Rob Long

So, you know, I think part of that comes with the tougher at bat, like you mentioned, you know, hopefully,

You know, you get that back when Barger's back, when Kirk is back, a little bit more of the lineup depth.

But I think, you know, another thing that we saw last night was just kind of the one through nine approach that was really prevalent in 2025.

You know, they obviously have six guys with multi-hit games last night.

Of course, not all of that is against Sale, but, you know, I can imagine your frustration as an ace who's been as dominant as Chris Sale has for so long to, you know, be giving up tough, giving up hits to guys like Nathan Lucas and Myles Straw and Tyler Heinemann, who obviously are

you know, have had their own levels of success in the past year, but certainly are guys that maybe, you know, if you're Chris Sale, you're not super concerned about coming into the game.

So I think that was a really big part of what happened last night, was kind of just seeing them get that production up and down the lineup and, you know, having guys provide big swings, whether it's Charles McAdoo, Miles Straw, you know, obviously Heidemann kind of has that double that sneaks into the corner, just kind of beyond, you know, Vlad and

And Okamoto kind of in the middle there.

And obviously, you know, you want those guys to get going.

But, you know, I think when this Blue Jays team is at their best, it is kind of that one through nine approach that they're going to employ.

Yeah, you know, I think kind of like you and Ben talked about, like the runners in scoring position stuff is just kind of naturally going to come back or naturally break through a little bit.

And obviously, you know, you go 0 for 10 through the first two games of the series.

You're really hoping that some balls are going to find some grass or sneak by an infielder or two in the final game of the series.

And obviously that happened.

I think, you know, I think you kind of look at the game yesterday.

And, you know, I think one thing that impressed me, you know, Charles McAdoo obviously has the big swing.

um in in that third inning was kind of like the the pitch to pitch or the at bat to about adjustment that a guy like that makes you know obviously his first time seeing chris sale uh in in his career and you know he strikes out on three pitches the first time and next time he comes back covers the top of the zone and then is able to bounce back and hit a change up at the top of the zone um 107 for for an rbi and you know i kind of think you you look at

the the the way that they you know kind of go through the first couple innings you know you mentioned they get some runners on aren't able to cash in um but kind of sticking sticking to that approach and you know i i think as we've seen this year this team has has had the propensity to chase a little bit and um you know i i think when things are going poorly obviously that's good that's going to compound and you're going to feel a little bit more pressure to go out and chase that way so i was kind of impressed with with the way against sale that you know even with two strikes that necessarily they weren't expanding all that often you know i kind of mentioned that the

the six, two strike hits earlier.

And, you know, that also in, in the, of the 33 pitches that sail through with, with two strikes, it was only six whiffs.