Blue Jays

Pitchers Hyun Jin Ryu and Mitch White were placed on Toronto's injured list as the Blue Jays finalized their opening day roster.

The 28-year-old White had a 1-7 record for the Blue Jays last year with a 5.45 ERA over 99 innings pitched with 78 strikeouts. Toronto began its season on Thursday in St. Ryu made six starts for the Blue Jays last season with a 2-0 record and a 5.67 earned-run average with 16 strikeouts.

The Jays open their 2023 campaign in St. Louis against the Cardinals, sending ace Alek Manoah to the mound. First pitch is 4:10 p.m. on Sportsnet.

The new sections include Park Social, a space on the 500 level overlooking left field. The biggest changes include higher walls in left and right field. The reimagined outfield saw the addition of multiple new social spaces with patios, drink rails, bars, and viewing platforms. The Jays won a franchise record 99 games in 1985. The larger bases, not including home plate, were implemented to give more room to defenders and runners. The Jays open their 2023 campaign in St.

A closer look at the roster the Jays will be using when their season gets underway on Thursday afternoon in St. Louis against the Cardinals.

[Kiermaier](https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/opinion/2023/02/26/first-inning-laser-reminds-jays-why-they-signed-kevin-kiermaier-glad-to-have-him-on-our-side.html) did it all. [One of the best contact hitters in the game, ](https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/opinion/2022/07/19/all-star-alejandro-kirk-was-expected-to-have-a-bit-part-with-the-blue-jays-instead-hes-played-the-biggest-role.html)with elite bat-to-ball skills, Kirk also developed into one of the best in the game behind the plate last season, finishing in the top four in the league in both catcher framing runs and blocks above average. Still, for a down year that’s a hell of a season, and it also included [An out-of-nowhere all-star in 2022](https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/2022/07/16/blue-jay-santiago-espinal-is-an-all-star-its-hard-to-tell-whos-happiest.html), Espinal was expected to platoon with Biggio at second base last year but flat-out stole the job by starting the season with five hits in his first 11 at-bats, including a huge RBI double in each of the first two games. He also goes into this season feeling (rightfully so) that he was robbed of his fourth Gold Glove in five years. [Cimber](https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/players/1399587) possesses the type of rubber arm that every manager loves to have. [Mayza](https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/players/1095708) spent most of last season as the Jays’ lone lefty reliever and it figures to be the same story again this year. [Romano](https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/players/1403065) is looking to [continue his run ](https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/opinion/2023/02/17/blue-jays-closer-jordan-romano-wont-allow-himself-to-forget-last-years-final-game.html)as one of the AL’s elite closers. [Which version of Berríos ](https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/opinion/2023/03/28/blue-jays-pitching-fortunes-could-hinge-on-jose-berrios.html)will the Jays get this year? The arm has plenty of upside with mid-90s velocity and the pitch clock might work to his benefit by not giving him as much time to overthink. [Hyun-Jin Ryu to Tommy John surgery ](https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/2022/06/18/toronto-blue-jays-pitcher-hyun-jin-ryu-has-tommy-john-surgery.html)and being forced to endure the erratic [Yusei Kikuchi ](https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/2023/03/24/yusei-kikuchi-claims-jays-fifth-starter-job-by-far.html)for much of 2022, the Jays desperately needed to add a dependable arm to their rotation. While [Mitch White ](https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/2023/02/18/blue-jays-pitcher-mitch-white-is-going-to-be-late-to-the-fight-for-the-no-5-spot.html)was prevented from cracking the opening 26-man roster because of an impinged shoulder, everyone else was deemed good to go.

The Toronto Blue Jays have set their 26-man roster for when they visit the St. Louis Cardinals for Opening Day of the MLB season Thursday afternoon.

• Alek Manoah, RHP • Kevin Gausman, RHP Louis Cardinals for Opening Day of the MLB season Thursday afternoon.

Opening Day in the MLB is here. The 2023 regular season kicks off today, and the Blue Jays begin the year in the midwest with a three-game series against ...

