He was rocked by the Yankees earlier this year at Comerica Park while he was with the Tigers, giving up eight runs in 2.1 innings.
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In Miami, closer Jeurys Familia finally got the last out and New York halted the Marlins’ furious six-run rally in the ninth inning.
On Wednesday night, that was the case again.
The Minnesota Twins finished their worst series since the season opener, losing all four games against the new-look Toronto Blue Jays – the latest, a 9-3 drubbing on Thursday night.
The Dodgers jumped ahead 3-0 in the first on Carl Crawford’s two-run single and Andre Ethier’s RBI double.
“We had asked for Fulmer for the last couple days and they said no”, according to Dombrowski after the trade. “The games are a different magnitude – that’s for sure – but we’ve got some good veterans in that room”.
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons plans to give Price an extra day of rest before his next start.
Even Toronto’s No. 9 hitter Ben Revere got into the action in the series finale, going 3 for 4 with three runs scored.
If all goes well, Stroman could begin a minor-league rehab assignment on August. 21, general manager Alex Anthopoulos said. “They’ve got a great squad”.
“I just had a good jump, and I’m out there to win games in whatever way possible”, he said. I was missing over the plate a lot with my cutter and my fastball. I bounced about 10 of them over there in the chalk. “I’m going to throw the ball better tomorrow”. I say this every series preview: Price is the ultimate combination of power and precision.
This is Eovaldi’s first appearance against Toronto.
Hawkins became the 13th pitcher to record a save against all 30 teams, completing the achievement against the team that drafted him in 1991.
Some, including ESPN’s Curt Schilling, have predicted the Blue Jays will now pass the Yankees to take the AL East, though, longtime Yankees announcer Jim Kaat, who now calls occasional games for Major League Baseball Network, still sees a noticeable hole.
The Blue Jays took a 6-3 lead in the second when Bautista slugged a 3-1 changeup to center for his 24th homer of the season and fifth grand slam of his career.
“I don’t know how much it carries over with a guy as talented as Price”, Chris Young said.
Domonic Brown hit a three-run homer for the Phillies. 412 OBP clip. What follows in the Blue Jays lineup continues to be a pitcher’s nightmare.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto’s last 12 games at home. McKenry ended the 4-hour-7-minute game when he hit Mayckol Gauipe’s 2-2 curveball into the left-field seats for his fourth home run of the season.
He has cranked three long balls and driven in 10 runs, while also scoring 12.
Both of the home runs came off Bumgarner, who matched a season high by allowing six earned runs.
The Blue Jays are probably throwing their three best starters this weekend.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. CF Aaron Hicks moved into the leadoff spot for the second time.
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Blue Jays CF Kevin Pillar made a leaping catch to retire Twins rookie Miguel Sano for the final out of the eighth. And Price is the ace this team has been desperate for since sending Roy Halladay to Philadelphia (or, at the very least, since Marcus Stroman blew out his knee in spring training) – a massive upgrade over Felix Doubront, Scott Copeland, or whoever else the Jays might have run out there otherwise.
