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- Updated: May 11, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — The Blue Jays scratched and clawed their way back into Wednesday afternoon’s game against the Giants but in the end it wasn’t quite enough to compensate for a rough day on defense.
Troy Tulowitzki made a pair of costly errors, Russell Martin couldn’t get an out on a sacrifice bunt in the 13th inning and Ryan Tepera issued a walk-off walk in a 5-4 loss to San Francisco. The Blue Jays did rally from three runs down in the eighth but still fell short.
Tulowitzki’s first error resulted in a pair of runs but manager John Gibbons was quick to defend his big-name shortstop. Toronto’s clubhouse was understandably frustrated after the 13-inning loss and Gibbons was not about to let any criticism fly Tulowitzki’s way.
“I’m not going to sit here and talk about Tulo not hitting, not fielding or anything like that,” Gibbons told a group of reporters. “The guys played a good game out there. They battled, we came back to tie it against a good pitching staff, we battled our [butt] off. We came up short and they have a good team over there. I’m not going to pick on who didn’t do …
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