The Blue Jays and Cardinals are scheduled to have the first pitch at 4:10 p.m. One of the newest members of Toronto knocks in the first run of the 2023 season for the Blue Jays, driving in Springer on a double to right field. Louis goes to the bullpen with one out and runners on second and third in the top of the fourth. 2:30 p.m.: On the mound, the Blue Jays are rolling with Alek Manoah. 7:08 p.m.: Donovan pops out to Bichette to end the inning. The slugger rips a single to right field that brings in Springer and Bichette. 7:40 p.m.: Now the Blue Jays elect to issue the intentional walk. 7:41 p.m.: Walker grounds out to Chapman at third for the third out. 7:25 p.m.: Chapman grounds out into a fielder's choice to end the inning. 7:55 p.m.: Varsho ends the inning with a fly out to right field. 7:59 p.m.: Donovan rolls over a weak grounder to Merrifield for the second out. Louis the team a 9-8 lead in the bottom of the eighth, closer Ryan Helsley allowed the first three Jays batters in the ninth to reach and eventually allowed the tying and go-ahead runs.

Major League Baseball introduced a number of rules changes ahead of the 2023 season, including a pitch clock, a ban on infield shifts and enlarged bases; the ...

3 The Cardinals enter this matchup on a three-game Opening Day winning streak of their own, and they've topped divisional opponents in all three. Mikolas pitched 6.2 innings of three-run ball, with five strikeouts. He finished third in Cy Young Award voting in the AL last year with a 2.24 earned runs average, with 180 strikeouts in 196.2 innings pitched. 2 Ken Giles recorded the save with two strikeouts in a scoreless ninth inning.

Jay Jackson joins former NFL quarterback Jay Schroeder and current Washington Nationals scout Jay Robertson as the only "Jay"s to make it onto Toronto's ...

He struggled to hit in this four minor league seasons in the Jays system between 1980 and 1983, playing for the single-A Kinston Blue Jays. But Schroeder started his professional athletic career as a Blue Jays minor leaguer, selected third overall in the 1979 draft and given a $135,000 signing bonus. He was given his release in February 1984 when the Jays wanted him to convert to pitching. Last year, Robertson was awarded the [Phil Rizzo Scout of the Year Award](https://www.mlb.com/news/jay-robertson-wins-phil-rizzo-scout-of-the-year-award) by the Nats. Having signed a major league contract, Jackson is now on the 40-man roster on an optional assignment to triple-A. Happ, but Jackson will be the first guy to officially go by “Jay” to suit up for the big league club despite the many years of rumours about acquiring Jay Bruce. [Super Bowl](https://www.sbnation.com/super-bowl) XXII with the Washington NFL team, later QBing for the Los Angeles Raiders, [Cincinnati Bengals](https://www.cincyjungle.com/), and the [Arizona Cardinals](https://www.revengeofthebirds.com/). Robertson, now 65, was the Blue Jays’ third round pick in the 1977 January Draft. “I went [to the store] with [the conehead] on, about 7:30 at night, to get some bread. Jackson won’t be with Toronto to start the season but he will be anchoring the Buffalo Bisons bullpen instead, ready to step in when needed. He is now a In spring training 1978 he had a brief appearance in major league camp, facing Willie Stargell as his first batter (Stargell singled).

The regular season is officially upon us and boy, is it so sweet. <...

He has one career game against the Jays going 6.2 IP on May 23rd last year. He’s going to be able to go out there, do his thing eating innings while knowing the likes of veterans Kevin Gausman and Chris Bassitt are right there behind him. [Teoscar Hernandez for pitchers Adam Macko and Erik Swanson](/news/the-teoscar-hernandez-trade-is-looking-more-beneifical-as-more-free-agent-pitchers-sign-large-contracts). (R) 1B Whether it was the highs and lows of a mid-season coaching change going from [Pointsbet Canada](https://on.pointsbet.ca/sports/baseball/MLB-Futures/232849), and have the second-best odds to win the AL East this year at +185, right behind the Yankees. They brought in outfielder [Daulton Varsho while trading out fan favourite Lourdes Gurriel Jr.](/news/trade-reaction-what-are-the-blue-jays-getting-in-daulton-varsho)and promising catcher Gabriel Moreno. Alek Manoah’s in the conversation for the Cy Young. for the AL MVP. This will undoubtedly be a fascinating year as the Jays’ season kicks off this afternoon. Spring training felt like a battle to get through this year, but it was always a much-needed affair especially for a Blue Jays club debuting some new faces. It was a busy off-season in Toronto.

