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right-hander Luke Hochevar likely will miss at least the first two months of the
season because of a sprained ligament in his right elbow. Hochevar, the first
pick in the 2006 amateur draft, got hurt Monday while pitching to Matt Davidson,
his final batter during a two-inning outing against the Chicago White Sox. The
sprain was revealed in an MRI taken Tuesday. Manager Ned Yost said Wednesday
that Hochevar wont throw for two-to-three weeks and "probably the best-case
scenario" would be a return at the end of May or early June. "His
second-to-the-last pitch against the White Sox he felt a twinge in his elbow,"
Yost said. "He ended up throwing a cutter to strike the guy out. He felt OK
coming in, but the next day it was real stiff and sore." Hochevar was 5-2 with a
1.92 ERA and two saves in 58 relief appearances last year. He is earning $5.21
million and is eligible for free agency after the season. He was sidelined from
mid-June until mid-September in 2010 because of a sprained elbow and made only
17 starts and one relief appearance that year. "We were a little nervous that it
could have been worse," Yost said. "We think we got as good a report as wed
hoped for coming back. But, again, you really wont know until three weeks to see
exactly where were at." Hochevar was a candidate for the final rotation slot
this season. Yost said Wade Davis, Danny Duffy and rookie Yordano Ventura are
"realistically fighting for that spot" and Hochevar would pitch from the bullpen
when he returns.
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United States on Sunday at Petco Park. "Im proud of the way Im playing just now,
because I had to do a lot of work to get back to where I want to be," Murray
said after celebrating with his teammates on the red clay court in a temporary
stadium in left field of the downtown home of baseballs San Diego Padres.
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Capital Indoor Stadium in China. TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays dug themselves
a massive hole, then almost managed to climb out Saturday against the Boston Red
Sox. But when it was all over they had wasted another lead, seen another pitcher
flame out on the mound and lost their fourth straight at home. After roughing up
Clay Buchholz for three runs in the first inning, Toronto (11-13) found itself
behind 6-3 after three innings as starter Brandon Morrow literally lost control.
A late comeback by the Jays fell short as Boston (12-13) hung on for a 7-6 win.
Morrow (1-2) walked a career-high eight of the 14 batters he faced before being
pulled after 2 2/3 shocking innings before an announced crowd of 40,322 under
the roof at the Rogers Centre. "Its not a good feeling when you can take the
blame for the game and put it squarely on your shoulders," said Morrow, who made
no excuses as he threw himself on his sword. "I came in with one goal and that
was to pitch late in the game and keep us in it. I let down the team in a big
way today." Twice he was rescued by double plays before the bottom fell out in a
six-run Boston third that saw Toronto pitching coach Pete Walker ejected for
back-chat to home-plate umpire Jeff Kellogg. "Its embarrassing to not be able to
command your fastball," said Morrow, who said physically he was fine. "I had
decent command of the other stuff." The first walk of the afternoon, to Red Sox
leadoff batter Dustin Pedroia, was the 100th Jays free pass this season. Toronto
pitchers issued nine walks on the day, with David Ortiz the recipient of three.
"Weve been walking way too many guys all year," said manager John Gibbons.
"Thats unlike us. Weve got some strike-throwers." A.J. Pierzynski hit his eighth
career grand slam to power the Red Sox offence before Toronto staged a
nail-biting late comeback. The Jays sent eight men to the plate and scored twice
in the eighth before leaving the bases loaded. Jose Bautista, facing closer
Koji Uehara, then opened the ninth with his seventh homer of the year -- and
175th as a Jay -- to cut the lead to 7-6. Dioner Navarro and Brett Lawrie
singled, around a Colby Rasmus strikeout, to keep the drive alive. But
Edwin Encarnacion flied out to end the rally and give Uehara his fifth save.
"All year long those guys have been battling," said Gibbons. "Thats all you can
ask for as a manager, that they dont pack it in." Over the last four losses,
Toronto has given up 36 runs on 47 hits and 22 walks. The Jays allowed their
opponents off the hook in three of those games, with the Orioles staging
comebacks Wednesday and Thursday. Buchholz (1-2) survived a three-run first to
help Boston to its seventh win in 11 games. He gave up three runs in seven
innings on six hits, three strikeouts and two walks. Buchholz threw 105 pitches,
67 for strikes. Juan Francisco homered for Toronto, his second blast in as many
days, to greet Boston reliever Junichi Tazawa in the eighth. Pinch-hitter
Encarnacion then singled home Navarro to make it 7-5 as Tazawa gave up his first
runs of the season. Chris Capuano came on with men on first andd third and one
out.
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Jonathan Diaz but walked Jose Reyes after a 10-pitch showdown to load the bases.
Uehara then induced Cabrera to pop up to shallow left field. On a strange day
Toronto outhit Boston 13-5, left 11 men on base to the Red Soxs four, and lost.
"Weve been struggling in certain areas, its no secret," said Gibbons, refusing
to point the finger at one element of his team. "But were going to get better."
Morrow has failed to last six innings in four of his five starts this season, as
well as nine of his last 14 dating back to last season. His descent into the
pitching mire was swift Saturday. Only five of Morrows 14 pitches in the first
were strikes. He was 11-for-31 after two innings and 25-for-66 when he was
removed in favour of Chad Jenkins in the third. Morrow wouldve been living only
marginally more dangerously if he was juggling chainsaws on the mound. With two
out in the third Morrow walked four straight and was removed, with the Jays
somewhat amazingly still leading 3-1. Two balls later, Pierzynski slammed the
grand slam homer off the newly recalled Jenkins, who promptly gave up a solo
shot to Will Middlebrooks for a 6-3 Boston lead. It was the second homer of the
season for both. "We took advantage of a high number of walks," said Red Sox
manager John Farrell. "One of the things we do well is not expand the strike
zone and that was the case again today." Morrows outing marked the 11th time a
Jays pitcher has given up eight or more walks in a game. The club record is
nine, by four different pitchers (Pat Hentgen, Jim Clancy, Chris Carpenter and
Jesse Jefferson). Consecutive doubles by Mike Carp and Grady Sizemore in the
fifth extended the Boston lead to 7-3 and chased Jenkins in favour of
Aaron Loup. Buchholz also had trouble finding the strike zone in the first and
paid for it after issuing a leadoff walk to Reyes. The Jays shortstop was
running on Cabreras single and came home on Bautistas deep single to
left-centre. Cabrera scored on a wild pitch to make it 2-0 with no outs.
Bautista, who extended his on-base streak 24 games, came home on Navarros deep
single to right to make it 3-0. The Red Sox starter threw 26 pitches in the
first, with just 13 for strikes. He faced just three batters in the second but
needed a successful challenge to remove Reyes, who had been called safe on an
infield hit. Buchholz walked two with two out in the third but escaped damage
and ended up blanking the Jays for six straight innings. He had gone winless in
his first four starts for the first time of his career. But, despite the rocky
opening the trip to Toronto proved to be a tonic for the 29-year-old
right-hander. Buchholz arrived with a 9-5 career mark and 2.44 earned-run
average against Toronto and was 7-2 with a 1.09 ERA in 10 starts at the Rogers
Centre. Toronto used six pitchers, with Loup, Brett Cecil, Steve Delabar and
Sergio Santos helping douse the fire set by Morrow and Jenkins. Knuckleballer
R.A. Dickey, on his bobblehead day, is scheduled to pitch Sunday against Boston
left-hander Jon Lester in the series finale.
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