It was on this date in 2014, in
a 7-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, that the
Blue Jays became the first team in Major League Baseball history to have six
players born in the Dominican Republic in their starting line-up. (Yes, I realize the above picture only has five of them but I couldn't find one with all six.) It seems only
fitting that the first team to heavily scout for Dominican prospects back in
the late 1970s and early 1980s would be the club to set this mark.
The players were shortstop Jose
Reyes (1 for 4 in the game with a run scored), left-fielder Melky Cabrera (2
for 4 with an RBI and a run scored), centre-fielder Jose Bautista (1 for 4 with
an RBI and a run scored), first baseman Edwin Encarnacion (2 for 4 with 2 RBIs
and a run scored), designated hitter Juan Francisco (0 for 4) and right-fielder
Moises Sierra (0 for 3 with an RBI).
It should also be noted that a
seventh Dominican-born player, pitcher Esmil Rogers, came into the game in
relief in the ninth inning, faced three batters and struck out all of them.
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