Ubaldo Jimenez pitches eight shutout innings to lift Orioles over Blue Jays
TORONTO — Ubaldo Jimenez came into Thursday night’s game with just two wins on the season and a bloated 7.26 earned-run average.
A clinical performance from the Orioles right-hander — eight shutout innings in Baltimore’s 2-0 win — showed the Blue Jays why they can’t judge a pitcher off his numbers alone.
“You go into this game thinking Ubaldo Jimenez is throwing, statistically the worst pitcher in baseball. But he comes out and he throws the way he does,” said Kevin Pillar, one of only two Blue Jays to get a hit off Jimenez all night.
“That’s what makes this game so tough. You can’t necessarily play the game according to the numbers. That’s a big league pitcher out there who’s had a lot of success in his career. … It makes it tough when a guy doesn’t have any consistent patterns out there.”