The Toronto Blue Jays came back and tied the game in the 8th inning but were not able to come back all the way as they fell to the Oakland Athletics by the score of 9-8. Jeremy Accardo picked up the loss after he gave up a two out single to Kurt Suzuki and then a triple to Ryan Sweeney that scored the winning run for the Athletics.
Vernon Wells led the Blue Jays with three RBI, Frank Thomas and Aaron Hill chipped in with two RBI, and David Eckstein batted one run in. Thomas also hit his third homerun and his third in the last three games.
A.J. Burnett got whooped up on by the Athletics hitters. He only lasted 4.2 innings and gave up ten hits and six earned runs. The Blue Jays were battling back from that deficit the entire game and could’t quite get over the hump.
