JTP: Blue Jays' Controversial Series Win & Phillies Check-In + John Axford
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Hey, what's up? Hope you had a good weekend. It's Jay's Talk Plus. Blake Murphy with you. Jay's take two of three against the Baltimore Orioles. So make it four of seven over the last week and a half against an Orioles team that came in playing pretty good baseball. They'd won nine of 13. coming into this series, and that included the four-game split with the Blue Jays. So this is the first time they've lost the series in quite some time. Spoke to Chris Bassett on Saturday about some of the things that have been going well and turning the corner for the Orioles. None of the games are what you'd describe as pretty or without drama in the case of Sunday's game, but the Jays take two or three. This is kind of where they're at.
You just got to keep chipping away series after series. They lost 13-3.
What were the highlights of the Blue Jays' series win over the Orioles?
On Friday, if you missed Tyler Heinemann pitching from the first week of the season when he threw twice, you got to see that for one pitch at the end of that game. Saturday rolls around 6-4 win where they got up pretty early. Jeff Hoffman, shaky moment in the sixth inning, not even the eighth or ninth. But they hang on to win 6-4. And then yesterday, a bit of a curious play in the infield helps the Blue Jays put a rally together and win 6-4. Although you could point to the Blue Jays defense and say that, yeah, if you don't think that should have been a five-run Jays inning, probably shouldn't have been a four-run Orioles inning anyway. This is why you play out the whole game. They'll now start a three-game set.
Here at Rogers Center against the Phillies, 7-0-7 all three nights, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Christopher Sanchez, fresh off a 50-inning scoreless streak, will start tonight. So things don't get any easier for the Blue Jays. The Yankees are here on the weekend as well. Later in the show, we're going to talk to Todd Zielecki of Phillies.com. He also wrote... a biography of Roy Halladay. It is Roy Halladay Jersey giveaway tonight.
What controversy surrounded Gunnar Henderson's tag attempt?
So we'll talk a little holiday. We'll talk a little Phillies. Levi Weaver will join us later as well. But right now, next to me for the first hour is our pal John Axford, 11-year Major League Baseball veteran. How are we doing, John? Doing well.
Had a good weekend just north of here in Markham with my son's baseball team. Won a tournament, so nothing like winning baseball and talking baseball.
This is very dumb, but when I was younger, I grew up in Cambridge, so you drive in on the 401. to uh toronto and uh sean markham and dustin mcgowan were on the team and that so the highway exit for markham road and mcgowan uh and it was like i don't know if this broke containment but we would refer to sean markham as north of steals okay um yeah anyway very very dumb so you're you're it was your son's birthday yesterday and you guys had a pretty damn good tournament yeah yeah jb turned uh 15 happy birthday um
He started the championship game, went two for two with a grand slam. The team won 10-2 in the championship game. It was a great tournament all around. Other than this, I've got to say I'm a little self-conscious with this weird tan line thing I've got probably going on. So if you're watching me on screen, it's not your... It's not your TV.
How is Brandon Valenzuela impacting the Blue Jays' lineup?
It's my head. I have definitely a hat tan. It goes from neck to face to head a little bit differently, I think, on that tan.
What is the current status of the Phillies and Cristopher Sánchez?
I'm not making it out on the screen, but there's a little glare off the top. That's all right.
What struggles has Jeff Hoffman faced recently?
There's nothing we can do about that. That's just the fuzzy hair. You'd have to go to Turkey instead of Markham to resolve that one. Okay, so great weekend for you guys. An okay weekend for the Jays. I mean, it's a good weekend anytime you take two or three against a team that's right behind you in the standings. The team itself was talking a little bit after the game that kind of felt more of a 2025 Jays-style couple of wins there, you know, piecing together rallies, taking advantage of mistakes that the other team makes. What did you make of kind of the, let's put Friday aside because it was a 13-3 gong show that, you know.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:11–0:52
2
What were the highlights of the Blue Jays' series win over the Orioles?
0:52–1:53
3
What controversy surrounded Gunnar Henderson's tag attempt?
1:53–3:02
4
How is Brandon Valenzuela impacting the Blue Jays' lineup?
3:02–3:07
5
What is the current status of the Phillies and Cristopher Sánchez?
3:07–3:12
6
What struggles has Jeff Hoffman faced recently?
3:12–3:50
7
Can Vladimir Guerrero Jr. turn his performance around?
3:50–5:20
8
What insights does Todd Zolecki provide about the Phillies' recent performance?
5:20–1:39:38
Speakers
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