Follow along with all the action as the Blue Jays open their season against the Cardinals.

Toronto begins the 2023 season in St. Louis with a three-game series against the Cardinals.

ET, 3:10 p.m. The deal sent outfielder Lourdies Gurriel Jr. Then, Toronto acquired outfielder/catcher Daulton Varsho from the Diamondbacks. He is coming off Tommy John surgery on his left elbow last summer. Bassitt gives the Blue Jays a strong No. In his place is veteran right-hander Chris Bassitt, who signed a three-year deal this offseason. The Blue Jays and Cardinals are scheduled to have the first pitch at 4:10 p.m. vs. Games will be available to watch live on Sportsnet or streamed through SN NOW. General manager Ross Atkins was active this offseason, making a couple of trades and signings in order to boost the team. This year, Toronto has its eyes once again on the World Series. However, the team's drought of postseason victories continued, as the Blue jays were swept in two games by the Mariners in the AL Wild-Card round

ST. LOUIS -- The Blue Jays started hot and just kept hitting, putting together an electrifying 10-9 win over the Cardinals on Opening Day amid the spectacle ...

Later, [Vladimir Guerrero Jr.](https://www.mlb.com/player/665489) put the Blue Jays ahead in the eighth with a two-run single against a 102.9-mph sinker from Jordan Hicks, the hardest pitch he’s ever faced in the big leagues. [Keegan Matheson](mailto:[email protected]) covers the Blue Jays for MLB.com. [Daulton Varsho](https://www.mlb.com/player/662139) got the Blue Jays out to an early lead with a first-inning double that he smoked 112.5 mph, the hardest-hit ball of his career. This club has no strength greater than its offense, though, and while the Blue Jays' wins will need to be much cleaner come September and October, they’ll take the 1-0 start and exhale. This was far from the clean-and-tidy brand of baseball Toronto had preached all spring. [George Springer](https://www.mlb.com/player/543807) and [Bo Bichette](https://www.mlb.com/player/666182) combining for nine hits and six runs scored.

Les Blue Jays de Toronto ont offert tout un spectacle à leur premier match de la saison régulière, jeudi à St. Louis.

Dans un duel qui n’a pas été très flatteur pour les lanceurs, Jordan Romano a frustré les « Cards » en effectuant deux retraits sur des prises. Louis, et ont battu les Cardinals 10 à 9. • À lire aussi:

The Sporting News provided updates and highlights from Blue Jays Opening Day against the Cardinals.

The Blue Jays and Cardinals are scheduled to have the first pitch at 4:10 p.m. One of the newest members of Toronto knocks in the first run of the 2023 season for the Blue Jays, driving in Springer on a double to right field. Louis goes to the bullpen with one out and runners on second and third in the top of the fourth. 2:30 p.m.: On the mound, the Blue Jays are rolling with Alek Manoah. 7:08 p.m.: Donovan pops out to Bichette to end the inning. The slugger rips a single to right field that brings in Springer and Bichette. 7:40 p.m.: Now the Blue Jays elect to issue the intentional walk. 7:41 p.m.: Walker grounds out to Chapman at third for the third out. 7:25 p.m.: Chapman grounds out into a fielder's choice to end the inning. 7:55 p.m.: Varsho ends the inning with a fly out to right field. 7:59 p.m.: Donovan rolls over a weak grounder to Merrifield for the second out. Louis the team a 9-8 lead in the bottom of the eighth, closer Ryan Helsley allowed the first three Jays batters in the ninth to reach and eventually allowed the tying and go-ahead runs.

Vladimir Guerrero fils court sur les bases lors d'un match préparatoire contre les Tigers. Les Blue Jays ne se cachent pas de viser la Série mondiale cette ...

