POW. BANG. SLAM. BASH.

The Blue Jays must have felt like the weakened villain at the end of a superhero movie who’s getting absolutely pummeled. Hulk/Loki at the end of The Avengers comes to mind. They may have landed the first blow, a leadoff homer from George Springer, but that was the last punch the Blue Jays landed the whole game.

Otherwise, they were just getting pummeled.

In the bottom of the first, the Blue Jays pitching coach was ejected before Max Scherzer even recorded an out. Scherzer himself did not last the whole inning. Rookie Carter Jensen slapped a line drive leadoff double the other way to start the destruction. Bobby Witt Jr hit a grounder just past the diving third baseman and brought in Jensen. Witt stole second, but he ended up not really needing to. Vinnie took a h

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