The Jays ran into the good Zack Greinke and lost their series with the Royals.
Greinke was strong, allowing just six hit in his eight Innings and striking out nine. He was far too good to be spotted the five runs his offence gave him. The Jays looked like they had a rally going in the seventh, Wells, Hill and Overbay all singled, but then Encarnacion grounded into the DP and that was that. The Jays are off for a four game set in Detroit now, starting with another day game. A couple of weeks ago the Tigers were leading the Central, now they're three games back in a tie for second with the Twins. they came back from the break to six straight losses, before turning things around with a win against the Rangers.
I was perusing mlbtraderumours.com trying to catch up with what's happening with trade deadline deals and I ran across a few Jays related items. The Braves, Giants, Tigers and White Sox have all asked about Jose Bautista. Jon Heyman believes the Jays are looking for middle infield help, and says the Mets have been talking about Scott Downs. Finally, old friend Vinnie Chulk looks to be moving to the Hiroshima Carp.
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