Facing new Blue Jays reliever Mark Lowe, Zobrist turned around to the left side and tied it at 5 with a drive to right.
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Donaldson was hit by a pitch in the first inning, and while that didn’t immediately lead to trouble, it set the tone for the game. “So when they come onto the playground and there’s a kid who is bigger than they are for a day I think it probably pisses them off”.
TORONTO (AP) – Both benches and bullpens emptied after Toronto reliever Aaron Sanchez was ejected for throwing at Kansas City’s Alcides Escobar in the eighth inning on Sunday.
“These guys are as good an offensive team as you’re going to face and they’ve got tremendous power, but they all dive in to the plate, which makes them susceptible to getting hit on inside pitches”.
Add in that Gibby has said he’s going to leave Tulo at the top of the order, thank you Gibby and that Ben will bat 9th (a good spot for him, in my mind, other than I hate the idea of Ryan Goins batting in front of anyone), I’m a little happier with the trade. “He was crying like a baby”. The pair shared words as Donaldson walked to first base, but Volquez described the conversation as civil. “Jim Wolf, I have a lot of respect for him behind the plate”. In the 3, with Donaldson up again, Volquez missed up-and-in with a changeup beneath Donaldson’s chin.
Then, on Thursday July 30, Toronto general manager Alex Anthropoulos gave Blue Jays fans everywhere a reason to celebrate. Volquez gave up a two-run homer to first baseman Chris Colabello, Madson gave up an RBI double to Jose Bautista and two runs scored against Kelvin Herrera in the eighth.
Donaldson and Volquez had to be restrained after Sanchez was ejected for hitting Escobar.
Miguel Sano led off the ninth with a double, moved up on an errant fastball by Smith (1-5) that almost hit Torii Hunter in the head.
No punches were thrown, but Sanchez was ejected.
“We had to have this one today”, Royals manager Ned Yost said.
Donaldson hit two home runs in the series but struck out three times in the finale.
The Blue Jays continued to pitch inside to Donaldson during his next few at-bats, and he didn’t take kindly to that.
“He started looking at me like I was trying to hit him with a fastball”, Volquez said. Tulowitzki’s single to centre somehow got past Lorenzo Cain to get one run home, and that error opened the door for a three-run inning. “It’s everything you want the game to be”.
Gibbons said Dickey was “as good as we’ve seen him”.
The Blue Jays got the best of Kansas City this time out, taking three of four from the American League favorites. He also posted victories over the New York Yankees and Minnesota in that run, from August 26 to September 2, 2013.
The Toronto Blue Jays look for a win after winning five of their last eight games. Edwin Encarnacion led off the inning with a walk and scored on the blast. Donaldson entered the day 6 for 15 with two home runs and seven RBI against Kansas City pitching in the series.
Gibbons eventually left his dugout to holler at Wolf.
Revere joins a Toronto club that made two of the most stunning trades of the week – acquiring five-time all-star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki from the Colorado Rockies and 29-year-old ace David Price from the Detroit Tigers. Josh Donaldson grounded out to end it, stranding the tying run at third as Toronto fell to 11-23 in one-run games.
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Royals: 3B Mike Moustakas (right knee) was held out of the lineup after being hit by a pitch in the ninth inning Saturday. 3 hit batsmen, 2 more close calls, 3 ejections, and a benches clearing incident capped off a back-and-forth season series against Toronto with the Royals losing 5-2.
