When Donaldson scored on a Kevin Pillar sacrifice fly in the seventh, it gave the third baseman 77 runs scored, one more than Carlos Delgado’s previous mark for most by a Blue Jay prior to the all-star break.
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Young equaled a Royals record by allowing homers in 13 straight starts. Hernandez did it from October 2005 to August 2006.
Which is why I feel like I’ve earned the right to unleash a couple of hot takes I have about Chris Young, who’s final line looked like this: 2.1 innings, seven hits, six runs, and four strikeouts, which match his four home runs allowed.
Dickey (6-9) scattered four hits, three walks and two runs over seven innings.
“It’s been as frustrating as anything I’ve experienced in my career from a performance standpoint”, said Young, who lasted 2 1/3 innings.
It was the 34th time in club history that the Blue Jays hit three home runs in one inning.
“At the beginning of the game, it looked like he was real sharp”, Yost said.
Three Blue Jays were named American League All-Stars during the contest.
Cheslor Cuthbert hit a 2 run home run for the Royals and also doubled in a run in the 9th.
Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson celebrates his solo home run against the Kansas City Royals during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, July 5, 2016.
Estrada, who has the best hits-per-nine-innings rate (5.52) and opponents average against (.173) in all of baseball alongside a 5-3 record and a 2.93 ERA, said on Tuesday “the team has to come first and if I can’t pitch for the team then I shouldn’t pitch anywhere else”. It would have been his first all-star game appearance.
Kansas City lost for the fourth time in five games and dropped to 16-29 on the road. Toronto’s selections include Donaldson, Encarnacion and RHP Marco Estrada. Barney followed with a two-run single to centre field to extend Toronto’s lead to 4-1 and Donaldson brought home two more with a base hit to right. In June, he had 33 hits in 104 at bats with nine home runs, 18 RBIs and eight doubles.
“I haven’t had much sleep just knowing that there might be the possibility that I might not get to pitch in this game”, said Estrada on the field of Rogers Centre, wearing a shirt supporting teammate Michael Saunders’s all-star candidacy. The Royals selected RHP Brooks Pounders from Triple-A Omaha and designated LHP Tyler Olson for assignment. Pitcher Marco Estrada was placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. Estrada (back) is feeling better but could be get one or two extra days of rest before his next start.
First for Toronto: right-hander Drew Hutchison gets the start Thursday against the Detroit Tigers in Estrada’s place. 298 this season with 20 home runs and 58 runs-batted in. His.
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There is a slim chance one that J.A. Happ or Aaron Sanchez could be invited as replacements on the American League squad in San Diego.
