TORONTO (AP) —
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but they will burn up the basepaths at every opportunity.Willy Adames had two
hits and drove in the decisive run, and the Rays beat the Blue Jays 3-1 on
Saturday, their seventh win in eight meetings with Toronto this season.“With our
lineup, we have to execute the small things a lot more than other teams,”
outfielder Kevin Kiermaier said. “We don’t have the big home run hitters or
anything like that. We just try to move base to base and, anytime we can, try to
capitalize on any mistakes or errors and make them pay.”Tampa Bay took advantage
of a pair of early Toronto miscues to take extra bases that led to runs. Speedy
outfielder Mallex Smith led off the first with a chopper over the mound.
Shortstop Aledmys Diaz and second baseman Devon Travis both charged, and then
backed off as the ball rolled between them. Smith took advantage of two
infielders being out of position to advance to second and was credited with a
double. He scored one out later on Joey Wendle’s double just inside the right
field foul line.“Initially I thought I would beat out the ball and just get the
single,” Smith said. “I head the crowd go ‘Ooh,’ so I thought they bobbled it.
Then I saw it just kind of helplessly rolling out to center field.”In the
second, Kiermaier led off with a single and advanced when center fielder Kevin
Pillar bobbled the ball. Kiermaier later stole third and scored on Adames’ RBI
grounder.“We’re not a very high-scoring offense, so we have to take advantage of
any little mistake, bobble, whatever, to get that extra 90 feet,” manager Kevin
Cash said. “We don’t score those runs if they don’t do those things.”Aledmys
Diaz homered for the Blue Jays
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below .500.“Any time you can limit a team to one run, things are going right,”
Cash said.Ryne Stanek opened for the Rays, leaving after four outs. Diego
Castillo (3-2) pitched 2 2/3 innings and Jamie Schultz allowed one run in two
innings. Hunter Wood pitched the seventh, Pedro Alvorado handled the eighth and
Sergio Romo worked a perfect ninth for his 15th save in 22 opportunities.“They
were tough today,” Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin said. “They made pitches,
made some plays on defense.”Toronto had two runners thrown out on the bases in
the seventh. Martin led off with a single but was caught trying to steal second.
The inning ended when Pillar was picked off first following a walk.Diaz cut the
deficit in half with a leadoff homer off Schultz in the fifth, his 15th. Jesus
Sucre hit an RBI single off Ryan Tepera in the ninth to restore the two-run
cushion.Sam Gaviglio (2-5) allowed two runs, one earned, and six hits in 5 1/3
innings. Gaviglio is winless in 14 starts since a May 25 victory at
Philadelphia.BACK2BACKToronto honored the 25th anniversary of its consecutive
World Series titles in 1992 and 1993 with a pregame ceremony. More than 20
coaches and players from the two championship teams were on hand, including Hall
of Famers Roberto Alomar and Dave Winfield, 1993 hero Joe Carter and manager
Cito Gaston.DRY SPELLToronto, which lost 7-0 Friday, scored one run or fewer in
consecutive games for the third time.DID IT AGAINBlue Jays prospect Vladimir
Guerrero Jr. homered for Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday, his fourth in four
games.TRAINER’S ROOMBlue Jays: Manager John Gibbons said INF Yangervis Solarte
will go on the disabled list after injuring his right oblique on an awkward
swing in the second inning and leaving the game. Solarte was replaced by Richard
Urena. … In a statement, the Blue Jays said injured 3B Josh Donaldson (left
calf) is “ramping up intensity” in his workouts at its spring training facility
in Dunedin
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Florida. Donaldson has been out since May 28.UP NEXTRays RHP Tyler Glasnow (1-2,
4.14 ERA) starts Sunday’s series finale against RHP Marcus Stroman (4-8, 5.20).
Glasnow is 0-0 with a 2.57 ERA in two starts since being acquired from
Pittsburgh last month. Stroman left Tuesday’s start against Boston after
allowing one unearned run in seven innings because of a blister on his middle
finger. CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Months before the start of spring training, the
New York Yankees‘ injury list is lengthening.Catcher Gary Sanchez had surgery on
his left shoulder Thursday, which could slow him during spring training but is
not likely to keep him out of the lineup on opening day.“His shoulder has
bothered him off and on since ’17,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said
Wednesday. “He’s been treated conservatively with it. He had an injection
towards the end of ’17. He had two in ’18. He just resumed workouts and still
felt a little bit lingering from it.”Cashman made the announcement at the
general managers’ meetings, hours after the Yankees finalized an $8 million,
one-year contract with CC Sabathia. The 38-year-old left-hander said 2019 will
be his final season.New York announced last month that Didi Gregorius will miss
much of next season after Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ligament in the
shortstop’s right elbow.An All-Star in 2017 who slumped badly this year, Sanchez
felt continued shoulder pain while working out last week at the Yankees’ minor
league complex in Tampa, Florida, with strength and conditioning coach Matt
Krause.“He said things are going well, but my shoulder is still cranky. It’s
still lingering in there,” Cashman said. “So it’s just enough complaints, too
many over the course of a year-and-half now.”Head team physician Dr. Christopher
Ahmad performed a debridement at New York-Presbyterian Hospital to remove loose
debris from Sanchez’s non-throwing shoulder. The recovery is expected to be
about three months.Sanchez, 25
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Hamilton Jersey , hit .299 with 20 homers and 42 RBIs two years
ago, when he impressed during a call-up in the season’s final two months, and he
was an All-Star in 2017 who hit .278 with 33 homers and 90 RBIs in 122 games.
But he slumped to a .186 with 18 homers and 53 RBIs in 89 games this year, when
he was limited by a groin injury, and his defense was poor for the second
straight year.“It may very well have been something that affected him
performance-wise. I can’t rule that out,” Cashman said.Sabathia went 9-7 with a
3.65 ERA in 29 starts this year. He met with Cashman in the Yankees clubhouse
the day after New York’s season ended.“He said, ‘Cash I want to play again. I
will play somewhere else if I have to. But I don’t want to play anywhere else.
I’m a Yankee. I want to end as a Yankee. Next year is my last year, but I am
going to play and I’m hoping it’s here.'”A six-time All-Star and the 2007 AL Cy
Young Award winner, Sabathia is 246-153 in 18 major league seasons with a 3.70
ERA and 2,986 strikeouts, including 129-80 in a decade with the Yankees. He took
a $2 million paycut.“It’s certainly not simple negotiating with someone you have
a great deal of respect for and you’re dealing with lesser dollars,” Cashman
said. “Those are not easy conversations to have.”