Donaldson’s hit in 9th helps Blue Jays avoid sweep by A’s
OAKLAND, Calif. — Two days after striking out on an unexpected two-seam fastball from John Axford, Toronto slugger Josh Donaldson had a much better view of things when he faced the Oakland Athletics’ reliever again.
This time Donaldson didn’t get fooled and prevented the Blue Jays from getting swept in their first series coming out of the All-Star break.
Donaldson hit a tiebreaking two-run double off Axford with two outs in the ninth against his former team and Toronto held on to beat Oakland 5-3 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep.
“He just started throwing a two-seamer and I didn’t really know he had that,” Donaldson said of Axford. “He busted it out on me (Friday), a good pitch. Today I was able to see it and get in a favourable count where I could zone it up more.”