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Blue Jays Look To Get Back On Track Against Orioles

July 11th 2020
Yankees 3, Blue Jays 5
W: J. Teheran (6-5)
L: M. Tanaka (7-5)
S: K. Giles (26)

July 12th 2020
Yankees 10, Blue Jays 1
W: G. Gonzalez (6-5)
L: M. Shoemaker (7-6)
S: Z. Britton (1)

July 14th 2020
Marlins 4, Blue Jays 1
W: W. Chen (3-4)
L: A. Sanchez (9-5)
S: D. Steckenrider (21)

July 15th 2020
Marlins 0, Blue Jays 1
W: M. Boyd (7-5)
L: S. Sanchez (2-5)
S: C. Kimbrel (4)

July 17th 2020
Orioles 4, Blue Jays 3
W: T. Scott (3-2)
L: R. Tepera (4-4)

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MLB Standings - Updated: Jul 18, 2020
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Toronto Blue Jays	58	39	-	435	383
New York Yankees	49	41	0.5	455	318
Baltimore Orioles	41	58	18.0	365	464
Tampa Bay Rays	41	58	18.0	353	439
Boston Red Sox	40	58	18.5	341	399

• The Atlanta Braves acquired 2B Brandon Lowe from the New York Mets in exchange for CF Drew Waters.
• The Chicago White Sox acquired SS Aldaberto Mondesi from the Kansas City Royals for CF Luis Robert and SP Tyler Danish.
• The Cleveland Indians acquired RP Caleb Smith from the Marlins for SS Yu Chang and 3B Mark Mathias.
• The Atlanta Braves acquired SS Brendan Rodgers from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for SP Mike Soroka.
• The St. Louis Cardinals acquired 1B Max Muncy from the Los Angeles Dodgers for SP Austin Gomber and RP Luke Gregerson.

Up Next: Orioles (41-58) @ Blue Jays (58-39)

The Blue Jays look to bounce back from a Friday night loss at the hands of the Orioles as they look to pad their lead over the Yankees in the American League East. Julio Teheran (6-5, 3.33 ERA) gets the start for the Blue Jays after picking up his first win of the second half last time out against the Yankees. Yefry Ramirez (0-7, 7.22 ERA) continues to look for his first win of the season after a horrific first half of the regular season.

Luke Maile will slide into the lineup to give regular catcher Danny Jansen a day off after a long night game the day before.

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Blue Jays Survive Comeback, Walk Off Orioles

Kevin Pillar and co. celebrate his walk off double in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Blue Jays capitalized on an error by Renato Nunez to open the frame, picking up their 59th win of the season.

Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays
Jul 18, 2020	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore (41-59)	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	6	7	1
Toronto (59-39)	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	11	0
W: Craig Kimbrel (2-0) L: Paul Fry (L, 5-4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BAL	TOR
TOR	1st	Smoak grounded to center for a single. Grichuk scores.	0	1
TOR	1st	Tellez homered to right (393 feet). Smoak scores. Guerrero Jr. scores.	0	4
BAL	2nd	Trumbo homered to left (398 feet).	1	4
BAL	2nd	Yastrzemski homered to right (417 feet).	2	4
TOR	2nd	Springer hit a sacrifice fly to Yastrzemski (SF9). Maile scores.	2	5
BAL	4th	Mancini homered to center (405 feet).	3	5
BAL	6th	Yastrzemski lined to right for a single. Mancini scores.	4	5
TOR	6th	Maile doubled to right. Bichette scores.	4	6
BAL	7th	Mullins homered to right (409 feet).	5	6
BAL	8th	Trumbo hit a sacrifice fly to Springer (SF7). Peterson scores.	6	6
TOR	9th	Pillar doubled to center. Travis scores.	6	7

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Mancini (21), Peterson (20) HBP: Mullins (9), Mancini (13), Trumbo (15), Yastrzemski (5) RBI: Mullins (28), Mancini (49), Trumbo 2 (54), Yastrzemski 2 (14) SF: Trumbo
FIELDING E: Nunez (6)

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Ramirez	5.0	7	5	5	0	2	7.33
Infante	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	5.67
Peralta	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	6.16
Fry (L, 5-4)	1.1	2	1	0	0	0	4.45
TOTALS	6.1	11	7	6	0	5

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Grichuk (26), Pillar (17), Maile 2 (4) HR: Tellez (9) RBI: Smoak (51), Springer (54), Pillar (39), Maile (9), Tellez 3 (34) SF: Springer GIDP: Bichette

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Teheran	6.2	6	5	5	1	5	3.53
Chafin (H, 16)	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	4.71
Kimbrel (W, 2-0)	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	3.75
TOTALS	9.0	7	6	6	1	10
PITCHING WP: Kimbrel (1)

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Blue Jays Take Series Wins Against Orioles, Giants

