The Toronto Blue Jays lost a disappointing game to the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night by the score of 5-4.

A.J. Burnett tossed six inning and allowed nine hits and five runs to pick up the losss.  Burnett is now 3-3 on the season.  Brian Tallet and Shawn Camp threw the final three innings of the game and pitched well.

Lyle Overbay led the Blue Jays at the plate with two RBI.  Scott Rolen and David Eckstein had the other two RBI for the Blue Jays.  They just didn’t come up with that big hit to tie or take the lead in the game when they needed it.

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Matt Stairs connected on a solo home run in the seventh inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays the only run they would need as they went onto beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0.  The Blue Jays offense struggled, but the pitchers were there to pick up the hitters on Monday night.

Dustin McGowan pitched 7 1/3 innings and only gave up four hits.  Great performance out of McGowan who struckout six batters while not walking a batter.  The win was McGowan’s second of the season.  B.J. Ryan struggled in the ninth inning as he walked three batters to load the bases but got out of the jam to pick up his fifth save of the season.

Good win for the Blue Jays as they improved their record to 16-17 on the season.

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The Toronto Blue Jays got the better of the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night with a nice 3-0 victory for the Blue Jays.  The Blue Jays scored one run in the third, fifth, and seventh innings.

A.J. Burnett gave up three hits in 7.2 innings.  A good performance by Burnett as he struckout five batters.  He did walk five but made sure that they did not come around to score.  Jesse Carlson got the final out in the eighth inning after Burnett was pulled out of the game.  B.J. Ryan picked up the save which was his of the season.

Scott Rolen got the Blue Jays on the board with a RBI single in the third inning.  Vernon Wells then had a sac fly to center field in the fifth inning.  In the seventh inning, Alex Rios went deep and hit a solo home run to make the score 3-0.

It was a really big win for the Blue Jays as they improved to 12-17 on the season.

The Toronto Blue Jays lost a heart breaking game to the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night 1-0.  The game had a 16 minute delay, and then Roy Halladay and Jon Lester locked in for a nice pitching duel.

Hallady tossed 8.2 innings but did take the loss.  Hallady gave up a single to Kevin Youkilis in the bottom of the ninth that scored David Ortiz for the game winning run.  Tough luck for Hallady who pitched well enough to pick up the win.

The Blue Jays didn’ thave much offense at all against the Red Sox.  Two hits were all the Blue Jays could muster against Lester and Jonathan Papelbon.

We will see if the Blue Jays can bounce back tomorrow when they play the Red Sox again.

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The Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Thursday night as the Blue Jays were swept by the Rays.  Talk about a very embarrassing series for the Blue Jays who should never get swept by the Rays.

Dustin McGowan only lasted four innings for the Blue Jays and he picked up the loss.  McGowan gave up five runs (four earned) in his four innings of action.  The Blue Jays used five pitchers out of the bullpen and they all pitched great as they held the Rays scoreless.

Marco Scutaro had the lone RBI for the Blue Jays.  The Blue Jays other two runs were all un-earned in the game.

Overall it was just a terrible game for the Blue Jays.  They should never ever get swept by the Rays.  Hopefully they will learn from this and play better against the Kansas City Royals this weekend.

The Toronto Blue Jays had some trouble with the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night as the Rays beat the Blue Jays 6-4.  The Blue Jays could only get six hits in the game so they were actually lucky to put four runs on the board.

Jesse Litsch pitched 3.1 innings and gave up eigth hits and give earned runs.  Litsch was 2-0 on the season but took the loss to drop his record to 2-1.  Jesse Carlson relieved Litsch and gave up one earned run.  Shawn Camp and Scott Downs pitched the final 2.1 innings and allowed three total hits.

Marco Scutaro led the Blue Jays at the plate with two RBI.  Vernon Wells hit a solo home run in the sixth inning as well.

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The Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Detroit Tigers on Monday by the score of 5-1 putting Toronto at a split 10-10 for the season.  It took the Blue Jays until the bottom of the 9th inning to score their first and only run of the night against the Detroit Tigers pitching staff.

The Blue Jays starting pitcher was Shaun Marcum who pitched for 5.2 innings picking up his first loss of the year putting him at 2-1 for the season.  He allowed five hits, five runs, and walked four batters.  Brian Tallet and Jason Frasor were brought in to finish out the last 3.1 innings. 

The Blue Jays only big hit of the night was from Gregg Zaun with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth against Todd Jones.  It was his first home run of the year and his fourth RBI. 

The Blue Jays are now headed on a road trip for their next nine games.  They will start off in Tampa Bay against the Rays tonight.

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Even without the presence of Frank Thomas the Toronto Blue Jays were able to defeat the Detroit Tigers in Toronto on Sunday by the score of 5-3.  With Frank Thomas getting angry for being taken out of the lineup a day early, Toronto released him leaving them short one big hitter for the game against the Tigers.  But even without Frank, the Blue Jays were able to hold their own and come out on top. 

David Eckstein had 3 RBIs with one being from his home run in the fourth inning and Alex Rios got on the board with an RBI as well giving him 12 for the year.

A.J. Burnett came out and opened for the Blue Jays pitching five innings and giving up four hits.  Jeremy Accardo was brought it to close out the game and got his fourth save of the season. 

The Blue Jays and Tigers will play once again on Monday as the Tigers try to even the series.

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Roy Halladay threw a complete game on Thursday night but the Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Texas Rangers by the score of 4-1. Halladay wasn’t his normal self as he allowed eleven hits and four earned runs.  Usally when Halladay throws a complete game, the Blue Jays win the ballgame, but that wasn’t the case against the Rangers.

The lone run for the Blue Jays came off the bat of David Eckstein who had a RBI infield single in the seventh inning.  It was bad that the Blue Jays offense couldn’t score enough runs to pick up the win for Halladay, but sometimes that is just the case.

Hopefully the Blue Jays will play better in their next game and pick up a win.

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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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