And they definitely couldn’t do much with the leather, which put a bow on the club’s troubles in the series opener against the Boston Red Sox.
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Red Sox players will wear a patch on their jerseys and caps in honor of Ortiz during all three games, and the bases will also be adorned with a special logo throughout the weekend. He was glad that Ortiz now is on his side.
Ortiz admitted he was thinking about the pitch Benoit threw him in 2013.
“A little bit”, acknowledged Ortiz.
They couldn’t pitch, a narrative that has been nibbling for a while now.
Boston Red Sox third baseman Aaron Hill puts the tag on Toronto Blue Jays’ Devon Travis (29) during the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. The Red Sox have just 10 home games remaining in the regular season, so there remains a chance that Rory will be the last person to pick up a regular-season home run hit by David Ortiz in Fenway Park.
The Orioles and Blue Jays are tied for second place.
“Hopefully, that’s the start of something”, Gibbons said. Maybe it’s the start of something, we’ll see.
On the very next pitch, Tulowitzki blasted a no-doubt home run over the left-field wall, bringing the crowd to its feet with chants of “TU-LO!”
Eduardo Rodriguez (2-7) started for Boston, giving up three runs – two earned – on four hits and striking out five over six innings of work. If Tortorella or other coaches are going to make something like a flag protest so personal, you don’t think it’s going to make it even more hard for, say, a gay hockey player to feel comfortable “coming out” to his teammates and organization? I feel like that translated into the game. But given the wobbly nature of the Blue Jays starting rotation this past half month, I’ve got a feeling this division race is going to be won and lost in the bullpens. “I’m not going to say it helped me out there”.
While the blister may not be a big deal, the Blue Jays’ recent slump is. “We had better energy than we’ve had in a while today”.
“Judging from how the game went and the feeling here, I think everything was a positive from it”. They have played sloppy baseball, but seemed to pick things up after a players-only meeting before the 3-2 win over Boston on Saturday.
ORIOLES 3, TIGERS 1 (at Detroit) – Chris Tillman pitched six impressive innings in his return from the disabled list, leading Baltimore to the win.
Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 25th save of the season, overcoming a leadoff walk to Encarnacion. Martin took a called third strike and Tulowitzki lined out to right to end the game. The Blue Jays had nothing more to offer.
“We’re somewhat in awe of what David is doing in his final run”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. “We kept grinding, kept finding a way to come back”.
One night after picking up his first major league win, Joe Colon took the loss. Every out by guys coming out of the bullpen was key.
“It was great, man”, Ortiz said. Ortiz pauses for a moment, being the first to see the ball carry over the defense at a rocket’s pace. He hit a grand slam and Edwin Encarnacion added two home runs on Sunday as Toronto dropped the rubber match of their three-game series to Boston 11-8.
With one out, he walked Brock Holt then Sandy Leon in succession.
Josh Donaldson walked, Encarnacion singled and Jose Bautista walked to load the bases. He then walked Russell Martin on four pitches to cut the lead to 4-2, and served up a awful pitch to Tulowitzki for his 23rd home run (and third career grand slam) to give the Jays a 6-4 lead.
The Cubs’ magic number to win the NL Central is down to five after Addison Russell went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and three runs scored in a 9-5 rout of Houston.
TORONTO (AP) – This wasn’t the way the Blue Jays wanted to control Aaron Sanchez’s innings.
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Carrera hit a tiebreaking pinch-hit homer in the eighth and Osuna earned his 32nd save of the season in eventful fashion as the Toronto Blue Jays hung on to edge the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Monday.