July 19th 2020
Orioles 1, Blue Jays 2
W: A. DeSclafani (9-1)
L: S. Gilmartin (3-2)

July 20th 2020
Blue Jays 1, Giants 2
W: G. Cole (6-6)
L: A. DeSclafani (9-2)
S: N. Vincent (14)

July 21st 2020
Blue Jays 4, Giants 2
W: A. Chafin (1-1)
L: T. Gott (6-5)
S: K. Giles (27)

July 22nd 2020
Blue Jays 8, Giants 1
W: M. Stroman (8-5)
L: D. Rodriguez (5-10)

July 23rd 2020
Blue Jays 3, Astros 13
W: R. Castellano (10-7)
L: J. Teheran (6-6)

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MLB Standings - Updated: Jul 24, 2020
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Toronto Blue Jays	62	41	-	460	408
New York Yankees	62	43	1.0	487	337
Tampa Bay Rays	44	60	18.5	370	453
Boston Red Sox	43	61	19.5	358	417
Baltimore Orioles	42	63	21.0	381	491
AL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
New York Yankees	62	43	-	487	337
Chicago White Sox	55	47	-	406	395
Texas Rangers	55	49	1.0	432	453
Los Angeles Angels	55	50	1.5	527	472
Minnesota Twins	53	49	2.0	345	366
Oakland Athletics	52	54	5.0	484	478

• The Colorado Rockies acquired SS Lenyn Sosa from the Chicago White Sox for 3B Tyler Nevin.

Up Next: Blue Jays (62-41) @ Astros (61-44)

Lance McCullers (6-7, 3.67 ERA) gets the start in game two of the four game set between the two division leading teams. The Astros pounded the Blue Jays pitching staff for 13 runs in last night's ball game, and will look to keep the bats hot against Matt Shoemaker (7-6, 3.70 ERA).

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Grichuk Drives In Four To Spark Blue Jays Comeback

Randal Grichuk smacked a game-tying triple into the right center field gap and scored the winning run three pitches later on a Justin Smoak single to give the Blue Jays the win. The all star outfielder also added a three-run homer in the third inning, his 30th of the season.

Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros
Jul 24, 2020	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto (63-41)	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	8	15	1
Houston (61-45)	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	0
W: Andrew Chafin (2-1) L: Roberto Osuna (0-2) S: Ken Giles (28)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			TOR	HOU
TOR	3rd	Grichuk homered to left (412 feet). Pillar scores. Springer scores.	3	0
HOU	3rd	Reddick homered to right. Hedges scores. Brantley scores.	3	3
HOU	4th	Tucker lined to left for a single. Gurriel scores.	3	4
HOU	4th	Kemp homered to left (382 feet). Tucker scores.	3	6
HOU	4th	Hedges homered to left (422 feet).	3	7
TOR	5th	Guerrero Jr. grounded to center for a single. Springer scores.	4	7
TOR	7th	Smaok hit to right for a single. Springer scores.	5	7
TOR	7th	Bichette hit to right for a single. Smoak scores.	6	7
TOR	9th	Grichuk tripled to center. Springer scores.	7	7
TOR	9th	Smoak grounded to center for a single. Grichuk scores.	8	7

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Springer (17) 3B: Springer (3), Grichuk (3) HR: Grichuk (30) RBI: Guerrero Jr. (28), Smoak 2 (56), Grichuk 4 (81), Bichette (55)
FIELDING E: Gurrero Jr. (8)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Shoemaker	4.0	8	7	7	1	2	4.11
Biagini	2.2	2	0	0	0	3	2.43
Chafin (W, 2-1)	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	3.91
Giles (S, 28)	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	1.96
TOTALS	9.0	11	7	7	2	9

Houston Astros
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: Gurriel (23) HR: Hedges (5), Reddick (5), Kemp (5) RBI: Hedges (13), Reddick 3 (33), Kemp 2 (27), Tucker (36) HBP: Bregman

Houston Astros
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
McCullers Jr.	6.0	8	4	4	1	2	3.87
Smith (H, 8)	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	4.38
Peacock (H, 20)	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	2.03
Devenski (H, 25)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	1.86
Osuna (L, 0-2)	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	2.43
Harris	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.06
TOTALS	9.0	15	8	8	1	6

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Blue Jays Look To Get Back On Track After Tough Road Trip

July 25th 2020
Blue Jays 6, Astros 10
W: J. Verlander (12-4)
L: A. DeSclafani (9-3)
S: R. Osuna (39)

July 26th 2020
Blue Jays 2, Astros 5
W: C. McHugh (8-7)
L: M. Boyd (7-6)
S: R. Osuna (40)

July 27th 2020
Blue Jays 4, Dodgers 5
F/12
W: D. Floro (3-2)
L: K. Giles (1-2)

July 28th 2020
Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 0
W: J. Teheran (7-6)
L: W. Buehler (6-10)
S: K. Giles (29)

