BALTIMORE 8 TORONTO 2
BALTIMORE - Losing their seventh straight game was only part of the misery for the Toronto Blue Jays.
They also lost slugger Jose Bautista - again - for at least 15 days and perhaps for the rest of the season.
Bautista left Saturday night's game against the Baltimore Orioles in the third inning, and after the 8-2 defeat, the Blue Jays put him on the 15-day disabled list.
Bautista complained of discomfort in his left wrist, essentially the same injury that put him on the DL for 5 1 weeks before his short-lived return on Friday /2 night.
"I've been playing with it, and I've been fine. That's why it is a little bizarre to me," Bautista said. "Maybe it's one of those swings I took today. I think I did the proper thing telling them. Doctor says it's nothing to panic about."
Manager John Farrell said Bautista, the reigning two-time AL home run champion, will see a hand specialist today.
Toronto also put first baseman David Cooper (back strain) on the DL, activated Adam Lind (back) from the disabled list and recalled infielder Adeiny Hechavarria from Triple-A Las Vegas.
The Blue Jays fell 14 games under .500 (56-70) for the first time since Sept. 25, 2009 (70-84). By dropping the first two games of the three-game set, Toronto has lost six straight series.
CHICAGO 5 SEATTLE 4
CHICAGO - White Sox backup catcher Tyler Flowers figured he'd have another night off. And then starter A.J. Pierzynski and manager Robin Ventura were ejected in the third inning and suddenly he was in the game.
Flowers responded to the quick call Saturday night. He homered to tie the game in the sixth and later had an eighth-inning, two-strike bunt single to set up an important insurance run as Chicago beat the Seattle Mariners 5-4 for its fifth straight win.
"I'm always ready to come in, but not usually that early. Being behind him [Pierzynski], there's not too many opportunities to get in the game when he's starting," Flowers said.
"It was a little different for sure, but it all worked out and we got the win. That's the most important thing."
Seattle took a quick first-inning lead on Kyle Seager's three-run homer before the White Sox rallied to preserve their 2 1 /2-game lead over second-place Detroit in the AL Central.
Seager also connected in the ninth against closer Addison Reed to get the Mariners to within a run.
Pierzynski was ejected for apparently arguing balls and strikes with one out in the top of the third. When Ventura charged out of the dugout to protest, he also was ejected and had to be separated from plate umpire Lance Barrett by third base umpire and crew chief Jim Joyce. - The Associated Press
