( Fred Thornhill / THE CANADIAN PRESS ) Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons argues with home plate umpire Joe West after he called Marcus Stroman for throwing an illegal pitch in the third inning against the Kansas City Royals at Rogers Centre on Tuesday. ( Fred Thornhill/CP )As the clock ticks down to October baseball, the Blue Jays are well aware their playoff dreams are long dead. Cue Marcus Stroman, on the mound for the opener of the Blue Jays’ final homestand on Tuesday, a 5-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals. He added seven frames to his tally in the victory, giving up a single run off four hits. An RBI double for Russell Martin and an RBI single for Barney capped off the Blue Jays’ scoring in the seventh.

Source: thestar September 20, 2017 03:06 UTC