TORONTO — R.A. Dickey believes this year’s edition of the Toronto Blue Jays is in better shape than last season’s. The knuckleballer tossed seven innings of one-run baseball on Sunday afternoon as the Blue Jays defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-1. Edwin clears his suspension Blue Jays first baseman/DH Edwin Encarnacion rescinded the appeal of his one-game suspension for bumping an umpire and served the ban on Sunday. The Blue Jays third baseman put an 0-1 fastball from Anibal Sanchez into the seats in left-centre field for his 23rd homer of the season. Dickey (7-9) thinks the Blue Jays have more momentum heading into the all-star break than last year’s team, which won the American League East crown and got to the American League Championship Series.

Source: National Post July 10, 2016 23:03 UTC