Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman couldn’t make it out of the first inning Friday.
Stroman allowed five runs on five hits over just 2/3 of an inning. He struck out one and did not allow any walks. Stroman had a bit of a meltdown on the mound. After hitting Alexei Ramirez with a pitch, he moved up both runners on base with a balk. Stroman then proceeded to give up a run against the next four hitters. After striking out Tyler Flowers, Stroman gave up one more run-scoring single. He was pulled from the game before he could get out of the inning. Stroman threw 37 pitches.
With the loss, Stroman fell to 7-4. He’ll take on the Rays in his next start.