Dominant Sanchez wins 10th straight decision

TORONTO — The Blue Jays don’t know exactly when they’ll be shifting Aaron Sanchez to the bullpen, but they know exactly what they’re getting every time he makes a start.

Sanchez recorded his American League-leading 16th quality start on Monday evening against the Padres, throwing seven scoreless innings in Toronto’s 4-2 victory.

The electric right-hander won his 10th consecutive decision while allowing two earned runs or fewer for the seventh straight outing.

Sanchez’s task on Monday was a Padres team that came into Toronto with 243 runs scored since the start of June, second most in the National League. They mustered just three hits off the 24-year-old in his seven frames.

“He has put himself into the elite class of baseball at a young age,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “Tonight, he didn’t give up many hits; he gave up those infield bleeders. He has such great life on his fastball, it’s tough to square him up. And he threw enough curveballs over to keep everybody honest and even some good …

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