By Gregor Chisholm The Blue Jays secured their second consecutive series victory by scoring three runs in the top of the 10th inning en route to a 5-2 win over the Athletics on Wednesday afternoon. …read more
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Delabar strikes out side on just nine pitches
By Gregor Chisholm Right-hander Steve Delabar made history Tuesday night by becoming the first Blue Jays pitcher to strike out the side on just nine pitches. …read more
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Pair of homers plenty for Buehrle's sterling start
By Gregor Chisholm Mark Buehrle extended his streak of consecutive scoreless innings to 20 with another impressive outing while Jose Bautista and Emilio Bonifacio each homered in the Blue Jays’ 5-0 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night at Oakland Coliseum. …read more
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First and foremost, A's now 20 games over .500
By Jeff Kirshman Four runs in the first and A.J. Griffin retiring the first 13 Blue Jays helped the A’s build up a nice cushion en route to victory on Monday night, lifting them 20 games over .500. …read more
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Encarnacion's hot bat nets Player of Week Award
By Paul Casella Edwin Encarnacion’s blistering performance at the plate last week has earned the Blue Jays slugger American League Player of the Week honors. …read more
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Rasmus' walk-off single lifts Blue Jays to series win
By Evan Peaslee Todd Redmond struck out 10 batters over six frames and Colby Rasmus delivered a walk-off base knock in a 2-1 victory over the Astros on Sunday afternoon. …read more
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Dodgers push win streak to six with five-run 10th
By Ken Gurnick Down to their last strike in the ninth inning, the Dodgers somehow finished off a perfect road trip coming out of the All-Star break with an 8-3 victory over the Blue Jays, as Mark Ellis and Yasiel Puig homered to trigger a five-run 10th inning. …read more
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Adrian's big blast pushes Dodgers' rally over top
By Ken Gurnick Taking their new-found first-place status seriously, the Dodgers overcame a five-run deficit Tuesday night to beat the last-place Blue Jays, 10-9. …read more
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Seeking spark, Blue Jays hold players-only meeting
By Gregor Chisholm With the season seemingly spiraling out of control, the Blue Jays held a players-only meeting prior to Tuesday night’s game against the Dodgers in an effort to get things back on track. …read more
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Winter acquisitions yet to pay off for trio of clubs
By Paul Casella A series of high-profile offseason acquisitions had three American League teams entering this season hoping to put an end to their respective postseason droughts of varying lengths. Instead, the Angels, Blue Jays and Royals each find themselves below .500 and needing a significant second-half push to even enter the playoff picture conversation. …read more
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A.J. leads letter-perfect Dodgers attack
By Ken Gurnick The Dodgers steamrolled into Canada on Monday night, showing no signs of slowing down. A.J. Ellis homered and drove in a career-high five and Skip Schumaker connected for his first homer of the season in a blowout of the Blue Jays. …read more
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Kemp out of lineup for opener with ankle sprain
By Ken Gurnick Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, who sprained his left ankle Sunday, was not in the starting lineup Monday night vs. the Blue Jays. …read more
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Archer on target as Rays complete sweep of Jays
By Bill Chastain Chris Archer allowed five hits in seven innings of one-run ball and Evan Longoria, Luke Scott and Kelly Johnson all homered off R.A. Dickey in the Rays’ 4-3 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday, their 17th win in 19 games. …read more
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Myers rests sore left wrist as precaution
By Bill Chastain Wil Myers was not in the Rays’ starting lineup Sunday afternoon against the Blue Jays due to a sore left wrist. …read more
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Melky activated, batting fifth in left field
By Gregor Chisholm and Evan Peaslee Melky Cabrera was activated from the disabled list Sunday, batting fifth and in left field for the Blue Jays in their series finale against the Rays. …read more
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ExposNation catches game at Rogers Centre
By Evan Peaslee Among the crowd of 42,639 at Rogers Centre that saw the Blue Jays lose to the Rays, 4-3, on Saturday, was a large contingent of Montreal Expos fans. ExposNation — a grassroots movement that supports the former MLB club with some 156,000 Facebook fans — had 650 people in their sold-out section in the first level outfield. …read more
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Delgado to be added to Blue Jays' Level of Excellence
By Gregor Chisholm Carlos Delgado will assume his rightful place on The Level of Excellence when the Blue Jays honour their all-time great prior to Sunday afternoon’s game against the Rays. …read more
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McGowan impressing since return
By Evan Peaslee Since Dustin McGowan returned to the Blue Jays on June 8, he’s shown plenty of reason why the club was so patient through his long rehab stints. …read more
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Maddon opts for Farnsworth to start eighth inning
By Bill Chastain Joel Peralta has been the Rays’ eighth-inning guy out of the bullpen for the last several seasons, but Joe Maddon elected to use Kyle Farnsworth to start the eighth in Friday night’s 8-5 win over the Blue Jays. The Rays had just taken a 6-4 lead in the top of the eighth when Farnsworth took over for starter David Price to pitch to Edwin Encarnacion. …read more
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Davis' record-tying homer helps O's roll into break
By Jeff Seidel Chris Davis struck again on Sunday. He tied an American League record for home runs before the All-Star break with his 37th and drove in four runs as the Orioles rolled to a 7-4 victory against the Blue Jays at Camden Yards. …read more
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