Blue Jays’ Trevor Richards strikes out seven as fill-in starter vs. Twins

For somebody who was requested to step out of his consolation zone by the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, Trevor Richards positive checked out ease.

The 27-year-old reliever began for Toronto in opposition to the Twins on Saturday instead of Alek Manoah and struck out seven batters over the course of three innings, tossing 53 pitches.

Richards allowed only one hit to go along with no runs and a single stroll throughout his time on the mound.

With Manoah having been optioned to the Florida Complex League so as to work on his struggling sport, Richards was tabbed for the beginning, however gave solution to fellow reliever Tim Mayza to start out the fourth inning.