TORONTO — As Blue Jays reliever Aaron Loup stood beside his locker talking to a reporter, teammate Darwin Barney looked over and yelled, “Two days in a row?”
“Yeah, I know, right,” Loup replied with a smile.
Barney was joking around. Sort of. He was just shocked that a middle reliever was actually talking to the media two days in a row. That’s rare.
On Monday, in the Blue Jays’ 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays at Rogers Centre, Loup struck out three batters over 1.2 innings and stranded both inherited runners. The left-hander has now allowed only four of 29 inherited runners to score this season — a 86.