Donaldson homers as Blue Jays beat Rays 5-3

In the three games, the Rays have seen the power they were hoping for when trading for Dickerson as he launched his second homer in three games.

With the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning, Toronto slugger Edwin Encarnacion hit a grounder to third.

Roberto Osuna became the second pitcher in Blue Jays history to save the first two games of the season. “The ball took (the fan’s) glove down and he made it look like it would be in play”.

“That was a joke”, the manager said a bit earlier. “Maybe that’s what everybody’s looking for”. However, Logan Forsythe threw the ball away on the turn and the Jays took a 4-3 lead. (The call had nothing to do with the new slide rule) After the game on the Rays broadcast, Forsythe felt it was Bautista’s back foot that caused him to push his throw and didn’t even know Bautista’s hand had hit him until he saw the replay.

Speaking after the game, Gibbons trashed the new rule as an “embarrassment”. That cost us an opportunity to win a Major League game.

What’s clear is that the introduction of the rule and how its interpreted by the players still has a ways to go before everyone is on board and understands what is and isn’t legal. Additionally, he “did not engage in a bona fide slide as he did not attempt to remain on the base”.

“I feel like I respected the rule”.

Matt Sussman tweeted: “dresses? baseball is a serious game”. We grow up playing the game a certain way, since we were little kids.

That lead didn’t last long, however, as the runs weren’t counted and it ended up being considered a game-ending double-play.

Because the Jays weren’t going to go 162-0, I think the positives outweigh the negatives just because how good Sanchez was.

“I’m not saying it was because of me at all, because I think Joe Niekro probably did it some, too; he threw a pretty hard one too, Phil (Niekro) told me”, said Dickey. If a guy gets two minutes for hooking, for example, the referee skates over to the penalty box and announces the infraction.

Asked later if he anxious that the comment might change people’s perception of him, Gibbons replied: “I know who I am, I know where my heart is”. “That’s what we got”. That tied a major league record set by Craig Kimbrel, then of the Atlanta Braves, in 2011. Alex Colome (1-0) went two innings to get the win. He began 2015 in the rotation but went on the disabled list June 15 with a right lat strain.

A misplay by Forsythe on a bouncer allowed leadoff man Ryan Goins to reach, and with one out Josh Donaldson managed a broken-bat single.

Forsythe hit an opposite-field, two-run homer in the eighth inning to put the Rays ahead. He also struck out eight and didn’t allow a walk.

Encarnacion confirmed on Monday that the extension talks between his camp and the Blue Jays are over when the season started. Steve Pearce is 7-for-19 with three homers versus Happ, who has registered a 7.64 ERA in 17 2/3 innings at Tropicana Field in his career.Moore struggled when he returned from Tommy John surgery in early July but finished strong and was outstanding this spring.

Odorizzi won his season debut the previous two years with scoreless starts.

Rays ace Chris Archer is one four pitchers to strike out 12 or more batters on opening day and lose.