Now that is a old fashioned butt kicking right there as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Oakland Athletics 12-0 on Thursday afternoon.  The Blue Jays scored runs in all put three innings in the game as they kept the pressure on the A’s all afternoon long.

Even though the Blue Jays scored 12 runs and had 17 hits, only one of the hits was a home run.  The home run came in the ninth inning off the bat of Shannon Stewart.  It was a lot of singles and doubles for the Blue Jays that got the job done.

Stewart, Kevin Mench, and Rod Barajas all had three hits to lead the Blue Jays at the plate.  As far as rbi’s go, Barajas led the team with three rbi, followed by Stewart, Aaron Hill, and Brad Wilkerson who all had two runs batted in.  Mench, Marco Scutaro, and David Eckstein all had one rbi in the game as well.

Blue Jays starting pitcher Jesse Litsch pitched seven innings while giving up seven hits to get the win.  He is now 7-1 on the season and continues to throw the ball outstanding.

Jesse Carlson and Shawn Camp pitched final two scoreless innings of the game without any trouble.

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The Toronto Blue Jays scored two runs off the Minnesota Twins bullpen as they came from behind to beat the Twins 5-3 on Tuesday night.  The Blue Jays scored single runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings to come from behind.

Matt Stairs had a solo home run, while Aaron Hill, Lyle Overbay, Shannon Stewart, and Greg Zaun all ahd one rbi as well in the game.  A lot of production up and down the lineup for the Blue Jays, they could have scored quite a few more runs if all those were just one rbi for everybody.

Jesse Litsch improved his record to 5-1 as he picked up the win.  Litsch pitched 5 2/3 innings while giving up four hits and two runs in the game.  Armando Benitez was the only other Blue Jays pitcher to give up a run as he gave up one run in relief.  B.J. Ryan pitched the ninth inning to record his sixth save of the season.

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The Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians split their double header today.  Both games were by the score of 3-0 as well.

In the first game each team only had five hits as it was a pitchers duel between Fausto Carmona and A.J. Burnett.  Burnett didn’t get any run support and took the loss as he pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs.

In the second game however, it was the Blue Jays coming out on top with a 3-0 victory.  It took ten innings to get the job done as once again it was a pitching duel.  Starting pitcher Shaun Marcum threw eight innings and only allowed two hits as he got the no decision.  B.J. Ryan pitched a scoreless inning of relief to pick up the win and then Scott Downs pitched the final three outs to pick up his fourth save of the season.

The Blue Jays pushed across three runs in the top of the tenth inning after going scoreless for the first ninth innings of the game.  Shannon Stewart hit a sac fly and then Aaron Hill had a two rbi single to push the lead to 3-0.

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The Toronto Blue Jays rallied to scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and tie the game but then lost in 13 innings to the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 8-3.  Talk about a up and down game for the Blue Jays.

Vernon Wells had a two run home run and then Aaron Hill had a rbi single in the ninth inning as the Blue Jays scored three runs to tie the game.  That was the only scoring they would do however as the Rays held them scoreless in extra innings.

Shawn Camp gave up five runs including a grand slam in the 13th inning to take the loss for the Blue Jays.  Blue Jays starting pitcher Jesse Litsch pitched seven innings and allowed five hits and three runs in the game.

Hopefully the Blue Jays will battle back from this game and win their their game tomorrow against the Cleveland Indians.  Blue Jays Blog

The Toronto Blue Jays held the Tampa Bay Rays to only six hits on Wednesday night as they went onto win by the score of 6-2.  Pretty much a dominating performance by the Jays who held the Rays scoreless until the ninth inning.

Shaun Marcum improved to 4-2 on the season as he pitched 8 2/3 innings while only giving up four hits and two runs.  He was taken out of the game with two outs in the ninth inning after giving up a two run double to B.J. Upton.  Scott Downs came into the game to record the final out.

Scott Rolen had two RBI and a home run to lead the Blue Jays at the plate.  Marco Scutaro also had two RBI.  Aaron Hill and Rod Barajas both had one RBI each in the game.

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The Toronto Blue Jays brought out the whooping sticks on Tuesday night as they beat up on the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 11-3.  Sixteen hits and eleven runs is a old fashion butt kicking lol.  Great win for the Blue Jays as they improved their record to 8-6 on the year.

Aaron Hill led the Blue Jays with a three-run home run.  Alex Rios and Matt Stairs contibuted with two RBI while David Eckstein, Vernon Wells, Frank Thomas, and Greg Zaun all had one RBI in the game.

Shaun Marcum improved to 2-0 on the season with the victory.  He pitched 6.2 innings and gave up four hits and two earned runs.  Jesse Carlson gave up one run in one inning of relief.  Brian Wolfe pitched the final 1.1 innings and did not allow a hit or run.

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The Toronto Blue Jays gave up four runs to the Oakland Athletics in the 9th inning and ended up losing the game 6-3.  What a bad way to lose a ballgame as the Blue Jays were leading heading into the 9th inning.

Jeremy Accardo allowed all four earned runs in the 9th inning and took the loss for the Blue Jays.  Accardo pitched terrible, and that is just something that you don’t want to see out of your relief pitcher.

The Blue Jays didn’t have much offense but Vernon Wells and Aaron Hill both had one RBI each.

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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.

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The Toronto Blue Jays were held in check through five innings by Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield, but in the sixth inning they finally broke through for three runs and eventually went on to win the game by the score of 6-3.

After scoring three runs in the sixth inning, the Blue Jays tacked on two runs in the seventh inning, and another insurance run in the eight inning.  Frank Thomas led the team with two RBI, while Matt Stairs, David Eckstein, Lyle Overbay, and Aaron Hill contributed with one RBI each.

Shaun Marcum picked up the win for the Blue Jays as he pitched seven innings and only gave up three hits.  One of those hits however was a three run homerun off the bat of J.D. Drew that tied the game in the seventh inning.  Other then that Marcum pitched pretty good!

Jeremy Accardo picked up the save, his second of the season.

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