Carrera hit a tiebreaking pinch-hit homer in the eighth and Osuna earned his 32nd save of the season in eventful fashion as the Toronto Blue Jays hung on to edge the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Monday. "I figured I'd give him a day", Gibbons said before the series opener.
Smyly is 3-2 with a 2.70 ERA in nine career outings, including six starts, against the Blue Jays.
Liriano, prone to bouts of wildness and inefficiency throughout his career, was the exact opposite, effectively cruising through six innings until Evan Longoria and Brad Miller got to him for back-to-back jacks in the seventh, ending his night.
"I got to talk to him at the end and we're fine".
Following Wednesday's series finale against Tampa Bay, the Blue Jays travel to Anaheim for a four-game weekend series against the Los Angeles Angels before heading to Seattle for a three-game set against the Mariners next week.
"He was dominating, he really was", manager John Gibbons said.
Boston did itself a big favor Monday, handing the Orioles a lopsided 12-2 loss that dropped Baltimore three games back in the AL East race. Remember all that starting pitching and how we were going to contend? "It's about execution and just coming in every day and not giving up", added Bautista, who extended his on-base streak to 20 games with the homer. The 27-year-old Arkansas product has had trouble keeping the ball in the park, yielding 30 homers in 27 starts - seven in the last five.
"I didn't think it was going to go out, but then for a second I thought it was going to be foul too, so it worked out pretty well", Carrera said through a translator.
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The win didn't come easy, though none of them seem to come easy for the Jays lately.
"Wins like that tonight are ones that can really get you on a roll so, yeah, we're hoping to use this energy tonight and roll it over to tomorrow", Travis said.
Ranked No. 3 on BA's Blue Jays top 10 last winter, Guerrero Jr. hit.271 with eight home runs and 15 stolen bases for the Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League.
One season after finishing first in all of baseball with 232 round-trippers, two more home runs Monday - long balls that provided all of their offence - gave the Jays 204 homers on the year, pulling them into a second-place tie with the St. Louis Cardinals.
"They're very talented over there", said Jose Bautista, who homered Monday night for Toronto.
The Baltimore Orioles lead the way with 226 home runs. Travis is 5-for-9 against him and Jose Bautista (2-for-22) has struggled versus Odorizzi, who is 1-0 with a 2.35 ERA in four starts against Toronto in 2016.Liriano is back on the mound as a starter for the first time since August 26 after two relief appearances as he looks for his second win since being acquired from Pittsburgh.
"He just had a blister", Gibbons said Monday.
