Trent Thornton pitched seven innings of one-hit brilliance in the BlueJays' win over the Rangers. (via ShiDavidi)
Relying primarily on a four-seam fastball that sat at 93.2 m.p.h. and topped out at 94.9, along with a curveball he could throw for a strike or use to get chases, Thornton cleverly worked through what had been a hot-hitting lineup that featured four left-handed batters and two switch-hitters.
That gave Thornton a new career high in innings – he went 5.2 frames of two-run ball April 5 at Cleveland — one he pushed further with a clean seventh. He finished with five strikeouts, primarily riding high arm-side heaters and low glove-side breaking balls.The only problem for Thornton is that the offence was once silenced by Mike Minor, who allowed seven hits and two walks over eight innings of work, striking out nine.
Guerrero was back in the lineup after a day off in Anaheim, wearing his batting gloves again after dropping them later in his second game against the Angels. “I know they were giving me good pitching in Anaheim. I missed a couple of pitches that I shouldn’t have missed and I was a bit upset with myself so I just walked up there without the batting gloves,” he said beforehand in comments interpreted by Hector Lebron.
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