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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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 scored two runs in the 9th inning but still fell short by a run against the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 4-3.  After scoring a run in the 1st inning, the Blue Jays did not score another run until the top of the 9th inning when they made the game interesting.

Dustin McGowan pitched six innings and took the loss for the Blue Jays.  McGowan is now 0-1 on the season.  He allowed ten hits and three earned runs.  Brian Tallet pitched one inning and allowed one earned run.  Jason Frasor pitched the final inning and allowed one walk, but did not allow a hit or run to score.

Alex Rios hit a two run home run in the 9th inning and Vernon Wells had a RBI single in the first inning.  That was all the scoring that the Blue Jays could get off the Orioles pitchers. 

The Toronto Blue Jays fell just short on Thursday night as they lost to the Oakland Athletics by the score of 3-2 in 12 innings.  They did make it interesting in the bottom of the 12th when they scored one, but then they weren’t able to score another one to atleast tie the game up.

Shannon Stewart and Vernon Wells had one RBI each for the Blue Jays.

Brandon League took the loss as he gave up both runs in the top of the 12th inning that allowed the A’s to win the game.  Starting pitcher Shaun Marcum pitched seven inning and allowed six hits and one earned run.  He pitched well enough for the win, he just didn’t get enough run support.

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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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