The Blue Jays very much looked like a team coming off a four-day break in a 10-1 loss to Atlanta. (ShiDavidi)
, making his second start of the season on nine-days’ rest, wasn’t sharp with his command and allowed three homers and six earned runs, both matching the cumulative total from his first six outings with the Blue Jays.
Fried sprinkled four hits and two walks over six innings, generating seven groundballs and plenty of weak contact. The only run he surrendered came in the fifth, when, hit the first of his two doubles down the left-field line, and eventually scored on an Anthony Alford single off Riley’s glove at third base.
Despite a weekend in training mode while in limbo in Washington, it’s reasonable to think Blue Jays hitters will need a few days to regain their timing, and the same applies to resetting their rotation, as well. “There is a bit of difference, just based on the command that I’m showing on the mound,” Ryu said through interpreter Bryan Lee. “Last year and the year previous to that my command wasn’t as off as how I started off this season. I’m not sure if it’s because of the shortened training, but it is something that I’m working extremely hard at and it will be one of my jobs to get better at and get the feel back for the pitches I throw.
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