Kevin Gausman

2022 - 4 - 21

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A grade-ace performance by Gausman (MLB.com)

BOSTON -- When Kevin Gausman climbed down the cleat-gouged dugout steps at Fenway Park after throwing eight shutout innings on 87 pitches Thursday ...

What allowed Gausman to do that was control, which led to efficiency. 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Blue Jays' Kevin Gausman: Stellar performance in win (CBSSports.com)

Gausman scattered six hits through eight scoreless innings, but Trevor Story smacked the first pitch of the ninth inning into right field for a single, which ...

- Blue Jays' Kevin Gausman: Signs on with Blue Jays Through three appearances with his new squad, Gausman sports a 2.89 ERA across 18.2 innings with a ridiculous 22:0 K:BB. His next start is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, April 26 in a rematch against the Red Sox in Toronto. Story came around to score on a Xander Bogaerts double off Jordan Romano, but the Blue Jays closer was able to thwart the comeback and earned the save.

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Boston Red Sox never pursued Kevin Gausman, who dominated ... (masslive.com)

Gausman struck out eight batters and held the Red Sox scoreless until the ninth inning.

After playing their first four series in chilly climates in New York, Detroit and Boston, the Red Sox won’t have to deal with conditions for the next week. Gausman’s dominant effort led the Blue Jays to a 3-2 win in the finale of a three-game series between the teams at Fenway Park. It’s just a matter of time before they get back on track.” Gausman’s dominance contributed to an alarming trend of poor offensive performances for the Red Sox so far this season. He was rewarded with a nine-figure deal in free agency. On Thursday, Gausman showed the Sox why they might have made a mistake not trying to sign him.

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“These young guys coming to the ballpark with some attitude, some life, a little cockiness. That could easily have been a ground ball to the shortstop and I’m still in the game. “I would have loved to stay, but at the same time if we’re up 5-0, I think I’m probably staying in that game. I didn’t pitch my best, but I just kind of went out there and got the job done and we ended up with the win. With his teammates turning double plays, Gausman had thrown just 72 pitches through seven comfortable innings and felt strong right to the end of his afternoon. Brought in ostensibly to replace 2021 Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray, Gausman pitched eight shutout innings for the fourth time in his career.

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He was lifted for a pinch-hitting Santiago Espinal in the middle innings. Gausman didn't allow a piece of dangerous contact until the fifth inning, when Christian Vázquez turned on an inside splitter and plastered it off the green monster. As Gausman walked back to the road dugout after the eighth inning, José Berríos danced in celebration of his teammate's outing. Heading into the Red Sox series, Tapia had a batting average of .200 and an OPS of .440. With just one extra-base hit, no walks, and four strikeouts, the ‘offensive compliment’ Toronto management saw in Tapia had yet to show. Gausman twirled the ball in his hand, refitting his Blue Jays cap before setting up to deliver his 87th pitch. On Thursday, the pitch generated 13 swings and seven whiffs for an outstanding 44% called-strike plus whiff rate.

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He entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the sixth and struck out, then remained in right field. Toronto took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on Bo Bichette’s RBI single and Vladimir Guerrero’s sacrifice fly. He will not travel with the team to St. Petersburg, Florida, for the weekend series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Red Sox said Cora, who is vaccinated and boosted, was suffering from mild symptoms. There was no room for error, and he gave it to us.” Ryan Brasier stood by, because he’s a pitcher and isn’t expected to field popups. Tanner Houck (1-1) gave up two runs on three hits and a walk, striking out four in five innings. “Whenever they come and get me, that’s when they’re going to get me.” After Story singled to lead off the ninth, Romano walked Rafael Devers and gave up an RBI double to Xander Bogaerts. If he would have gotten the first guy, then he would have gotten (to pitch to) the next guy,” Montoyo said. Gausman (1-1) struck out eight and walked none before allowing a leadoff single to Trevor Story to lead off the ninth. Romano got Jackie Bradley Jr. on a broken-bat groundout to first. We were going to give him a chance to finish it.

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He entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the sixth and struck out, then remained in right field. Toronto took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on Bo Bichette’s RBI single and Vladimir Guerrero’s sacrifice fly. He will not travel with the team to St. Petersburg, Florida, for the weekend series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Red Sox said Cora, who is vaccinated and boosted, was suffering from mild symptoms. There was no room for error, and he gave it to us.” Ryan Brasier stood by, because he’s a pitcher and isn’t expected to field popups. Tanner Houck (1-1) gave up two runs on three hits and a walk, striking out four in five innings. “Whenever they come and get me, that’s when they’re going to get me.” After Story singled to lead off the ninth, Romano walked Rafael Devers and gave up an RBI double to Xander Bogaerts. If he would have gotten the first guy, then he would have gotten (to pitch to) the next guy,” Montoyo said. Gausman (1-1) struck out eight and walked none before allowing a leadoff single to Trevor Story to lead off the ninth. Romano got Jackie Bradley Jr. on a broken-bat groundout to first. We were going to give him a chance to finish it.

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“These young guys coming to the ballpark with some attitude, some life, a little cockiness. As Romano and the nervous Jays dugout soon would learn. “I would have loved to stay, but at the same time if we’re up 5-0, I think I’m probably staying in that game. With his teammates turning double plays, Gausman had thrown just 72 pitches through seven comfortable innings and felt strong right to the end of his afternoon. Brought in ostensibly to replace 2021 Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray, Gausman pitched eight shutout innings for the fourth time in his career. “It’s funny, that’s what I remember the last time I pitched really well here, being out there while they sing that song,

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If he would have gotten the first guy then he would have stayed for the second guy.” “Maybe some extra adrenalin,” Romano acknowledged of getting himself into a jam and then working out if it. “I would loved to have stayed,” Gausman said, “but, at the same time, if we’re up 5-0 I’m probably staying in that game. “In my mind, that was my game, so I was going out there in the ninth to get the three outs,” he said flatly. Obviously I would have liked to stay in there — that’s my mindset — but I also understand we have really good guys out in the bullpen that are itching to get the ball in that spot. “I don’t think it was a higher heart rate there,” Romano said later, after giving it some thought. That could easily have been a ground ball to shortstop and I’m still in the game.” This may be the toughest ballpark for a closer to enter the game in the ninth, with a runner on. Who’s to know if it was even Montoyo’s call, with the suspicion the manager is constantly on mannequin strings. Toronto nevertheless had to hang on through the rest of that hair-raising ninth frame, as Jordan Romano closed it out with his MLB-leading seventh save. Gausman never harboured any doubt that he would come out for the ninth, with Toronto up 3-0. The skipper will pull a sublimely lights-out starter even when he’s in the midst of a perfect game (Clayton Kershaw, hit the showers). And sure, after a shortened spring training, a club wants to baby those precious and prohibitively expensive starter’s arms with pitch counts.

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