Roy Halladay gave up nine hits and five runs over six innings as the Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. The White Sox came away with a 6-5 victory. The Jays are still up two games to one in the series as they swept the double header on Tuesday after being rained out on Monday.

Alex Rios provided both runs for the Jays in the eighth inning when he hit a two-run homerun. Lyle Overbay then added a rbi single in the ninth and the Jays then scored another run on Marco Scutaro rbi double. The Jays weren’t done after the Scutaro double as Jose Bautista grounded out to shortstop to score one more run and draw the Jays within one run.

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The Toronto Blue Jays scored three additional runs and defeated the Baltimore Orioles 5-1.  They played the game early this morning and then will play the originally scheduled game shortly after the first one is over.  It was nice to see the Jays come out and score runs right away and put the game out of reach.

Marco Scutaro, Lyle Overbay, and John McDonald all had one rbi each in the game.  The other two runs that the Jays scored were unearned.

A.J. Burnett was awarded the win after he threw five innings on Wednesday night.  Burnett is now 11-9 with a 4.73 era.  Jesse Carlson, Shawn Camp, and Scott Downs all pitched in relief for the Jays and all did a good job.

We will be back with an update after the afternoon game is over.  Go Jays!

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 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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Now that is a old fashioned butt kicking right there as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Oakland Athletics 12-0 on Thursday afternoon.  The Blue Jays scored runs in all put three innings in the game as they kept the pressure on the A’s all afternoon long.

Even though the Blue Jays scored 12 runs and had 17 hits, only one of the hits was a home run.  The home run came in the ninth inning off the bat of Shannon Stewart.  It was a lot of singles and doubles for the Blue Jays that got the job done.

Stewart, Kevin Mench, and Rod Barajas all had three hits to lead the Blue Jays at the plate.  As far as rbi’s go, Barajas led the team with three rbi, followed by Stewart, Aaron Hill, and Brad Wilkerson who all had two runs batted in.  Mench, Marco Scutaro, and David Eckstein all had one rbi in the game as well.

Blue Jays starting pitcher Jesse Litsch pitched seven innings while giving up seven hits to get the win.  He is now 7-1 on the season and continues to throw the ball outstanding.

Jesse Carlson and Shawn Camp pitched final two scoreless innings of the game without any trouble.

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The Toronto Blue Jays held the Tampa Bay Rays to only six hits on Wednesday night as they went onto win by the score of 6-2.  Pretty much a dominating performance by the Jays who held the Rays scoreless until the ninth inning.

Shaun Marcum improved to 4-2 on the season as he pitched 8 2/3 innings while only giving up four hits and two runs.  He was taken out of the game with two outs in the ninth inning after giving up a two run double to B.J. Upton.  Scott Downs came into the game to record the final out.

Scott Rolen had two RBI and a home run to lead the Blue Jays at the plate.  Marco Scutaro also had two RBI.  Aaron Hill and Rod Barajas both had one RBI each in the game.

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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 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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It was a busy day for the Toronto Blue Jays management today as they signed five players to contracts.  Scott Downs, Marco Scutaro, Jason Frasor, Gustavo Chacin, and Brian Tallet all signed with the Blue Jays today.

Scott Downs:  Downs received a three year contract worth $10 million.
Marco Scutaro:  Scutaro will be getting a two year contract worth $2.65 million.
Jason Frasor:  Frasor was signed to a one year deal worth $1.125 million.
Gustavo Chacin:  Chacin inked a one year deal for $725,000.
Brian Tallet:  Tallet signed a one year contract for $640,000.

What do you think Blue Jays fans?  Good deals for the ballclub?  The two big names of course are Downs and Scutaro.  Pretty decent signings if you ask me.

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