DETROIT-The belief is that winning baseball can be compartmentalized into three areas – pitching, hitting and defence. He didn’t allow a runner past first base until Marlon Byrd reached second on Fiers’ throwing error in the seventh.
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The Blue Jays added two more runs on a home run by Chris Colabello in the ninth, off rookie Jeff Ferrell, who was making his major-league debut. Then, the 2015 Blue Jays offence awoke. They ended up allowing six runs in the eighth but had eight runs of their own to have the score stand up and claim a victory.
Dioner Navarro capped the Toronto rally with a three-run double in the bottom of the eighth. Carrera’s single was the first of three straight hits for the Blue Jays to end the contest for Sanchez. Devon Travis struck out. The Tigers are a superb hitting team with an AL-best 9.6 hits per game.
There was no immediate report on whether Cabrera will miss additional games.
Well, tonight was one of those nights. Cabrera was running from first base to second when he pulled up suddenly. The 32-year-old was walking with a limp as he left the field. Right at the moment of change, Donaldson tagged him.
Andrew Romine and Josh Wilson could also play first base.
Carlos Correa, Houston Astros: In his Fenway Park debut, Correa slammed an RBI single and three hits total. Well, saying he threw to third isn’t quiet true, he threw well wide of third.
The Jays finally broke Sanchez’s no-hit bid in the 8th when Ezequiel Carrera singled to left field. Nick Castellanos and Anthony Gose delivered RBI singles and Jose Iglesias drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Tigers scored 5 in the inning.
One team that has done early homework on the Marlins pitchers?
“It seemed to work today, but now that it seems like Miggy’s gonna be out – certainly at least for tomorrow – we’re going to have to come up with something else.”
Sanchez gave up just two walks through the first seven innings. “We have 25 guys and we have to have somebody play first”.
It did give us the chance to see Felix Doubront.
Hutchison was well….not good again tonight.
MARLINS 2, CUBS 1 (at Chicago) – Justin Bour and Christian Yelich homered and Miami got six innings from Tom Koehler.
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“I was trying to get a double play, but he fought the whole at-bat”, Sanchez said. Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said after the game, “I’m not optimistic at all,” when asked about Cabrera’s likelihood of avoiding the disabled list, despite an MRI showing no damage to Cabrera’s achilles after the game.
