As fans everywhere were debating who to fire and trade in the off-season, Matt Chapman and Raimel Tapia drew back-to-back walks before Danny Jansen brought the team to life with a three-run bomb. In the eighth inning, Cavan Biggio hit a two-out double and then Chapman drove him home with a single to tie things up at 4-4.

While the Blue Jays had played well fundamentally in the first nine innings, things started to get weird in extras. Alejandro Kirk was intentionally walked but then got doubled off as he slid into second base with his leg sticking up in the air. Jackie Braldey Jr. and Santiago Espinal let a routine fly fall between them and Bo Bichette got Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tangled up with a baserunner with an errant throw to first.

Thankfully, some excellent pitching from Yimi Garcia and some impressively bad clutch hitting from the Cubs resulted in the Blue Jays having a third chance to walk things off in the 11th inning. And that’s exactly what happened, as Jansen drove in Chapman with a single.

This was far from a gem from the Blue Jays and they were certainly aided significantly by the Cubs and their general lack of interest in winning baseball games but as I said off the hop, it counts. The Blue Jays desperately needed to figure out a way to win Monday’s game after being swept by the Angels and this win over the Cubs should help bring them back to life.