Daulton Varsho’s booming bat rescues sleepy Blue Jays offence again in narrow win over Rangers.
At a power-packed 5-foot-8 is Daulton Varsho strong enough to carry the Blue Jays offence?
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In these desperate times for the Toronto offence, some days it sure feels like it.
Daulton Varsho’s booming bat rescues sleepy Blue Jays offence again in narrow win over Rangers
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One of those days was Monday in Texas, when the Jays were in desperate need of flashing some form of attack to support the brilliance of starter Kevin Gausman. Varsho, the best offensive story for the Jays so far in this uneven season, was the man again, leading the Jays to a narrow 2-1 win over the Rangers in Arlington, Tex.
In fact, it was pretty much a solo effort offensively from the bat of Varsho, who belted his team-leading eighth home run of the season off Rangers ace Jacob deGrom in the first inning — a rare early run for the offensively challenged Jays.
The all-world centre fielder then added a big double in his next at-bat in the third leading, setting up the Jays second (and final) run of the game on a sacrifice fly from Alejandro Kirk. With Gausman stellar for a second consecutive start, it would be all the Jays would need in a big exhale of a win in the first of three in the Texas leg of their six-game road trip.
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