Estrada: Blue Jays have one of the best defences

The Toronto Blue Jays battle the Minnesota Twins at the Rogers Centre in Wednesday action. “I don’t want to send a message of panic”, he said.

“That was the best atmosphere I’ve ever been in”, Price said.

The Blue Jays were upset because Royals reliever hit Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki with a pitch in the seventh inning and wasn’t ejected by home-plate umpire Jim Wolf. He threw 119 pitches, two shy of his season high. Gibbons said the right-handed pitcher was consulting with his agent and Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos about the appeal. Surprisingly, his statement may be more than the perpetual optimism that executives spew after the trade deadline. “(…) You’ve got a two-run lead, it’s a pretty good beginning”.

The Toronto debut of the just lately acquired ace on Monday noticed a spike in secondary ticket gross sales for the Blue Jays, with the price of seats for Worth’s 5-1 win over the Minnesota Twins nearly doubling.

Tom and I couldn’t get our act together before yesterday’s afternoon tilt, but here’s your series preview one day late.

Before the game Twins manager Paul Molitor, called a team meeting to check the pulse of the team. “I wasn’t trying to do a Knute Rockne or anything, just kind of get out there and make sure we understood where we’re at and what we still have an opportunity to accomplish”.

Hughes (10-7) lost for the first time since June 8, snapping a streak of six winning decisions.

“We look at the big picture and what we have ahead of ourselves”, Hughes said. “We took the scenic route”, Duffey said. “They’re a tough group to navigate”. Moving him to the leadoff spot could give him new life and a sharpened focus at the plate. I’m not a Hutchison fan but he pitches better at home which is a good thing…

The Blue Jays (56-52) took the news in relative stride – and then went out and squeezed out a satisfying 3-1 victory over the Twins (54-52) at Rogers Centre, Toronto’s third win in row and sixth in its past seven outings. Left-hander Ryan O’Rourke took over from Hughes. The Blue Jays were forced to include their top prospect, lefty Daniel Norris, in the deal, but Anthopolous felt that the time to act was now. 333 with three home runs with the Royals, including a clutch two-home-run game against Toronto last Saturday.

It was more than enough run support for Toronto starter Marco Estrada, who was ideal through the first three innings and improved to 9-6 on the season. “Hopefully he focuses on playing the game and allowing his ability to create a name for himself”.

Even though the Twins didn’t stop their scoring drought, third baseman Trevor Plouffe said the team remains confident.

Brian Dozier had an infield single in the fourth and Eddie Rosario knocked a two-out double off the wall in the seventh.

Kansas City Royals Alcides Escobar is held back by coach Don Wakamatsu (22) as he gestures at Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Aaron Sanchez who was ejected from their baseball game in Toronto for hitting Escobar on Sunday August 2, 2015. After appealing his three-game suspension, Aaron Sanchez entered the game and pitched a clean eighth.