Troy Tulowitzki suffered a chip fracture in his right thumb after being hit by a pitch on Sunday, and the Blue Jays lost to the Baltimore Orioles 6-2 in extra innings.
Tulo has a "small little chip fracture" in right thumb per Gibbons #BlueJays
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Troy Tulowitzki (thumb) hoping to avoid DL but would have to be able to throw & grip a bat. Today he wasn't able to grip a bat #BlueJays
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"A little sore, it obviously got me pretty good," Tulowitzki said. "It's blown up.
"We'll see how he feels tomorrow and the next couple days," manager John Gibbons said.
"I'll get up, come to the field, see how it feels, and hopefully get some inflammation out of there," said Tulowitzki. "I could throw, but wasn't able to grip a bat. If I was able to go, I definitely would have been in there."
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles are back in first place in the American League East division and the win column.
Jonathan Schoop hit a go-ahead single while Adam Jones launched a three-run home run in the 12th inning to help Baltimore beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2. The win snapped a five-game skid for the Orioles and gave them a 1/2 game lead over Toronto for first in the division.
Baltimore Orioles' Jonathan Schoop turns a double play in the first inning and would single home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning of an eventual victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. (Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
"We outlasted them," said Jones. "They grinded, we grinded, [it was] a good game to go into an off day, a much-needed win."
Jones' three-run homer came off Jesse Chavez and also helped the Orioles (59-45) avoid a three-game sweep. Franklin Morales (0-1) was charged with the loss.
Baltimore closer Zach Britton pitched a scoreless ninth and 10th before Mychal Givens did the same in the 11th. Givens (8-1) was credited with the victory.
Sanchez still stellar
Toronto starter Aaron Sanchez pitched seven solid innings allowing two runs, four hits and two walks. The 24-year-old leads the American League with a 2.71 earned-run average.
"[It] just sucks we couldn't pull that one out at the end, they're a good team," said Sanchez.
Baltimore starter Chris Tillman pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs while scattering five hits and striking out six.
Newly-acquired reliever Joaquin Benoit, Roberto Osuna, Jason Grilli and Brett Cecil pitched four scoreless innings for Toronto (59-46), but Morales struggled out of the gate in the 12th.
He issued a four-pitch walk to Pedro Alvarez to begin the inning before Alvarez moved to second on a balk and scored on Schoop's single. After J.J. Hardy walked, Chavez came on in relief and gave up a no-doubter to Jones, his 20th of the season.
The Blue Jays drew first blood in the second after Devon Travis delivered with an RBI fielder's choice that scored Russell Martin.
Toronto Blue Jays Troy Tulowitzki grimaces after being hit by a pitch in the sixth inning against the Baltimore Orioles in a 6-2 loss. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press)
Troy Tulowitzki led off the fourth by greeting Tillman's first pitch with an absolute rocket off the facade of the 500 level at Rogers Centre. The solo shot was Tulowitzki's 18th homer of the season, giving Toronto a 2-0 lead.
Tulowitzki was hit on the fingers of his right hand by Tillman in the sixth inning. The shortstop was in considerable pain but played on for a bit before being removed following the seventh.
Sanchez had just 73 pitches through six scoreless innings, but Baltimore got to him in the seventh. Chris Davis led off with a walk and Mark Trumbo followed with a double. Davis scored on an RBI groundout by Alvarez and Trumbo plated after a Matt Wieters sacrifice fly to tie the game at 2-2.
"I thought there was a couple questionable calls all night, maybe one or two that at bat, that changes my approach to Davis there," said Sanchez. "With that being said, any time you issue a lead off walk they come back to haunt you."
Tulowitzki fractures thumb as Orioles reclaim AL East lead from Blue Jays
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