Emotions run high after Kirk gets hit by pitch as Blue Jays fall to Red Sox

Toronto- Alejandro Kirk Probably the hottest batter in baseball, it makes sense that the opposite pitcher might try to get into his kitchen. The Boston Red Sox has certainly succeeded from this week’s jump at Rogers Center. Connor Sebald hit his left elbow in three innings of the series opener on Monday and made another humming sound after two innings. The other two pitches were also missed internally.

Kirk had no brinkmanship opportunity as he only saw two pitches to make a pinch hitter single at leverage on Tuesday’s ninth night. However, starter Nick Pivetta came back on Wednesday and missed him on a fastball of 94.4 mph, the second pitch of the second, and then turned his left elbow to the right on the first pitch of the third collision. hit.

Kirk, his usual stoic self, turned away from Pivetta because he was checked by trainer Jose Ministral, but Vladimir Guerrero Jr. looked closely. He got out of here by hand and became more and more angry as Victoria’s right-handed man got engaged with malicious words that he should stop discussing immediately, rather than trying to hit Kirk. rice field.

It rushes Guerrero towards the field, Toronto Blue JaysThe Red Sox dragged Pivetta back behind the mound, led by George Springer, returning the star’s first baseman towards the dugout. Engagement peaked in anger, but the point was stated – Kirk wasn’t brushed back again for the rest of the night.

Both clubs were warned, ensuring no retaliation from Alex Manoah and the rest of the Blue Jays.

It prevented them from completing the Red Sox’s three-game sweep with an intense and emotional finale.

“He’s probably one of the best hitters in the league right now. As a pitcher, I fully understand that you might challenge and join, but whenever you throw the ball in your head, it’s no go. “He was struck there several times recently, and just in the heat of the moment, the team doesn’t want to see their own man struck,” Manoa said. (Pivetta) deliberately Not to mention doing that, but it’s a really sensitive area out there. As a team, we’ve regained Carkey all day and are now playing very competitive baseball. “

Very so, it definitely contributed to the three conflicts.

Kirk felt that the Hiyari hat was all a by-product of the Red Sox and did not believe that Pivetta attacked him “intentionally or because it came from a bargain.”

“It’s normal for things to happen in the heat of the moment,” Kirk added through interpreter Hector Lebron. “But personally, I don’t think it was intentional. Of course, you get a little emotional about it, and I can understand it. But I do it. I want to leave it as it is. “

The Blue Jays had other reasons to become emotional later, with Raimel Tapia’s RBI double eliminating the 3-2 deficit in the eighth and Jordan Romano twisting from the unscathed first and third jams in the ninth. Seeing another suffering, the bullpen blip at the top of the tenth, almost before pulling out in the lower half.

David Phelps, the third relief player at night, attacked JD Martinez and forced a go-a-head run after walking the first two batters to load the base. After Tim Mayza took over and triggered a double play of 3-2-3, which almost limited damage, he surrendered a two-run double to Alex Verdugo and opened things up.

Still, the Blue Jays are almost back. With Santiago Espinal’s two-run single and Cavan Biggio’s run score double in a one-run game, Matt Strahm jumps out Springer with the second and third men in two jobs.

“We robbed two of the three, and one in a row from the hot team,” said manager Charlie Montoyo.

At the same time, the lack of depth of the Blue Jays’ leverage relief, exacerbated by the absence of Yimi Garcia, was also exposed on consecutive days as it blew off the 4-2 lead on Tuesday, but it was a guerrero walk-off single. Masked 9th.

There is no quick fix there, and the veteran Sergio Romo, whose Blue Jays intend to work on the mix carefully, is not a panacea. The 39-year-old was rejuvenated after passing through his body, and GM Ross Atkins said his addition “doesn’t prevent us from continuing to look for ways to improve this team.”

Adding more relief assistance is an obvious way to do that, but Atkins says, “All competing teams are probably aiming to do it like we do.” I added. It is difficult to trade with a trading deadline of August 2nd, more than a month ahead, as “the team does not want to pay the player a large premium to move just to move”.

Last year, the Blue Jays were able to jump out of the market with the acquisition of Adam Simver and Trevor Richards, who are currently on the injured list, Atkins said: cost. Its urgency and importance, I can’t imagine it being higher. But we always need to measure how we think about it. “

Manoa did more than share in 7 innings again. His main wound was Verdugo’s two-run home run on a middle-middle heater after the Red Sox’s infield hit by Xander Bogaerts.

The only other run against him was Rob Refsnyder’s sacrifice fly, which monetized Franchy Cordero, who had previously reached third base when he abandoned an attempt to catch Kirk stealing him.

Manoa cleverly solved the fifth two-on, no-out jam and digged deeper to help maintain the bullpen before Yusei Kikuchi started in the series opener with the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday.

On the other hand, Pivetta drastically suppressed the Blue Jays, scoring the second goal in the Santiago Espinal RBI single and 2-1 the fifth Blue Jays in Springer’s solo shot.

Tapia’s RBI was a 3 to 3 draw in the 8th inning, setting a dramatic stage. Disappointed from the Blue Jays point of view, it ended with a hot game.

Montoyo avoided asking when asked what he thought the Red Sox’s intentions were in Kirk – “I can’t read their minds, I’m not that smart. I’m myself. Just knowing what he knows, he keeps it to himself, “he said. However, the way he chased home plate referee DJ Rayburn while checking the catcher on the field showed that he was as angry about it as some of his players.

Kirk was grateful for the words that the whole scene was “not going any further”, but added that “it feels good to know that my teammates are right behind you.”