A tale of two fifth innings:
Ryan Goins, the second hitter in the fifth, went down awkwardly in pain in the dust of the batter’s box Saturday afternoon. He looked like someone going out for the morning mail and slipping on an icy sidewalk.
Most of the Blue Jays dugout was saying, whispering or thinking “get up, get up,” not wanting yet another ‘man-down’ scenario in this injury-plagued season.
And as the second hitter in the fifth inning on Sunday, Goins turned on a 1-0 pitch as the Sportsnet viewership heard broadcaster Buck Martinez yell: “GET UP BALL, GET UP .