Jose Bautista singled to open the inning and Edwin Encarnacion followed with a drive to deep left.

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In the first, he walked Jose Bautista and Encarnacion but picked Bautista off second base and struck out J.

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His 7.9 Wins Above Replacement for all trails only two position players, Matt Kemp (8.7) and Jose Bautista (8.2).

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In the first, he walked Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion but picked Bautista off second base and struck out J.

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In 2011, Jose Bautista, born in the Dominican Republic, led the major leagues in home runs for the second straight year.

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Jose Bautista is hitting .192, Maicer Izturis .200 and Edwin Encarnacion .227.

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Jose Bautista walked but Robertson fanned Edwin Encarnacion to end the inning.

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Jose Bautista and Brett Lawrie homered for the Blue Jays, who dropped to 1-5 on their seven-game road trip to Baltimore and New York.

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That's exactly what happened to Toronto star Jose Bautista last season.

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Jose Bautista hit a two-run homer for Toronto and J.

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David Robertson yielded a long homer to Jose Bautista in the eighth but Brett Gardner restored New York's two-run lead with a homer in the bottom half of the inning.

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The depleted Blue Jays were missing their two best hitters, Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista, and so it is hard to measure how Pettitte would fare against the best American League lineups.

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But Cody Rasmus hit a two-run home run off Rays reliever Jake McGee in the seventh inning, and Toronto tied it in the eighth when Melky Cabrera and Jose Bautista hit back-to-back doubles off Kyle Farnsworth.

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Boston center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was second with four firsts and 242 points, followed by Toronto right fielder Jose Bautista with five firsts and 231 points, Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson with 215 and Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera with 193.

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The minister of communications, Jose Fernando Bautista, is determined to introduce competition.

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