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.

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The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles in a high scoring game on Wednesday night by the score of 9-8.  Both teams had high scoring innings as the Jays had a seven run inning and the Orioles had a six run inning.  It was nice to see the Blue Jays come out on top of this one.

David Eckstein and Alex Rios both had two rbi to lead the team at the plate.  Vernon Wells, Scott Rolen, Greg Zaun, and John McDonald all had one rbi as well.  It was a balanced offense as there was scoring up and down the entire lineup in the game.  Great job by the offense to score so many runs.

On to the pitcher staff where A.J. Burnett gave up seven hits and seven runs in only in only 5 1/3 innings.  It seemed either Burnett was striking out batters or giving up hits.  Burnett finished with seven strike outs as he pitched good enough to get the win and improve his record to 9-8.

B.J. Ryan gave up a solo home run in the 9th inning to Nick Markakis but held off the Orioles to notch his 17th save of the season.  Jesse Carlson tossed 1 2/3 innings and gave up three hits but zero runs.  Scott Downs tossed one inning of relief without giving up a hit or a run as well.

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The Toronto Blue Jays used a 7-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night to take two out of three games from the Reds in the series.  It was a good series win for the Blue Jays and they are now 38-42 on the season as they inch closer and closer to getting back to the .500 mark.

Jesse Litsch started the game for the Blue Jays and pitched a great game as he lasted eight innings and picked up the win.  Litsch only gave up three hits and one run while striking out six batters.  It was a very good quality start out of Litsch, exactly what the Blue Jays were hoping for.

Brian Tallet pitched the ninth inning for the Jays and gave up one hit and one walk in the inning before finishing off the Reds.

Scott Rolen went 3-4 and finished the game with three rbi including a two run home run in the second inning.  Lyle Overbay and Vernon Wells both had a good game as well as the both went 1-4 with two rbi in the game.  It was a very well rounded game for the Blue Jays at the plate.

The Blue Jays will not take on the Atlanta Braves in a interleague matchup starting on Friday.  The Blue Jays will have to play well to get a series win against the Braves in my opinion.

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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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The Toronto Blue Jays had all sorts of problems with Mike Mussina and the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.  The Blue Jays were only able to come up with six hits in the game and one run.

Jesse Litsch pitched 5 1/3 innings while giving up ten hits and four runs while taking the loss.  Litsch dropped to 7-2 on the year.  Just a bad game that was bound to happen sometime for him as he had been on a good run as of late.

Shawn Camp gave up one more run in relief before Scott Downs and Armando Benitez finished up the game for the Blue Jays on the mound.

The one run for the Blue Jays came in the sixth inning when Scott Rolen doubled and scored Alex Rios.  It was just a bad hitting night for the Jays.  Hopefully they will bounce back tomorrow against the Yankees and score more than one run.

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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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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 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 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 got the better of the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night with a nice 3-0 victory for the Blue Jays.  The Blue Jays scored one run in the third, fifth, and seventh innings.

A.J. Burnett gave up three hits in 7.2 innings.  A good performance by Burnett as he struckout five batters.  He did walk five but made sure that they did not come around to score.  Jesse Carlson got the final out in the eighth inning after Burnett was pulled out of the game.  B.J. Ryan picked up the save which was his of the season.

Scott Rolen got the Blue Jays on the board with a RBI single in the third inning.  Vernon Wells then had a sac fly to center field in the fifth inning.  In the seventh inning, Alex Rios went deep and hit a solo home run to make the score 3-0.

It was a really big win for the Blue Jays as they improved to 12-17 on the season.