RF Jose Bautista reached base for the 26th consecutive game Sunday. Bautista kept the streak going by hitting into a fielder's choice in the fourth inning and finished 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts in a 4-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Bautista's ninth-inning double extended his hitting streak to four games.

RF Jose Bautista reached base for the 25th consecutive game Saturday night. Bautista singled in the eighth inning to extend his streak and finished 1-for-5 with a strikeout in a 6-1 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

RF Jose Bautista reached base for the 23rd consecutive game Thursday night. Bautista went 2-for-4 with a walk, a run and an RBI in a 7-2 win over the Angels. Bautista raised his season average to .228.

RF Jose Bautista was 0-for-2 with two walks Wednesday in the Jays' 8-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. He has reached base in 22 consecutive games.

RF Jose Bautista was 1-for-4 with an RBI single in the 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday to extend his hitting streak to seven games. He has one hit in each of those seven games, all singles. He is 7-for-27 (.259) in that span.

RF Jose Bautista was 1-for-3 and was hit by a pitch Friday in the 13-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Bautista, who was DH on Friday, has reached base in 17 straight games.

RF Jose Bautista made his 15th career start as a fourth-place hitter Wednesday night and he was 1-for-4. Bautista has made 23 overall appearances there. Wednesday was his first start at cleanup since the second game of a doubleheader against Boston on April 27, 2015. Manager John Gibbons said before the game, placing Bautista there was designed to "shake things up," giving more leadoff opportunities for 2B Devon Travis and more RBI chances for Bautista. On Wednesday, Bautista batted three times with the bases empty.

RF Jose Bautista is slowly making a habit of leadoff homers. He belted a homer on the first pitch of Wednesday's game off of RHP Yovani Gallardo -- the fourth time Bautista has done that this year and the eighth of his career. It gave the Jays a quick lead they never trailed.

RF Jose Bautista has struggled this season at the plate but continues to show his power. He now has 38 extra-base hits out of 72 overall after his sixth-inning homer Monday night, helping the Jays show the power that makes them tough to beat.

RF Jose Bautista was 3-for-5 with a double for his first three-hit game of the season. It was his first three-hit game since Aug. 23, 2015, against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim. He has doubled in five of his past six games.

RF Jose Bautista (sprained left knee) was reinstated from the disabled list Thursday. In the 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels, he was 1-for-4 with an RBI double and a sacrifice fly for a total of two RBIs batting in the leadoff spot as designated hitter. INF Ryan Goins was returned to Triple-A Buffalo on option. Bautista injured his knee making a play in the outfield, Aug. 9. Manager John Gibbons said that Bautista will see frequent duy as DH to protect the knee.

RF Jose Bautista returned to the Toronto Blue Jays' lineup for the first time since August 9 on Thursday for the series finale against the Los Angeles Angels.Bautista strained his left knee making a throw from right field and also spent six weeks earlier this summer on the disabled list with a toe injury.

TORONTO -- Jose Bautista returned to the Toronto Blue Jays' lineup for the first time since August 9 on Thursday for the series finale against the Los Angeles Angels.Bautista strained his left knee making a throw from right field and also spent six weeks earlier this summer on the disabled list with a toe injury.Bautista was in the leadoff spot as the Blue Jays' designated hitter against Jered Weaver. He's batting .222 with 15 home runs and 48 RBIs in 80 games this season. The Blue Jays optioned Ryan Goins to Triple-A Dunedin.

RF Jose Bautista (sprained left knee) is eligible to return from the disabled list on Thursday. Manager John Gibbons feels that he should be ready to return then and likely will see some time as designated hitter to ease the strain on the knee. Bautista has been out since Aug. 10 after catching his cleat on the turf while making a play in right field.

RF Jose Bautista (sprained left knee) was put on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday after tweaking the knee when he tripped in right field on a play Tuesday. He stayed in the game until the ninth inning in the 9-2 win by the Tampa Bay Rays when OF Darrell Ceciliani replaced him. Bautista complained of a sore knee when he arrived at Rogers Centre on Wednesday and had an MRI. The Blue Jays are using a three-man bench because they have six starting pitchers in their rotation, which makes it difficult to sit a player a for a few days instead of putting him on the DL. The Blue Jays already have CF Kevin Pillar (sprained left thumb) and OF Ezequiel Carrera (strained Achilles) on the DL. Carrera is not eligible to return from the DL until Tuesday and would need a rehabilitation assignment. OF Junior Lake was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo. LF Michael Saunders started in right field Wednesday.

RF Jose Bautista (left knee) was out of the lineup Wednesday after tweaking his knee when he tripped in right field on Tuesday. He had an MRI and there was a possibility of a stint on the disabled

DH Jose Bautista clubbed his 300th career home run with two outs in the third inning, a solo shot off Astros RHP Lance McCullers. Bautista became the 10th active major-leaguer with 300 career home runs.

RF Jose Bautista was used as the designated hitter on Saturday in a 9-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles, with Melvin Upton Jr. playing right field. Bautista was 1-for-4 with a walk. Part of the plan when Upton was acquired from the San Diego Padres on Tuesday was that he could spell the regular outfielders, who could either be given a day off or be used as the designated hitter.

MIAMI -- Ichiro Suzuki remained two hits shy of 3,000 as he went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in Miami's 11-6 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.Suzuki lined into a double play, grounded twice and struck out.Kolten Wong went 3-for-5 with two RBI and Tommy Pham had three RBIs as St. Louis (56-47) took a one-game lead over the Marlins (55-48) for the second wild card spot in the National League. St. Louis right-hander Mike Leake allowed six runs in five innings.Jose Urena gave up eight runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings, doing so hours after the Marlins acquired starting pitchers Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea in a seven-player trade with the San Diego Padres.Blue Jays 6, Orioles 5TORONTO -- Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Troy Tulowitzki hit solo home runs in the first inning and Toronto moved within a half-game of first-place Baltimore in the American League East. Manny Machado homered for Baltimore, which has dropped four straight.Orioles starter Kevin Gausman (2-8) allowed... [More]

RF Jose Bautista (turf toe) was reinstated from the disabled list Monday. He started in right field and batted leadoff, and he finished 1-for-3 with a walk in a 4-2 win over the Padres. He injured his left big toe making a play at the fence June 16 in Philadelphia and went on the DL. Bautista was 2-for-14 (.143) with one home run in four rehab games, one at Class A Dunedin and three at Triple-A Buffalo. Manager John Gibbons said he will keep Bautista in the leadoff spot for now. "We really started to play better baseball when we put him up there," Gibbons said. Bautista will be used on occasion as designated hitter, according to Gibbons.