Wed, 09/30/2009 - 10:19 by shalini.bahadur
Boston, Sept. 29: Adam Lind had three home runs and four RBI Tuesday to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-7 win over the Boston Red Sox.
The Red Sox could have clinched the American League wild-card berth with a win, as their magic number is one.
Lind had his first career three-homer game, hitting one in the first, fifth and seventh innings. Jose Bautista and Aaron Hill also homered and Kevin Millar went 3-for-4 with an RBI for Toronto, which has won five in a row and eight of nine.
Ricky Romero (13-9) got the win after limiting the Red Sox to two runs on seven hits in five innings.
Clay Buchholz (7-4) took the loss after giving up seven runs on eight hits in five innings.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - 10:11 by shalini.bahadur
Toronto, Sept. 22: Aaron Hill's 100th RBI of the season, on a double in the 11th inning Tuesday, scored Jose Bautista and gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 6-5 win over Baltimore.
Hill, who also had his 33rd homer of the year, had not had more than 78 RBI in a season prior to this year. Edwin Encarnacion homered twice and drove in three runs for the Blue Jays.
Baltimore's Brian Roberts had three hits and two RBI and tied a major league record for doubles in a season by a switch-hitter with 55. Matt Wieters had three hits and an RBI for Baltimore, which has lost six in a row.
Dennis Sarfate (0-1), who walked Bautista and gave up the double to Hill, took the loss.
Shawn Camp (2-6), who pitched the top of the 11th, was the winner.
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Mon, 09/07/2009 - 03:15 by Salinder Kumar
Toronto -- Toronto's Aaron Hill drove in three runs and Juan Encarnacion and Randy Ruize had two RBI each Sunday in a 14-8 Blue Jays victory over the New York Yankees.
The Jays pounded out 15 hits and New York totaled 13.
Vernon Wells, Joe Inglett, Rod Barajas, Travis Snider and Adam Lind each drove in a run for Toronto.
Melky Cabrera belted a three-run home run and Nick Swisher had a two-run shot for the Yankees.
Winning pitcher Brian Tallet (6-9) gave up five runs and eight hits in five innings.
The loser, Sergio Mitre (3-2) was battered for 11 runs and 11 hits in 4 1/3
innings.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Sat, 09/05/2009 - 11:08 by preet_20
Toronto, Sept. 4: Roy Halladay's complete-game, one-hit shutout Friday carried the Toronto Blue Jays in a 6-0 win over the New York Yankees.
Halladay (14-8) chased a perfect game into the top of the fifth and a no-hitter into the sixth.
He threw 111 pitches, giving up only Ramiro Pena's one-out, sixth-inning double, with three walks and nine strikeouts.
Halladay did not pitch more than six innings in any of his previous three starts, all losses.
Aaron Hill and Joe Inglett led Toronto with two RBI apiece. Adam Lind had three hits and one RBI.
Marco Scutaro drove in a run and one scored on Pena's first-inning fielding error for the Blue Jays, who snapped a four-game slide.
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Sat, 08/22/2009 - 10:55 by preet_20
Toronto, Aug. 21: Homers by Aaron Hill and Vernon Wells helped Toronto build a five-run lead Friday and the Blue Jays survived a shaky ninth to edge the Los Angeles Angels 5-4.
Los Angeles lost its second in a row after having won eight out of nine.
The Blue Jays scored four times in the first, with Hill hitting a solo homer and Jose Bautista contributing a two-run single.
Wells then gave Toronto a 5-0 advantage with a home run in the third and the Blue Jays took a shutout into the seventh.
Marc Rzepczynski (2-3) worked 6 1/3 innings to get the win, giving up just three hits to the normally high-scoring Angels.
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Tue, 08/11/2009 - 11:00 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 10: Lyle Overbay hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the fifth inning Monday to help the Toronto Blue Jays post a 5-4 win over the New York Yankees.
Aaron Hill also homered for the Blue Jays, who have won three in a row.
Marc Rzepczynski lasted just 3 1/3 innings in the start for the Blue Jays, allowing four runs on seven hits, including three homers. Shawn Camp (1-5) earned the win with 2 2/3 innings of relief.
Robinson Cano and Jerry Hairston Jr. hit back-to-back homers for the AL East- leading Yankees. Derek Jeter also homered for New York, which lost for the first time in eight games, and for just the sixth time in its last 24 games.
