Gulf Coast League Blue Jays: Jose Bautista

Rangers Dept: You can't always get what you want and they surely didn't get what they needed from starter Henderson Alvarez 7-11 , who allowed eight runs and 12 hits in 4 1/3 innings on the way to an 11-2 defeat at the hands of the first-place Rangers. The Jays ended their homestand with a 3-7 mark, according to The Star. The good news for the Jays is that Jose Bautista and Brett Lawrie will be back in the lineup Monday. The bad news is that they ll be in the lineup for the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays. The major-league team was forced to make do on Sunday with Moises Sierra in right and Mike McCoy at third base in an 11-2 pasting by Matt Harrison 14-7 and the Rangers and in a season already lost to any thoughts of contention, striving merely to climb back toward .500, the Jays on Sunday were seeking a series win, looking for a starting pitcher to shut down an opponent to make up for the injury-riddled lack of offensive production. We needed a starter to work deep in the game, or relatively deep, unfortunately that didn't take place today, manager John Farrell said. The Rangers swung the bat aggressively, particularly on first-pitch fastballs, and then some hitters counts where there were some mislocated fastballs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.