opinion

Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman reacts after allowing a solo home run to the Dodgers on Saturday.

In the seventh inning of Saturday’s Game 2 of the World Series, Kevin Gausman did something no Jays starter had done this post-season - he came back out.

Six innings had been the absolute limit for Jays manager John Schneider, but Gausman was cruising. Sixty-two pitches, most of which looked like he was bouncing a ball off a wall. The Dodgers hadn’t really hit a single ball hard.

Then L.A. catcher Will Smith hit a home run. That shut everyone up.

The Schneider we have come to know would have jumped in then. But things were working and Schneider’s mind might have drifted to a week ago.

Leading 2-1 against Seattle in Game 5 of the ALCS, Schneider got creative in his pitching select

See Full Page