"If this isn't the feel of a championship team, I don't know what
is," said Martin, who hit a two-run homer. "I feel like we're great
offensively, we're great on defense. We're pitching great, our
bullpen has depth.
"I like what we have going. We have to just keep pushing and keep
playing the way we play and I think we're going to do great things
this year."
Edwin Encarnacion hit his fourth homer in two days and extended his
hitting streak to a Major League-best 25 games as the Blue Jays
improved their record to 21-5 for August.
Encarnacion, who hit three home runs and equaled the club record
with nine RBIs on Saturday, went 2-for-3 and was hit by a pitch on
Sunday.
Josh Donaldson and Kevin Pillar also homered on Sunday for the Blue
Jays (74-56), who completed a three-game sweep of the Tigers
(60-70).
Blue Jays left-hander Mark Buehrle (14-6) allowed five hits, two
walks and two runs (one earned) in six-plus innings to earn the win.
Tigers right-hander Alfredo Simon (11-9) allowed six runs and four
home runs among six hits in five innings to take the loss.
"We ran into the best offensive team in the league," Tigers manager
Brad Ausmus said. "They were swinging the bats extremely well and we
didn't pitch very well. That's not a good recipe.
"They can put up runs in a hurry and they did that against us for
three straight days. ...You feel like you're always digging yourself
out of a hole."
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Donaldson, the Blue Jays third baseman, hit his 36th homer of the
season with one out in the first.
Encarnacion, the designated hitter, followed with his 30th of the
season with two outs in the first. His hit streak tied him with
third baseman Scott Rolen for the fourth longest in club history.
Rolen's 25-game streak came in 2009.
"We're playing great baseball," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.
"That's pretty obvious. Everything's really clicking. Our offense is
on fire, our pitching's been good, our defense has been great.
"It's all come together to this point."
(Compiled by Peter Rutherford)
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