Blue Jays stay alive vs. Cardinals in NSRBL finals

Field did make it clear it wasn’t the cleanest of games, certainly from a defensive aspect.

“It wasn’t a well-played game on our part: our defence was a little shaky at times, but the outcome turned out good so I’m happy with that,” Field said.

Blue Jay Chris King echoed Field’s thoughts.

“I thought we were extremely sloppy but just like the game the other night when they won [4-2, it was a] tight game,” King said. “Our bats have been really consistent throughout the year. Kind of one through nine, we have a really deep hitting roster. And obviously same as those guys, we have three or four arms that we can go to at any time. We’re a little shorthanded here in the playoffs so we’re making do with what we’ve got and Colbey pitched a great game for us tonight.”

“I just wanted to throw strikes,” Field added, about his focus. “Just [need to] give our team a chance to win.”

King said Field did exactly that.

“Very happy he was on the mound tonight,” King said. “Any game he shows up, he gives us a chance to win and that’s all we can ask for.

“He’s the oldest player on the team and he’s pitched two full games this year. He’s still got it.”

Unlike Wednesday, Thursday’s game will see the trophy handed out regardless of the victor.

King said the key for whoever claims the trophy will be to limit errors.

“I think whoever plays clean baseball [will win],” King said. “I thought the first game they made a few errors and we made a bunch tonight. We know both pitchers are going to be pretty good so it’s going to come down to who can execute in the clutch.

“I assume we’ll see [Rhett] Feser from them, so regardless it should be a good matchup. [We] might have [MVP Jared] Coghill, or might have a surprise for them, so we’ll see what happens.”

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by Nathan Kanter

Blue Jays stay alive vs. Cardinals in NSRBL finals

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