Roy Halladay pitched eight great innings of baseball and the Toronto Blue Jays were able to hold off the Oakland A’s on Wednesday night by the score of 2-1.  Halladay out dueled Rich Harden of the Athletics in the game as he picked up the win.

Halladay allowed eight hits but only one run over eight innings of action.  Halladay recorded nine strickouts while only walking one batter as well.  B.J. Ryan then came into the game in the ninth inning to secure the game and pick up his 12th save of the season.

Alex Rios had the game winning hit in the ninth inning off of Keith Foulke as he doubled to left field and scored Shannon Stewart.  Stewart actually got the Blue Jays on the scoreboard in the third inning when he had a rbi single to center field that plated Brad Wilkerson.

Usually two runs won’t get you a win, but it was good enough last night as Halladay was on top of his game.

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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 out hit the Los Angeles Angels 9-5 but they still ended up losing the game by the score of 3-1.  Twenty three runners were left on base and that is why the Blue Jays only scored one run and lost the game.

Dustin McGowan took the loss after pitching 6 1/3 innings and giving up five hits and three runs.  McGowan’s record dropped to 2-4 with the loss.  Jason Frasor, Jesse Carlson, and Scott Downs pitched the final 2 2/3 innings without giving up another run.

The only run the Blue Jays had came in the first inning on a Brad Wilkerson solo home run.  Other then that the Blue Jays struggled to get the big hit and score some runs.

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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 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 and Cleveland Indians split their double header today.  Both games were by the score of 3-0 as well.

In the first game each team only had five hits as it was a pitchers duel between Fausto Carmona and A.J. Burnett.  Burnett didn’t get any run support and took the loss as he pitched 7 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs.

In the second game however, it was the Blue Jays coming out on top with a 3-0 victory.  It took ten innings to get the job done as once again it was a pitching duel.  Starting pitcher Shaun Marcum threw eight innings and only allowed two hits as he got the no decision.  B.J. Ryan pitched a scoreless inning of relief to pick up the win and then Scott Downs pitched the final three outs to pick up his fourth save of the season.

The Blue Jays pushed across three runs in the top of the tenth inning after going scoreless for the first ninth innings of the game.  Shannon Stewart hit a sac fly and then Aaron Hill had a two rbi single to push the lead to 3-0.

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The Toronto Blue Jays rallied to scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and tie the game but then lost in 13 innings to the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 8-3.  Talk about a up and down game for the Blue Jays.

Vernon Wells had a two run home run and then Aaron Hill had a rbi single in the ninth inning as the Blue Jays scored three runs to tie the game.  That was the only scoring they would do however as the Rays held them scoreless in extra innings.

Shawn Camp gave up five runs including a grand slam in the 13th inning to take the loss for the Blue Jays.  Blue Jays starting pitcher Jesse Litsch pitched seven innings and allowed five hits and three runs in the game.

Hopefully the Blue Jays will battle back from this game and win their their game tomorrow against the Cleveland Indians.  Blue Jays Blog

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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