He has recorded 37 strikeouts in his five starts and has not allowed more than three earned runs in any of his starts. Manager John Gibbons was ejected for arguing balls and strikes. “But it will turn for him, it will turn for the whole team”. “We’ve got certain guys that put the ball in play but they’re sluggers”.
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Reliever Enny Romero (1-0) gave up a hit in one-plus innings for win.
Quintana (3-1, 1.47 ERA) got it done by striking out 10 Jays, leaving after throwing 104 pitches to get through six innings.
Estrada, 13-8 for Toronto a year ago, threw 118 pitches, the third time in his career he has thrown that many pitches in a game but the earliest in a season his count has been that high. They managed just four hits on Wednesday (Josh Donaldson had two, including a double) and four on Tuesday. Aaron Sanchez will take the mound for the Blue Jays and try to put an end to this losing streak. “That guy can call a pretty good game so if you make your pitches with that guy behind you, you’re probably going to be pretty successful and that’s what happened”. 500 for the first time since the opening week of the season, winning their third straight game on Tuesday night thanks to Kevin Kiermaier’s two-run homer in a victory over Baltimore at Tropicana Field. The rookie right-hander gave up one run in the seventh on singles by Austin Jackson, who had three hits, Eaton and Jose Abreu.Eaton hit his first homer of the season to lead off the ninth against right-hander Drew Storen, who gave up three more hits before being replaced by switch pitcher Pat Venditte. Every White Sox batter had at least one hit.
The Boston Red Sox were similarly dominant in their 11-4 win over the Atlanta Braves, in which Travis Shaw hit a three-run homer in a four-run first inning. They simply ran into a hot team in the White Sox, who are pitching better than nearly anybody at the moment.
Chicago chased Dickey in the seventh, with Navarro homering against his former team. The Blue Jays have 217 strikeouts, the highest total in the majors. The longest errorless streak of a Blue Jays shortstop is 65 days, accomplished by Tony Fernandez between June 10 and August 26, 1988. “It started in spring training with a veteran group who understands how to play”.
NOTES: Catcher Russell Martin sat out a third straight game with neck spasms but Gibbons doesn’t expect Martin to need a stint on the disabled list.
RANGERS 10, YANKEES 1 A.J. Griffin pitched eight strong innings, Mitch Moreland hit a bases-loaded two-run single during a five-run third and Texas beat NY.
Gibbons says teammates still sympathize with Colabello, though the club signalled its willingness to move on by promoting infielder Matt Dominguez from triple-A Buffalo.
The postponement came with the Cubs leading the majors with a 15-5 record – their best 20-game start since 1907 – and Arrieta producing one of the best stretches baseball has ever seen.
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Not only that, but the under is 6-1 in Quintana’s last seven starts versus the Blue Jays and is 9-4 in the last 13 meetings in Toronto.
