TORONTO - After a stellar spring, Jays pitcher Francisco Liriano was as surprised as anyone with his season opening effort last weekend in St. Petersburg, when he allowed five runs and failed to get out of the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Liriano gets the opportunity to make up for it here on Thursday when the Jays face the Baltimore Orioles in the first of a four-game series.
“I’ll try to go out there and make some good pitches and put it all behind me,” the Jays lefty said on Wednesday. “Forget about it. You’re going to have games like that.