Before I get to Monday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles, I got a little bit of news about the Blue Jays.
The Toronto Blue Jays have sent Eric Thames, who has been slumping at the plate lately, down to Triple A Las Vegas on Tuesday and has called up Mike McCoy. Thames hit .3o8 in the month of April, but has only hit .190 in May.
Mike McCoy has been called up from Triple A, Eric Thames gets sent down to minors
The Blue Jays have also shook up their overworked bullpen a little by promoting Aaron Laffey from Triple A and sent down Chad Beck.
I really amazed on how the Blue Jay played on Monday night, even though, they gave us fans a little bit of a scare at the top of the ninth inning.
Jay’s pitcher, Drew Hutchison was practically flawless on the mound, giving up only three hits, no runs, three walks, and struck out nine batters in seven innings.
Toronto opened the scoring in the first inning when Colby Rasmus drove in Kelly Johnson with a single.
Johnson then came up in ...
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