TORONTO – Initially, the cramping sensation that forced Dylan Cease onto the injured list a couple of weeks ago was mild enough that the Toronto Blue Jays ace felt he could keep pitching. He gave it 30 seconds, made another throw, still felt the twinge, but figured it would go away. Two more pitches followed and not only did it not go away, it started getting worse. 

“It was pretty apparent every time I was landing it was going to grab and then it became harder to trust,” Cease recalled. “And at that point, I was yanking. I couldn't pitch like that, not enough trust in my body. I had to come out.”

A minimum stay on the injured list and one rehab outing restored Cease’s trust in his body, and he was his usual dominant self Tuesday night, getting an astounding 29 whiffs while striking out 11 over six innings of one-run ball in a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

The only damage against him came in the first, when Brandon Marsh’s two-out double cashed in Trea........

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