RF Jose Bautista was hitless in 20 at-bats before an infield single in the ninth inning Friday against the Angels snapped the slide. He walked in the 11th then hit a three-run homer in the 13th, the Blue Jays eventually holding on for an 8-7 win. "Not only for the team, but what it'll do for Jose is big," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said of the decisive homer. "He can exhale a little bit."

RF Jose Bautista took fielding practice at third base for the second consecutive day. Bautista continues to struggle at the plate. He failed to record a hit in four at-bats and is hitting .118 on the season.

RF Jose Bautista has hit 41 career home runs against the Red Sox, which is the most among any active player.

Pennants typically are not won and lost in the first weeks of the season. For this reason the struggling Toronto Blue Jays need not panic over this horrific start to their season. It's bad. But irreparable damage has not been done.At least not yet.Toronto has just been to consecutive American League Championship Series.It brought back all of a starting rotation -- Marcus Stroman, Marco Estrada, Aaron Sanchez, J.A. Happ and Francisco Liriano -- that had the best ERA in the AL and a first-rate closer in Roberto Osuna. The Blue Jays lost slugger Edwin Encarnacion in free agency, but the lion's share of its fearsome lineup returned with additions like Kendrys Morales.Less than three weeks ago, despite the oldest roster in baseball, they were considered challengers to the AL East-favorite Boston Red Sox and certainly a contender for the postseason. However if things don't turn around soon the Jays may begin to line up as trade deadline sellers."It's early and you never know where things are... [More]

OF Jose Bautista had the Jays' only hit in the final eight innings, a double in the ninth, but he finishes the opening week with a .136 batting average and one RBI. Many of Toronto's central hitters have struggled early but now get to play at home.

OF Jose Bautista continued his early season struggles, going 0-for-4 with four strikeouts to lower his season average to .105. Bautista came up with two on in the eighth and a chance to build on a 2-1 lead but struck out to end the inning.

OF Jose Bautista had a single and an RBI on a sacrifice fly, but also struck out with the bases loaded in the sixth. He's now hitting just .133 after four games, with one RBI out of the No. 3 slot in the Jays' talented lineup.

RF Jose Bautista is not expected to be in Montreal when the Blue Jays play the Pittsburgh Pirates in games Friday and Saturday to complete their spring training schedule. Bautista will be attending his brother's wedding this weekend.

RF Jose Bautista is eligible to be a free agent. He is 36 and two stints on the disabled list in the past season might make him an unlikely candidate for a long-term deal. He was 2-for-4 with a ninth-inning double in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, a 3-0 win for the Cleveland Indians that clinched the series. Overall, it was a disappointing season for Bautista. He batted .167 (3-for-18) with three walks and seven strikeouts in the ALCS and hit .182 (6-for-33) with two homers and five RBIs in nine postseason games. During the regular season, he batted .234/.366/.452 with 22 homers and 69 RBIs in 116 games.

RF Jose Bautista doubled in the ninth inning and went 2-for-4 Wednesday in the Blue Jays' 3-0 loss to the Indians in the clinching Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. Bautista is eligible to become a free agent in the offseason, and the double could have been his final at-bat with the Blue Jays if he is not re-signed. He batted .167 (3-for-18) with three walks and seven strikeouts in the ALCS. "I know that I'm capable of doing a lot more," Bautista said. "They pitched great. It was tough. They seemed to make the right pitches at the right time."

RF Jose Bautista was moved into the leadoff spot in the batting order Monday in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series against the Cleveland Indians. SS Troy Tulowitzki was moved into the No. 4 slot to replace Bautista, who was 1-for-3 with a walk in Toronto's 4-2 loss. Bautista is 4-for-24 (.167) with six walks, two homers and five RBIs in this postseason. Bautista was put at the top of the order earlier in the season when the offense was sputtering. "It really sparked us," manager John Gibbons said. "And I've always liked the fact that you put your top dogs up there, might be an extra at-bat, something like that."Bautista has six homers and 16 RBIs in 18 career postseason games.

RF Jose Bautista drew a second-inning walk and has now reached base in all 14 of his postseason games. That's the third-longest streak in Toronto postseason history. Only Pat Borders (16) and Joe Carter (15) have had longer runs.

RF Jose Bautista was booed loudly by the Texas crowd in his first game in Arlington since his on-field altercation with Rougned Odor earlier this year. He quieted the fans with his play, though, as he went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and four RBIs. He wanted to focus on the game and not the past. "It feels good to contribute, no matter what game it is, especially in the playoffs," Bautista said. "I wanted to avoid all the questions about the whole ordeal because we're baseball players, not UFC fighters, and we come here to play ballgames."

RF Jose Bautista, a free agent at the end of the season, probably wouldn't mind signing with the Red Sox. He hit his 24th Fenway Park home run -- his 41st overall against Boston, to snap a 1-1 tie in a three-run fifth inning. It was his 97th hit of the season, 47 of them for extra bases -- including seven of his last 11.

RF Jose Bautista was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts as the designated hitter Thursday in the Jays' 4-0 loss to the Orioles. It was only the second time in his past 36 games that he failed to reach base safely.

RF Jose Bautista was 1-for-3 with a walk in the Jays' 7-5 loss to the Yankees on Monday, and he has reached base in 33 consecutive games. It is his longest such streak since 2014 when he had a career-best 37-game streak. He has a six-game hitting streak, going 9-for-23 (.391) in that span.

RF Jose Bautista, who was used as designated hitter, had a solo homer, an RBI single and two walks Sunday in the Jays' 4-3 win over the Yankees. He has reached base in 32 consecutive games. His career best is 37 straight games in 2014. The fourth-inning homer he hit Sunday was his 21st of the season and the 15th of the season that put the Blue Jays into a lead. He has homered in three of his past four games. He has driven in eight of Toronto's past 16 runs.

RF Jose Bautista hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning of the 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday. It was his 20th homer of the season and 14 of them have been go-ahead shots. He has hit 20 or more home runs for seven straight years. He hit 14 home runs in his Blue Jays' career that has given the team the lead in the eighth inning or later. The franchise record is 16 by George Bell. Bautista has been on the disabled list twice with knee and toe injuries, missing a total of 42 games. He did not use the injuries as an excuse for his lower production this season. He is batting .233 with 65 RBIs. "That's always part of it, so i don't want to point to that or make it an excuse," he said. " We have to deal with it a lot. Everybody in here has been banged up or had to deal with something so I can't really point to that as an excuse. Do I feel better physically? Yes. Does that help? Probably, I've been nicked up for the past five or six years and I've had success before so I'm not going to use that as an excuse."

RF Jose Bautista hit a two-run double in the seventh inning Friday in the 9-0 win over the New York Yankees and has reached base in 30 straight games. He has 91 hits this season, 43 for extra bases.

OF Jose Bautista hit his 19th home run of the season Wednesday, tying the game against Seattle at 1-1 in the top of the 9th inning. Bautista has hit at least 20 home runs in every season dating back to 2010.