At first, Ober was cruising. It took him just 37 pitches to get through his first three innings and it felt like he was on his way to a gem. Yet, Addison Barger and the heart of the Blue Jays’ lineup had other ideas as they tagged him for seven hard-hit balls between the third and sixth innings. They had 12 hard-hit balls in total and it should be noted that Ober’s fastball velocity was down a little more than a full tick. He’ll try to right the ship next time out against the Rangers.

Ober was pulled with runners on first-and-third with no outs in the fourth inning after throwing a whopping 97 pitches. Louis Varland struck out the next three to keep his ERA at 3.48. He allowed a two-run homer to Cal Raleigh, but while he wasn’t efficient and put the leadoff batter on in four-of-five innings, that was the only blemish in terms of run prevention. Ober will look to get deeper with similar results against the Athletics in Sacramento; scheduled for Thursday.