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“To grind all night and have that happen …”

Biagini walked Manny Machado before his 1-1 sinker to Adam Jones kicked off Thole’s glove toward the Toronto dugout. From the Flying Squirrels into the frying pan.

“Josh caught some good knuckleballs, had a great at-bat in the sixth, fouled off a bunch of pitches and I thought he knocked in a run that was going to help us win a game,” said starter R.A. Dickey of Thole’s single where Ryan Goins was thrown out at the plate.

CHANGING FORTUNES: The Jays were in great shape with men at second and third, none out in the first … and failed to score. Michael Saunders went first to third on a Jose Bautista’s single challenging the arm of rookie left fielder Rickard, who skied the throw. Ubaldo Jimenez made the proper play backing up third and catching the ball on the fly. However, Jimenez went into sulk mode and hung his head. While hang down your head Ubaldo was taking place in foul ground, Bautista took off for second and was safe without a throw. Jimenez escaped trouble when he caught an Edwin Encarnacion liner and doubled Saunders off third.

And in the bottom half, 24 pitches into the game, Dickey was down 3-0. Rickard reached on an infield single six pitches in, Machado doubled him home hitting a 3-0 pitch to the wall in left scoring Rickard. After a seven-pitch walk to Adam Jones, Chris Davis singled in a run and Mark Trumbo bounced into a double play making it 3-0. OK, raise your hand if you thought after 24 pitches Dickey would exit with the score tied with a quality start on his log book. Dickey allowed three runs on five hits and two walks while fanning four, lowering his ERA to 6.10.

“I can’t say ‘it’s just not my day,’ after a start like that,” said Dickey of his start. “There were some infield hits, I thought I was squeezed on a couple of pitches. It was a step forward.

“I’m glad I only gave up three runs, sad I didn’t go deeper into the game. I kept the ball in the park.