“It’s kind of one of those things as a baseball player you want to have it happen one day and you don’t know if it’s ever going to happen”.
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Dozens of fans tossed hats onto the field to celebrate the home run hat trick after Donaldson, the AL MVP in 2015, hit a solo shot off Alex Wimmers in the eighth. “It’s neat. It’s unique to this area so it’s really cool”.
The Jays trailed 7-6 in the eighth when Kevin Pillar doubled with one out.
Baltimore salvaged the finale of a three-game set at the New York Yankees on Sunday to remain three games behind Toronto.The Orioles were stomped by a combined 27-9 in the first two games at New York before halting a three-game skid with a 5-0 victory Sunday, getting a pair of homers to push their total to a major league-best 204.
Toronto reliever Scott Feldman (7-4) pitched two-thirds of an inning to pick up the win. We’ve seen him steal bases; he’s one of those guys that can go first to third just about every time.
Marcus Stroman’s momentum slowed Saturday, as the Twins snuck ground ball after ground ball past the Blue Jays’ infield.
I’ll take the Blue Jays here; Estrada has been pitching fairly well lately overall and I’m just following the win/loss trends. “As I gave it a little time and our training staff was able to work on it, it progressed throughout the game”.
Holland, making his second start since missing two months because of shoulder inflammation, didn’t walk a batter and struck out five on four hits.
The Blue Jays scored a run in the first on Encarnacion’s sacrifice fly.
Jose Bautista had his first three-hit game of the season for the AL East-leading Blue Jays. Bautista led off with a double to left-centre, a ball that either Minnesota outfielder Robbie Grossman (left) or Danny Santana (centre) should have caught. Kepler and Minnesota centre-fielder Eddie Rosario couldn’t even get the ball out of right field before Upton crossed home. He gave up an unearned run in the 3rd, on Donaldson’s error. “I tried to enjoy it for a second, Eddie (Encarnacion) was on deck after I hit the third one and he had a huge smile on his face”. Joe Mauer walked. The run scored when Max Kepler’s grounder deflected off Dickey’s foot to second baseman Devon Travis, who got the forceout at second. With two outs, Trevor Plouffe and Miguel Sano delivered clutch RBI singles as Minnesota stretched their lead to 5-2. Another walk loaded the bases and we started to worry.
ORIOLES 5, YANKEES 0: Kevin Gausman tamed the torrid Yankees hitters, Mark Trumbo lined his major league-leading 40th home run and Steve Pearce also connected as Baltimore averted a bruising sweep at NY. Bautista took third when Donaldson flied out to center.
Kepler dove towards the ball which ended up bouncing over his glove and towards the warning track; when Kepler went to retrieve the baseball, he kicked it away allowing Upton to trot all the way home giving the Blue Jays the lead for good.
After a two-out single by Tulowitzki, J.T. Chargois replaced Light and he walked Pillar before allowing Melvin Upton Jr.’s two-run double.
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“A lot of that’s luck of the draw”, Gibbons had offered earlier in the week, referring to a recurring theme through the homestand.
