Umpire Dale Scott sustains concussion on Trumbo foul tip

Tulowitzki scored from third on a one-out error by Manny Machado on Darwin Barney’s grounder to third. Davis added a solo shot of his own off of Aaron Sanchez in the sixth and Seth Smith finished off the power display with a solo blast of his own in the ninth. He has yet to pitch more than 5 1/3 innings in any start this season, and exited Thursday’s outing after tossing just three innings.

The 2015 AL MVP is batting.310 with two homers and four RBIs. And in the six, Chris Davis launched a rocket deep over the centre-field fence to increase the Orioles lead. The Jays haven’t gotten a regular season run off the Baltimore relief corps in the last five meetings between the teams, a span of 15.1 innings. That brief ray of good fortune lasted all of three innings.

“In my opinion, pitchers who are facing us are too comfortable on the mound and they’re dictating a lot of the pace of the game”, Donaldson said Wednesday after the Jays were shut out 2-0 by the Milwaukee Brewers. Since 2014, he’s hit 97 home runs, 80 doubles, walked almost as often as he’s struck out (301 walks to 305 strikeouts) and posted an OPS of.892. With Coghlan, Steve Pearce and even Ryan Goins, the Blue Jays can make sure they have the match-ups they want without sacrificing defense. So far they’re on pace for 72 home runs this year – less than Josh Donaldson’s combined home runs from the last two seasons.

It’s so bleak right now the Blue Jays have already been featured in a column from American website The Ringer titled ‘How to Lose (Or Win) a Playoff Spot in 10 Days’. Their lineup was expected to take a step back after losing Edwin Encarnacion, but the sluggish pace they’ve set – albeit through only nine games – has been concerning. And after the first of four against the Baltimore birds, the Jays now have an 0-3 record this season against their division rival.

Toronto has some notable hitters as well. I don’t know if he sees me different than he sees other people. “It’s kind of that mentality, put your foot on their throat while they’re down”.

About the only thing missing for the league-worst Jays in the first month of the season has been a plague of locusts. The fans are clearly getting restless, however, as the Rogers Centre was ominously quiet on both Thursday and Friday despite crowds of 30,000 plus.

Home plate umpire and crew chief Dale Scott sustained a concussion in the top of the eighth inning after a foul ball off the bat of Mark Trumbo knocked off his mask. Knight was taken to hospital and will be out of duty for the remainder of the weekend series. While a rickety Orioles rotation may seem like just such a group, the bullpen has been a much tougher task for the Jays to conquer of late, save for an unforgettable moment in the wildcard game (which required deposed starter Ubaldo Jimenez to provide the fireworks).

Scott was able to sit up, but was clearly shaken up, and the EMS immobilized his head and neck before taking him off the field on a stretcher.