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- Updated: September 14, 2016
TORONTO — After falling behind early in Tuesday’s 6-2 loss to the Rays, the Blue Jays looked as though they had everything on their side during a furious seventh-inning rally.
Battling for supremacy in the American League East and Wild Card standings, Toronto had a raucous crowd of nearly 40,000 on its feet and its hottest hitter at the plate with the game on the line, but couldn’t come through, spoiling an opportunity to gain ground in the standings.
Trailing, 4-2, at the time, the Blue Jays mounted a two-out rally against Rays reliever Danny Farquhar. Entering the game with a runner on first in place of left-hander Dana Eveland, Farquhar allowed a single to Devon Travis and walked Jose Bautista to load the bases for Edwin Encarnacion, who came into the game sitting on 39 home runs and nine career grand slams.
Farquhar, a former Toronto farmhand, got ahead of Encarnacion, 0-2, before bouncing a pair of changeups well out in front of home plate. After a deep breath and a visit from pitching coach Jim Hickey, …
