The Toronto Blue Jays were coming off a nice win over the New York Yankees but that sure didn’t show on Wednesday night. The Blue Jays only scored one run and were defeated by the Yankees by the score of 5-1. Yeah the Blue Jays once again struggled at the plate and only scored one run.

Alex Rios had the only rbi for the Jays when he had a rbi single in the sixth inning. As a team there were only four other hits as Andy Pettitte really shut them Jays offense down.

David Purcey gave up all five runs and took the loss. Purcey is now 2-4 on the year after he only lasted four innings. Purcey gave up seven hits and was hit pretty hard during all four innings. The Blue Jays bullpen did a very good job to keep the Yankees at only five runs. Brian Tallet, Jason Frasor, and Jesse Carlson all pitched in relief and all did a very good job.

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The Toronto Blue Jays were in line to sweep the Detroit Tigers in a four game series however the Jays allowed five runs in the eighth inning and the Tigers came from behind to win 5-1. It was still a good series for the Jays however as they won three out of four games and are now at 62-59 on the season.

Jason Frasor was the relief pitcher that was charged with all five runs in the eighth inning. Frasor took the loss and is now 1-2 on the season. Starting pitcher Jesse Litsch threw seven shutout innings to get a no decision.  Litsch threw the ball very well as he only gave up four hits in his seven innings of action.

The one run for the Blue Jays came in the fifth inning when Lyle Overbay hit a solo home run off of Armando Galararraga. Galaragga dominated the Blue Jays lineup all afternoon.

The Blue Jays will now head to Boston for a weekend series. If they want any chance at getting back into the playoff race, they need to sweep the Red Sox and go on a nice long winning streak. I think that is just too much to ask for however.  What do you think?

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The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles once again on Thursday and this time it was by the score of 7-1.  It was the second straight game the Jays have limited the Orioles to only one run.  They held them to one run and won earlier in the day 5-1.  After losing the first game of the four game series, they were able to come back and win the next three games to win the series.

Roy Halladay pitched seven innings to record his 12th win of the season.  Halladay allowed seven hits but only one run while striking out six batters.  A nice quality start for Halladay which we have all grown accustomed to.  Brian Tallet and Jason Frasor both tossed hitless innings in the 8th and 9th to finish up the game on the mound.

Lyle Overbay and Greg Zaun led the way at the plate as both players finished with two rbi each.  Marco Scutaro and Brad Wilkerson both had one rbi as well to help out the offense.

The Blue Jays will now welcome the Seattle Mariners into town beginning on Friday night.  Get out there and support your Jays!  Blue Jays Baseball Blog

The Toronto Blue Jays did not start their series with the Baltimore Orioles exactly how they wanted to on Monday night as they lost 8-3.  Blue Jays starting pitcher Jesse Litsch pitched a terrible game as he only lasted 4 2/3 innings and gave up seven hits and six runs.  Litsch had problems in the third and fifth inning before he exited the game.

Brandon League and Jason Frasor threw the ball after Litsch was taken out of the game.  Frasor didn’t have a good outing as he gave up two runs in one inning of action by League tossed 2 1/3 innings without allowing a run.

The Blue Jays got rbi’s from Scott Rolen, Rod Barajas, and Alex Rios is the game but it wasn’t even close to being enough as the O’s put up eight runs on the Blue Jays pitching staff.

The Blue Jays will try to get back in the win column on Tuesday.  Blue Jays Blog

The Toronto Blue Jays scored five unanswered runs and scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as they defeated the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 7-6.  It was a crazy ending to the game as Alex Rios scored on a fielders choice by Scott Rolen.  Orioles shortstop Feddie Bynum committed an error on the play as well that allowed Rios to score the winning run.

Rios finished the game with three rbi while Vernon Wells was right behind him with two rbi.  Rod Barajas had an rbi for the Jays as well in the game.

B.J. Ryan improved his record to 2-3 on the season as he pitched the top of the ninth inning to get the victory.  Dustin McGowan was the starting pitcher for the Jays and he lasted four innings.  McGowan gave up four hits and four runs including one home run in the game as he ended up with a no decision.   Jason Frasor had a bad game out of the pen as he gave up two hits and two runs as well.

The Blue Jays will try to go up 2-0 in the series as they face off against the Orioles again on Wednesday night.

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The Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Milwaukee Brewers and their starting pitcher Ben Sheets on Wednesday night by the score of 5-4.  The Blue Jays attempted a nice comeback as they scored single runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings, but they still came up one run short.

Shaun Marcum fell to 5-4 on the season as he took the loss for the Blue Jays.  Marcum threw six innings and allowed six hits and four runs.  Marcum couldn’t keep the ball down as he gave up two home runs which really hurt him.

Shawn Camp gave up one run while only recording one out before Scott Downs came in and pitched 1 1/3 innings.  Jason Frasor also recorded one out which was the final out for the Brewers.

Greg Zaun went 3-2 with three rbi in the game.  Zaun also had a solo home run in the eighth inning that brough the Blue Jays within one run.  Joe Inglett had the only other recorded rbi for the Blue Jays as he had a rbi groundout in the seventh inning.

The Blue Jays now have to win on Thursday afternoon to avoid the three game sweep by the Brewers.

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The Toronto Blue Jays had problems all night at the plate against the Milwaukee Brewers as they were shutout 7-0.  The Jays were only able to record four hits in the entire game while the Brewers were playing home run derby off the Blue Jays pitching staff.

Dustin McGowan only lasted four innings as he gave up four hits, four runs, and three home runs.  McGowan of course took the loss and fell to 5-5 on the season.  Brian Wolfe then came in and gave up one run which came on a home run.  Jesse Carlson pitched a scoreless seventh inning but then in the eighth inning, Jason Frasor gave up two runs on a home run.

As you can tell the Blue Jays pitchers were serving up beach balls to the Brewers batters.  They can’t do that if they want to pick up a victory in the series.

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The Toronto Blue Jays scored six runs in the seventh inning as they beat the New York Yankees by the score of 9-4 on Tuesday night.  The win was a huge game for the Blue Jays as the beat the Yankees and are now 32-28 on the season.

The Blue Jays got a couple of runs off Yankees starting pitcher Joba Chamberlain early in the game and then exploded in the sixth inning like we previously said.  David Eckstein led the Blue Jays with three rbi, Rod Barajas had two rbi and four other players had one rbi.  Marco Scutaro, Alex Rios, Scott Rolen, and Lyle Overbay all had one rbi in the game.

Roy Halladay was the winning pitcher as he won his seventh game of the season.  Halladay threw six innings while giving up six hits and two runs.  Brian Tallet, Jesse Carlson, and Jason Frasor finished up the final three games of the game.  Tallet gave up one run, but Carlson and Frasor did a pretty good job.

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The Toronto Blue Jays out hit the Los Angeles Angels 9-5 but they still ended up losing the game by the score of 3-1.  Twenty three runners were left on base and that is why the Blue Jays only scored one run and lost the game.

Dustin McGowan took the loss after pitching 6 1/3 innings and giving up five hits and three runs.  McGowan’s record dropped to 2-4 with the loss.  Jason Frasor, Jesse Carlson, and Scott Downs pitched the final 2 2/3 innings without giving up another run.

The only run the Blue Jays had came in the first inning on a Brad Wilkerson solo home run.  Other then that the Blue Jays struggled to get the big hit and score some runs.

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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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