Blue Jays use long ball to down Rockies

Encarnacion's 2-run Double Propels Jays Past Rangers

Edwin Encarnacion stroked a two-out, two-run double to snap a 1-1 tie in the top of the eighth and the Blue Jays finished off a 3-1 road victory over the Rangers. Encarnacion has made the most of his opportunities this season, batting .349 with runners in scoring position and batting an even more impressive .405 (17-for-42) in at-bats with two-or-more runners on base. His total of 17 hits with at least two runners on base is tied for the fourth-highest in the majors this season; the leaders in that department: Allen Craig, 20-for-45 (.444); Brandon Phillips, 19-for-41 (.463); Miguel Cabrera, 18-for-41 (.439); David Ortiz, 17-for-39 (.436); and Encarnacion.

MLB FANTASY FACTS - Encarnacion Hits Fastballs

Edwin Encarnacion is batting .300 with a league-leading 12 home runs against fastballs this season. Against all other pitches Encarnacion is batting .224 with two home runs.

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.

Fantasy Facts - Tough luck for Encarnacion

Edwin Encarnacion's batting average on 26 well-hit balls in play is .308, lowest in baseball among players with more than 10 well-hit balls in play. Encarnacion would have nine additional hits with a league average BABIP (.650) on well-hit balls, which would push his batting average from .227 to .295.

Encarnacion Hits 2 More, Now Has 7 Hrs In Last 7 Games

From Elias: Edwin Encarnacion hit a pair of home runs - the first a memorable upper-deck blast but the second a go-ahead shot in the seventh inning - as the Blue Jays tamped down the Red Sox, 9-7. It was the 10th multiple-homer game of Encarnacion's career, but the first in his 49 games against the Red Sox, against whom he had gone 0-for-13 with six strikeouts in a three-game series earlier in April. Encarnacion has now hit seven home runs in his last seven games, joining four other Blue Jays players who have hit at least seven homers over a seven-game span. Jose Bautista did it last May; Carlos Delgado actually hit eight over a seven-game stretch in August 1999; and Jesse Barfield (1983) and Ernie Whitt (1987) did it back in the eighties.

Fantasy Facts - Encarnacion's power surge

During his past 7 games, Edwin Encarnacion has seen a fastball 62 percent of the time and has hit a league-leading 7 home runs off of that pitch. During his first 20 games of the season, Encarnacion saw a fastball 50.3 percent of the time and hit 2 home runs on that pitch.

MLB - Encarnacion times two

Edwin Encarnacion hit at least two home runs in a game Tuesday for the 10th time in his career. It was Encarnacion's first career multi-home run game against the Red Sox and second game with at least two home runs this season, the first coming against the Yankees last Friday.

Fantasy Facts - 4/2

Edwin Encarnacion lowered his chase percentage from 24.3 percent in 2011 to 19.9 percent in 2012, good for sixth lowest in the league last season. Encarnacion hit a home run in 7.8 percent of his at-bats in 2012, the highest rate in the league and up more than 4 percentage points from his 2011 rate (3.5).