A game that unfolded just as the Jays were about to take flight following a series of roster-altering pre-deadline trades. Texas is a team that also had some emotional bench-clearing issues with the Jays down the stretch and into October last year. And when this year’s regular-season series against Texas began in May, the ill-will continued and, in fact, heated up. “I don’t feel any more of a rivalry than with anybody else,” Yost insisted of his feelings towards the Jays. Jays starter Aaron Sanchez accelerated things by drilling Alcides Escobar in the right knee and cleared the benches.

Source: thestar July 05, 2016 00:22 UTC