Jays starter Marcus Stroman gave up four runs on seven hits through 6.2 innings for a no decision with Jess Chavez allowing two in the 9th only to get the win wen Toronto scored three in the bottom of the 12th to make him the victor. He gave up the three run home run but other than that it was a really good outing..
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Sitting at third base in the 12th inning, Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis said he visualized the ideal ending. then capitalized when it unfolded in front of his eyes.
The Padres will counter with right-hander Luis Perdomo (4-4, 6.93 ERA), who has never faced the Blue Jays before. Otherwise, Stroman quieted the Padres with a flurry of groundballs and the occasional strikeout, needing just 61 pitches to get through his first five frames. “I knew that guy had a really good curveball, and I’m just glad it worked out”, he said.
Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg (13-1, 2.83) seeks a bounce back against Cleveland and right-hander Carlos Carrasco (7-3, 2.31) after suffering his first loss in his last start.
“I guess I had to get a working visa”, Upton said upon his return “About an hour-and-a-half ride there, sat at border patrol for a little while, jumped in the vehicle and came back”. “He had great life on the ball, nice little breaking ball”.
To Padres manager Andy Green sees it, no one else in the majors has made strides as big as Perdomo has this season.
Wallace reached base three times.
“That’s exciting because he’s part of our future”, Green said. He was hit by a pitch and scored on Rosales’ homer in the third, connected off R.A. Dickey in the fifth and hit an RBI single off Joe Biagini in the sixth.
Rosales homered to left-centre field after a hit by pitch to Wallace to give the Padres a 2-0 lead in the third, and sloppy defence gave way to two more San Diego runs in the fourth. In addition to Kemp, Alex Dickerson homered for the Padres (43-58). “I was telling him he looks like a video game”.
Melvin Upton Jr., whom the Blue Jays acquired from San Diego earlier in the day, spoke to the Toronto media before the game and was in uniform. He went 1 for 4 with a single.
Bautista, 35 will be a free agent at the end of the season, but the Blue Jays slugger hopes to stay with the club that took a chance on him in 2008.
Padres: 3B Yangervis Solarte was placed on the family leave list, meaning he will be out three to seven days.
Blue Jays: RHP Bo Schultz was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo to make room for Benoit.
The trade, which continues the Padres’ rebuilding, was announced Tuesday morning, hours before the Padres played at Toronto in the middle game of a three-game series. RHP Edwin Jackson (1-0, 2.92) starts against Reds LHP Brandon Finnegan (5-8, 4.93). Jackson is 403 with a 3.99 ERA in 10 career games against Cincinnati. Marco Estrada, the schedule starter on Wednesday, going Friday in the opener against the Orioles.
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The Blue Jays, 57-45, appear more likely to add at the MLB’s August 1 non-waiver trade deadline instead of subtract as they look to repeat as AL East champions. Estrada is winless in four starts. RHP Kevin Gausman (2-7, 3.77) starts for Baltimore.
