Quick Recap: Gurriel Homers

Blue Jays 7 Yankees 3

The star of this one was Lourdes Gurriel, who went 3 for 3, had a double and a home run. That was his 4th homer of the spring. He’s hitting .417 on the spring.

On the pitching side, Trent Thornton go the start. He went 3.2, allowed 4 hits, 3 earned, 2 walks, with 4 strikeouts. Gleyber Torres took him deep. Not a great start, but looked better than the stat line. Threw all his pitches. ERA is 4.80 on the spring. He’s a possible for Ryan Borucki’s spot in the rotation the first time through. i’m not sure if he helped or hurt his chances.

Other pitchers:

• Javy Guerra: 1.1, 1 hit, 1 walk, 2 k. 1.08 He has had a pretty nice spring. There are a couple of open spots in the pen.
• Elvis Luciano: 2.0, 1 hit, 1 walk, 2 k. 11.42 ERA. That was his best outing in his last few. Good to see him go 2 innings. A nice step towards him making the team.
• Jason Adam: 2 innings, 2 hit, 1 walk, 3 k.

Starting batters:

• Brandon Drury: 0 for 2, walk. .327. I like the idea of him leading off.
• Randal Grichuk: 0 for 3, walk, 2 k. .250.
• Teoscar Hernandez: 0 for 3, 2 k. .348.
• Justin Smoak: 0 for 2, walk, 2 k. .371.
• Gurriel: 3 for 3, double, homer. .417.
• Kendrys Morales: 0 for 2. .214.
• Kevin Pillar: 1 for 3. .229. Played RF, which was weird to see. I don’t want to read anything into it, other than they wanted Grichuk to get some time in CF. But, there are rumors about the Giants being interested in Pillar.
• Freddy Galviz: 1 for 3, .200.
• Luke Maile: 1 for 3, walk. .156.

Others:

• Eric Sogard: 0 for 1, hit by pitch. .205.
• Cal Stevenson: 1 for 1. .500.
• Rodrigo Orozco: 1 for 1, walk. .667.
• Nash Knight: 0 for 2, k. .000.
• Samad Taylor: 1 for 1, walk. 1.000.
• Brandon Grudzielanek: 0 for 1, sac fly. .000.
• Chavez Young: 0 for 2. .200.
• Ronny Brito: 0 for 1, k. .000.
• Patrick Cantwell: Didn’t get to bat.

There was also a game against the Canadian Junior team. Jays won 8-3. I’m not going to recap it.

Not counting the game against the National Juniors, we are now 13-13-2 on the spring. Tomorrow is the Jays last spring game in Florida. They travel to play the Tigers. Then two in Montreal and then real baseball.