Reliable Kimbrel gives up 2-run lead in Blue Jays rally

Xander Bogaerts followed with an RBI groundout.

“A 5 ERA, I got to talk about something”, Price joked when asked if he’s surprised by all the mechanics talk. Ryan Goins and Darwin Barney are expected to split time at shortstop until Tulowitzki’s return. He’s allowed just 11 earned runs in five May games, although he surrendered four earned runs in each of his last two starts, including last Tuesday’s 6-0 loss to the Yankees.

Craig Kimbrel was unavailable after throwing a career-high 39 pitches on Saturday, and Matt Barnes and Junichi Tazawa were off-limits as well.

The Blue Jays lost out on a chance for a weekend sweep of Boston when Dustin Pedroia hit an RBI double in the 11th inning to lead the Red Sox to a 5-3 victory Sunday.

Dickey was handed a 2-0 lead in the fifth courtesy of a Jose Bautista home run, but he never seems to get the mega run support that his colleagues in the starting rotation often get.

Both falling in the top 10 of the league based on total home runs this season, Toronto ranks sixth with 65 homers and Boston is 10th with 58.

Right-hander Joe Biagini continued his strong rookie campaign by pitching two scoreless innings in the eighth and ninth for the Jays to hold the score at 3-3. The first hit Dickey gave up was a triple to Mookie Betts. If Swihart hits the same playing in left as he does behind the plate then there’s limited value in keeping him in left field once Brock Holt is healthy.

Price yesterday struck out as many as he walked, three, which isn’t terrific. The Sox had David Price on the mound vs. R.A. Dickey for the Jays. Dickey was pulled and Chad Girodo came in, only to walk Jackie Bradley Jr. on seven pitches, putting Boston in the lead 3-2.

Girodo then walked the Boston centre fielder for the go-ahead run. Ezequiel Carrera will lead off and start in right field for Toronto on Friday. Price signed a seven-year, $217 million contract in the offseason and struggled initially getting comfortable with his new team.

Ortiz is batting.339 with 13 home runs.

A’s starter Rich Hill went 6 1/3 innings to win his fifth straight start. Swihart walked and then was able to get all the way to 3rd base by way of a wild pitch.

A false fire alarm did nothing to lift the mood in the Boston Red Sox’s locker room Friday night.

– Devon Travis beat out an infield hit with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and the Toronto Blue Jays came back twice to defeat the Boston Red Sox 10-9 on Saturday afternoon.

But Smoak misread the script, driving a single up the middle.

The Orioles broke their four game losing streak in Cleveland though, thanks to a tweaked line-up that moved around Adam Jones from no. 3 to the leadoff spot, and Manny Machado from the no. 2 to the no. 3 spot. Russell Martin grounded out to third.

World Series champions the Kansas City Royals completed an improbable comeback to upstage the Chicago White Sox 8-7 in Major League Baseball on Saturday. Hitting fifth, Devon Travis almost gave the Blue Jays an early lead, but a hard groundball was right at third baseman Travis Shaw for a routine out. Boston’s offence was completely shutdown over the first half of the game, as Dickey enjoyed a no-hitter through five innings. “Bogey has an 11-pitch at-bat and finally gets a base hit”. Edwin Encarnacion drove in Toronto’s fourth run later in the inning on a sacrifice fly.

The Jays tried to end in the ninth as Donaldson hit a single with two out and Encarnacion walked.