Blue Jays RHP Aaron Sanchez, manager John Gibbons suspended

“Not that I don’t, but I’m more of the serious guy”, said Tulowitzki.

The umpires during Sunday’s game determined Sanchez intentionally threw at Royals’ shortstop Alcides Escobar in the eighth inning and ejected the right-hander. He didn’t walk a batter for a third straight start, but the Tigers are 1-8 in his outings. In his previous 17 starts this season, he had failed to work at least six innings just twice.

Sanchez was given three games, while Gibbons was handed a one-game ban.

SeatGeek, a website that aggregates sites offering tickets for resale, reported that Price’s mound debut made Monday’s game the most expensive Jays’ game of the season for those buying from resellers.

Toronto’s sixth win in seven games moved the Blue Jays ahead of the Twins and into the second AL wild-card spot.

Molitor held a team meeting before the game. He allowed three runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings, but the Minnesota offense remained punchless. The loss snapped a string of six straight winning decisions for Hughes. “They’re a tough group to navigate”. “I respect Jose Bautista’s opinion, and I don’t lose any respect for anybody because of their opinion, because it’s their opinion”. I’m not a Hutchison fan but he pitches better at home which is a good thing…

The Jays had making do with Chris Colabello and Ezequiel Carrera in left and while they hit better than you would have expected, both looked awful on defense.

Back-to-back doubles by Edwin Encarnacion and Dioner Navarro, who has been on the trade market since Russell Martin signed, gave the Jays a third run and a cushion to ride the rest of the way home.

Estrada (9-6) left after Eddie Rosario’s double in the seventh but Mark Lowe got Aaron Hicks to fly out. It shouldn’t come as any surprise that the buzz around the Blue Jays has fans buying in. So at his current pace over the course of 12 starts, he’ll be worth 2.2 fWAR or in run form 22 runs.

As has been the case of late, it was Donaldson who provided the initial spark for Toronto in Tuesday’s win, crunching his 28th home run of the season in the first inning to give Toronto a 1-0 lead. In fact, only two mistakes truly cost him – Ryan Goins’ solo home run in the second inning, and Josh Donaldson’s two-run blast, his 26th of the year, in the fifth. I mean, how many holidays do they get up there anyway?

And some infielders don’t want to straddle the base on a tag play – they might get spiked.

Second baseman Brian Dozier led off the Twins’ fourth with an infield single, a liner deflected by Estrada.

Gibbons was missing Tuesday night’s home game against Minnesota.

Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Aaron Sanchez and manager John Gibbons have been suspended by Major League Baseball due to their actions in Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Royals, the league announced Tuesday. “Really though the coaches don’t go out there to throw punches”. Gibbons was suspended for entering the field after already being ejected in the seventh. The two teams had been issued a warning in the first inning after Royals starter Edinson Volquez plunked Toronto’s Josh Donaldson with a pitch.