Blue Jays prevail after Ryu’s no-hit outing minimize quick by liner off knee

CLEVELAND — Hyun Jin Ryu left Monday’s recreation towards the Guardians at Progressive Field with a proper knee contusion after he went down in clear ache whereas making a play defensively.

The timing is merciless for Ryu, who was making simply his second begin again with the Blue Jays after a restoration from Tommy John surgical procedure that took him 13-plus months. Ryu nailed each step of that comeback to return for the stretch run at age 36, however now the Blue Jays maintain their breath in regards to the extent of the damage.

Toronto’s glorious bullpen carried the Blue Jays the remainder of the best way for a 3-1 win, with Cavan Biggio’s hovering two-run house run within the eighth all of the offense they wanted to beat an excellent evening from the Guardians’ Gavin Williams, who struck out 12 over his seven innings. Biggio additionally made a clutch unassisted double play to get Toronto out of a jam within the backside of the eighth.

Ryu was dealing with Oscar Gonzalez, who lined the ball again to the mound off the within of Ryu’s proper knee. Ryu recovered shortly, fielded the ball and threw to first base to retire Gonzalez to finish the fourth inning, however quickly after Ryu launched his throw, he went down in a heap, grabbing on the similar space the place that ball initially hit him.

Ryu was down on the sphere for a few minutes, surrounded by trainers and his teammates, however ultimately rose and walked off the sphere underneath his personal energy.

The play capped 4 no-hit innings for Ryu, who was displaying his trademark changeup and doing a a lot better job of avoiding onerous contact. He is at the moment a part of a six-man rotation with Kevin Gausman, José Berríos, Chris Bassitt, Alek Manoah and Yusei Kikuchi, which the Blue Jays are utilizing strategically within the quick time period.