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Quick Recap: Jays Lose To Red Sox

Feb 22, 2026; Fort Myers, Florida, USA; Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Lazaro Estrada (60) throws a pitch during the third inning against the Boston Red Sox at JetBlue Park at Fenway South. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images | Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images

Blue Jays 10 Red Sox 11

Of course, batters are ahead of pitchers early in spring training. Lots of scoring.

Pitching:

  • Fernando Perez started for the Jays and had a rough time. It started with a Riley Tirotta error (playing first base). Then a hard line out to center. A double. A ground out, scoring the first run. A walk and a single, scoring another. And a double scoring two more. All unearned, but 4 runs scored, with Perez getting just two outs.
  • Hunter Gregory got the last out of the inning, a strikeout.
  • Chase Lee had a perfect second inning, getting a strikeout.
  • Lazaro Estrada threw two scoreless innings, with 2 hits, 1 walks and 1 strikeout.
  • Spencer Miles had a scoreless 5th, with a strikeout, single and walk.
  • Yariel Rodríguez came in for the 6th, and he didn’t make a case for getting back on the roster. 5 hits and a walk, and 6 earned runs, while getting just two outs.
  • Devereauz Harrison (road spring games is a place to see guy you have never heard of), hit a batter and gave up a 2-run double.
  • Connor Seabold started the 7th. He gave up a hit, two walks and had two strikeouts, with 1 earned run getting just the 2 outs.
  • Brendan Cellucci got the 3rd out of the seventh.
  • Michael Plassmeyer gave up a couple of singles, and got a strikeout in the eighth.

On offense, the starters:

  • Myles Straw was 1 for 3, with a strikeout.
  • Jesús Sánchez, getting his first action as a Blue Jay, had a walk in 3 PA.
  • Eloy Jiménez, also getting his first moment in a Jays’ jersey, had a home run and a double, 2 RBI, with a strikeout in 3 at-bats.
  • RJ Schreck was 1 for 2 with a strikeout.
  • Leo Jiménez was 1 for 2 with a RBI.
  • Brandon Valenzuela was 0 for 1 with a walk and a RBI.
  • Arjun Nimmala was 1 for 2 with a RBI and a strikeout.
  • Riley Tirotta 1 for 2, double. He also made an error at first base, which led to the four runs in the first inning.
  • Cutter Coffey (best name of the day) was 0 for 2 with a k.

Others:

  • Ismael Munguia, I wonder if he says “My name is Ismael’ a lot? He was 0 for 2, with a k.
  • Eddie Micheletti Jr. was 1 for 2, with a double.
  • Carter Cunningham walked.
  • Tucker Toman: Double, RBI in his trip to the plate.
  • Yohendrick Pinango went 1 for 3, with a double, RBI and a k. He also made a nice catch in left.
  • Rafael Lantigua: 1 for 3 with a k.
  • Robert Brooks: 1 for 2, single, RBI.
  • Josh Kasevich: 1 for 2 with a home run and 2 RBI.
  • Nick Goodwin doubled off the wall, with two out in the ninth, but Brooks didn’t score from first.
  • Sean Keys: 0 for 1 with a walk and 2 strikeouts (the second one ended the game).
  • Charles McAdoo: 0 for 1 with a walk.

Now we are 1-1 this spring.

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