Francis struggles as Jays beat Rockies

MLB - Bautista's Slow Blast

Jose Bautista's home run today came off a 61.7 MPH curveball from Paul Maholm. It's the second-slowest pitch hit for a homer in the last two seasons and the slowest hit by Bautista while a member of the Blue Jays.

MLB - Bautista HR

Jose Bautista's home run today came off a 61.7 mph curveball from Paul Maholm. It's the second slowest pitch hit for a homer in the last two seasons and the slowest hit by Bautista in his Blue Jay career.

Jays' Lawrie apologizes to team for outburst

Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie apologized to his teammates before Monday's game against Atlanta, one day after an angry blowup on the field and in the dugout.

Fantasy Facts - Jose Bautista muscles up on the inner half

Jose Bautista has a .918 slugging percentage against pitches on the inside half of the zone, best in the league among players to appear in at least 30 games. Contrarily, Bautista has a .333 slugging percentage against pitches on the outer half (188th of 275 players to appear in at least 30 games). Opposing pitcher Tim Hudson has located his pitches on the outer half more than 50 percent of the time.

Bautista Ties It In The Ninth, Wins It In The Tenth

Jose Bautista hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning and then ended the game with a single in the bottom of the 10th inning in Toronto's 4-3 victory over Tampa Bay on Wednesday night. Bautista is the first player in Blue Jays' history to hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning and then produce a game-ending hit in extra innings. Over the last 20 years, only three other major-league players have tied a game with a ninth-inning home run and had a game-ending hit an inning later: Kansas City's Raul Ibanez against the Indians on July 21, 2002, the White Sox' Joe Crede against Toronto on August 27, 2002 and Arizona's Lyle Overbay against San Diego on September 10, 2011.

MLB - LONG Home Runs at Rogers Centre

Jose Bautista's 4th-inning home run went 428 feet, the 20th home run this season at the Rogers Center to travel at least 425 feet. No other stadium has had more than 13 such home runs (Citi Field).

Fantasy Facts - Sabathia's Fastball Velocity Down

CC Sabathia is averaging 89.8 MPH on his fastball this season, down from an average of 92.2 MPH over the previous four seasons. Opponents are hitting .333 against his fastball this season. Jose Bautista is hitting .579 against fastballs in May, best in the major leagues.

Bautista And Encarnacion Slug Boston

From Elias: Jose Bautista hit two homers on Sunday at Fenway Park and Edwin Encarnacion also went deep for the Blue Jays. Bautista and Encarnacion have hit homers in the same game 23 times since Encarnacion joined Toronto in August of 2009, the highest total for any teammates in that time.