J.A. Happ pitched 7 1/3 innings and became the first 17-game victor in the major leagues Wednesday afternoon as the Toronto Blue Jays held on for a 7-4 victory over the New York Yankees.Melvin Upton Jr. hit a three-run homer for the Blue Jays, who have scored 19 runs since Tuesday’s 42-minute rain delay. “I felt like I could have pitched really deep into that game”. “We had the one chance with second and third with one out but when we needed some contact, we couldn’t get it”. He was scheduled to run through drills in the afternoon and, if deemed available off the bench Tuesday night, Gardner would start Wednesday afternoon, manager Joe Girardi said.
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RANGERS 5, ATHLETICS 2: Adrian Beltre hit a grand slam not long after Texas ended a 24-inning scoreless streak and Martin Perez pitched seven strong innings for his first win since late June, leading Texas to a win at home.
Happ then blew a 94-mile-an-hour fastball past the overmatched Mikie Mahtook to record the third out in a game that the Blue Jays would go on to score a convincing 7-0 victory. Instead of being four-and-a-half games back of the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East, with their heart breaking loss on Tuesday night, they now sit 6.5 games back. He did allow a run in the fifth which put the Yankees on top 6-0, but his scoreless work in the sixth and seventh after the offense put a huge dent in New York’s lead helped lay the foundation for a monstrous comeback. He gave up two hits, walked none and outpitched Dickey (8-13). Archer (7-16) allowed four hits and a walk.
Michael Pineda was in the midst of one of the cleanest starts of his miserable 2016 season.
We dont know that were scuffling, he said.
In the end, Girardi decided he would rather gamble on his new back-of-the-bullpen trio of Tyler Clippard, Adam Warren and Betances than with Pineda’s health and future.
However, Toronto extended their lead in the top of the fifth. He proceeded to load the bases with one out by hitting a batter, walking another and surrendering a single to Ezequiel Carrera, the Jays’ No. 9 hitter.
The 25-year-old Green made his major league debut in May.
Green twice struck out reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson.
The problem was Toronto (69-52) still knocked him around for seven runs on nine hits in six innings. Sanchez has five home runs and 12 RBI in 13 games.
Judge became the first Yankees player with an extra-base hit and RBI in his first three career games since the RBI became an official stat in 1920, ESPN Stats & Info said.
“Even watching it from the other coast, it’s incredible how explosive we can be”, Melvin Upton Jr., who has played 19 games for Toronto since being acquired from San Diego, told Sporting News.
REDS 3, MARLINS 2: Brandon Phillips drove in two runs with his second double of the game, and host Cincinnati rallied.
RED SOX 8, ORIOLES 1 (6): Former Rays ace David Price allowed four hits before a rainstorm stopped play for good after six innings, and visiting Boston won its sixth straight. The Tigers lost slugger Miguel Cabrera after four innings to a strained left biceps.
Sabathia (7-10) got plenty of swings and misses but also was hit hard as the Blue Jays scored three in the second inning and four in the fateful fifth. Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run home run, giving him 34 and 99 RBIs while Troy Tulowitzki had a two-run home run among four hits.
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Yankees: RHP Michael Pineda (6-10, 5.07) has won three of his last five starts. It was Feldman’s first win with the Blue Jays since they acquired him from Houston at the August 1 trade deadline.
