They had great chances to overturn a one-run lead in the seventh and eighth innings, but twice failed to get runners home from second and third. They’ve hit multiple homers in 14 of those 23. “I said first of the year that (Sanchez) should have been in the bullpen all along”. With one of the best offenses in Major League Baseball history and an improving pitching staff, I believe the Blue Jays will be hoisting the World Series trophy at the end of the season.
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Blue Jays manager John Gibbons was also optimistic that Encarnacion could play by Thursday.
The answer is, of course, nothing. What looks like a catastrophe in mid-August can be completely forgotten by the end of September, the same way a seemingly crucial play in the third inning can become a mere footnote in the final game story.
Melvin said he has not considered talking to his young pitcher.
“He was telling us to step with two feet not just one”, Matthews said. A lot can happen in the last eight weeks of the schedule.
British odds-marker William Hill has the Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals favourite to win the Series with six-to-one odds.
Toronto, the AL East leaders, also won 11 in a row in June.
Ward, who had a nine-year career nearly exclusively with the Blue Jays, knows how important a bullpen is for a team that hopes to contend. Donaldson singled to right, Goins scored, Revere scored, Tulowitzki to second.
Over his last 16 games, he’s batted.356, including an 11-game hit streak, and driven in 10 runs. “I’ve got four days to get back to it”.
But the rough ride the Jays gave Brooks in the first inning was just a prelude to the thrashing they gave him in the second. Tulowitzki was hit by a pitch, loading the bases for Donaldson who delivered a two-run single. Fuld grounded out, first baseman Smoak to pitcher Dickey. His peripherals suggest his numbers should be better than what they are, and the strong outing against the Athletics was something to build upon. I wouldn’t bring my noise meter along if I were you, unless you’ve got a really good device insurance plan.
Dickey (7-10) won his won his fourth straight decision, allowing three runs and six hits in six innings. “I was not comfortable all night long”, Dickey said. “It was blowing dead out all night”.
The Toronto Blue Jays made a little bit of history on Wednesday.
“You can’t put the cart before the horse”, he said. We want the fans to be excited. “But it’s a very professional team in there, guys are really focused now”.
“But we can’t afford to do that”. He got ahead in the count and kept the ball down, all the good things good pitchers do. We’re not going to be under the radar against anybody so we have to be consistently good. However, it was Ward who was on the mound, shutting down the Phillies offence en route to picking up another win – this time in a Game 6 clincher.
Barfield said the organization is first class and it will be a battle the rest of the season. He takes comfort in the consistent approach he sees around him from his teammates and in the daily routine. Obviously I think everybody in this clubhouse is aware we want to be in first place in when the last pitch is thrown in (game) 162. It’ll be fun to see the Yankees back in the thick of a division race, you know? It’s a matter of emotionally staying right in the middle on an even keel so you can come to the park every day and just compete and let the results fall where they may.
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“I think that once we got through the deadline there was maybe a little different feeling in here, but for the most part it was a seamless transition and all those guys came in and realized what we wanted to get accomplished”.
