Price dominant in Toronto debut, Jays beat Twins 5

“The David Price trade was enough to singlehandedly make Monday’s game the Blue Jays’ most expensive home game of the season”, SeatGeek analyst Clint Cutchins told the Star. The excitement surrounding the team arguably hasn’t been this great since 1993 when the Jays last won the World Series.

Price did exactly what an ace pitcher is expected to do.

The lefty retired the last 15 batters he faced.

“I’ve been thrown at several times in my career, I know when it’s intentional”, he said, after being nailed by a Volquez pitch in the first inning of Sunday’s Royals-Blue Jays game. That takes the cake.

RAYS 4, RED SOX 3 (at Boston) – Asdrubal Cabrera had a game-tying RBI double and scored on James Loney’s single in the eighth inning, helping Tampa Bay avoid a three-game sweep. Blue Jays’ Bautista said, referring to the first warning issued by Wolf.

His debut was smooth sailing amid concerns that he might be slow as he transitioned to a new team. The Blue Jays’ intimidating offence – an offence that got even better with the addition of Troy Tulowitzki to the top of the lineup and Ben Revere to the bottom – can now get away with a bit of a down performance and still come out with a win. Their three hits all went for extra bases. Like the underdog Royals, they play with a chip on their shoulder.

Price also has an excellent rapport with Canadian catcher Russell Martin.

“We didn’t get much going after that”, Molitor said.

Price was given an extra day’s rest and it showed.

Price induced 20 swing-and-misses, tied for his second-highest total this season, and he got Minnesota Twins batters to chase a season-high 27 pitches, the most Price has induced in a start since 2011. Including his dominant debut, a typical Price outing this season looks something like this: 7 IP, 2 ER, 6-7 SO, 1-2 BB, 0-1 HR allowed.

Blue Jays fans will have to adopt a similar mindset, putting the blinders on and focusing on the next 60 days, it could get a little messy after that. The Blue Jays offense could take Hughes to the torture chamber tonight.

Tempers flared over the weekend when they took on the Kansas City Royals with Royals manager Ned Yost making unprofessional comments about Jays outfielder Jose Bautista. The Twins have lost six of their last eight games when scoring three or less runs.

Mets starter Bartolo Colon (10-10) earned the win with eight innings of one-run ball. Home plate umpire Jim Wolf warned both dugouts.

Toronto Blues Jays pitcher Aaron Sanchez and manager John Gibbons have been suspended by Major League Baseball for their involvement in a bench-clearing spat with the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.

An already heated game spun out of control when the benches cleared after Escobar was hit by Sanchez.

A war of words has since ensued between the two rivals. “We all make mistakes and we learn from them”.

Multiple players on the Royals suggested that the Blue Jays have been stealing sandwiches from the visitors’ clubhouse in an effort to gain a competitive advantage over their opponents.