The White Sox defeated the Blue Jays 4-0 in the finale of the three-game set.
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Through the first six innings, Estrada kept Chicago off the scoreboard and only allowed one hit, but he yielded a triple with two runners on and two outs in the seventh.
Hutchison was called up to make a spot start Sunday against Oakland, giving Toronto’s starters a rest as they complete a stretch of 16 games in as many days. He was originally obtained by Chicago from Toronto with pitcher Myles Jaye on January 1, 2012 in exchange for Jason Frasor. Not just for me, for all of the team.
Shut out for the first time this season, Toronto has lost six of eight. He gave up his third, the two-run job to Navarro, in the seventh inning to end his night.
Estrada, who was seen rubbing his shoulder in the dugout between innings, acknowledged feeling some soreness. Navarro looked at a curve ball for a strike, then fouled off a fastball before he timed up Estrada’s changeup perfectly, drilling it to the wall in right-centre.
“You got to tip your hat to them”, Estrada said.
Estrada pitched 5.0 innings in his most recent start, surrendering one run, striking out nine and walking four in a 3-2 defeat to the Orioles.
Wednesday’s shut-out marked the first time the Jays have gone scoreless since September 13 against the Yankees.
Slumping outfielder Andrew McCutchen hit three homers and drove in five runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 9-4 on Tuesday night. He is 1-2 with a 4.25 ERA in five outings at Camden Yards. “Daniel’s throwing well enough, and he’s fresh enough to come up here today”, manager Robin Ventura said. Left-hander Zach Duke and Nate Jones pitched ideal innings in the seventh and eighth before closer David Robertson added a flawless ninth.
Melky Cabrera forced Frazier at second on a grounder to shortstop but avoided the double play.
I don’t know what the final score was, but apparently, Toronto got hammered. “I always try to fill up a zero every year. I threw the ball exactly where I wanted it and he put a good swing on it”.
Right-hander Jesse Chavez replaced Estrada and gave up an RBI triple to Austin Jackson. It was the first ejection of the season for Gibbons, who came out and continued arguing with Tumpane and crew chief Dan Iassogna. Toronto ranks 10th with 91 runs.
Sale said that while he was mindful of the power contained in the Blue Jays lineup, he just focused on the fundamentals.
Angels 4, Royals 2 • Mike Trout, Yunel Escobar and Andrelton Simmons hit home runs to power host Los Angeles. Chicago has scored 22 runs from the seventh inning onward during their current winning streak.
The Blue Jays have struck out 217 times this season, the second-highest tally in the majors, trailing only the Houston Astros, who have fanned 224 times.
In the third, Texas got all five runs with two outs after Prince Fielder was intentionally walked by Luis Severino (0-3) to load the bases.
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White Sox: LHP John Danks (0-3, 6.23) is to start the opener of a four-game series at Baltimore on Thursday.
