Until then, though, the current state of the Blue Jays bullpen makes Cecil the wobbly leg on the table. “We’ll see what the game dictates”.
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Toronto stranded two first-inning walks and had a chance to tack on more during a two-run third inning that was snuffed out by a double play ground ball.
“I thought we worked Tanaka really well”.
Ryan Goins led the 10-hit Toronto attack, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs batted in. Manager Joe Girardi had the lefty-hitting catcher ready to pinch hit if needed Wednesday but the situation never presented itself.
Pineda’s counterpart, J.A. Happ, surrendered seven hits but worked around jams in the third and sixth to hold the Bombers to one run.
“The Blue Jays are a pretty good team, everybody knows that”, Pineda told MLB’s official website. He has allowed two or fewer earned runs and pitched at least six innings in five of his six starts against Toronto as a Yankee.
“He had a hard time finding a rhythm early on”, Girardi said. He has a 4-1 record against them with a 2.43 ERA and he has given up just 24 hits in 29.2 total innings.
Cecil said that while he is not normally a video guy, he reviewed some of his recent work on a monitor before Wednesday’s outing. The Yankees took the first game in the series on Tuesday night, 3-2. But the Toronto bullpen has contributed to four losses already this season while the Blue Jays have dropped five of six overall. Up next, Bautista smoked a hanging slider to deep center for a two-run double. Russell Martin hit a sacrifice fly to center.
In the bottom of the seventh, Donaldson reached on a walk and stole second.
Venditte gained notoriety for his ambidextrous pitching abilities. Warm temperatures continue into Wednesday as Environment Canada is reporting a mostly sunny day with a high of 6 C and a night time low of -1 C.
As for Toronto, they’re 4-0 in Stroman’s last four starts during game three of a series, and 6-1 in Stroman’s last seven starts against the American League East.
McCann finished 2 for 3 with a walk and scored twice.
Happ’s only major trouble spot came in the fifth, when he faced men on the corners with none out, but allowed only Aaron Hicks’ RBI groundout that tied things up. McCann left the game late after being hit by a foul tip on the toe. S.Castro grounded out, second baseman Goins to first baseman Colabello, B.McCann scored, Headley to third. The Blue Jays’ powerful offense has scored five or more runs just twice thus far this season, suggesting that a breakout could be on the way.
The Blue Jays designated right-hander Arnold Leon for assignment to make room for Venditte on the roster. Radio broadcasts of several games each year appear on Toronto’s all-sports giant, The FAN 590, and Buffalo team updates, ticket information and merchandise are often available at Rogers Centre.
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons takes the ball from pitcher Brett Cecil after he gave up the go ahead run to the New York Yankees during seventh inning AL action in Toronto Tuesday April 12, 2016.
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Blood filled the nail on the bruised toe as McCann kept squatting behind the plate, until finally in the bottom of the ninth, he was removed for Romine.
