Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson throws out Arizona Diamondbacks’ Brandon Drury during the first inning of an interleague baseball game, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, in Phoenix.
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Arizona Diamondbacks’ Jean Segura scores on a throwing error against the Toronto Blue Jays durin … He’s the face of the Blue Jays, ” said Bisons left fielder Dalton Pompey, who has played with Bautista in Toronto.
Travis singled again in the fifth and raced to third when Godley threw wildly to first on a pickoff try. Manager Chip Hale said Peralta could rejoin the Diamondbacks next week. “It is tough with our pitcher on third”.
Hudson’s two-thirds of an inning included a massive 473-foot home run by Edwin Encarnacion, which is tied for the fourth longest in the major leagues this season.
Encarnacion loves hitting at Chase Field. Encarnacion also is hitting.333 with nine doubles, 13 homers, 37 RBI and a.745 slugging percentage.
“I’ve looked at video a bunch and haven’t seen anything mechanically”, he said. “I feel comfortable in this ballpark”. Maybe it’s the hitter’s eye. It’s really big. It’s a green wall over there. “I don’t know what it is, but he likes hitting here”.
The first time he came up against Arizona’s Zack Godley he flied out on a curveball.
“I actually thought the pitch to Tulo was down and in where we were trying to go, he just put a good swing on that pitch”, Corbin said. “I didn’t miss it that time”. It was the seventh home run allowed by Corbin in his last five outings and the seventh home run hit by Donaldson in his last 16 games. “There has been nothing decided yet, but something has to happen”, manager John Gibbons said. He is an All-Star. “His sinker is as good as anybody’s”.
Darwin Barney tripled in two runs and brought another home with a sacrifice fly for Toronto. Goldy and Jake Lamb went 0-8, with only one walk, which as usual tells you all you need to know about how this game turned out.
Jean Segura broke up the ideal game with a single on the second pitch of the game by Aaron Sanchez, who until tonight I thought was a star on Food Network. “Honestly, it’s just how stressful I make the innings, depending on how stressful those innings are”. For the most part I did that.
Encarnacion followed two-out singles by Travis and Donaldson in the third inning with a blast that gave the Jays a 3-1 lead.
Dbacks pitching actually did fairly well in the game, other than giving up the inevitable home run to the Blue Jays. Segura led off with a single, stole second, took third on Michael Bourn’s groundout and scored when Goldschmidt bounced out to second.
Bautista is to play three rehab games at Triple-A Buffalo.
Diamondbacks: OF David Peralta (lower back strain) was 1 for 6 with a double and RBI in his first two rehab games for Double-A Mobile.
“The defense just was not there today, that was disappointing” Hale said.
Blue Jays: Blue Jays have Thursday off and begin a nine-game homestand Friday night with a game against Seattle.
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Diamondbacks: Arizona takes Thursday off before embarking on a 10-game road trip.
