Hernandez, Bichette homer as Blue Jays celebrate return home with win over Royals
Last Updated Friday, July 30, 2021 10:41PM EDTcelebrate their first game in Toronto in 670 days with a 6-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday. loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh against hard-throwing Domingo Tapia, scoring one when Marcus Semien hit into a double play. Bichette then hit his 19th homer of the season to right-centre field to add two more runs.
“I don't know the right words to express but it's an incredibly gratifying feeling to be here today,” he added.It marked the longest away run in Major League Baseball history. The Marlins went 327 days between the end of 2019 and their delayed 2020 home opener.came into the game having won two of their last three after losing five of the previous six. The Royals, who lost 11 in a row in May, had won eight of their last nine, including the last two.
“Nothing against the fans that we had in Dunedin and in Buffalo, they were great. But it's nothing like being in Toronto,” he added.
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