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The Blue Jays’ revelry in their Rogers Centre return ended with an extra-inning defeat to Cleveland on Monday.Toronto’s 5-2, 10th-inning loss halted a three-for-three start in their return to their home turf after a 22-month absence because of the COVID-19 pandemic.After Myles Straw scored on a single to left field...

Brewers’ all-time single-season saves leader John Axford is returning to Milwaukee.The Toronto Blue Jays traded the right-hander to Milwaukee on Monday for cash considerations. Axford, who signed a minor league deal with the Jays in June, was not on the team’s 40-man roster, making him eligible to be dealt past...

Blue Jays rookie pitcher Alek Manoah made a marvellous debut at Rogers Centre, and George Springer smashed a pair of early-game home runs to back his young teammate on Saturday.Manoah blanked the Kansas City Royals with seven shutout innings in Toronto’s 4-0 victory to go two-for-two in their return before...

Charlie Montoyo called it “one of my best days in baseball”“And I’ve been around for a long time,” said the 55-year-old Blue Jays manager. “I was so happy to be here. I was actually nervous before this game because I wanted us to win so bad, for the fans back...

A sea of blue jerseys and T-shirts welcomed the Toronto Blue Jays back to the Rogers Centre on Friday as fans flocked to see the team play at home for the first time in nearly two years.The crowd that lined up outside the stadium was abuzz with excitement, with many...

Max Scherzer and Trea Turner wearing Dodger blue, Kris Bryant heading to the Golden Gate. Javier Baez joining the Mets, Craig Kimbrel crossing town to the White Sox, Jose Berrios moving north of the border.Now this truly was an All-Star trade deadline day.After a run-up that saw the likes of...

In need of pitching as the trade deadline approached, the Toronto Blue Jays significantly upgraded their starting rotation by acquiring right-handed Jose Berrios from the Minnesota Twins on Friday.The two-time all-star has a 7-5 record with a 3.48 earned-run average and 126 strikeouts over 20 starts with the Twins this...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a three-run homer all the way out of Fenway Park, Hyun Jin Ryu held Boston to two hits over six innings and the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Red Sox 13-1 on Thursday night.Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run double for the Blue Jays, who tagged the...

Home Plate Lady will be back in her customary seat and the beer will be flowing, but it may take a few games before fans, starved since Sept. 29, 2019, of live professional baseball action in Toronto, grumble again about the price of their stadium-served brews.As the Toronto Blue Jays...

Robbie Ray pitched six strong innings, Randal Grichuk homered and drove in three runs, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader.“I felt like my slider was really good, especially those last two innings,” Ray said. “I threw some...

The Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox were rained out Tuesday night by a heavy storm and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader Wednesday.The second of a four-game set between the AL East rivals was moved to a 2:10 p.m. start Wednesday, followed by the nightcap starting at 7:10...

Alex Verdugo hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox rallied late for the second straight game, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Monday night in the opener of an important series for the Blue Jays.Boston star Rafael Devers added a solo...

Sara Groenewegen’s mask hid most of her emotions.The tears, however, were still there.And in classic Canadian fashion, the country’s star pitcher began by apologizing.“Sorry, I’m crying,” Groenewegen said after a gut-wrenching, extra-inning loss to Japan that dashed her team’s gold-medal hopes in softball at the Tokyo Olympics.“This is a phenomenal...

Pete Alonso homered again, pinch-hitter Jeff McNeil broke a tie with a two-run double and the New York Mets beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Sunday in a successful debut for new starter Rich Hill.Acquired from Tampa Bay in a trade Friday, the 41-year-old Hill gave New York’s injury-thinned...

Teoscar Hernandez went deep twice Saturday night to spark a five-homer barrage by the Toronto Blue Jays. who beat the host New York Mets 10-3 in the middle game of a three-game series.The Blue Jays snapped a three-game losing streak. The Mets fell to 4-4 in the second half.George Springer,...

Tylor Megill tossed six scoreless innings for his first big league win and got his first career hit, Pete Alonso homered twice and the New York Mets defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 on Friday night.Megill (1-0) allowed two hits, walked one and struck out five as the rookie right-hander...

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer appeared in court Friday to fight the extension of a protective order sought by a woman who says he choked her to the point where she lost consciousness and punched her during two sexual encounters earlier this year.Attorneys for Bauer and the woman revealed...

Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians.The ballclub announced the name change Friday – effective at the end of the 2021 season – with a video on Twitter narrated by actor and team fan Tom Hanks. The decision ends months of internal...

Kike Hernandez hit a two-run double that tied the game with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of a record four wild pitches by Brooks Kriske in the 10th to rally past the rival New York Yankees 5-4 on a rainy Thursday night...

The Toronto Blue Jays have dealt pitcher Joel Payamps to the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations.Payamps posted a 2.70 ERA with 22 strikeouts in 30.0 innings this season.The right-handed pitcher was recently designated for assignment by the team after Ryan Borucki was activated from the 60-day injury list.He had...