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Jays slide past the Rays: The Toronto Blue Jays’ Brett Lawrie slides safely into third after hitting an RBI triple off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jake Odorizzi. The Blue Jays came away with a 7-5 win over the Rays thanks to a strong start from R.A. Dickey and a clutch double from Edwin Encarnacion on Monday afternoon. (Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press)
This photo of Brett Lawrie really does a good job of summing up Brett Lawrie: Putting on eye black using his shades as a mirror. Way to bro. (Photo: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
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The smart money said Chad Jenkins would be a one–and-done starter for the Toronto Blue Jays. Of course, the smart money was not so smart about Ramon Ortiz either.
Jenkins might still wind up back in the minors after his emergency start for the Toronto Blue Jays, but he certainly gave management something to think about the next time they need a starter.
In an 12-4 win over the Red Sox, Jenkins worked into the sixth inning, allowed two runs and earned his second big-league victory.
In five of his seven previous starts, Mark Buehrle had struggled, falling behind hitters and giving up a bundle of homers. The Boston Red Sox had knocked him around at the Rogers Centre the previous time he faced them.
Blue Jays hoping Brandon Morrow can get healthy fast
Then he walked into Fenway Park and was transformed.
The Toronto Blue Jays left-hander stumped the Red Sox on five hits over seven innings and left with a 2-0 lead in the eighth. Boston tied it up, but Adam Lind (pictured, left) whacked a long homer in the ninth and the Blue Jays hung on to win 3-2.
“It’s awesome,” Lind said. (Photo: Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
J.A. Happ listed in good condition after getting hit with line drive
In the quiet under the dome, fans and players alike sat with their hands cupped over their faces, staring in stunned silence as they watched a crew of medics kneeling over the Toronto Blue Jays pitcher lying in the dirt.
J.A. Happ had just been hit on the left side of the head by a line drive. There was blood on his hand when he lifted it from the spot where the ball struck him.
It happened in a flash. Tampa Bay’s Desmond Jennings hit the ball. The ball hit Happ so hard that it caromed deep into foul territory along the right-field line.
Happ was listed in “good condition” Wednesday morning at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, a hospital spokesperson said. In a statement, the Blue Jays said he was expected to be released from hospital later on Wednesday after more tests. He suffered a a head contusion and a cut on his left ear, the statement said. (Photos: Mike Carlson/The Associated Press)
Pumped:
Brett Lawrie slid home, popped up in a cloud of dust and burst into an impression of a triumphant MMA fighter, full of roar but minus the blood. Around him, nearly 46,000 fans multiplied the message.
They were Toronto Blue Jays fans, and they had been waiting three agonizing weeks for a moment like this.
They will soon learn the long-term significance of Lawrie’s glorious moment and his team’s unusual 8-4 comeback win over the New York Yankees. (Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press)
Blue Jays star Jose Bautista talks video games and cover art
MLB The Show may have MLB stars David Ortiz to Ryan Howard, but it’s a player on a Canadian team on the cover who’s in the spotlight.
To be on the cover of a sports game like MLB is a chance few athletes get, and certainly not a chance most who get the honour have in back-to-back years.
“I know a lot of guys don’t get to repeat on the covers,” Jose Bautista says during an interview with Post Arcade. “I think it’s a great a compliment, so I’m really proud and excited to be back on the cover.” (Sony)
THERE IS NO ESCAPE: A fan is grabbed by security as he tries to climb over the outfield wall after running onto the field and sliding into second base during a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox in Toronto, Ontario, April 7, 2013. (Photo: Tyler Anderson/National Post)
For some Toronto Blue Jays fans, great expectations breed great impatience.
By the second inning of the first game of the greatest season in Blue Jays history, dark murmurs began to waft from the sellout crowd of 48,857. Catcher J.P. Arencibia had just struck out, aggravating a greater sin: already, he had been charged with three passed balls in his bid to corral R.A. Dickey’s knuckleball. Two had marred an inning in which the Cleveland Indians scored twice.
Mind you, the grumblers could not have been delighted with Dickey either in the Blue Jays’ 4-1 loss. He walked four, a plateau he reached only twice last year when he won the National League Cy Young Award. Only one of the walks turned into a run. He also gave up a towering two-run homer to Asdrubal Cabrera. (Photos: Tyler Anderson/National Post)
It’s time. The Toronto Blue Jays open their season on Tuesday night. Find out everything you need to know about this World serious team: http://natpo.st/10sQJ1G (Photo: Darren Calabrese/National Post)
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