Incapables de gagner le moindre match à leurs deux dernières présences en séries, les Blue Jays empocheront assurément quelques victoires cette année. Plus complète et aguerrie que l'an dernier, on la sent aussi mieux outillée pour faire face à la longue tempête d'une saison de 162 matchs. Il avait notamment du mal à frapper la balle dans le bon angle, ce qui a entrainé beaucoup de frappes à l'avant-champ pour des retraits faciles. Elle a aussi acquis Erik Swanson des Mariners et fait signer un contrat de trois ans à [Chris Bassitt](https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1940749/blue-jays-toronto-lanceur-chris-bassitt-joueur-autonome) pour mieux garnir ses groupes de releveurs et de lanceurs. Un premier titre en près de 30 ans ne s'est finalement pas matérialisé pour l'équipe torontoise, mais elle a tiré de bonnes leçons de son expérience et elle compte revenir à la charge cette saison avec l'une des meilleures formations de son histoire. Et elle continuera de les motiver jusqu'à ce qu'ils puissent tous corriger la situation en octobre prochain.

Les Blue Jays de Toronto ont offert tout un spectacle à leur premier match de la saison régulière, jeudi à St. Louis.

- Diamondbacks de l'Arizona c. - White Sox de Chicago c. Louis, et ont battu les Cardinals 10 à 9.

Tthe Jays overcame worse pitching that was imaginable to score a wild 10-9 win over the reigning NL champion Cardinals.

Instead, the righty started by walking Lars Nootbaar before giving up back-to-back doubles to Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado. But that’s the style of game everybody expects to play in there. Even amid the sloppiness — a couple of awful throws from Jays shortstop Bo Bichette stand out — there were the little things that came through. that’s the stuff we talk about that wins games,” Schneider said of the former Jays killer while with the Rays. The little things that had been the subject of manager John Schneider’s sermons throughout spring training came to fruition in this one. Article content

A battle of the birds at Busch Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals host the Toronto Blue Jays for Opening Day in 2023.

Vladimir Guerrero a produit trois points dont celui déterminant, jeudi, alors que les Blue Jays de Toronto ont entamé leur saison avec un gain de 10-9 aux ...

Sa moyenne s’est élevée 5,45 et il a récolté 78 retraits sur des prises en 99 manches. Ryu, un lanceur gaucher, a effectué six départs avec les Blue Jays la saison dernière. On a plus tard noté des dommages à son ligament collatéral ulnaire. C’est le genre de club que nous sommes.» Mais à peu près tous nos joueurs ont eu de bonnes présences au bâton.» C’est juste un match, mais je vais prendre tous les coups sûrs que je peux.»

George Springer had five hits and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in three runs as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays beat St. Louis 10-9 on Thursday despite the ...

"It squared him up in the knee." Guerrero followed with a two-run single for an 8-7 lead. Springer set a Toronto record for hits in an opener and combined with Baltimore's Adley Rutschman to become the first pair of players with five hits each on Opening Day since at least 1901. O'Neill's two-run homer in the third off Alek Manoah cut the Cardinals' deficit to 4-3. Toronto won its fourth straight opener by overcoming a 9-8 deficit in the ninth against Ryan Helsley (0-1). It was a roller-coaster," Toronto manager John Schneider said.

On opening day, Anthony Partipilo — the Saskatchewan Roughriders' Chief Brand Officer — glances out his office window at Mosaic Stadium and sees an ...

Everyone in the stadium started clapping and yelling and standing up for a video when they saw the players on that giant screen. “The players were getting off the bus and they were walking single file to the stadium and they were going into the clubhouse. It was in the form of a commercial — long-form, short-form — that had aired for a few weeks on Sportsnet. It was a moment of inspiration and pride. “There were about 200 people in the suite,” he recalls. It was a musical track and it was the players. “It’s the day of gratefulness — gratefulness that we have this amazing game,” Partipilo reflects. You saw it in the stands. “It’s this love of the game that has been missed. “Other than that, in Toronto you didn’t walk down the street and say hi to people. You saw it on the concourses. “I feel that, especially in this province, football is exactly that for us.

In the 52nd start of his major league career, Manoah allowed his most hits ever in the Blue Jays win over the Cardinals.

