Gallardo’s first start since coming off the disabled list wasn’t great, but it was good enough for a win.
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The club chose to remove him from the 40-man roster to give itself some flexibility with other potential moves and once Wilhelmsem cleared waivers he exercised his right to refuse the assignment.
As Gregor Chisholm wrote on MLB.com, no Canadian player ever had a night for the Blue Jays like the one Saunders had Friday. Toronto (39-32) is two games behind.
Hamels (7-1) gave up three hits while striking out six and walking three.
Kevin Pillar walked to start the fourth and he scored on Devon Travis’ double, but Travis was easily thrown out third.
YANKEES 8, TWINS 2 Masahiro Tanaka (4-2) allowed 1 run on 7 hits in 8 innings and Carlos Beltran hit a two-run home run to lead visiting NY over Minnesota. Orioles manager Buck Showalter said that RHP Darren O’Day (right hamstring strain), C Caleb Joseph (testicular injury) and RHP Vance Worley (right groin strain) are making progress in their rehabs…. “I thought that’s what I did tonight”. That’s pretty hard to do.
“We’ve got this process”.
Gallardo put the time off to good use.
Brett Cecil threw a simulated game on Saturday in Dunedin and “felt really good” according to Blue Jays head trainer George Poulis. I made some pitches whenever I had to.
The win went to Cleveland closer Cody Allen, who blew a save in the bottom of the eighth. I think that’s the most important thing is [it’s] a big win for us. “Getting through this first game is going to be a huge confidence-builder for me”, Tulowitzki said. We play in those small ballparks, and if you can’t score you’re not going to win. Schoop and Machado singled before Mark Trumbo drove in a run with a fielder’s choice.
Machado moved to third on an infield out, and as Dickey’s knuckleball eluded catcher Josh Thole for a passed ball, Machado scored for a 2-0 lead.
Carrera homered with one out in the third. Paulo Orlando also had four hits for the Royals while rookie Whit Merrifield extended his hitting streak to seven with a three-for-five, four-RBI performance.
With two outs in the ninth, Rays shortstop Brad Miller spoiled the shutout with a solo home run.
Josh Donaldson and Justin Smoak also homered for the surging Blue Jays, who have won seven of eight to move within a game of first-place Baltimore in the AL East.
The Sox started the night leading the AL in runs scored with the Mariners second. McFarland back to Triple-A Norfolk, keeping infielder Paul Janish, who probably will see some playing time at third or serve as a backup. He’ll be back there on Friday.
“Like I never left, like I never left. It’s done and over”, Machado said.
“For me, I needed to have confidence to play the way that I want to play and not have it in the back of my mind”. Since then, they’ve been one of the best teams in baseball.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Salvador Perez homered in the sixth inning to snap Michael Fulmer’s scoreless streak at 33 1/3 innings as Kansas City beat Detroit.
