The Toronto Blue Jays used a 7-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night to take two out of three games from the Reds in the series.  It was a good series win for the Blue Jays and they are now 38-42 on the season as they inch closer and closer to getting back to the .500 mark.

Jesse Litsch started the game for the Blue Jays and pitched a great game as he lasted eight innings and picked up the win.  Litsch only gave up three hits and one run while striking out six batters.  It was a very good quality start out of Litsch, exactly what the Blue Jays were hoping for.

Brian Tallet pitched the ninth inning for the Jays and gave up one hit and one walk in the inning before finishing off the Reds.

Scott Rolen went 3-4 and finished the game with three rbi including a two run home run in the second inning.  Lyle Overbay and Vernon Wells both had a good game as well as the both went 1-4 with two rbi in the game.  It was a very well rounded game for the Blue Jays at the plate.

The Blue Jays will not take on the Atlanta Braves in a interleague matchup starting on Friday.  The Blue Jays will have to play well to get a series win against the Braves in my opinion.

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The Toronto Blue Jays and Cincinnati Reds played extra innings on Wednesday night and the Blue Jays came up just short as they lost 6-5.  Jesse Carlson gave up a sac fly to Jay Bruce in the top of the tenth inning that scored Norris Hopper.  The run was actually charged to Brian Wolfe and he took the loss on the the game.

Blue Jays starting pitcher Roy Halladay wasn’t his usual self as he only pitched six innings.  Halladay gave up nine hits and four runs while walking four and striking out seven batters.  Ken Griffey Jr. hit a two run home run off of Halladay in the first inning and it was more less downhill after that for Halladay.

The Blue Jays offense did score five un-answered runs to tie the game at 5-5 but they just couldn’t get that one last run in the game to pull out the come from behind victory.  Adam Lind and Joe Inglett both hit two run home runs for the Blue Jays.  Marco Scutaro singled in Lyle Overbay in the sixth inning for the final run and rbi for the Blue Jays in the sixth inning.

The Blue Jays will try to win the rubber game of the series on Thursday.  Jesse Litsch will take the mound for the Blue Jays.

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The Toronto Blue Jays jumped all over the Cincinnati Reds as they scored 11 runs in the first two innings of the game as they beat the Reds 14-1.  Talk about knocking out your opponent right then the game starts!  Great way of putting a lot of pressure on the Reds early in the game, and as you can tell the Reds weren’t able to respond at all.

Scott Rolen hit a three run home run in the first inning and Greg Zaun had a two run homer in the inning as well.  Matt Stairs had the first rbi for the team when he had a rbi sac fly before the two home runs were hit.  In the second inning the Blue Jays scored five more runs.  Alex Rios connected for a solo home run, Rolen then hit a rbi double, Adam Lind singled in a run, Joe Inglett then had a rbi ground out for the final rbi in the inning.  The Blue Jays still weren’t done at the plate however as they pushed across single runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings.

A.J. Burnett pitched great as he tossed the first eight innings of the game.  Burnett only gave up four hits and one run.  Great job by Burnett as he improved his record 7-7 on the season.  Brian Tallet finished things up in the ninth inning and did not allow a hit.

Now we will have to see if the hot hitting carries over to the game on Wednesday.  Hopefully it does!

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Once again the Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Milwaukee Brewers.  On Thursday afternoon it was a 8-7 game that set the Blue Jays back.  The Blue Jays were swept in the three game series as they were outplayed every game.  I will give the team some credit as they did score six runs in the top of the ninth inning but a loss is a loss in the end.

A.J. Burnett fell to 6-7 on the season after only pitching five innings and giving up eight hits and eight runs.  Burnett had a problem as he gave up four walks and two home runs in the game.  He really should have known to keep the ball down against the hot hitting Brewers.

Brian Tallet and B.J. Ryan were able to hold the Brewers at eight runs as they pitched the final three innings without letting the Brewers score.  Good job by those two relievers.  To bad Burnett but the team in such a big hole to begin with.

