The Toronto Blue Jays were not quite able to pull off the come from behide win against the Texas Rangers as they lost 7-5 in fourteen innings.  The Blue Jays had scored three runs in the bottom of the eigth inning to tie the game and eventually send it into extra innings.

A.J. Burnett took the loss for the Blue Jays as he was pitching in relief.  He had a wild pitch that scored the winning run, and then also gave up another run on a single that the Rangers used for insurance.

Jesse Litsch started the game for the Blue Jays and only pitched five innings.  He allowed nine hits and four runs.

Alex Rios, Vernon Wells, Marco Scutaro, and Joe Inglett all had one RBI for the Blue Jays.

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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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