TORONTO (AP) — New Blue Jays pitcher Jameson Taillon exited his first home start in Toronto after four scoreless innings against Boston on Monday night because of right forearm discomfort.
The Blue Jays got Taillon from the Chicago Cubs in a trade on Aug. 2, three days before the right-hander's Toronto debut when he allowed three runs in four innings at Houston.
Taillon gave up one hit, struck out three and walked three while throwing 34 of his 61 pitches for strikes against the Red Sox. The game, which Toronto won 2-1, was scoreless when he was seen talking to Blue Jays manager John Schneider and team trainers in the dugout after finishing the fourth inning.
“He said his forearm was a little tight, kind of getting some extension on cutters, sliders,” Schneider said after the game. “For a guy with some injury history, hopefully we can be proactive, and I don’t want to take any chances with him.”
Schneider said Taillon would get an MRI exam on Tuesday.
“Hoping it for the best,” the manager said. “He was throwing the ball well, and left some runners out there, and got back in counts and made some good pitches.”
Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7) took over on the mound for Toronto in the fifth. He pitched three innings for the win, and the only run he allowed came on a bizarre inning-ending double play that was a sacrifice fly when the runner never tagged up from third base.
The Blue Jays are already without starters Trey Yesavage (left knee inflammation), Spencer Arrighetti (nerve irritation in right foot) and Patrick Corbin (shoulder). Yesavage and Arrighetti are both on the 15-day injured list, and Corbin is on the 60-day IL.
Arrighetti was on the injured list when he was acquired from Houston in a trade on Aug. 3 for center fielder Daulton Varsho.
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Toronto Blue Jays' Jameson Taillon pitches against the Boston Red Sox during the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
TORONTO (AP) — Anthony Seigler scored from third base on a sacrifice fly Monday night — without ever tagging up.
Needless to say, that left everyone in Toronto a little confused.
Seigler scored Boston's only run in a 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays on a chaotic, inning-ending double play that resulted in a 17-minute delay trying to sort out the whole thing.
While there was only one out when Ceddanne Rafaela hit a flyball to center field in the seventh, the scoreboard showed two outs. The ball was still in the air when Seigler headed toward the plate and Nick Sogard took off from first base.
When the ball was caught and the Blue Jays eventually tossed it to first to double up Sogard, that was the third out and it appeared Toronto still led 2-0 as players headed to the dugout.
That's when the umpires started discussing the bizarre play. There were separate conversations with both managers before conferring with MLB's replay center for a rules check on what crew chief Chris Guiccione said was a timing play.
In the end, because Seigler crossed home plate before Sogard was called out at first, and Toronto never appealed the runner leaving third base early, the run was awarded to the Red Sox.
Even some Blue Jays appeared to think the catch by center fielder Brett Batemen was the third out of the inning. Toronto reliever Simeon Woods Richardson and catcher Brandon Valenzuela both turned their back to the play and were going to the dugout even before second baseman Josh Smith got the ball from Bateman and threw to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
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Toronto Blue Jays' Charles McAdoo (26) reacts as he is doused with a sports drink after the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) celebrates after the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Boston Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela, right, flies into a sacrifice double play that was reviewed with a time play allowing Anthony Seigler (not shown) to score against the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
