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TORONTO — Reaching the 100-RBI plateau for the primary time was an enormous deal to Edwin Encarnacion. It had all the time been a purpose for the long-lasting Toronto Blue Jays slugger but at occasions, as he struggled to seek out himself as a hitter within the early a part of his profession, he questioned if he’d be capable of get there. But throughout his breakout 2012 season, “I trusted myself and after I did it one time, I said I’ve got to continue to do it.”
Encarnacion drove in 110 runs that yr after which repeated the feat in 5 of the subsequent six seasons and solely an harm in 2014 that restricted him to 98 RBIs prevented him from making it seven straight years in triple digits. “It’s not easy, man, it’s not easy,” he mentioned, which is why he’s not solely stuffed with reward for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. this season reaching the mark for the second time, but additionally awed that the all-star first baseman is on the cusp of 200 hits, too.
“Hey, you can see in the game, you count with one hand how many guys do that,” mentioned Encarnacion, one of many membership’s particular assistants who’s labored with Guerrero all through the season. “What he’s been doing is impressive. I look in the mirror when I used to play, I know I got 100 RBIs, 30 homers, but 200 hits, too? Oh man, that’s crazy. It’s something the fans have to enjoy. The team, we’re very happy with where we are with Vladdy. He’s an unbelievable player, an unbelievable hitter.”
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Guerrero collected hits No. 198 and 199 on singles within the first and eighth innings whereas including RBI No. 103 on a sixth-inning sac fly Friday throughout the trudging mess of a 15-5 thumping from the Miami Marlins.
Jose Berrios received blitzed for six runs in three innings in a disappointing finale to an in any other case sturdy season and waiver-wire fliers Easton Lucas and Brett de Geus gave up 4 runs every amid a surplus of sloppy innings between the 2 golf equipment earlier than a Rogers Centre crowd of 31,597.
Catcher Tyler Heineman pitched a scoreless ninth for the Blue Jays, becoming a member of Ernie Clement and Isiah Kiner Falefa as place gamers to take the mound this yr. The offence went 2-for-15 with runners in scoring place whereas Leo Jimenez left the sport within the seventh after jamming a knee.
It was that type of evening, beginning with Berrios, who completed the season with a 3.60 ERA over 192.1 innings and a career-best 16 wins whereas making 32 begins for the sixth time since 2018, the pandemic-shortened 2020 season being the one exception.
“For sure I’ve been feeling strong, healthy, with rhythm to home plate,” Berrios mentioned of the weather from this yr he desires to hold over into 2025. “It’s hard when you lose and you know you’re not going anywhere (for a) post-season spot, but I need to work, no matter how, to focus on competing. Other than that, I feel great with my pitches, my rhythm on the mound and obviously, I had a lot of good games during the year.”
There isn’t a lot unfinished enterprise for the Blue Jays of their first stake-less ultimate weekend since 2019, however Guerrero’s quest for 200 hits, now only one away, ranks excessive on the checklist.
Should he get his base hit over the subsequent two days, he’d develop into simply the sixth participant in franchise historical past to succeed in 200, becoming a member of Tony Fernandez, John Olerud, Paul Molitor, Shannon Stewart and Vernon Wells.
Of that group, solely Wells added 30 homers and 100 RBIs in the identical season, underlining simply how particular Guerrero’s season actually is.
Heading into Friday’s play, solely 14 gamers within the majors had reached 100 RBIs, though 5 others had been at 95 or extra with a weekend remaining. Among them, solely Bobby Witt Jr. had 200 hits and solely Shohei Ohtani, at 190 when the day started, was comparatively shut.
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Encarnacion’s profession excessive in hits was 158 in 2016, so he particularly appreciates the totality of Guerrero’s manufacturing.
Factor in a gradual April begin and the flux round him within the lineup — of Guerrero’s 103 RBIs, he’s pushed in himself 30 occasions after which the subsequent most typical runners he’s introduced dwelling are George Springer and Daulton Varsho 10 occasions apiece — and his season is all of the extra outstanding.
Not that Encarnacion ever doubted.
“I remember the first two months, he made an adjustment with his contact point and that’s when I realized, he’s coming. He needed to do that little adjustment, because he was putting the ball in play, but he just was a little bit late, and when he changed that I knew it was going to come,” he mentioned. “Now he’s catching the ball a little bit more in front. When you’re ahead in the count, you want to get in front of the ball. That’s the adjustment he made and Vladdy is an unbelievable hitter. A natural hitter. I knew at the beginning of the season that things are going to change because he can do that.”
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