Baseball

Five years ago, Mark Shapiro took over a long-struggling team at the worst possible moment—as it was enjoying its greatest success in decades. Rather than being hailed as a saviour, Shapiro—an American—was seen as an outsider threatening change. There was little the former Cleveland president could have done to win...

Looking to spark a scuffling offence, Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo shook up his lineup Wednesday night and the Blue Jays responded in a 6-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.After the start was delayed 31 minutes by rain, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit an RBI single in the first inning and...

Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run home run to back Eduardo Rodriguez in his first start at Fenway Park since 2019, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Tuesday night.Rodriguez (3-0), who missed last season due to COVID-19 complications, allowed two runs on three hits over...

Salvador Perez tapped his bat twice on the plate to make sure it wasn’t cracked, then sent the next pitch he saw from Toronto reliever T.J. Zeuch into the left-field fountains, breaking open a runless game and sending the Kansas City Royals to a 2-0 victory over the Blue Jays...

Steven Matz held the Kansas City Royals without a hit into the sixth inning, and Jonathan Davis and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 5-1 victory in the seven-inning opener of their doubleheader Saturday.Matz (3-0) only allowed a pair of walks before Nicky Lopez’s blooper...

Royals manager Mike Matheny felt awfully good about the way his team played in a 7-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.Jakob Junis ran his scoreless streak to 14 innings. The offence pumped out five extra-base hits, stringing enough together to produce a seven-run lead. And when Kansas City’s bullpen...

Carlos Rodon jumped around near the mound, surrounded by exuberant teammates. All the injuries, all the uncertainty, it seemed like a lifetime ago.From no roster spot to no-hitter – Rodon had arrived at his moment.The left-hander threw the second no-hitter of the young baseball season Wednesday night, losing his bid...

Bo Bichette homered twice, including a game-ending drive leading off the ninth inning that lifted the Toronto Blue Jays over the New York Yankees 5-4 on Wednesday.Bichette drove a pitch from Chad Green (0-2) the opposite way to right-centre field as Toronto took two of three.Alejandro Kirk also homered for...

Hyun Jin Ryu cruised into the seventh inning, Marcus Semien and Rowdy Tellez homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 7-3 on Tuesday night.Ryu (1-1) allowed only an unearned run over 6 2/3 innings, striking out seven and limiting the Yankees to four hits and a...

Kyle Higashioka is not Gerrit Cole’s personal catcher but they will be paired together a lot.Higashioka homered twice to support Cole, and the New York Yankees beat Toronto 3-1 on Monday night in the Blue Jays temporary home at their spring training ballpark.Higashioka caught Cole for the second straight start...

The game between the Los Angeles Angels and Toronto scheduled for Sunday at the Blue Jays’ temporary home in Florida was postponed because of rain.The game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Aug. 10 at Anaheim, Calif.This game at the Blue Jays’ spring training site...

Bo Bichette had five RBIs, Randal Grichuk hit a three-run double during a seven-run second inning and the Toronto Blue Jays stopped a four-game skid by routing the Los Angeles Angels 15-1 on Saturday night following a rain delay that lasted more than 2 1/2 hours.Bichette had two-run doubles in...

Shohei Ohtani homered and drove in four runs, Andrew Heaney pitched six scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Friday night.Ohtani completed a four-run second with a three-run double to deep right-centre off T.J. Zeuch. He also connected for a 422-foot solo drive...

The nomadic Toronto Blue Jays came up just short in their latest home opener location.David Fletcher had a two-run single in the 11th inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat Toronto 7-5 on Thursday night in the first regular-season game played at the Blue Jays’ spring training ballpark, which Toronto...

Kyle Gibson rebounded from a horrendous opening day start for Texas by striking out eight over six scoreless innings, and the Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 in the rubber game of their three-game series Wednesday.Gibson (1-0) scattered six hits with one walk while throwing 55 of 82 pitches...

The Toronto Blue Jays will play their second straight home opener away from Rogers Centre tonight.The Blue Jays will call their spring-training facility in Dunedin, Fla., home as they face the Los Angeles Angels.Toronto will be playing out of 8,500-seat TD Ballpark for at least the first three homestands because...

New Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer’s debut with the team could be delayed further after he suffered a setback in his rehab on Tuesday.Springer, who is nursing an oblique injury, felt tightness in his right quadriceps when running the bases, Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said.Montoyo said Springer had...

Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins has signed a five-year contact extension with the club.The move comes three months after president Mark Shapiro also signed a five-year extension with the Blue Jays.Atkins was hired by the Blue Jays in December 2015 after spending 15 seasons in Cleveland’s front office.The...

Nate Lowe homered twice and padded his franchise record for RBIs to start the season with four more, leading the Texas Rangers to a 7-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.Lowe was the first Texas player to go deep in front of the home fans at Globe...

The Chicago Cubs will erect a statue of Ferguson Jenkins outside Wrigley Field to honour the Canadian pitcher.The Cubs say a likeness of the Hall of Famer could be unveiled as early as next year.Jenkins, from Chatham, Ont., will be the fifth person honoured with a statue by the Cubs....