Boston is just one game behind the Orioles and Blue Jays, so they still have plenty of time to win the division.
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“Sabathia”s ERA jumped from 4.20 to 4.49. This year, he’s putting up Cy Young Award numbers.
Coming off a lacklustre performance on Monday when they were blanked by the Yankees 1-0, the Jays spotted NY a 6-0 lead Tuesday night, then tracked them down and passed them over the final four innings for a 12-6 victory that leaves Toronto in first place all alone in the American League East.
“I believe in CC”, Joe Girardi said before the game. “He’s got a great feel. He’s doing a tremendous job”.
Tulowitzki, who had a four-hit night that included a two run homer in the four-run sixth, and Martin each drove in three runs for Toronto.
Happ pitched around two more singles in the sixth inning and eventually left the game with one out and a runner on first in the bottom of the eighth. In 12 starts on more than four days’ rest, Estrada is 4-5 with a 3.57 ERA and the Blue Jays hope he resembles the pitcher who allowed one run and four hits in seven innings August 3 in Houston. “Those are the innings where you try to turn the momentum”.
After the Blue Jays turned heads when they persuaded Happ to return to Toronto, signing him to a three-year, $36-million (U.S.) free-agent deal in November, the left-hander has been a key figure in a top-notch Blue Jays rotation this season.
The breakthrough homer for the 21-year-old Mondesi came in his 19th game and 60th official at-bat.
Happ hides the ball well and has a sneaky fastball that he moves all around and can elevate to get strikeouts. He’s an absolute pro.
For now, remember that the Blue Jays have Donaldson, Encarnacion, Tulowitzki and more. “He’s a new guy, he gets ground balls now, he never used to do that and that bails you out of some innings”. He walked Melvin Upton and then Ezequiel Carrera launched an opposite-field RBI double off the left field wall, scoring Tulowitzki.
Aaron Judge, batting fifth, also continued his hot start in the big leagues, going 2-for-4 with an RBI single in the eighth.
Osuna got four straight outs for his 27th save in 29 attempts.
TWINS 10, BRAVES 3 Kyle Gibson threw his first nine-inning complete game and visiting Minnesota overcame two hits from Dansby Swanson in his big league debut to beat Atlanta.
“Green was really good tonight”, said Gibbons. “It looked like he would have his A game today, so just got to point to the sky and thank whoever’s up there for helping out”.
Sabathia went six innings, giving up seven runs on nine hits while striking out 12 (!). I didn’t want to go back up there and risk it to where I might have to miss more than a day.
Donaldson, the designated hitter Wednesday, was removed after six innings of a 7-4 victory. I said, ‘It’s a new cologne called Tom Ford.
Donaldson was the DH, with Barney playing third base.
Only once has a left-handed pitcher won 20 games for the Toronto Blue Jays.
“We held it in check”, said Gibbons. Gardner batted leadoff as Girardi rested CF Jacoby Ellsbury, C-DH Brian McCann and 1B Mark Teixeira against Happ.
Groundskeepers pull a tarp over the field as rain halted play during the fifth inning of a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. It was 8-6 Toronto and the Yankees had officially coughed up what looked like a sure win. The Yankees eked out a 1-0 win on Monday, and on Tuesday the Jays scored eight times in the eighth inning on the way to a 12-6 romp. Up 12-6, Jason Grilli and Ryan Tepera would close it out for the Jays.
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Yankees: New York plays 12 of its next 15 games on the road, starting with a six-game West Coast swing.
