There was some familiarity to the scene that unfolded for Blue Jays starter Chris Rowley on Saturday afternoon at the Rogers Centre.
He had, after all, pitched a game to catcher Raffy Lopez back in April with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
But the Rogers Centre isn’t Manchester, N.H. and an early-season start in Double A was nothing like fulfilling a lifelong dream of pitching in the major leagues.
With that in mind, the 26-year-old right-hander had an afternoon to remember, giving up just one run in 5.1 innings to make his big-league debut a successful one.