GAME TWENTY-THREE, APRIL 25TH:
RED SOX 4, BLUE JAYS 3
BOSOX BEST BLUE JAYS TO TIE SET
IN BETTS BEATDOWN
That Mookie Betts! If you could just clone him! Or maybe put out a contract? Anybody know anybody? Aaron Sanchez has put together “almost” great games a couple of times this year, and he sure was looking forward to putting all the pieces together last night in the second game of the 3-game Toronto series…
GAME 22, APRIL TWENTY-FIFTH:
BLUE JAYS 4, RED SOX 3 (10 INNINGS):
HAPP, GRANDY SLAM DOOR ON BOSOX
I'm not saying that the Toronto Blue Jays wanted last night's series opener at the TV Dome more than the Boston Red Sox, just that they needed it more. Both teams came into town off their first series losses of the year, suffered on the road, the first real stumbling blocks to the respective teams…
GAMES 20/21, APRIL 21ST/22ND:
YANKEES 9/5, BLUE JAYS 1/1:
JAYS ROLL SNAKEYES:
YANKS SWEEP WEEKEND, TAKE SERIES
After a bizarre spell of wildness in the sixth inning of Saturday's game at Yankee Stadium turned a pitchers' duel between Marcus Stroman and Jordan Montgomery into a blowout, Toronto's hitters rolled over and played dead for the first time this season on Sunday to absorb their first series loss of the season. This was…
GAME NINETEEN: APRIL TWENTIETH:
BLUE JAYS 8, YANKEES 5
SMASH GURRIEL DEBUT
LIFTS MATES TO BIG WIN
Excitement buzzed around the Blue Jay world yesterday as word spread about a couple of roster changes, one of which was quite unexpected. With Kendrys Morales returning from the disabled list, left-handed reliever Tim Mayza was being optioned back to Buffalo, as expected. The second move saw Gift Ngoepe being optioned to Buffalo, which wasn't…
GAME EIGHTEEN, APRIL NINETEENTH:
YANKEES 4, BLUE JAYS 3:
JAYS’ POWER OUTAGE LETS
SCUFFLIN’ SANCHEZ DOWN
When Aaron Judge hit one of his typical monster home runs in the seventh inning last night off Tyler Clippard, it extended the Yankees' lead to two runs against a Toronto offence that was having trouble scratching out support for Aaron Sanchez' valiant effort on the mound for Toronto. The Judge homer was one of…
GAME SEVENTEEN, APRIL EIGHTEENTH:
BLUE JAYS 15, ROYALS 5:
IS THIS WHAT REBUILDING LOOKS LIKE?
JAYS THRASH OUTGUNNED KC FOR SWEEP
Tuesday it was all about “Doubleheader! Let's take two!” Last night it was all about “Get out the brooms!” And who better to be facing for a series sweep than the woefully underpowered and short-armed Kansas City Royals? It's not often that things work out just the way you'd imagined it, but last night's 15-5…
GAMES FIFTEEN AND SIXTEEN, APRIL 17TH:
BLUE JAYS 11/5, ROYALS 3/4
EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTES TO SWEEP IN
BLOWOUT, WALKOFF OVER ROYALS
If there's one number that stands out in all the statistics we dealt with in yesterday's exhilirating doubleheader sweep by the Toronto Blue Jays over the Kansas City Royal, it's that before yesterday, only two members of the Royals had hit home runs since the beginning of the season. Mike Moustakas and Lucas Duda had…
GAME FOURTEEN, FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH:
BLUE JAYS 8, CLEVELAND 4
JAYS BANISH MEMORY OF 2016 ALCS;
HERNANDEZ, BULLPEN SHINE IN COMEBACK
Editorial note: Jerry Howarth many years ago stopped using the team nickname for Cleveland out of respect for the native peoples of North America. If it's good enough for Jerry Howarth, it's good enough for me. By the end of the third inning of last night's game, all of the warm and fuzzy thoughts I've…
GAME THIRTEEN, APRIL ELEVENTH:
ORIOLES 5, BLUE JAYS 3:
ESTRADA FALTERS IN FOURTH
AS ORIOLES THWART JAYS’ SWEEP
One of the eternal verities of the Toronto Blue Jays, if you can call the period since their competitive breakout in the second half of 2015 an eternity, is that if Marco Estrada doesn't give you a good chance to win when he starts, there's a reason for it. Last night the Blue Jays were…
GAME TWELVE, APRIL TENTH:
BLUE JAYS 2, ORIOLES 1:
JAYS WIN SQUEAKER AS
SANCHIE, GRANDY, OSUNA SHINE
Aaron Sanchez' first two starts this year confirmed that his 2017 blister problem was well behind him. What they did not confirm was how close he might be to returning to the brilliant form he displayed in 2016 as the league's ERA champion. Well let me tell you, friends and neighbours, based on last night's…