“That was amazing,” said an upbeat Manoah after his team bailed out the first opening day start of his career. With that in mind he had an up-front seat to the madness, a sprawling game that the pitch clock couldn’t even rescue after taking three hours and 38 minutes to complete. “The heater was good and it had a little more life than he’s used to,” Schneider said of Manoah, just the fifth Jays pitcher aged 25 or younger to make an opening day start. Banked with a 3-0 lead by his electric offence in the first inning, Manoah struggled as his pitch count climbed. Having to wait 174 days since his previous start — a sub-par (his description) in the American League wild-card series loss to Seattle last October — Manoah was champing at the bit to get the season started with a big effort. Louis Cardinals — exiting a game he wildly anticipated after just 3.1 innings, the second shortest outing of his career.

La partie a été ponctuée de 34 coups sûrs par les deux équipes dans un match où 14 lanceurs ont été utilisés.

[Miles Mikolas](https://www.rds.ca/baseball/mlb/joueur/miles-mikolas/2104). « Il y a eu des hauts et des bas, a dit le gérant de l'équipe torontoise, John Scheider. C'est le genre de club que nous sommes. [Blue Jays de Toronto](https://www.rds.ca/baseball/mlb/equipe/toronto-blue-jays?competitor_id=213) ont réussi à sortir la tête de l'eau au bon moment pour enlever les honneurs du premier match de la saison 10-9 sur les [Cards de St. Le dernier retrait a été Lars Nootbar sur des prises, à l'aide d'une glissante. Il a obtenu trois retraits sur des prises et alloué deux buts sur balles. Le double de [Daulton Varsho](https://www.rds.ca/baseball/mlb/joueur/daulton-varsho/274625) a d'abord poussé George Springer à la plaque pour le premier point de la saison des Torontois. C'est juste un match, mais je vais prendre tous les coups sûrs que je peux. C'est sûr que vous voulez commencer du bon pied. Il avait alors donné cinq points mérités sur dix coups sûrs. Vlad a terminé la rencontre avec deux coups sûrs en quatre présences officielles et trois points produits. Adley Rutschman, des Orioles, a aussi frappé cinq coups sûrs, à Boston.

The Blue Jays rode George Springer's historically hot hand to a wild win over the Cardinals on Opening Day.

Les Blue Jays de Toronto en sont à l'étape où ils doivent gagner des matchs en séries. Après tout, le dernier gain du club durant un match de la danse ...

Est-ce que les Blue Jays, qui n’évoluent pas dans une division facile, pourront aller chercher 100 gains? Après tout, le dernier gain du club durant un match de la danse automnale remonte à 2016. Et Kevin Kiermaier, qui est un vétéran qui a goûté à une présence en Série mondiale en 2020 (Rays de Tampa Bay), croit que le groupe actuel pourrait atteindre les 100 victoires. En 2020 et en 2022, le club a été balayé par les Rays et les Mariners. Kevin Kiermaier croit à une saison de 100 victoires et plus pour les Blue Jays Les Blue Jays de Toronto en sont à l’étape où ils doivent gagner des matchs en séries.

Les Jays ont perdu des éléments importants en attaque, comme Lourdes Gourriel et Teoscar Hernandez. Ils ont toutefois conservé Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Bo Bichette ...

Les voltigeurs Kevin Kiermaier et Daulton Varsho sont les principales acquisitions offensives à Toronto. - les buts ont été élargis pour encourager les coureurs à voler plus souvent. - les lanceurs ont 15 secondes pour effectuer leur tir et 20 secondes s’il y a des coureurs sur les sentiers.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr a produit trois points dont celui déterminant, jeudi, alors que les Blue Jays de Toronto ont entamé leur saison avec un gain de 10-9 ...

Sa moyenne s’est élevée 5,45 et il a récolté 78 retraits sur des prises en 99 manches. « Il y a eu des hauts et des bas, a dit le gérant de l’équipe torontoise, John Scheider. Ryu, un lanceur gaucher, a effectué six départs avec les Blue Jays la saison dernière. On a plus tard noté des dommages à son ligament collatéral ulnaire. C’est le genre de club que nous sommes. C’est juste un match, mais je vais prendre tous les coups sûrs que je peux.

Tthe Jays overcame worse pitching that was imaginable to score a wild 10-9 win over the reigning NL champion Cardinals.

