Ahh, now that was an up an down game for the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday afternoon against the New York Yankees.  Blue Jays close B.J. Ryan gave up three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Yankees came back to beat the Blue Jays 9-8.  The big hit was a walk off two run home run by Jason Giambi that won it for the Yankees.

Ryan didn’t have his good stuff at all in the ninth inning.  Before the Giambi home run, Ryan got the first two outs of the inning but then gave up singles to Alex Rodriguez and Hideki Matsui.  Ryan’s record dropped to 1-2 on the season with the loss.

Blue Jays starting pitcher Dustin McGowan pitched 5 1/3 innings while giving up seven hits and five runs to get a no decision.

Matt Stairs had a huge day at the plate as he went 3-5 with five rbi including a two run home run, two run single, and a rbi ground rule double.  Lyle Overbay had the Blue Jays other two rbi in the game in the fifth inning with a two run double.

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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 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 scored two runs off the Minnesota Twins bullpen as they came from behind to beat the Twins 5-3 on Tuesday night.  The Blue Jays scored single runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings to come from behind.

Matt Stairs had a solo home run, while Aaron Hill, Lyle Overbay, Shannon Stewart, and Greg Zaun all ahd one rbi as well in the game.  A lot of production up and down the lineup for the Blue Jays, they could have scored quite a few more runs if all those were just one rbi for everybody.

Jesse Litsch improved his record to 5-1 as he picked up the win.  Litsch pitched 5 2/3 innings while giving up four hits and two runs in the game.  Armando Benitez was the only other Blue Jays pitcher to give up a run as he gave up one run in relief.  B.J. Ryan pitched the ninth inning to record his sixth save of the season.

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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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The Toronto Blue Jays sure seem to have the Boston Red Sox’s number as they once again defeated the Red Sox.  The Blue Jays have now beat the Red Sox six straight times after the 10-2 pounding on Saturday.

Little man David Eckstein led the Blue Jays with three RBI, Frank Thomas collected two RBI, and Alex Rios, Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay, and Greg Zaun all chipped in with one RBI each.  Thomas had a two run homerun for his two RBI.

It was a combined effort by the Blue Jays pitching staff to hold down the Red Sox.  Jesse Litsch started the game and pitched five innings, Brian Tallet, Brian Wolfe, Jason Frasor, and Randy Wells all pitched an inning.  Litsch was the only pitcher to allow an earned run as he let in two runs.

Overall it was a great performance by the entire Blue Jays team.  They will go for their seventh straight win over the Red Sox on Sunday.

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The Toronto Blue Jays were held in check through five innings by Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield, but in the sixth inning they finally broke through for three runs and eventually went on to win the game by the score of 6-3.

After scoring three runs in the sixth inning, the Blue Jays tacked on two runs in the seventh inning, and another insurance run in the eight inning.  Frank Thomas led the team with two RBI, while Matt Stairs, David Eckstein, Lyle Overbay, and Aaron Hill contributed with one RBI each.

Shaun Marcum picked up the win for the Blue Jays as he pitched seven innings and only gave up three hits.  One of those hits however was a three run homerun off the bat of J.D. Drew that tied the game in the seventh inning.  Other then that Marcum pitched pretty good!

Jeremy Accardo picked up the save, his second of the season.

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