Sun, 09/26/2010 - 11:46 by Rakhi
Toronto -- Lyle Overbay homered in the bottom of the 11th inning Saturday, boosting the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-4 win over Baltimore.
Overbay's clout off Mark Hendrickson (1-6) made a winner of David Purcey (1-1), Toronto's seventh pitcher, who had thrown a scoreless top of the 11th.
The Blue Jays socked four homers in the game, including blasts by Travis Snider, Aaron Hill and Edwin Encarnacion, clinching their three-game series with the O's at Rogers Center.
Toronto starter Rickey Romero lasted five innings, yielding three runs on five hits.
Ty Wigginton homered and the O's scored a pair of first-inning runs on bases-loaded walks in the loss.
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Fri, 07/09/2010 - 10:21 by Rakhi
Minneapolis -- Adam Lind, Fred Lewis, Lyle Overbay, Jose Bautista and Jose Molina hit solo home runs Thursday in the Blue Jays' 8-1 win over Minnesota.
Alex Gonzalez drove in the other three Toronto runs with a bases-loaded double in the second inning.
The 10-hit attack backed up a solid pitching performance by Brett Cecil (8-5), who allowed one run on four hits over seven innings.
Scott Baker (7-8) took the loss for the Twins, who slumped to five losses in their last seven games. Baker gave up five runs on seven hits in six innings.
The Jays got off to a fast start with Lewis' home run in the opening inning and then added four in the second. Lind led off the frame with his 11th home run.
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Wed, 09/02/2009 - 10:07 by preet_20
Arlington, Texas Sept. 1: Josh Hamilton hit two home runs in the nightcap Tuesday to help the Texas Rangers sweep a doubleheader with Toronto by identical scores of 5-2.
Hamilton hit two home runs in the same game for the first time since May 16, 2008. Chris Davis added a solo homer and two RBI.
Brandon McCarthy (6-2), who was activated from the 60-day DL before the doubleheader, allowed only three hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings in his first start since June 4.
Frank Francisco earned his 21st save and second of the day.
With the two wins, Texas moved to 3 1/2 games behind the Red Sox in the AL wild-card standings.
Brian Tallet (5-9) gave up four runs and six hits in five innings for the Blue Jays fifth loss in their last six games.
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Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:20 by preet_20
Boston, Aug. 29: Jonathan Papelbon struck out two batters with the bases loaded in the ninth Friday, allowing Boston to escape with a 6-5 victory over Toronto.
The teams sat through a rain delay in the eighth inning with the score deadlocked at 5-5, but the Red Sox managed a run soon after play resumed.
David Ortiz scored from third on a bases-loaded ground out by Casey Kotchman, and Papelbon, despite a major scare, made the one-run lead stand up in the ninth.
After striking out Adam Lind to open the ninth, Pepelbon gave up singles to Lyle Overbay and Vernon Wells. The Boston reliever then hit Randy Ruiz with a pitch to load the bases.
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Wed, 08/12/2009 - 10:02 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 11: Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning Tuesday to lead the New York Yankees to a 7-5 win over Toronto.
New York had back-to-back homers for the third consecutive game and has 13 back-to-back homers this season.
Posada had two RBI for the Yankees, who have won eight of their last nine games.
Johnny Damon was 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and an RBI and Melky Cabrera had two RBI.
David Robertson (2-1) earned the win after recording the final out in the eighth.
New York starter Joba Chamberlain gave up four runs on five hits in six innings.
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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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Sat, 08/08/2009 - 11:41 by preet_20
Toronto, Aug. 7: Rookie Nolan Reimold drove in a run during each of Baltimore's two big innings Friday, helping the Orioles get past Toronto 7-5.
Baltimore overcame a three-run deficit to snap a two-game skid.
The Orioles scored four times in the sixth off Ricky Romero (10-5), two of the tallies being unearned.
With the bases loaded and one away, Nick Markakis reached on a fielding error by first baseman Lyle Overbay that allowed two runs to score.
Aubrey Huff then singled in another run, and Markakis came in on a fielder's choice grounder by Reimold.
Reimold added an RBI single during Baltimore's three-run seventh.
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Tue, 07/28/2009 - 11:45 by surajdogra
Seattle, July 28: Rod Barajas had three hits, including a solo homer, drove in two and scored three runs Monday in the Toronto Blue Jays 11-4 win over Seattle.
Scott Rolen had three RBI, Marco Scutaro had four hits, one RBI and a run scored, and Lyle Overbay hit a solo homer for Toronto, which won its second straight game after losing three straight.
Ricky Romero (9-4) gave up four runs on 10 hits with three strikeouts over six innings to get the victory.
Chris Shelton had two hits and two RBI, Ichiro Suzuki had three hits and scored twice, and Franklin Gutierrez and Rob Johnson had an RBI apiece for the Mariners, who lost their fourth straight game.
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Wed, 07/22/2009 - 10:36 by surajdogra
Toronto, July 21: Victor Martinez's two-run double in the ninth inning Tuesday gave the Cleveland Indians a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Martinez's hit came after Lyle Overbay threw an attempted sacrifice bunt into left field.
Cliff Lee (6-9) pitched his second consecutive complete game, allowing just one run on seven hits. Lee has won consecutive starts for the first time all season, although In six of his nine losses, he allowed no more than three runs.
The Indians stranded 14 runners -- nine in the first four innings.
Scott Rolen homered and rookie Brett Cecil pitched seven scoreless innings for the Blue Jays. Cecil allowed seven hits and walked four while striking out nine.
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Mon, 06/22/2009 - 08:15 by harsheeb
Washington -- Lyle Overbay had three hits and five RBI Sunday to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 9-4 inter-league win over Washington, averting a three-game sweep.
Overbay hit two-run singles in the first and ninth innings and a solo homer in the third. Alex Rios scored twice with two hits and three RBI.
Vernon Wells drove in a run, while Marco Scutaro added a run and three hits for the Blue Jays, who have won four of six overall.
Starter Ricky Romero (4-3) went seven innings, giving up two runs on eight hits with three walks and six strikeouts to get the win.
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Wed, 06/17/2009 - 10:37 by preet_20
Philadelphia, June 16: Rod Barajas hit a two-run double to cap a five-run 10th inning Tuesday that catapulted the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-3 inter-league win over Philadelphia.
Alex Rios, Scott Rolen and Adam Lind each drove in a run for Toronto, which got its first win against a National League team in seven tries this season.
The Blue Jays loaded the bases five times in the game but were 4-for-19 with runners in the scoring position and stranded 16 men.
Toronto's Lyle Overbay tied the score at 3-3 in the ninth on a bases-loaded walk.
Toronto starter Ricky Romero allowed three runs on six hits with two walks and nine strikeouts over seven innings. Scott Downs (1-0) earned the win with a scoreless ninth.
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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 10:44 by preet_20
Arlington, Texas June 11: Kevin Millwood combined with two relievers to hold Toronto to six hits without a walk Thursday in bringing Texas a 1-0 victory over the Blue Jays.
Millwood (6-4) escaped a two-on, one-out jam in the first and Toronto managed only one other hit through six innings. The Texas starter gave up five hits and was replaced by Darren O'Day with two out in the eighth inning and a runner on second.
O'Day then got Alex Rios to ground out to end the inning, but was replaced by C.J.
Wilson after recording an out to open the ninth. Wilson promptly gave up a double to Adam Lind, but struck out Scott Rolen and induced a ground out from Lyle Overbay to record his sixth save.
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