Blue Jays Receive George Springer News After 14 Straight Missed Games originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Toronto Blue Jays have the best record in the American League entering Thursday’s slate of games, owning a 70–51 record and a 4.5-game lead in the division over the Boston Red Sox.

BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates host the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday to open a three-game series. Pittsburgh has gone 34-29 at home and 52-73 overall. Pirates pitchers have a collective 4.04 ERA, which ranks eighth in the NL.

As the 35-year-old returns, hoping to continue a resurgent season, Loperfido heads down to Triple A despite hitting .358 with Toronto.

TORONTO — The tying run stood on deck in Sunday’s eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays threatened yet another comeback. Toronto’s history of late-game heroics gave fans hope — even down four runs, they slid forward in their seats. This time, though, Alejandro Kirk’s lazy foul fly found a Texas Rangers glove and hope finally faded away.

Myles Straw had five RBIs in his first career multihomer game, and the Toronto Blue Jays hammered the struggling Texas Rangers 14-2