That brought out Orioles manager Buck Showalter for a spirited discussion with Will Little before he got banished himself for the first time all season. The Jays (86-70) are on the rise in the push to the playoffs while the Yankees (80-76) have been sinking fast and had the worst of the first three games of the series.
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Considering the Blue Jays seem like they’re not above bat flipping after walks, no, Mark Teixeira was not going to apologize for his own, no matter how uncharacteristic it was. It’s going to be tough because Boston just doesn’t want to lose lately.
After Tuesday’s stellar performance, the Toronto Blue Jays have to be feeling mighty good about the prospects of facing the Baltimore Orioles in a winner-take-all wild-card clash next week.
Smith, who struck out 12 batters per nine innings in the minors this season, signed a minor-league deal with the Jays in August of 2015.
A fight broke out in the second inning of the Jays’ eventual 7-5 loss to the Yankees after NY right-hander Luis Severino hit Jays’ first baseman Justin Smoak with a pitch.
The defending World Series champions are five games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card with five to play.
The Orioles sweep and leave Toronto with a two-game lead for the first wild card spot.
Put on your hardhats, boys, it’s time to go to work! Gausman has been the Orioles’ best starter for the last month but has struggled his last two times out.
They fell to 1-8 at the Rogers Centre in 2016, which is frightful, but it’s not even their most losses at one ballpark this season – they went 2-8 at Fenway Park.
Stroman is (4-2, 4.55 ERA, 1.237 WHIP, 7.0 K/9) at home this season. They ended up coughing up a late lead, losing the game and falling six games behind the idle Red Sox. As it stacks up right now, J.A. Happ is tentatively scheduled to pitch on Saturday in Boston and Aaron Sanchez on Sunday, the last regular season game of the year. In stark contrast, the 24-year-old Californian went 9-1 with a terrific 2.61 ERA over 15 starts from June through August.
WHAT’S NEXT? Chris Tillman (16-6, 3.84) faces Francisco Liriano (8-13, 4.88) on Wednesday night.
Travis told reporters he didn’t exactly know what he did to re-aggravate his shoulder, but felt discomfort during his next at-bat in the fourth inning. Baltimore 2B Jonathan Schoop is 0-for-20 with six strikeouts in the last five games.3.
Four New York players and coaches were ejected following two scuffles in the first two innings. He has appeared in 10 games for the Blue Jays this season, making his Major League Baseball debut in June. He is 4-2 with a 4.20 ERA in 12 games, including seven starts, against them in his career. The Orioles confirmed that RHP Ubaldo Jimenez would start the series finale on Thursday.
Travis missed 100 games with the lingering shoulder injury in his rookie season previous year.
Tim Anderson added three hits, including a solo homer in the eighth off Chase Whitley, the 204th allowed by Tampa Bay this season.
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Rookie Brooks Pounders (2-1) picked up the victory. It was their second-worst shutout loss ever in Toronto, behind only a 14-0 whitewashing on September 4, 2001. Travis, meanwhile, is the team’s lead-off hitter and has been among the Jays’ most consistent hitters all season.