Yankees starter Sergio Mitre (1-1) was charged with five runs and six hits in five innings.
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Wed, 08/05/2009 - 11:29 by preet_20
Toronto, Aug. 4: The New York Yankees blasted three home runs off Roy Halladay Tuesday on their way to a 5-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Andy Pettitte (9-6) gave up a run on four hits with four walks in 6 2/3 innings to earn his first win since July 1. Mariano Rivera gave up three hits while recording the final four outs for his 31st save of the year.
Johnny Damon had a homer and two runs for the Yankees. Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui each had a solo home run and Alex Rodriguez also drove in a run.
Halladay (11-5) lost despite pitching a complete game. He allowed five runs on 10 hits with no walks.
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Thu, 07/30/2009 - 11:20 by surajdogra
Seattle, July 29: A two-run double by Ken Griffey Jr. in the seventh inning Wednesday boosted the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over Toronto.
His second hit came with one out and the bases loaded, erasing a 2-1 deficit.
Jose Lopez had three of the Mariners' 11 hits -- one a solo, fifth-inning homer.
Seattle has now won two in a row after a four-game losing streak.
Winner Ryan Rowland-Smith (1-1), who didn't surrender a hit through six innings, yielded three hits -- one a two-run homer by Adam Lind -- and three hits in seven innings.
Closer David Aardsma recorded his 25th save.
Alex Rios and Aaron Hill had the other hits for the Blue Jays, who have lost five of seven.
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Wed, 07/29/2009 - 12:17 by surajdogra
Seattle, July 29: Ichiro Suzuki blooped a two-out single into center field in the bottom of the ninth Tuesday, scoring the winning run in Seattle's 4-3 victory over Toronto.
Suzuki, who went 3-for-4, made contact with a 0-2 curve ball off Scott Downs (1-3) with the bases loaded to score Jack Hannahan from third.
The win snapped a four-game Seattle losing streak and gave David Aardsma (3-3) the victory after pitching a scoreless ninth.
Seattle led 3-1 after seven innings. Suzuki scored in the first on a base hit by Mike Sweeney. Seattle added two in the sixth on an RBI double by Chris Shelton and a running-scoring single by Hannahan.
The Blue Jays scored twice in the eighth to tie it on RBI doubles by Aaron Hill and Alex Rios.
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Thu, 07/23/2009 - 10:40 by surajdogra
Toronto, July 22: Marco Scutaro hit two home runs and equaled his career best with four RBI Wednesday, carrying Toronto to a 10-6 win over Cleveland.
Scutaro hit one of Toronto's two solo homers during a five-run fifth inning and then delivered a three-run shot in the sixth that gave the Blue Jays a 10-4 advantage.
The Blue Jays won for the sixth time in 20 games, also getting homers from Vernon Wells, Alex Rios and Aaron Hill. The five home runs by the Blue Jays were a season high.
Ricky Romero (8-4) benefited from the assault, getting the win while giving up four runs on six hits in 5 1/3. He has a 6-2 home record this season.
After Cleveland fell behind 7-1, Luis Valbuena hit a three-run homer in the top of the sixth.
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 09:59 by preet_20
Baltimore, July 12: Melvin Mora hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 12th inning Saturday, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Mora's first homer in more than two months, and third this season, broke a 3-3 tie with one out in the bottom of the 12th.
Luke Scott hit a solo homer in the fourth. Matt Wieters and Aubrey Huff had one RBI each, while Nick Markakis and Ty Wigginton added two hits apiece for the Orioles, who have won three of their last four games.
The winner was Mark Hendrickson (5-4), who pitched one inning of scoreless relief for Baltimore.
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Thu, 06/25/2009 - 16:46 by preet_20
Toronto, June 24: Aaron Hill hit the first of three first-inning Toronto homers Wednesday and the Blue Jays went on to whip Cincinnati 8-2.
The Blue Jays scored five times in the first on Hill's two-run home run, a solo shot by Vernon Wells and a two-run blast by Adam Lind. Hill, Wells and Lind have combined to hit 38 homers this season.
Toronto won its third straight and has captured six of eight.
Staked to an early advantage, Scott Richmond (6-4) coasted to the inter-league win. He gave up two runs and two hits over seven innings.
Bronson Arroyo(8-6) surrendered the first-inning homers and gave up seven runs in 3 2/3 innings. The Reds have lost four in a row.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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