After sending Aaron Loup to Triple-A and DFA’ing Scott Diamond last night, the Blue Jays announced their corresponding moves this afternoon. He has different weapons. He throws his high-80s four-seam fastball or changeup 75 percent of the time.
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If you were Pete Mackanin and watching from the perspective of the home dugout at Citizens Bank Park, the best you could have hoped for down two in the eighth inning was the possibility of seeing your set-up man get his groove back. “Wasn’t the greatest of games, but a lot of great defense helped me. J.D”.
“Edwin’s been doing a great job for us, driving the ball, hitting some big homers for us”, Donaldson said. Cody Asche doubles to deep right center field. He pitched seven innings in that win and allowed four runs, including three home runs, while striking out five batters. But the Blue Jays ruthlessly demonstrated that the leap from the Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Ironpigs to the big leagues is a large one indeed.
Neris then walked Encarnacion and hit Russell Martin and both went on to score – Encarnacion on a groundout, Martin was knocked in by a single. Ryan Goins and Devon Travis, the Nos. “I’m just taking it easy”. Martin walked with one out in the third and Carrera hit his second homer of the season. “He looked like he was right on the money, but he just didn’t make quality pitches after that”. “It’s fun to make those plays behind your pitcher”. In 14 innings in Buffalo he has a 1.93 ERA and a 2.89 FIP. He is batting. 204 with eight homers and 23 RBIs in 46 games.
“Eddie is locked in pretty good”, Gibbons said. Pillar had three hits.
Stroman (5-2, 4.94) came up with Toronto in 2014 and faced the Phillies once as a reliever. But the Phillies are happy to face him at Rogers Centre this week – Stroman has a 6.44 ERA at home compared to 3.40 on the road.
The Atlanta Braves also needed extra innings as they beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-8 after 13.
The Nationals placed closer Jonathan Papelbon on the 15-day disabled list with a right intercostal strain and reinstated right-handed reliever Matt Belisle following a rehabilitation assignment. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is also expected to play in an extended spring training game on Wednesday, after being pulled from his first attempt at such a game on Friday. He was the Jays’ designated hitter Monday and Tuesday after missing the prior three games with a thigh injury.
Phillies: 3B Maikel Franco didn’t start for the third straight game because of a sprained right knee. “Now it just becomes more important for the staff to give our hitters an opportunity each and every game…. we know how powerful our offense is”.
The Toronto Blue Jays’ turnaround is complete.
The Blue Jays turned to Buffalo to bolster their bench for interleague play, calling up infielder Andy Burns from the Bisons today.
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TORONTO Josh Donaldson hit a grand slam and finished with five RBIs, Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Philadelphia Phillies 11-3 on Tuesday.
