This Week in Blue Jays: A historic offensive performance in Baltimore, Vlad Jr.'s Triple Crown chances and... - The Athletic

BALTIMORE — Things got straight-up silly at Camden Yards over the weekend, and the Blue Jays offence — potent for much of the season — reached another level. After scoring 22 runs during a doubleheader on Saturday, including an 11-run seventh inning, the Blue Jays won 22-7 on Sunday against the lowly Orioles.

The Blue Jays jumped on the Orioles early Sunday, scoring 16 runs in the first three innings, the most runs in the first three frames of a game in team history. Those 16 runs combined with the 11-run outburst in Saturday’s nightcap are the most in a four-inning span in the Live Ball Era (since 1920), per the Jays. (The previous record was 25 runs by the 1922 Cubs and the 2007 Rangers.) The Blue Jays scored 47 runs over their four games in Baltimore, their most ever in a four-game series.

Frankly, it was video game stuff. Just look at the sequence from the third inning Sunday. The Blue Jays went: walk, double, double, single, home run, single, single, walk, grand slam, walk, flyout, double, double, strikeout. In the first three innings alone, the Blue Jays went 13-for-21 with five walks and a hit by pitch.

And then there are the individual records to parse. In the first inning, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a grand slam, becoming the first player in team history to hit four grand slams in a single season. In the third inning,

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2021-09-13 10:02:45Z
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