The Toronto Blue Jays were down 5-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning but they scored two runs to come back and defeat the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 6-5.  The two run comeback completed a three game sweep of the Orioles and improved the Blue Jays record to 45-47.

Lyle Overbay tied the game in the ninth inning with a rbi sac fly and then Adam Lind hit the game winning run with a rbi single.  Little guy David Eckstein led the team with two rbi while Joe Inglett, Alex Rios, Overbay, and Lind all contributed with one rbi each.  Great job by the offense for coming through when they needed to!

Shawn Camp who pitched the top of the ninth inning notched the win in the game and is now 2-1 on the season.  Blue Jays starting pitcher John Parrish lasted seven innings as he gave up six hits and three runs.  It was a good quality start out of Parrish as he got the no decision.  The two relief pitchers after Parrish left the were not good however.  Brian Tallet gave up one run and then Brandon League gave up another run.  The offense really bailed out Tallet and League.

The Blue Jays will now wait for the Yankees to get into town and they will start a three game series on Friday.

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The Toronto Blue Jays and Cincinnati Reds played extra innings on Wednesday night and the Blue Jays came up just short as they lost 6-5.  Jesse Carlson gave up a sac fly to Jay Bruce in the top of the tenth inning that scored Norris Hopper.  The run was actually charged to Brian Wolfe and he took the loss on the the game.

Blue Jays starting pitcher Roy Halladay wasn’t his usual self as he only pitched six innings.  Halladay gave up nine hits and four runs while walking four and striking out seven batters.  Ken Griffey Jr. hit a two run home run off of Halladay in the first inning and it was more less downhill after that for Halladay.

The Blue Jays offense did score five un-answered runs to tie the game at 5-5 but they just couldn’t get that one last run in the game to pull out the come from behind victory.  Adam Lind and Joe Inglett both hit two run home runs for the Blue Jays.  Marco Scutaro singled in Lyle Overbay in the sixth inning for the final run and rbi for the Blue Jays in the sixth inning.

The Blue Jays will try to win the rubber game of the series on Thursday.  Jesse Litsch will take the mound for the Blue Jays.

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The Toronto Blue Jays jumped all over the Cincinnati Reds as they scored 11 runs in the first two innings of the game as they beat the Reds 14-1.  Talk about knocking out your opponent right then the game starts!  Great way of putting a lot of pressure on the Reds early in the game, and as you can tell the Reds weren’t able to respond at all.

Scott Rolen hit a three run home run in the first inning and Greg Zaun had a two run homer in the inning as well.  Matt Stairs had the first rbi for the team when he had a rbi sac fly before the two home runs were hit.  In the second inning the Blue Jays scored five more runs.  Alex Rios connected for a solo home run, Rolen then hit a rbi double, Adam Lind singled in a run, Joe Inglett then had a rbi ground out for the final rbi in the inning.  The Blue Jays still weren’t done at the plate however as they pushed across single runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings.

A.J. Burnett pitched great as he tossed the first eight innings of the game.  Burnett only gave up four hits and one run.  Great job by Burnett as he improved his record 7-7 on the season.  Brian Tallet finished things up in the ninth inning and did not allow a hit.

Now we will have to see if the hot hitting carries over to the game on Wednesday.  Hopefully it does!

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Once again the Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Milwaukee Brewers.  On Thursday afternoon it was a 8-7 game that set the Blue Jays back.  The Blue Jays were swept in the three game series as they were outplayed every game.  I will give the team some credit as they did score six runs in the top of the ninth inning but a loss is a loss in the end.

A.J. Burnett fell to 6-7 on the season after only pitching five innings and giving up eight hits and eight runs.  Burnett had a problem as he gave up four walks and two home runs in the game.  He really should have known to keep the ball down against the hot hitting Brewers.

Brian Tallet and B.J. Ryan were able to hold the Brewers at eight runs as they pitched the final three innings without letting the Brewers score.  Good job by those two relievers.  To bad Burnett but the team in such a big hole to begin with.

Alex Rios had a rbi single in the eighth inning that scored Lyle Overbay for the Blue Jays first run of the game.  And then in the ninth inning it was Overbay going deep for a two run home run before Joe Inglett hit a grand slam to score four more runs.  The Blue Jays were still down one run however and ended up losing by that one run.

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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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What a whacky ninth inning that seen the Seattle Mariners score the winning run while B.J. Ryan and manager John Gibbons were ejected.  The crazy inning ended a dissapointing three games series for the Blue Jays as they lost two out of three games against the Mariners.

In the ninth inning with the score 1-1, Ryan gave up a rbi single to Raul Ibanez that score Ichiro for the Mariners winning run. Ryan was upset because the inning should have been over on a called third strike but umpire Andy Fletcher called the pitch a ball.  It was a toughbreak for Ryan and Blue Jays who went on to lose 2-1.

Blue Jays starting pitcher Shaun Marcum pitched well enough to get a win but didn’t get any run support Marcum went seven innings while giving up seven hits and only one run.  Marcum had to settle with a no decision.

The one Blue Jays run came in the fourth inning when Matt Stairs grounded out to second and Joe Inglett scored.  The Blue Jays Blog would enjoy blogging about a good offense, but right now the batters just aren’t swinging the bats very good as you can see by only putting up one run on the scoreboard.

The Blue Jays will have an off day on Thursday and then will get back at things on Friday in an interleague matchup with the Chicago Cubs.

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The Toronto Blue Jays held on to beat the Los Angeles Angels by the score of 4-3 on Thursday night.  The Blue Jays out hit the Angeles ten hits to seven in the game and had the only home run which proved to be the game winner.

Lyle Overybay hit a solo home run off of Ervin Santana in the sixth inning to give the Blue Jays the 4-3 lead.  Overbay came up huge with a big hit which the Blue Jays haven’t been getting lately.  Overbay was just one of the Blue Jays players to record one rbi in the game.  Brad Wilkerson, Rod Barajas, and Joe Inglett all had one rbi as well.

A.J. Burnett got his fifth win of the season as he tossed six innings in the game.  Burnett allowed six hits and three runs in the game.  Pretty good outing for Burnett as he improvs to 4-3 on the season.

Jesse Carlson, Scott Downs, and B.J. Ryan all pitched one scoreless inning of relief after Burnett was taken out of the game.  Ryan picked up his 10th save of the season in the game as well.

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The Toronto Blue Jays completed a three game sweep of the Minnesota Twins as they won 3-2 in 11 innings of action.

Joe Inglett singled in Scott Rolen in the eleventh inning for the winning run.  Alex Rios and Rolen both had a rbi in the game as well as the Blue Jays improved to 21-22 on the season.

Shawn Camp got the win for the Blue Jays and he is now 1-1 on the season.  B.J. Ryan picked up his seventh save of the season as well in the game.  Starting pitcher Dustin McGowan only pitched five innings as he gave up two hits and two runs.

The Blue Jays will try to keep the good ball going when they taking on the Philadelphia Phillies in a interleage matchup.

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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 have trimmed down their spring training roster once again.  This time, five players were sent to Triple-A Syracuse and two players were re-assigned to the Blue Jays minor league camp.

Adam Lind, Curtis Thigpen, Robinzon Diaz,  Buck Coats, and Joe Inglett were optioned to Triple-A Syrcacuse.

Wayne Lydon and Ryan Patterson were re-assigned to minor league camp.