This past week’s Yankees power outage prompted discussion of toughness and grit and heart concerning your favorite $198-million ballclub, and more often than not, it’s all a bunch of garbage. They’re baseball players. Sometimes they come through, sometim...
TORONTO — After last week calling it “doubtful” Ike Davis would be a consideration for a demotion to the minors, Mets manager Terry Collins yesterday sounded less certain about the situation. “There is nothing etched in stone,” Collins said before the Me...
TORONTO —Rob Johnson to the rescue. On a night Jon Niese couldn’t go an inning without allowing at least one home run, the Mets’ catcher pitched a perfect eighth in a 14-5 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Johnson became the first position player t...
TORONTO — Jose Bautista and J.P. Arencibia each hit two-run home runs, Drew Hutchison won consecutive starts for the first time and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees 4-1 Thursday night, sweeping their two-game series. New York lost its third straigh...
TORONTO — Ivan Nova didn’t throw his scheduled bullpen session yesterday, but the right-hander said his injured ankle was improving and said he will be able to start on Saturday against the Reds. “I feel good,” Nova said before the Yankees’ 8-1 loss to t...
Arlington, TX – Toronto Blue Jays starter Henderson Alvarez was ejected from Saturday's game against the Rangers after throwing an inside pitch that didn't hit the batter. Alvarez had just given up back-to-back-to-back home runs to lose the lead, but was...
After losing six of their previous 10 games, the Texas Rangers got back on track in a big way Friday night against the Blue Jays. The Rangers offense came out firing from the start, putting up six runs in the bottom of the first inning, and ultimately cr...
Arlington, TX – Nelson Cruz finished 4-for-5 with a grand slam and matched a career-high with eight RBI to pace an explosive offensive night for the Texas Rangers as they pounded the Toronto Blue Jays, 14-3, in the opener of a three-game set. Adrian Belt...
Nelson Cruz hit a grand slam and tied his career high with eight RBI, Josh Hamilton hit his 19th home run of the season and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 14-3 Friday night. Cruz's grand slam came in the seventh inning and gave Texas a 14-1...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – B.J. Upton hit an RBI double in the 11th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Wednesday. Rich Thompson was hit by a pitch from Darren Oliver (0-2) to start the 11th and scored on Upton's one-out drive int...
: Rangers starter Colby Lewis put together an OK start on Saturday afternoon against the Blue Jays. Lewis was hurt by a Colby Rasmus two-run homer in the fifth inning, but had not given up a run to that point. In the end, he settled for a no-decision as ...
ARLINGTON -- Blue Jays right-hander Henderson Alvarez was ejected during the sixth inning of Saturday afternoon's game against the Rangers for throwing an inside fastball to second baseman Ian Kinsler. The incident occurred after the Rangers hit three co...
Henderson Alvarez #37 of the Toronto Blue Jays throws a pitch against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on May 4, 2012 in Anaheim, California. (Stephen Dunn, Getty Images) Alvarez had just given up back-to-back-to-back home ru...
The Toronto Blue Jays will try to avoid their fourth straight loss as Henderson Alvarez takes the mound against the explosive Texas Rangers. Josh Hamilton and his teammates will try to keep rolling against Alvarez (3-4, 3.30 ERA), who is 0-2 with a 6.17 ...
