He pitched 2 2/3 innings against Houston on May 9.
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The previous Indians player to hit for the cycle was DH/1B Travis Hafner on August 14, 2003, at Minneota.
In 20 games since June 11, the Jays have scored 135 runs, tops in the majors while hitting an MLB high 42 home runs over that stretch.
Corey Kluber (8-8) gave up five runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings, his second-shortest outing this season.
They’re the first teammates with at least five hits and five RBIs in the same game since Gene Moore and Buck Jordan for the Boston Braves in 1936, according to ESPN.
The right-hander finished one strikeout shy of his career best, set last September 25 against the Kansas City Royals. The club record for runs is 24, set at Toronto on August 25, 1979.
Today, the Jays squandered a 3-1 lead.
MINNEAPOLIS – Max Kepler hit a pair of three-run homers and had seven RBIs as Minnesota rolled over Texas.
Russell Martin hit a three-run homer in the first.
Tyler Duffey (4-6) was the beneficiary of the outburst from one of the majors’ weakest lineups, pitching six innings for his second straight win. Kinsler’s homer broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning.
Verlander (8-6) struck out eight and walk one as he improved to 5-2 in eight starts at Tropicana Field.
The sellout crowd of 45,962 on Sunday was the 15th sellout of the season.
Justin Wilson pitched the eighth before Francisco Rodriguez got three outs for his 23rd save.
Sale (14-2) allowed four runs in the first three innings before settling in to yield just two hits and an unearned run the rest of the way. Jones pitched a ideal eighth to make it 18 in a row before David Robertson allowed a single and walk before striking out rookie A.J. Reed for his 23rd save.
NY set season highs for runs and hits (22).
It was considerably closer in Arizona where the Diamondbacks lost 5-4 to the San Francisco Giants after 11 innings, while the New York Yankees also endured a tight game against the San Diego Padres, winning 6-3.
The Detroit Tigers rallied for eight runs in the final inning to stun the Tampa Bay Rays with a 10-7 win.
The Jays had the bases loaded quite a few times and didn’t get the winning run across the plate.
Maeda (7-5) worked six innings and walked two batters.
Anthony Rizzo and Ben Zobrist homered for the Cubs.
Instead, the ace right-hander suffered through one of his worst starts of the season. Freeman had three hits and Jace Peterson also homered. He induced double-play balls to wipe out hits in the fourth, fifth and sixth.
2B Jason Kipnis’ hitting streak ended at 13 games on Saturday in he 9-6 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Strasburg was removed from a no-hit bid after 62/3 innings Sunday, and Ramon Cabrera singled against Matt Belisle leading off the eighth for Cincinnati’s first hit in the Nationals’ rout.
“The circumstances are a little different, I wanted to pitch – we had the 19-inning game (on Friday) and I knew we were going to need something from somebody”, Estrada said of his decision to pitch through the injury.
The Jays managed a combined two runs in the first two games of the series in 28 innings. Alas, Barney didn’t fare quite so well, giving up a solo homer to Carlos Santana that proved to be the difference in Cleveland’s 2-1 win.
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Kansas City Royals’ Kendrys Morales (left) is congratulated by Danny Duffy (right) after his three-run homer that scored Duff. Toronto has won 12 of its last 18 home games.
