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Usually, the Yankees or Boston Red Sox are on top of the A.L. East every season, so the Blue Jays better take advantage of being the best team in the division this season and make moves at the trade deadline.
The Blue Jays are on a three-game losing streak, and with their 16-4 loss to the lowly Orioles in the first game of a day/night double-header, are now more than justified in sounding the alarm bells on their bullpen.
Toronto acquired reliever Seranthony Dominguez from the Orioles — in between games of their Tuesday doubleheader.
Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Cody Bellinger also homered and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4.
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George Springer found himself in a scary situation on Tuesday night when he was hit in the head with a 96 mph fastball during a game against the Orioles.
“Just not good enough,” said manager Aaron Boone, who along with pitching coach Matt Blake was ejected in the seventh inning for arguing balls and strikes. “We’ve got to obviously tighten it up. Confident we will. We’ll continue to work at it. We have good defenders here. But tonight was obviously a rough night for us.”
The Toronto Blue Jays have firm control of the AL East Division while the New York Yankees are dealing with what could be a critical injury.
Probably a little better than the Bronx Bombers, who got schooled again by the Toronto Blue Jays and nearly swept at home by the Philadelphia Phillies, while along the way losing Triple Crown threat Aaron Judge for at least 10 days with a flexor strain in his right elbow.