Frank Stanford asked be to join him on his talk show, to discuss whether or not we’re all on the Toronto Blue Jays’ bandwagon.
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As if to put an exclamation point on their recent winning ways, the Toronto Blue Jays went into the Bronx over the weekend and swept the AL East-leading New York Yankees by a combined score of 10-1, narrowing New York’s division lead to a mere game and a half. That is the longest streak of shutout innings that Blue Jays pitchers have completed within one series.
“Incredible”, Estrada said. “It’s been a great ride”. Adding a few pieces helped a lot.
In all seriousness, throwing the ball back is pretty dumb. Martin went 7 for 11 with two homers in the series as Toronto took two of three. That is the longest active playoff drought in the four major North American sports. The numbers may not say good things as far as win and lose with what the team has been doing. “And for us it’s all about the way we respond that matters”.
On an aggravating afternoon for the Yankees, Brett Gardner slammed down his helmet with two hands after grounding out with a runner on second to end the third inning.
“This is definitely the time of year when you want to start playing your best baseball”, said Josh Donaldson, who along with Bautista homered in the first and third games of the series (accounting for the Jays’ only four runs in the two wins).
“I just wore it. Didn’t even turn around”, Gardner said. “I’ve got a hard head, so it’s all good”. WP: Marco Estrada (10-6). A walk to Beltran and a single by Chase Headley in the 7th. Price, in his 15 innings, allowed just one earned run, six hits, and five walks while fanning 18 batters. “It’s been a tough spot for us. We’re sorry. But just keep it to insults, not assaults”. The right-hander was relieved after 80 pitches.
That was not the case with one out in the fourth inning when Toronto right fielder Jose Baustista’s 26th home run deflected off an advertisement in front of the second deck in left field and into the first level.
Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira was not happy about the situation. “It seems that every step that we’ve made, we’ve kept moving forward, kept moving forward”. Full of ups and downs, the best teams are usually the ones that stay level and continue to push forward, through good streaks and bad. The team hopes Encarnacion will feel better after the day off Monday, Gibbons said. Josh Reddick’s bases-loaded, two-out comebacker bounced off Gregerson for an RBI single, tying the game 4-4 and bringing Valencia to the plate.
“You never assume that it’s going to be easy”, manager Joe Girardi said in his postgame press conference. Bryan Mitchell and Adam Warren are the top candidates.
In this 3-game sweep by those pesky Blue Jays, the Yankees scored exactly 1 run.
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And while most of the talk surrounding the Yankees around the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline involved pitchers such as David Price (who beat the Yankees on Saturday), Johnny Cueto (who ended up with the Royals) and Cole Hamels (now in Texas), it was the bats that let the Yankees down in losses to the Blue Jays and the Red Sox before that.
