Big Oak Leads Jays to Comeback Win vs. Reds
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What happened in the Jays' 6‑5 comeback win over the Reds?
Well, Kevin Barker, the outcome doesn't have a great deal of meaning tonight. Of course, the Jays' playoff chance is over. But for 42,535 who made it out to the Rogers Center tonight, I'm sure the vast majority of them will leave at least thinking that they got an entertaining game. 6-5, the Jays come back. Four runs in the seventh inning. Kazuma Okamoto, the offensive hero. 92 by my count. 92 ribbies for Kaz Okamoto this season. And, yeah, that was, again, meaningless game, but it was kind of entertaining in an odd sort of way.
Yeah, I think out-teaming the other team, right? You mentioned Okamoto with three RBIs. That gives him 92. Kirky had another RBI single. Nathan Lucas with his 28th multi-hit game. That's a big deal, right? Taking the lefty down the left-field line is a big deal. That elevated fastball to the left, he's just – basically giving all of them trouble. He seems to be able to flatten out the barrel and give himself a chance. A straw hitting 313 in September with the two hits. Salucci, how about that, right? The
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hits in his six games and no runs. That's two different breaking balls. That's pretty good. Flewharty, his 82 games. That's most in baseball. a Rogers top three and holds like, you know, Louie Varlin, 35 out of 37 and saves like, you know, Louie was the one thing that for me that stands out is how he's, he's sort of kept the velocity all year. I mean, that's not, that was a hundred. He ended the game with, he's just seems to look like he's getting a little stronger.
How did Kazuma Okamoto’s three‑RBI performance impact the game?
Whatever he's doing routine wise is working. So, you know, you're cooking there. It's just for me, Jeff, I think the one thing, the little unknown is Soriano. You know, the more we see him, The more make you wonder, kind of, you know, what going forward changes they could make to make him look a little better. What do you have? Five whiffs, 48 pitches. It's just not a lot for a guy that throws that hard, that sometimes has to sink or move as much as it moves. And doesn't get that much swing and miss. That's a little bit of a head scratcher. And sometimes when he misses, he gets hammered. Like, you don't get away with bad pitches. There's a reason for that. So, be intriguing to see going forward, offseason, playing.
When you do see him again, you know, how he sort of evolved into what they wanted to evolve into, right? He's got three secondary pitches. Maybe throw the slider a little bit more. Maybe throw the breaking ball a little bit less. Maybe the split finger ain't splitting. You throw more four-seamers. Like, there's, I think, things that Petey and the Khakis could jump into there and make him a little bit better. But out-teaming the other team, we haven't said that a lot. They did it today.
Yeah, and the bottom line with Jose Soriano, look, he's tailed off. His numbers with the Blue Jays are nowhere near as good as his numbers with the Angels earlier in the year. But you did make a good point. I mean, there's a lot there. There's a lot to work with, I think. It's funny because Hearing you talk about that, you know what it reminded me of? Remember we were talking about Louis Varlin last year. You were making the point, man, for the stuff that he has. Yeah. Right. It would some it would it would get hit. And yeah, it's. You know. Again, for me, the main thing is just get these dudes through healthy this year. And that's why, quite frankly, one of the things tonight I was really happy to see was Brett Bateman get a pinch hit appearance and get in the outfield as well after that hip injury.
So, yeah, kudos to him. to those guys, and as I said, it was a fairly entertaining game. Interesting. A couple of things, of course. The numbers are called 416-870-0590, star 590, 1-888-666-0590. The text line's open, 590-590 is the text line. Of course, all of the talk, all of the talk coming into this game, quite frankly, was about Vladdy and his interview and his subsequent two attempts to kind of put that issue to bed i think he did it largely today uh this afternoon now again as i've said doesn't matter what i think doesn't matter what the media thinks it's all about the fans it's all
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What happened in the Jays' 6‑5 comeback win over the Reds?
0:07–1:52
2
How did Kazuma Okamoto’s three‑RBI performance impact the game?
1:52–6:55
3
What are the strengths and concerns surrounding José Soriano’s outing?
6:55–15:35
4
Why is Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s swing drawing criticism from the hosts?
15:35–23:53
5
How is John Schneider’s bullpen management evaluated by the analysts?
23:53–29:17
6
What are the key takeaways and future outlook for the Jays after the final series?
29:17–33:30
7
What does the discussion about a possible lockout reveal about player contracts?
33:30–36:32
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