Neither the Blue Jays or the NY Yankees (big surprise) have announced their Wednesday, September 7, 2016 starting pitchers, though if the Jays are truly committed to returning to the five man rotation, then their probable starter may be Marcus Stroman. “We put two runs on the board early and then didn’t scratch another across until it was too late”. “I’m not really sure what happened”. Josh Donaldson has been crushing on 147 hits with 108 runs, 34 homers and 92 RBI. “That was pretty much the game”.
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Though its not that insane of a stat because the Rays yield a decent starting rotation featuring young hurlers like Chris Archer, Jake Odorizzi, Drew Smyly, and 23-year old left-hander Blake Snell. Estrada held the Rays to two hits over his first five innings before going off the rails in the sixth.
JA Happ goes to the mound for the Jays in search of his 18th win.
In spite of last night’s disappointing loss to the Rays, a team that has gotten very good in recent years at playing the role of spoiler in the American League East, the news isn’t all bad for Canada’s team moving forward.
One out later, Russell Martin singled Encarnacion home to make it 2-0. By the time Cobb got out of that first inning, he had thrown 28 pitches.
Danny Farquhar (1-0) worked a scoreless sixth for the win.
“That inning got away in a hurry”, said Toronto manager John Gibbons. “He knows how to survive”.
Jays and Rays finish the series up tomorrow afternoon. “To be honest with you, the guys that are in there (Nick Franklin, Corey Dickerson) are really producing”.
Bobby Wilson singled to start the inning followed by Logan Forsythe who also singled.
Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier, right, high-fives shortstop Matt Duffy after the Rays defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 during a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
ANGELS 4, MARINERS 2: Albert Pujols and C.J. Cron hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning and six relievers combined to shut down host Seattle after starter Matt Shoemaker was hit in the head with a line drive. “Should have gone offspeed maybe in that situation”. That’s his game, even though it didn’t work for him Friday. “He’ll give up a hit or two but he can also roll a groundball double-play”. “I just take after them and understand that every day is a new day”.
“If he’s seeing the ball good, which I thought he was, I gave the approval for him to take a whack at it”, said bench coach DeMarlo Hale, who filled in for Gibbons. “It’s just frustrating to not get the results I want to get”.
Blue Jays: Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (9-13) and Yankees RHP Masahiro Tanaka (11-4) are Monday’s starters in the first of a three-game set in NY.
Up six runs in the ninth, the Rays had another wobbly night from their bullpen – Enny Romero faced six batters and four of them scored, with three walks that forced the Rays to use closer Alex Colome in a save situation, the game ending with the tying run on base.
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“When I started it was nearly like when I made my major league debut, ” Cobb said.
