Toronto Blue Jays

Baseball / MLB Aug 19, 2019

Mariners lefty Yusei Kikuchi holds Blue Jays to two hits in first MLB shutout

After watching his team use seven pitchers Saturday, Seattle's Yusei Kikuchi wanted to give the bullpen a break. His first big league shutout fit the bill perfectly. Kikuchi needed just 96 pitches to complete a two-hitter Sunday that led the Mariners over the Toronto Blue Jays ...

Baseball / MLB Aug 13, 2019

Blue Jays pound out 13 extra-base hits in rout

Held off the scoreboard Sunday in a 1-0 loss to the Yankees, the Toronto Blue Jays bounced back with their biggest offensive outburst of the season. Brandon Drury hit his first career grand slam, Justin Smoak had a two-run homer among his three extra-base hits, ...

Baseball / MLB Aug 12, 2019

Masahiro Tanaka allows just three hits to snap Yankees' losing streak

Masahiro Tanaka kept the Toronto Blue Jays off-balance with a three-hit, eight-inning performance on Sunday, helping the New York Yankees snap a two-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Tanaka (8-6) fell three outs short of a ...

Baseball / MLB Aug 9, 2019

Gio Urshela homers twice again as Yankees win ninth straight

Blue Jays rookie Bo Bichette had fitting competition during a record-setting first game in Toronto — a Yankees lineup led by a player plenty familiar with Rogers Centre. Gio Urshela hit two home runs for the second straight game and New York outslugged Bichette and ...

Baseball / MLB Aug 4, 2019

Four Astros pitchers combine for no-hitter against Mariners

After losing 13 decisions in a row with Toronto, Aaron Sanchez was looking for a fresh start and a way to turn things around in his move to the Houston Astros. But even with their history of improving the performance of pitchers, it would have ...

Baseball / MLB Jul 25, 2019

Indians' Shane Bieber twirls one-hit shutout

Cleveland right-hander Shane Bieber wrapped up a shaky pregame bullpen session and shared a worried look with catcher Kevin Plawecki. "I was like 'Let's just find a way to get it done,' " Bieber told his battery mate. "Fortunately, I was able to do that." He ...

Baseball / MLB Jun 26, 2019

Yankees set home run record in win over Jays

Aaron Judge and his teammates were joking about which one of them would hit the home run that gave the New York Yankees a major league-record 28 straight games with a long ball. The 6-foot-7 (200-cm) slugger, batting second in the lineup, predicted the mark ...

Baseball / MLB Apr 10, 2019

Red Sox stumble again in home opener

The Boston Red Sox blanketed Fenway Park with pieces of the city's championship past to welcome the newest members of their World Series title club. It wasn't enough to ward off another setback for a team yet to resemble the one that hoisted the trophy ...

Baseball / MLB Sep 27, 2018

Blue Jays manager John Gibbons won't remain in charge after season

John Gibbons wasn't sure he had the energy to oversee a rebuild in Toronto, so he's moving on from his job as manager of the Blue Jays at the end of the season. "We are going to have a new voice. We are going to ...

Baseball / MLB Sep 15, 2018

Tanaka picks up 12th victory

Masahiro Tanaka threw six solid innings and picked up his 12th win as the New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 11-0 on Friday. Tanaka (12-5) struck out eight of the 24 batters he faced at Yankee Stadium for his third straight winning start. ...

Baseball / MLB Sep 7, 2018

Blue Jays, John Gibbons to part ways after season: report

The Toronto Blue Jays and manager John Gibbons will part ways after this season, according to a Fancred report on Thursday. Per the report, nothing is set in stone, but a person familiar with the thinking of both parties called it "99.9 percent done" that ...

Baseball / MLB Jul 15, 2018

Xander Bogaerts lifts Red Sox with walk-off grand slam

Xander Bogaerts relaxed to the beat of his favorite walk-up song. Three pitches later, he was stunned by excitement rounding the bases. Bogaerts hit a game-ending grand slam with one out in 10th inning, and J.D. Martinez hit his major league-leading 29th homer to carry ...