The Jays went to town on Hiroki Kuroda last night – Arencibia, Encarnacion and Bautista all took him yard, and Kelly Johnson hit they Jays’ 4th homer of the night off reliever Clay Rapada. Encarnacion’s was his 13th on the year, bringing him to half his career high he set with the Reds in 2006. He’s on pace for 55!

Kyle Drabek picked up the win, his third of the year, with seven innings of one-run ball that lowered his ERA to 3.30. His 1.42 WHIP (fueled by a 5.44 BB/9) indicates he’s getting lucky, and the stronger proof is his .256 BABIP and 83.6% strand rate. I’d be hesitant to throw him out there every time he’s up, but I do find his 59.7% groundball rate very encouraging considering it was only 44.7% last year.

Clayton Richard gave up 2 ER to the Dodgers in

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