Dellin Betances has become well known for his trouble keeping runners from stealing bases, but no one ever had done what Toronto’s Kevin Pillar did Saturday.
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“He threw me a pitch that I liked and it went out”, Solarte said. The Toronto Blue Jays have now won 11 of their last 14 games when scoring more than three runs dating back to last season.
In 12 at-bats vs Stroman, Judge has six hits, with three of those being home runs. The Blue Jays stole four times in the eighth against him. Manager John Gibbons said he expects Donaldson to return to his position within “the next couple of days”.
Andujar, 23, was optioned to Triple-A in spring training after losing a competition for the starting third base job with Brandon Drury. I’m glad he did it. “But I think the one great thing is everybody’s willing to do whatever it takes, whatever is in the best interest of the club”. Smoak now has two consecutive games in which he’s recorded multiple RBI.
Tyler Clippard (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning, and Seung Hwan Oh finished for his first save. They are scheduled to resume the three-game series Wednesday afternoon.
“You could hear it”. It’s even bigger when it determines whether or not you win the series. “It was awesome to watch”. Then for good measure, he made a decision to take third. He was charged with seven runs, four earned, and nine hits in 22/3 innings. He laboured through a 21-pitch first inning – walking a pair – before escaping with back-to-back strikeouts.
Steve Pearce leads off for the Jays, while Gift Ngoepe will make his first start for the team, batting ninth and playing second base.
But when Justin Smoak lined a single to left field, scoring Donaldson, McKinney threw the ball toward the infield and took himself out of the game. Adam Warren (right ankle contusion) was also injured on Saturday.
Rookie outfielder Billy McKinney, fresh off his Major League Baseball debut on Friday, collided with the left field wall while trying to make a leaping catch in the first inning.
Hill (1-0) allowed five hits and walked three, striking out five. The highlight of the day for Detroit was Miguel Cabrera’s first home run of the season, a solo shot in the second game.
The big fella has yet to hit his first home run of the season, and he will look to change that on Easter Sunday in Toronto. “The second one I completely missed my spot”. “I’ve played in cold conditions before”.
“Other than that and the walks those were the only frustrating moments for me but I felt pretty good out there”.
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Pillar hit a one-out single and swiped his way to third. Andujar will join the team on Sunday.
