The Toronto Blue Jays scored eight runs in the 5th and 6th innings to defeat the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 10-8 on Tuesday night.  It was a great vicotry for the Jays as they evened up the four game series at one game each.

Alex Rios and Adam Lind both hit home runs in the game.  Rios hit a solo shit while Lind had the big home run which was a three run shot.  John McDonald led the team with four rbi as he had a bases loaded clearing double and then a sac fly in the game.  Matt Stairs, Rod Barajas, and Rios all finished the game with one rbi each.

Shaun Marcum only lasted 4 2/3 innings as he gave up eight hits and seven runs before being pulled out of the game.  Marcum gave up three home runs in the game and he was lucky to come away with a no decision in the game.  The bullpen did a great job after Marcum was taken out of the game as they held the O’s to seven runs while the offense came to the rescue for the most part.

Jesse Carlson, Shawn Camp, Scott Downs, and B.J. Ryan all threw out of the bullpen for the Jays.  Carlson, Camp, and Downs didn’t allow a run but Ryan gave up one run in the 9th inning.  Ryan was able to settle down and record his 19th save however.

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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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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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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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Matt Stairs hit a first inning grand slam and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Wednesday night.  It was a good thing that Stairs did hit the grand slam because the Blue Jays needed every run they could come by tonight against the Twins.

Stairs led the Blue Jays with four rbi.  Brad Wilkerson had one rbi for the Blue Jays as well.  The other run for the Blue Jays came on an error when Scott Rolen stole third base and the ball went into left field allowing Rolen to score.

Roy Halladay wasn’t his usual self as he gave up nine hits and four runs in only 6 2/3 innings.  It was enough to get the win however as he improved his record to 4-5 on the season.

Jesse Carlson gave up one run in relief of Halladay but then Shawn Camp, Brian Tallet, and Scott Downs finished the game off.  Downs picked up his fifth save of the season.

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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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Matt Stairs connected on a solo home run in the seventh inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays the only run they would need as they went onto beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0.  The Blue Jays offense struggled, but the pitchers were there to pick up the hitters on Monday night.

Dustin McGowan pitched 7 1/3 innings and only gave up four hits.  Great performance out of McGowan who struckout six batters while not walking a batter.  The win was McGowan’s second of the season.  B.J. Ryan struggled in the ninth inning as he walked three batters to load the bases but got out of the jam to pick up his fifth save of the season.

Good win for the Blue Jays as they improved their record to 16-17 on the season.

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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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