New ace David Price was all smiles seeing Valencia in the clubhouse upon his arrival.
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Hours later, Josh Donaldson gave Price something even better: a dramatic win for his new team.
Being buyers before the trade deadline has put a bounce in the Toronto Blue Jays.
In Tulowitzki and Revere, the Blue Jays picked up players who can help beyond this season.
Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Bautista crosses the plate to score against the Kansas City Royals after a single by Justin Smoak during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Toronto.
Donaldson followed with a single to left-center, giving Toronto its third straight win and sending the AL champion Royals to their third consecutive loss.
“I have my flat tire in the trunk and a doughnut on the back passenger side”, Price said.
Cubs 4, Brewers 1: Jason Hammel beat Milwaukee for his first win in nearly two months, and Anthony Rizzo homered for the second time in two days.
Lowe (0-2) was charged with three runs in one inning after allowing just four in 34 prior appearances this season.
“It’s unacceptable on my part”, Buehrle said of his error.
“I never really have gotten into ‘This is a huge win for us, ‘ because I don’t like to get high or too low”, Holland said.
The move comes with the Mariners mired in a four-game skid that dropped them 46-57 and left them 12 games behind first-place Houston in the American League West and eight games behind in the wild-card race.
“I’ve been able to consistently execute a mechanic that produces a good knuckleball, that’s what it always comes down to”, he told MLB’s official website. He struck out seven and did not factor in the decision. Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin said a trade fell through Wednesday night that would have sent outfielder Carlos Gomez to the Mets. He had picked up a pair of groundouts in his first two duels with Donaldson. “Unfortunately, we didn’t hold the lead there at the end”. Next was Ben Zobrist, who recorded his first base hit as a Royal when he plated two more runs, stretching Kansas City’s lead to 3-0. Morales managed to evade Russell Martin’s tag at home plate, stepping over the fallen catcher. I felt good on the mound and I assumed I made one risky pitch (on a two-run double within the third by Donaldson).
Toronto led 5-1 through five innings but the Royals got to starter Mark Buehrle for three runs in the sixth before taking Lowe to the woodshed in the eighth. Schultz pitching. K.Morales hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Carrera, Hosmer scored.
However, the Royals started their rally in the sixth. Bautista’s second home run was the first Royals reliever Wade Davis had given up in more than 125 innings, dating to August 2013. Yost said the Royals would continue to evaluate the rotation from week to week.
Notes – Edwin Encarnacion returned to the Blue Jays’ lineup after a two-game absence with a jammed left middle finger.
LHP Mark Buehrle makes his 21st start of the season Saturday in the third game of a four-game series against the Kansas City Royals at Rogers Centre.
Right-hander Yordano Ventura (6-7) allowed six hits and five runs in seven innings to earn his second straight victory. Josh Donaldson provided an RBI double and scored the tying run in a three-run seventh before plating Tulowitzki with a one-out walkoff single as the Blue Jays improved to 6-24 when failing to homer.
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Lowe, a 32-year-old who revitalized his career this season, has a 1.00 ERA with 37 strikeouts and 11 walks in 36 innings and like Price can be a free agent after this season.
