A Former Blue Jays Starter Helped End Toronto's Season
The Baltimore Orioles beat Toronto 4-2 in the opening game of a doubleheader Wednesday, eliminating the defending American League champions from the post-season race. Pete Alonso hit his 41st home run of the season, and Chris Bassitt took a shutout into the sixth inning — as a former Blue Jays starter, he did it against his old team's season rather than for it. The elimination arrived with a second game still on the schedule, which means the rest of the doubleheader was played with nothing left to play for.
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Bassitt is the detail that stings. A former Toronto starter took a shutout into the sixth for the team that finished them off.
4-2 is not a rout, and the end came in the first half of a doubleheader — the second game was already meaningless before it started.
Which leaves Alonso's 41st home run as the loudest number of the day, in a game Toronto could not afford to lose.