Mad Max, Giménez Lead Jays to Even ALCS in Seattle
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Why was the Blue Jays' 8‑2 win in Game 4 so pivotal for the ALCS?
Alright, uh Kevin Barker, did somebody say short series? Couple of days ago?
I think somebody did.
Time trying to remember. Anybody did. Well It ain't gonna be a short series anymore. Eight two, the Blue Jays have beaten the Seattle Mariners tonight. The series is tied at two games apiece. Game five goes tomorrow. And of course, tonight's win by the Blue Jays guarantees that there will be a sixth game, which will be back in Toronto on Sunday. It is a winning edition of Blue Jays Talk, a postseason winning edition of Blue Jays Talk, the number to call. four one six eight seven zero zero five ninety star five ninety on your cell one triple eight triple six zero five ninety. The text line is always open. Five hundred ninety five ninety is the number of the text line. Name and location, please. Kevin Barker, if I told you, I don't know, three months ago that
that the blue jays Would go down two nothing and that they would end up tying the series two two and that it would be their shortstop who homered in back to back games and in the fourth game became the sixth player in baseball history with the home run, four RBIs and multiple hits from the number nine spot. You'd probably be saying, Why the hell is Bo Bachet hitting in the number nine spot in John Schneider's lineup? Uh obviously a lot to talk about. Max Scherzer was tremendous. Max Scherzer was dramatic. Max Scherzer was theater and all that. But I want to start just by talking about the bottom of the order. IKF and Andres Jimenez. IKF getting the start after Anthony Santander uh was uh well not put in the IL but the Jays convinced Major League Baseball to allow them to make an injury substitution.
Uh Joey Lo Profito added to the roster, Anthony Santander taking off, but John Schneider and putting the lineup together probably could have gone with Davis Schneider and went with IKF instead. Two runs scored for IKF and as we mentioned Andres Jimenez got it started and he was the middle in the middle of everything.
Yeah, look, I mean the bottom of the word is basically been doing it all season. Well, at least since they've been in first place. You mentioned IKF. You know, this is the best this is the best managerial job in my mind that John's done in the playoffs. Just sort of no question. Yeah, absolutely. The magnification of this game, who was throwing in the game, how long it's been since he's thrown, just that little move of putting IKF in there instead of David Schneider. You know, you it's just a little thing. Right, that can sort of pay off for you. Uh Jimenez, you mentioned it, right? I mean, he was calibrating the slider. He got a couple of good hacks at it before he he hit the homer. The one that he hit was just a little middle down, and because he's trying to do the team thing by getting the dude over, you catch it a little out front, you have good extension, you create some backspin, you're rewarded because you're doing a good thing and you're a t a good teammate.
So yeah, I just think that's Sort of the 2025 Blue Jays is just it's sort of that passing the baton of bottom of the lineup because the manager puts you in the lineup, you do your thing. Guy's trying to get you over is rewarded with some success because he's having good swings throughout the entire at bat. So yeah, and then the big boys come up and do the big boy things. Thanks. You know, obviously Springer with the RBI and and and let me this is what's hard about the the Vladimir Guerrero. Junior home run. It's almost impossible to have a two-handed finish and a one-handed finish. Depending on where the pitch is at and how you're trying to stay through the baseball, most humans can't do that. They're either or.
They're not both. And what he did there by releasing the top hand to allow the shoulders to stay square and have a little bit more extension through the zone to create enough backspin to get that over the fence. I mean the dude's living in a different world than everybody else. That's pretty cool to watch. And that's the separator, right? Is that's what John had been telling us for a while is if you get that dude going with what everybody else is doing.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why was the Blue Jays' 8‑2 win in Game 4 so pivotal for the ALCS?
0:06–6:39
2
How did Max Scherzer’s 5.2 innings of two‑run ball change the game’s momentum?
6:39–14:38
3
What impact did Andrés Giménez’s four‑RBI night have on the Jays’ offense?
14:38–23:40
4
How did Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s fifth postseason homer set a Blue Jays record?
23:40–31:43
5
What adjustments did the Jays bullpen make, and why was Seranthony Domínguez used in the ninth?
31:43–39:45
6
What are the key pitching match‑ups to watch for Game 5 and Game 6?
39:45–43:01
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