Blue Jays reliever Aaron Loup picked up a save in long relief Thursday, in a 7-3 win over the Royals.
Loup pitched two-plus innings for the save, but didn't have to work too hard for it. He sat down each Royal he faced over 2 1/3 innings of work, requiring just 22 pitches to do so. He struck out one batter, while picking up three groundball outs otherwise.
Loup had not pitched in five days, so the team opted to stretch him out, with how well he was throwing. He now has a 3.38 ERA in 13 1/3 innings, with just three hits allowed, though he has walked eight batters to go with nine strikeouts.