History repeated itself Sunday afternoon. Combined with Tulowitzki, the pair accounted for six of Toronto’s eight hits against the Red Sox.
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Ortiz hit the homer against reliever Joaquin Benoit. “A few years ago, there was another memorable one”. He was glad that Ortiz now is on his side.
Ortiz hit a tying grand slam off Benoit, then with Detroit, in Game 2 of the 2013 ALCS at Fenway Park.
“A little bit, yeah”, he said. “I thought I was getting a different menu”. It wasn’t that bad (of a pitch).
The Blue Jays opened play Monday tied for second place in the American League East with Baltimore, two games back of the Boston Red Sox.
Reigning American League MVP Josh Donaldson was not in the starting lineup for the Toronto Blue Jays’ game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons took solace from his team’s offense, which has struggled recently.
“He was off, no question about it”, Gibbons said. We’ve seen snippets of Cecil returning to form lately and he might be able to be a difference maker, still. Maybe it’s the start of something, we’ll see. Bradley responded with a three-run homer the next inning, driving in Brock Holt and Sandy Leon. 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 sick to my stomach. opportunity of lifetime for Rich”.
“It was great. That’s one thing I’m going to miss it the most”, Ortiz said.
While the blister may not be a big deal, the Blue Jays’ recent slump is. After all, it was a battle of the bullpens, and their extremely questionable unit had already surrendered two runs right off the bat.
“It’s just important to get runs in general”, said Upton.
“Judging from how the game went and the feeling here, I think everything was a positive from it”. “His fastball gets on you, he locates real well, he’s got late movement on his offspeed stuff”. Craig Kimbrel, the ninth Boston pitcher, worked the ninth for his 25th save.
“Many, many times we’ve shown the ability to put up a quality offensive game”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. “He told us, ‘David wants his ball back”. So every out by guys coming out of the bullpen was key – all the way down to Noe Ramirez’s one out.
“David is such an integral part of this team, has been for a number of years. We’re somewhat in awe of what David is doing in his final run”. As Ortiz trotted around the bases and polite applause surprisingly rang out from the stands for the soon-to-be retiring slugger, who was likely playing his last game in Toronto.
Ortiz walked and scored on Mookie Betts’ double in the first. He bounced a pitch off the left-field foul pole for his 13th home run of the season and cut Toronto’s lead to 3-1.
San Diego’s Wil Myers, a Thomasville native who starred at Wesleyan Christian Academy, went 1 for 3 with a triple, RBI and run scored. It was his 41st career home run at Rogers Centre, his highest total at any road stadium.
MIAMI – Jose Urena pitched 8 2/3 innings of four-hit ball, leading Miami to the win.
It was scoreless in the sixth when Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-run homer and Sanchez followed with a long drive. It was Upton’s 20th homer of the season.
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After Schultz allowed singles to Pedroia and Bogaerts in the sixth, Benoit gave up Ortiz’s 32nd homer of the season. Sitting in his office after Sunday’s 11-8 loss, Gibbons pointed to the work done by veteran Red Sox right-hander Brad Ziegler, who came on in the seventh after Robbie Ross gave up a Ryan Goins single and induced Devon Travis to hit into a double play and then, after Donaldson reached on an error, struck out Edwin Encarnacion on four pitches.
