@Blue Jays 8, Yankees 1: I confess — I did not pencil in Kyle Drabek for 7 strong IP against the Yanks. In 3 prior starts (13.2 IP), they pummeled him for 12 runs and 27 baserunners.

• Robinson Cano got his 300th double in game #1,090. In the game-searchable era, only 9 players got there faster. For all time, Cano is the 13th to reach 300 doubles within 8 seasons; one of those is his teammate, Mark Teixeira.
• The Jays are only 4th in AL HRs (betcha don’t know who’s #1), but they bunch ’em: This was their 7th game of 3+ HRs, tied for the lead.
• Swing/gone: That ball was scalded. So was this one.
• Encarnacion has had streaky power in the past, but never topped 26 HRs or 76 RBI; he now has 13 HRs and 34 RBI in 38 games.
• Yanks are now 0-8 when they don’t homer, the only team without such a win. Last year, they were 20-24, the 2nd-best W% in homerless games.

@Indians 9, Mariners 3: Payback: When King Felix faced the Indians in April, he squelched them for 8 IP with 12 Ks. Tonight they peppered him for 8 runs on 10 hits in 3.2 IP, producing a Game Score of 13, the 2nd-worst of his career. It’s just the 3rd time he’s allowed 8+ runs out of 214 career starts.

• Ubaldo Jimenez wasn’t brilliant, but his 2 walks (in 6 IP) were a season low and his strike percentage a season high. How much impact can a single walk have? Here are his career records by walk total: 1 walk (30 starts), 2.96 ERA; 2 walks (36), 3.46; 3 walks (35), 4.21.
• Each team hit 1 solo HR, but the Tribe put 19 other men on base by hit or walk.

@Rays 2, Red Sox 1: Boston won the first 3 games against Tampa by a combined 31-11; they’ve lost the next two 1-0 and 2-1.

@Padres 4, Dodgers 2: Baseball is a long and twisty road for a career minor-leaguer like Dale Thayer. He got his first taste at 28, but logged just 26 IP in the majors over the last 3 years (1 save, 3 losses), and this April began his 7th season at AAA. Suddenly, he’s locking down games for the Padres, notching his 4th save in 9 days. He’s tossed 8 scoreless innings without a walk.

• SD beat LA for the 1st time after 6 losses. Chase Headley powered the W with a go-ahead 2-run double and his team-high 5th HR. Clayton Richard, coming in on a 5-start losing streak, settled in after a quick 2-run 1st and allowed just 2 more hits through 7 IP; no walks helped him do it in 90 pitches.

Orioles 4, @Royals 3 (15): Adam Jones just learned that nothing takes the sting out of an 0-for-6 like a game-winning bomb.

• KC came home after winning 4 straight on the road, where they’re 11-7. Now they’re 4-14 at home.
• 2nd scoreless start in 3 this year by Felipe Paulino, who has a 21 Ks and 5 walks in 18.2 IP. A win would’ve upped his career record to 12-32, but…
• Broxton blew it — 4 hits, 2 runs, no strikeouts. He’s a solid 8-for-10 in save tries, but there are warning signs. Ten of his 15 games have been K-free, and his current 5.5 SO/9 is less than half his career average. Through 2009 (5 years), Broxton averaged 11.9 SO/9 and a 147 ERA+. He hasn’t been the same since.
• I just saw something weird on the MLB network. They cut in to show Adam Jones at bat in the 15th, giving every impression that it was live — commenting pitch-by-pitch, one guy predicting that Jones would swing from the heels on a 1-0 pitch, etc. While the AB is supposedly still going on, I peek at the live box score on my laptop and see that Jones has already homered and the next guy made out. What was the point of MLB’s deception? Do they do it often?

Reds 6, @Mets 3: Turned the channel for 5 minutes to watch the NY Rangers score a power play goal, and by the time I got back the Mets’ bullpen turned another slim lead into a 3-run deficit. Switched back and the Devils had tied it up. (At least I only care about one of these games.)

• Pitcher Mike Leake went 2 for 2 with a run and a sacrifice, raising his career BA to .270 (31/115) — despite striking out in 35% of his non-sacrifice PAs. His BAbip is .425.
• Wouldn’t be surprised if D.J. Carrasco is released before the month is out. He was awful last year, hurt and awful so far this year, and he’s 35. Mets TV team noted that for the 2nd straight night, Carrasco helped complete a player’s first-ever 2-HR game — first Travis Ishikawa, then Todd Frazier. (Postgame update: Carrasco was DFA’d. Now I feel bad.)

Twins 11, @Tigers 7: First win this year by a team whose SP lasted 2 IP or less and yielded 6+ runs. There were 2 such games last year and 18 over the past 5 years.

• Season-high in runs for the Twins, who’re still last in AL scoring.
• Detroit erred for the cycle in the early innings — miscues from 1B, 2B, SS and 3B — contributing to 4 unearned runs.
• Rick Porcello (6 R, 2 ER in 4 IP) continues to suffer from Mike Pelfrey syndrome: Can’t put ’em away. He didn’t walk anyone, but still threw 100 pitches to 20 batters. His 5.4 SO/9 so far is a career high, but that’s still in the bottom quartile of AL qualifiers. Some things are going well — he’s walked just 9 in 45 IP, and his GB/FB ratio is among the top 10. But a pitcher with a very low K rate needs to do everything else well, and Porcello still allows too many HRs.
• Since a 9-3 start, the Tigers are 9-16 and haven’t won 2 in a row.