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Pillar, Travis lengthen Blue Jays’ lineup
- Updated: July 30, 2016
TORONTO — The Blue Jays’ big bats have stayed consistent throughout the team’s torrid month of July, but the production from the bottom part of the order has also been instrumental in Toronto’s climb atop the American League East.
Kevin Pillar and Devon Travis recorded two hits apiece and drove in five runs in the Blue Jays’ 9-1 rout of the Orioles on Saturday at Rogers Centre. Toronto increased its Major League-leading run total to 252 since June 11, and a large part of that has been the ability of the bottom of the lineup to set the table.
“Well, that’s key, especially the way we stack our lineup,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “The hitters at the top with [Jose Bautista], [Josh Donaldson] and [Edwin Encarnacion], those guys are good hitters in those spots. When the guys at the bottom get on, our guys at the top can drive them in. That’s kind of the way we’re set up.”
Pillar matched a career high with four RBIs on a pair of two-out, two-run doubles in the fifth and seventh …
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