The Toronto Blue Jays held on to beat the Los Angeles Angels by the score of 4-3 on Thursday night. The Blue Jays out hit the Angeles ten hits to seven in the game and had the only home run which proved to be the game winner.
Lyle Overybay hit a solo home run off of Ervin Santana in the sixth inning to give the Blue Jays the 4-3 lead. Overbay came up huge with a big hit which the Blue Jays haven’t been getting lately. Overbay was just one of the Blue Jays players to record one rbi in the game. Brad Wilkerson, Rod Barajas, and Joe Inglett all had one rbi as well.
A.J. Burnett got his fifth win of the season as he tossed six innings in the game. Burnett allowed six hits and three runs in the game. Pretty good outing for Burnett as he improvs to 4-3 on the season.
Jesse Carlson, Scott Downs, and B.J. Ryan all pitched one scoreless inning of relief after Burnett was taken out of the game. Ryan picked up his 10th save of the season in the game as well.
