It was tough to believe that it just got away and drilled Blue Jays hitter George Springer, especially when it came from a guy who had just thrown consecutive complete games on 104 pitches and did something that nobody had done in over 2 decades. It was only the third inning of the game when George Springer, in his first at-bat after hitting a double in the first inning, was hit by a pitch on Yoshinobu’s 96 mph four-seam fastball. We’re not claiming it was intentional, but it happened, right?

And former Dodgers star Doug Mientkiewicz didn’t take it very well. So he asked when Toronto would finally protect its star. “Just curious here,” Mientkiewicz continued on X. “How many times does Springer have to be a human piñata before someone protects him? I get it’s the playoffs, but enough is en

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