BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Jose Bautista bashed his Major League-leading 39th home run of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays crushed the hapless Baltimore Orioles in a 13-0 blowout on Wednesday.
Matching a season-high 20 hits with four homers, the Blue Jays bullied former team mate Jo-Jo Reyes off the mound after plundering seven runs in less than three innings in his first start against Toronto since the team waived him earlier this month.
“We were patient with him and we waited for our pitch in the zone and he gave it to us,” Toronto hitter Eric Thames told reporters of Reyes. “We didn’t miss, and that was the biggest difference.”
The Blue Jays (68-68) raced ahead with six runs in the third inning as Kelly Johnson and Jose Molina each hit blasts. The visitors added four more runs in the fourth, and capped the scoring on Bautista’s long drive to left field
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