If the Toronto Blue Jays want to win the American League East, they will have to play well against teams in their own division. “Stro’s different. I don’t think there’s many guys that could pull that off”. “But he’s motivated to come back, he’s a great competitor and he’s got great stuff”.
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One of those walks came back to bite Miley in the sixth inning, when after the Sox took a 1-0 lead on a Xander Bogaerts home run, Miley walked Josh Donaldson and then allowed a home run to Juan Encarnacion to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead.
“I’ve got to do a better job”, Osuna said.
“I just couldn’t get comfortable with it”, Porcello said.
This means the Yankees won’t leave the New York area until the wee hours of Monday morning with a 7:05 p.m. on tap at the Rogers Centre that night.
“Right when I jogged out there, the whole crowd started cheering, ” Stroman said. “I respect how many people are trying to bring the game back to Montreal….”
BLUE JAYS: RHP Marcus Stroman will make his second start of the season Friday night in the opening game of a home series against Boston. Aaron Sanchez came on and gave up three hits, walked one better intentionally and threw a wild pitch.
Right-hander Matt Barnes took over for Porcello in the seventh.
The Dodgers believed Latos would be an addition to their struggling starting rotation (beyond Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke), but he proved that was not the case after going 0-3 with a 6.66 ERA and 1.52 WHIP in six games (five starts).
Peering at his numbers this season, I still find it remarkable that a fly ball pitcher like Estrada managed to flourish pitching in a hitter-friendly ballpark.
Montreal hopes to regain a Major League Baseball team after losing the Expos, who started play in 1969 and moved after the 2004 season to Washington, D.C., where they were renamed the Nationals. “And we pushed him a little bit”. The changeup was very effective. The idea was to keep the team from using Ramirez at all until he masters first base.
It will be the third straight year the Blue Jays have ended their pre-season with games in Montreal.
CARDINALS 6, BREWERS 3 (at Milwaukee) – John Lackey pitched seven shutout innings as St. Louis swept Milwaukee. The Blue Jays knocked Miller out of the game with another run in the fourth. Jose Bautista walked, Encarnacion reached on a fielding error by third baseman Brock Holt and Smoak followed with a two-run double.
Toronto opened the scoring in the third when Kevin Pillar hit a leadoff double, advanced on Cliff Pennington’s sacrifice and scored on Ben Revere’s groundout.
Holding the Jays to two runs in that inning proved crucial. Catcher Russell Martin also showed off his defence the same inning, throwing out Betts as he tried to steal second.
Shin Soo-Choo matched his career high with four hits, scored twice and drove in two runs for the Rangers, who entered the series trailing the Astros by 11/2 games.
Dickey has faced the Red Sox six times this season without posting a win.
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“He was just attacking the zone, especial early in the count”, Red Sox first baseman Travis Shaw said. He was forced at second on a grounder to second by left fielder Rusney Castillo.
