“Eddie has hit some homers, Saundo (Mike Saunders) has hit some homers, Bats (Bautista) is behind me hitting some homers, so, I was on base a decent amount the first half, so that helps with the success of that”. That now makes five Blue Jays players that have been named to the AL squad with Sanchez joining Josh Donaldson, Edwin Encarnacion, Marco Estrada and last chance vote victor Michael Saunders. It’s the last game before the all-star break. The Blue Jays are second to Baltimore in the AL East and tied with Boston for the first wild-card spot.
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“We feel pretty good with where we’re at right now”, Donaldson said. “We’ve been playing well as of late”.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever been a part of a staff that’s so close”, Dickey said.
With the three runs batted in, Encarnacion becomes the fifth player in team history with 80 RBI’s prior to the all-star break.
“I had Romine right where I wanted him, and the fastball just got away from me, but definitely that changes the game I think for me in a lot of ways”. Bautista is now recovering from a sore left big toe.
No matter. The Blue Jays right-hander is still headed for San Diego.
Donaldson is the first player to score 80 or more runs before the break since 2008, when Ian Kinsler (84) and Hanley Ramirez (80) both did it.
Anibal Sanchez failed to impress in Sunday’s loss to the Blue Jays, yielding five runs on eight hits over four innings.
“We didn’t do much against Dickey”, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. After he saw the video, he confessed that he thought the ball was hit deeper than it was. “He did a very nice job”. Bo Schultz finished for Toronto, which has won eight of 11 against Detroit.
He has allowed no runs in two relief appearances covering 3 1/3 innings against Toronto this season. Josh Thole opened the scoring with a two-out, two-run single in the second for his second and third RBI of the season, and first since April 4, when he hit a solo homer off Drew Smyly in the season’s second game.
LF Michael Saunders followed with a single and drove Darwin Barney home for the final score of 6-1.
The Brewers loaded the bases twice but came up empty against Martinez (8-6), who allowed five hits with four walks over five innings of work. “Right now I can say I had the worst first half of my whole career. I’ve got to continue working”.
Encarnacion sat out after dropping his appeal of a one-game suspension for making contact with umpire Vic Carapazza.
The Tigers, whose pitching staff has been hit with the injury bug, recalled left-hander Matt Boyd from Triple A Toledo to face the Jays on Saturday.
Ausmus said Martinez made the decision to run on his own.
Tigers: Following the All-Star break, RHP Justin Verlander (8-6, 4.07) starts the opener of a three-game home series against Kansas City.
Early on, Sanchez looked to be his typical incredible self as he struck out the side in order to start off the game.
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Peralta had been held out of the starting lineup the last two games because of a sore left thumb but announced his return in a big way, crushing an 0-and-2 offering from Chase Anderson (4-10) to left-center field for his fourth homer of the year, giving the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.