July 30th 2020
Rays 5, Blue Jays 10
W: A. DeSclafani (10-3)
L: C. Morton (8-5)

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MLB Standings - Updated: Jul 31, 2020
AL EAST	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Toronto Blue Jays	65	44	-	492	440
New York Yankees	65	46	1.0	513	355
Tampa Bay Rays	49	62	17.0	401	474
Boston Red Sox	47	62	18.0	406	432
Baltimore Orioles	43	69	24.0	396	549
AL WILD CARD RACE	W	L	GB	RS	RA
New York Yankees	65	46	-	513	355
Chicago White Sox	58	50	-	440	425
Minnesota TWins	58	50	-	366	383
Texas Rangers	58	52	1.0	455	475
Los Angeles Angels	58	53	1.5	546	497
Oakland Athletics	53	58	6.5	504	512

Up Next: Rays (49-62) @ Blue Jays (65-44)

The Blue Jays look to hold onto first place as they wrap up the month of July with the 2020 trade deadline. Aaron Sanchez (9-5, 3.28 ERA) will get the ball for the Blue Jays, who look to string together three straight wins since before the all star break. The Rays will turn to Yonny Chirinos (6-4, 3.38 ERA), who has been their best pitcher this season by far, working 120 innings for the club.

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Blue Jays Option Drury, Activate Gurriel Jr. from IL

The Toronto Blue Jays have announced that they have activated infielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. from the injured list and have optioned infielder Brandon Drury to Triple-A Buffalo.

Since being recalled from Triple-A, Drury has hit to the tune of a .264 average with two hoemrs and 3 doubles in 72 at bats. While he provided replacement level offense with good defensive versatility, the Blue Jays will welcome back Lourdes Gurriel Jr. who was off to a rough start to the season through 36 games before landing on the injured list.

The 26 year old Cuban infielder hit a mediocre .248 with 3 doubles and two home runs to go along with 16 RBIs. After posting a .246/.321/.413 slash line over 146 games in the 2019 season, the versatile infielder is looking to bring his offensive game to the next level in 2020.

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Deadline Splash: Blue Jays Acquire Hader From Brewers

The Toronto Blue Jays have announced their first block buster acquisition of the 2020 trade deadline, acquiring star reliever Josh Hader and infield prospect Francisco Thomas from the Milwaukee Brewers.

Just a week after acquiring A.J. Minter from the Braves, the Blue Jays have acquired another bullpen weapon as they try to fend off the New York Yankees for the rest of the season. Hader, 25, comes with three years of arbitration control through 2023 and has pitched to a 2.40 ERA with 52 strikeouts through 41.1 innings of work out of the back end of the Milwaukee bullpen this season.

Thomas, a switch hitting infielder from Puerto Rico, is a shortstop by nature and has been seeing action at the Triple-A level for the Brewers organization so far this season. Thomas has laid waste to Triple-A pitching this season, hitting .331 with 9 home runs and 46 RBIs through 242 at bats with Triple-A San Antonio.

Going to the Brewers is outfielders Teoscar Hernandez and Luis Angel as well as highly-touted infield prospect Orelvis Martinez. With the offseason acquisition of George Springer paying extraordinary dividends for the Blue Jays, Hernandez saw his playing time reduced to a backup role and was ultimately deemed expendable by the Blue Jays brass. The 27 year old has only appeared in 72 games for the Blue Jays this season, putting together a .250/.317/.385 line with six homers and 26 RBI.

Martinez, 21, has been playing at the Double-A level this season and has appeared in two games for the Blue Jays back in 2017, albeit with nothing to show for after going 0-for-4. Meanwhile, Angel has been playing at Single-A Dunedin, where he has been graded as a “B+ prospect” by multiple scouts after being drafted by the Blue Jays in the early rounds last year.

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Blue Jays Recall Drury, Option Chafin

After acquiring Josh Hader from the Milwaukee Brewers, the Blue Jays have announced a minor roster shuffle. The team has announced that they have recalled utilityman Brandon Drury from Triple-A Buffalo and optioned reliever Andrew Chafin to Triple-A Buffalo.

With outfielder Teoscar Hernandez on the move to Milwaukee, the Blue Jays needed another bat off the bench. With Drury able to play multiple infield positions and both corner outfield positions, he was deemed the perfect fit after putting up a .264 average through his first taste of big league action this season.

Chafin, acquired at the trade deadline last season by the Blue Jays, has been a disappointment to the bullpen ever since, posting a 4.13 ERA in 28.1 innings of work while being used mainly as a lefty specialist. With Hader being of the southpaw variety and his ability to get batters of both hands out, the need for Chafin no longer existed for Charlie Montoya. Chafin will look to get back on track in Triple-A Buffalo, and expect to see him back with the club when rosters expand in September.