Instead, the righty started by walking Lars Nootbaar before giving up back-to-back doubles to Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado. But that’s the style of game everybody expects to play in there. Even amid the sloppiness — a couple of awful throws from Jays shortstop Bo Bichette stand out — there were the little things that came through. that’s the stuff we talk about that wins games,” Schneider said of the former Jays killer while with the Rays. The little things that had been the subject of manager John Schneider’s sermons throughout spring training came to fruition in this one. Article content

For the players and coaching staff, it was gratifying to see what had been practised in meaningless games come to life in the real thing.

[Matt Chapman](https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/matt-chapman-MH1VUXX8FRzTf0r1/), who went 3-for-5, tied it up with an RBI single to right in the seventh. The Blue Jays didn’t turn the double play on the ball but avoided further damage in the inning when Guerrero fielded a groundball from [Tommy Edman](https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/tommy-edman-fEGH3vIdDyWCKF8G/) and fired it to [Alejandro Kirk](https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/alejandro-kirk-NRcwgZX3psYaG8lh/) at home to tag out the runner. [Jordan Walker](https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/jordan-walker-cKVBW6ZMf1lSgH86/) hit a bases-loaded fielder’s choice. It was [Kevin Kiermaier](https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/kevin-kiermaier-peFPmZld8zdDFWiV/)’s relying on his experience and speed to decide in 2 1/2 seconds that a bloop hit from Springer in the ninth was going to drop and he could go from first to third. [Brendan Donovan](https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/brendan-donovan-2utCD9xrT6iBJ766/) launched a two-run home run to right field. It was first baseman [Vladimir Guerrero Jr.](https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/vladimir-guerrero-jr-NH5vpgJFew5YnGyl/)’s fielding a groundball in the seventh and accurately throwing to home to prevent a run from scoring. The Blue Jays starter faced two more batters, but after he walked [Paul Goldschmidt](https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/paul-goldschmidt-cIMcObLXGUH9ajDk/), Manoah’s day was done. It was those little things listed — and a few more — that led to the team’s first win of the season. [George Springer](https://theathletic.com/mlb/player/george-springer-gUFYtxyqWevxYDkB/)’s diving catch in right field in the second that kept runs off the board. The Blue Jays offence was sharp early, racing out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Schneider said he thought Manoah had his fastball working and “it had a little bit more life than he’s used to.” The pitch averaged 94.2 mph, up a tick from spring training and exactly where Manoah was last season. The Blue Jays and Cardinals combined for 34 hits, 19 runs, 14 pitchers and six lead changes in 3 hours and 38 minutes in a back-and-forth affair that felt like a betrayal of the promise of quickened pace of play introduced with the pitch clock.

Opening day or not, that was a lot. Nineteen runs on 34 hits. A combined 14 pitchers. A steady stream of late-game leverage. A three-hour 38-minute time of ...

“When it goes to that situation, the other team responds every time that you score, it shows what courage and what we can do as a team overall,” said Varsho. “Once the ball was probably mid-flight I knew it was going to drop in,” said Kiermaier. More important is that after sitting 91 with his fastball during the season, he averaged 94 against the Cardinals, getting four whiffs on his four-seamer and six more with his sinker. I knew it was going to fall, got to third and Vladdy drove me in a couple guys later.” Kiermaier, meanwhile, stole an RBI single from Tyler O’Neill with a sliding catch in the eighth and then made a tremendous read on Springer’s flare in the ninth, sprinting first to third and catching the Cardinals so off-guard they threw behind him to second base. Louis Cardinals](/baseball/mlb/teams/st-louis-cardinals/) rally in the seventh inning with a brilliant stab of a Tommy Edman chopper before making an off-balance throw home to save a run, then fought off 102.9 m.p.h. “Stuff like that doesn't show up in a box score but guys know it. “Definitely crazy,” said Romano, who struck out Edman and Nootbar during a ruthless 12-pitch, three-up, three-down ninth. It's a long year and it's hard to do it all the time. A three-hour 38-minute time of game in spite of the pitch clock and not including Adam Wainwright’s surprise two-plus minute take on the Star-Spangled Banner before the festivities started. Then it was a Lars Nootbar walk, a Paul Goldschmidt double and a two-run Nolan Arenado double off [Yimi Garcia](/baseball/mlb/players/yimi-garcia/506959) in the bottom half that restored a 9-8 lead for the defending National League Central champs. A combined 14 pitchers and 384 pitches.