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LOS ANGELES – For the Blue Jays, Tuesday night’s game was about as pleasant as sitting in L.A. traffic for three-plus hours only to realize you’ve been going the wrong way the whole time. Wednesday afternoon, on the other hand, was more…

SEATTLE — Pitching in Seattle for the first time since he left the Mariners for free agency two winters ago, pitching before the tens of thousands of Western Canadians that wage an annual hostile takeover of T-Mobile Park, pitching in the…

Jarred Kelenic struggled to hold back tears as he sat in the Seattle Mariners' dugout answering questions from reporters before the Thursday game against the Minnesota Twins, a walking boot on his left footWas the punishment of Tennessee…

TORONTO – When the Toronto Blue Jays have experienced surprises this year, they’ve rarely been pleasant ones. From Alek Manoah’s baffling collapse, to the lineup’s struggles in scoring position, the unexpected has not been a friend to the…

George Springer hit his 11th home run of the season and had a sacrifice fly to lead the Toronto Blue Jays past the visiting Oakland Athletics 12-1 on Sunday.Cavan Biggio added a late three-run homer in the five-run eighth inning as Toronto…

NEW YORK — Yusei Kikuchi and Kodai Senga go back over a decade. They got to know one another while pitching in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball and forged a close bond at the league’s 2013 all-star game. It was there that they discussed…

The visiting Toronto Blue Jays will be dealing with a “ghost forkball” when they vie for a three-game series sweep of the New York Mets on Sunday afternoon. The ghost forkball is a pitch used by Mets right-hander Kodai Senga…

Yusei Kikuchi had nine strikeouts over six strong innings to lead the Blue Jays to a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Toronto on Saturday.The left-hander allowed four hits and one earned run on a sunny afternoon with the roof open at…

TORONTO – Yusei Kikuchi had nine strikeouts over six strong innings to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. The left-hander allowed four hits and one earned run on a sunny afternoon with the…

Yusei Kikuchi and four relievers limited the Kansas City Royals to one run on four hits, and the Toronto Blue Jays snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory in Whit Merrifield's return to Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday night.Matt…