Alex Rios had a rbi single in the eighth inning that scored Lyle Overbay for the Blue Jays first run of the game.  And then in the ninth inning it was Overbay going deep for a two run home run before Joe Inglett hit a grand slam to score four more runs.  The Blue Jays were still down one run however and ended up losing by that one run.

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The Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Milwaukee Brewers and their starting pitcher Ben Sheets on Wednesday night by the score of 5-4.  The Blue Jays attempted a nice comeback as they scored single runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings, but they still came up one run short.

Shaun Marcum fell to 5-4 on the season as he took the loss for the Blue Jays.  Marcum threw six innings and allowed six hits and four runs.  Marcum couldn’t keep the ball down as he gave up two home runs which really hurt him.

Shawn Camp gave up one run while only recording one out before Scott Downs came in and pitched 1 1/3 innings.  Jason Frasor also recorded one out which was the final out for the Brewers.

Greg Zaun went 3-2 with three rbi in the game.  Zaun also had a solo home run in the eighth inning that brough the Blue Jays within one run.  Joe Inglett had the only other recorded rbi for the Blue Jays as he had a rbi groundout in the seventh inning.

The Blue Jays now have to win on Thursday afternoon to avoid the three game sweep by the Brewers.

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The Toronto Blue Jays had problems all night at the plate against the Milwaukee Brewers as they were shutout 7-0.  The Jays were only able to record four hits in the entire game while the Brewers were playing home run derby off the Blue Jays pitching staff.

Dustin McGowan only lasted four innings as he gave up four hits, four runs, and three home runs.  McGowan of course took the loss and fell to 5-5 on the season.  Brian Wolfe then came in and gave up one run which came on a home run.  Jesse Carlson pitched a scoreless seventh inning but then in the eighth inning, Jason Frasor gave up two runs on a home run.

As you can tell the Blue Jays pitchers were serving up beach balls to the Brewers batters.  They can’t do that if they want to pick up a victory in the series.

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What a whacky ninth inning that seen the Seattle Mariners score the winning run while B.J. Ryan and manager John Gibbons were ejected.  The crazy inning ended a dissapointing three games series for the Blue Jays as they lost two out of three games against the Mariners.

In the ninth inning with the score 1-1, Ryan gave up a rbi single to Raul Ibanez that score Ichiro for the Mariners winning run. Ryan was upset because the inning should have been over on a called third strike but umpire Andy Fletcher called the pitch a ball.  It was a toughbreak for Ryan and Blue Jays who went on to lose 2-1.

Blue Jays starting pitcher Shaun Marcum pitched well enough to get a win but didn’t get any run support Marcum went seven innings while giving up seven hits and only one run.  Marcum had to settle with a no decision.

The one Blue Jays run came in the fourth inning when Matt Stairs grounded out to second and Joe Inglett scored.  The Blue Jays Blog would enjoy blogging about a good offense, but right now the batters just aren’t swinging the bats very good as you can see by only putting up one run on the scoreboard.

The Blue Jays will have an off day on Thursday and then will get back at things on Friday in an interleague matchup with the Chicago Cubs.

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I know exactly what the Blue Jays fans are thinking right now.  How in the hell do you not score one run in the 10th inning when you have the bases loaded with zero outs.  Pretty much put the ball in play and you should score a run unless you get a hard hit ball directly to the first basemen like Lyle Overbay hit and all over a sudden you have two outs in the inning.

That wasn’t the end of it however as the next batter walked, and then David Eckstein was at the plate with the bases loaded and two outs with the Blue Jays still down one run to the Seattle Mariners.  Eckstein however flew out to center field and the Blue Jays ended up losing 3-2.

It was like the Jays just couldn’t get over the hump tonight.  If they really want to be a contender that is the type of the game have to pull out and get the win.

Jason Frasor took the loss for the Blue Jays as he gave up the suicide squeeze play in the top of the 10th inning to the Blue Jays.  Jesse Litsch had started the game and tossed six innings while giving up ten hits and two runs.

The two Blue Jays runs came on a rbi double by Overbay and then a infield rbi single by Vernon Wells.  Other then that the Blue Jays bats were pretty cold in the game.  They were not able to come up with a run or take advantage of the Mariners two errors.  That is something they have to start doing.