Fans hope Blue Jays will bounce back in Game 2 of ALCS against Mariners
The fight for the American League pennant continues Monday with the Toronto Blue Jays — and the team's fans — hoping to bounce back after a 3-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners Sunday night.
On social media, some fans decried the Blue Jays' cold bats and managerial decisions in that first game, while others shared optimism that the team could pick itself back up in Game 2.
Though cheers quickly erupted Sunday night after George Springer’s leadoff home run in the first inning, some baseball fans said the team may have started to believe the series would be an easy win against the Mariners.
Worst thing to happen to the blue jays was springers first pitch homer as it put the thought in there minds that it’s going to be easy win and it’s a home run derby game
Others argued on social media that the team was rusty after three days of rest, while the Mariners were locked in coming off a heated division series against the Detroit Tigers.
Can switch whatever narrative you want, Mariners had to go 15 innings a couple days ago and use almost all their pitching. Mariners won on short rest.
Debate was divided over some of the decisions the Blue Jays made during the game, especially over whether pitcher Kevin Gausman should have been lifted in the 6th inning after giving up his first run.
I can’t believe we’re here again. Gausman getting pulled in the 6th inning is not the reason the Blue Jays lost game 1 last night. They had one run on two hits. That’s never enough to win a ball game. <br><br>-1 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MLB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueJays</a>
But it wasn't just an online post-mortem. There was hope too.
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