(MENAFN-Kora) happ was toronto's starting pitcher in their ordinary spring training performance in bradenton florida on tuesday as the pittsburgh pirates scored seven runs off the 31-year-old left-hander to set up their 17-run victory.
Despite his performance happ felt he could still make the final spot in the blue jays' starting rotation.
"i don't know who's all saying things have changed" he said.
"i guess i'm not part of those conversations.
"i haven't had one with anybody who's telling me things are changing. it's you (media) guys saying that. i take positives and move forward and i plan on getting better."
After a scoreless opening inning pittsburgh scored four runs in the second to take control of the game and then surged away from the blue jays in the fourth with eight more runs.
The pirates ended the match with 29 hits for 22 runs with starling marte (five hits from six at-bats two runs four rbis) and jose tabata (four hits from four at-bats two runs four rbis) the pick of pittsburgh's hitters.
Elsewhere in mlb spring training action the los angeles angels claimed their seventh win in a row as they accounted for the chicago cubs 8-4.
The angels scored six runs in the ninth inning to overhaul chicago with raul ibanez hitting a home run for la.
It was not a great day for the cubs as they also drew 5-5 with the san diego padres while the texas rangers and the philadelphia phillies both completed shutouts.
Robbie ross pitched seven scoreless innings for texas in their 5-0 win over the cleveland indians and the phillies cruised past the new york yankees 6-0.
Ryan howard and marlon byrd hit consecutive home runs for philadelphia.
The atlanta braves thumped the detroit tigers 12-3 the minnesota twins overcame the baltimore orioles 4-1 the washington nationals trumped the new york mets 7-3 the miami marlins edged out the st louis cardinals 6-5 and the boston red sox defeated the tampa bay rays 4-2.
In other results the colorado rockies overcame the chicago white sox 4-1 the san francisco giants claimed a tight 5-4 victory against the milwaukee brewers the oakland athletics won 8-4 versus the cincinnati reds and the seattle mariners triumphed 9-6 over the kansas city royals.
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