Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu tossed six scoreless innings on Thursday as his club rolled to a 13-1 victory over the Red Sox. The veteran southpaw struck out five and surrendered just two hits with no walks in the impressive 87-pitch outing to lower his ERA to 3.26 on the year. Ryu was handed a four-run lead early and the offense kept piling on the runs all night, giving him plenty of comfort on the mound to earn his 10th win of the year. The 34-year-old hasn't pitched all ...

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu was handed a six-run lead on Saturday, but was unable to go five innings as he settled for a no-decision in their 10-3 win over the Mets. The southpaw tossed four-shutout frames to begin the game before getting pulled with one out in the fifth after allowing five-straight hits. Three runners came around to score in the frame as he finished the night with 10 hits allowed and a 4/1 K/BB in the 77-pitch effort. It was a bit of a letdown that Ryu ...

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu allowed one run over five innings of work on Wednesday as his club went on to defeat the Orioles 10-2. The veteran improved to 8-5 on the season as he finished the contest with seven punchouts to two walks and five hits allowed. It was a nice bounce-back outing for Ryu who entered this one with a 5.35 ERA over his previous six starts as questions about durability have inevitably been brought up. Perhaps he's gotten himself back on track just in ...

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu labored in his start versus the Mariners on Thursday, allowing five runs over four innings of work in a 7-2 loss. Four of the runs he surrendered were earned as he allowed a pair of homers on seven hits and two walks while striking out a pair in the 85-pitch performance. Ryu entered the month of June with a 2.62 ERA and 1.05 WHIP, but he's fallen off dramatically since then with a 5.35 ERA and 1.33 WHIP over his last six starts. The lefty has also...

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu improved his record to 7-4 on Saturday as his club handily defeated the Orioles 12-4. The lefty cruised through 6 2/3 IP with no runs allowed before he ran out of gas and let four come around to score before leaving with 91 pitches thrown. He finished the night striking out three batters to two walks and seven hits allowed to drop his ERA to 3.41 and his WHIP to 1.10. Ryu was living up to ace status before entering June, but his 4.88 ERA and 14 ...

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu was superb in Sunday's 7-4 win over the Orioles, firing seven innings of one-run ball. His only blemish was a home run in the first inning off the bat of Trey Mancini as he struck out four and walked one in the 100-pitch effort. It was a welcomed bounce-back game for the left-hander who struggled in his previous three starts entering this one, but he still owns a sharp 3.25 ERA and 1.08 WHIP on the year. Ryu relies on his ratios to keep his ...

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu allowed just one run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over seven innings of work in a 7-4 win over the Orioles on Sunday afternoon. It was his third straight quality start, as he is now 6-4 on the year with a 3.25 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 83 innings of work this season. While that's been good, his strikeout rate has plummeted over his last four starts now. After posting a 25 percent strikeout rate over his first 10 starts, Ryu ...

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu had a ho-hum day versus the Yankees on Tuesday, allowing three runs over six innings pitched in the club's 6-5 loss. He struck out just three batters while walking four and allowing five hits, two of which left the yard in the 92-pitch no-decision. Ryu hasn't been at his sharpest in the month of June with 12 earned runs in three starts and just seven punchouts in 17 2/3 IP. To his credit, he has faced three tough lineups, but his durability ...

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu fell to 5-4 on the season as his club was defeated by the White Sox 5-2 on Thursday. The veteran southpaw surrendered three runs on five hits and a walk with three punchouts through six frames in the 95-pitch outing. Ryu had only one bad inning, which came in the first, where he yielded all three runs on two doubles and a two-run homer off the bat of Yasmani Grandal. He settled down after that, but the offense was unable to make a comeback to ...

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu had a night to forget against the Astros on Friday, allowing seven runs in a 13-1 loss. Six of his runs were earned on three walks and seven hits while striking out just one batter in what was undoubtedly his worst start of the season. Ryu fired three shutout innings to start the game and went on to allow a run in the fourth and two runs in the fifth before serving up a two-out grand slam to Martin Maldonado in the sixth to end his night. Ryu ...