Devon Travis’s grand slam powers Toronto Blue Jays past Texas Rangers 7-6
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays may still be in last place in the American League East but there are signs things may slowly be falling into place.
Devon Travis hit his second career grand slam and Justin Smoak and Kendrys Morales also knocked in homers as the Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 7-6 on Friday night for their fourth win in a row. The streak goes along with big-name players returning from long term injury spells and a healthier Jays team is showing signs of life after their dismal start to the season.
“You can feel it in the clubhouse, you can feel it on the field, you can feel it in the crowd,” said Travis. “We’ve got our team back, it’s nice.”
Jays arch-nemesis Rougned Odor connected on a 1-1 pitch from Joe Smith for a three-run homer in the top of the ninth to make things very nervous for the 40,754 in attendance at Rogers Centre before Roberto Osuna came in to strike out Mike Napoli to pick up his eighth save of the season.