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TheStar.com - Baseball - Thomas belts 500th home run: "rank Thomas became the 21st member of the 500 home run club Thursday afternoon with a three-run, first-inning blast at the Metrodome. It came on a 1-2 fastball from Minnesota right-hander Carlos Silva and gave the 39-year-old Thomas an even 50 career homers against the Twins – his all-time favourite target."
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Blue Jays' Thomas Becomes 21st Major Leaguer With 500 Home Runs : "Frank Thomas of the Toronto Blue Jays hit his 500th career home run today, becoming the 21st player in Major League Baseball history to reach the milestone. Thomas hit a three-run homer off Minnesota Twins pitcher Carlos Silva in the top of the first inning to give the Blue Jays a 4-0 lead. The 39-year-old is hitting .241 with 13 home runs and 36 runs batted in during his first season with Toronto. He signed a two-year, $18 million contract in November."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Shaky Towers hangs tough: "Frank Thomas came this close to a big home run last night. Gregg Zaun did the actual hitting, but it did come the pitch after Thomas' big full-count walk in the Blue Jays' turn-around sixth of a 5-4 win over the Twins. Thomas had a second walk and single as well but homer No. 500 is still on hold, has been since he cranked ol' 499 in Toronto on Sunday, 10 at-bats previous."
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Stepping up to the challenge: "On the baseball diamond, Jon Talley always knew he was different. No matter what level Talley reached, he was better than his competition. Now, for the first time in his baseball career, Talley is just like everyone else. He's a prospect, a question mark. He's no longer a standout, but one of dozens of players in the Toronto Blue Jays' minor league system aching for a chance to prove they belong."
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globeandmail.com: Accardo saves the day: "The lengthy scoreless streak put together by Toronto Blue Jays closer Jeremy Accardo is a distant memory. More important, so, too, it appears, is the way that streak ended. Accardo recorded the final four outs of the Blue Jays' 5-4 win over the Minnesota Twins last night at the Metrodome, including a strikeout of Jason Bartlett with runners on first and second to end the eighth. Accardo set down the meat of the order in the ninth on just seven pitches, getting Joe Mauer, Michael Cuddyer and Torii Hunter to ground out."
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globeandmail.com: Pitchers excel defensively: "You know what they say: the best defence is a good pitching staff. Or something like that. At any rate, the defensive soundness of Toronto Blue Jays pitchers Shaun Marcum, Casey Janssen and Jeremy Accardo has quietly emerged as one of the team's strengths. Marcum and Accardo were both shortstops in college. Janssen played some first base, in addition to pitching."
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SportingNews.com - MLB - Blue Jays activate Burnett; demote Taubenheim: "The Toronto Blue Jays activated A.J. Burnett from the 15-day disabled list after Wednesday's game and returned Ty Taubenheim to Triple-A Syracuse. Burnett, who is scheduled to start Thursday, came out of a game against the San Francisco Giants on June 12 in the bottom of the fifth inning with a sore shoulder. In 14 starts, he is 5-6 with a 4.00 ERA. He has pitched two complete games."
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Zaun Adjusts and Blue Jays Beat Twins - Forbes.com: "A pair of small adjustments paid big dividends for the Toronto Blue Jays. Gregg Zaun hit a two-run homer and Toronto overcame four errors to beat the Twins 5-4 Wednesday night, the Blue Jays' fifth win in six games. After Boof Bonser (5-4) walked Frank Thomas in the sixth inning, Zaun homered over the right-field baggie for a 4-3 lead, completing Toronto's comeback from an early 3-0 deficit."
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Blue Jays trimmed by Twins in 12 innings: "A bloop single proved to be Toronto's undoing in Tuesday's baseball marathon at Minneapolis. Pinch-hitter Jeff Cirillo singled in the winning run with the bases loaded in the 12th inning as the Minnesota Twins beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 in front of 27,000 fans at the Metrodome."
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Towers looks to power Blue Jays: "Time may be running out for Josh Towers. The struggling right-hander will try to show he belongs in the Blue Jays rotation when he takes the mound Wednesday night against the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome (8:10 p.m. ET)."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Ugly end to marathon: "The Blue Jays' season-high four-game winning streak came to an end in one of the cruellest of ways last night. In a game, as they say, of inches, pinch-hitter Jeff Cirillo's bases-loaded, two-out bloop-single plopped down just in front of a charging, diving Vernon Wells to give the Twins a 2-1 decision in 12 innings."
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edmontonsun.com - Other Sports - Bloop blows game for Blue Jays: "Pinch-hitter Jeff Cirillo's bases-loaded bloop single in the 12th inning lifted the Minnesota Twins to a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays last night. With the count 1-2, Cirillo hit a flare to shallow centre field off lefty Brian Tallet (2-2). Vernon Wells and shortstop John McDonald both dived for the ball, but it landed just in front of Wells and allowed Michael Cuddyer to score from first base. Cirillo snapped an 0-for-8 skid with Minnesota's seventh walkoff hit of the season."
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McGowan, Blue Jays scale Rockies - MLB Coverage - BostonHerald.com: "Dustin McGowan’s bid for the second no-hitter in Blue Jays history ended when Jeff Baker singled leading off the ninth inning, and the Jays beat the Colorado Rockies, 5-0, to complete a three-game sweep in Toronto. Frank Thomas hit his 499th career homer and Vernon Wells added a three-run drive for the Blue Jays (37-37), who got back to .500 for the first time since they were 13-13 on May 1. "
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globeandmail.com: Mighty blast from Stairs in eighth lifts Jays: "He looks around and sees Lyle Overbay getting more and more involved in daily preparation and hears reports that in one week, Reed Johnson will be playing games in the minor leagues. It looks good to Roy Halladay - better, probably, than he expected. But as he stood in front of his locker last night, the winning pitcher in a game that pushed the Toronto Blue Jays over .500 for the first time since April 30 and also gave them their first four-game winning streak this year, Halladay, 9-2, took special satisfaction from a game that was anything but special."
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Blue Jays' Marcum looks for results: "Shawn Marcum gets the ball Tuesday in Minnesota as the Toronto Blue Jays go for their fifth consecutive win. Marcum (4-2, 3.38 earned-run average) has not been tagged with a loss in eight starts since moving from the bullpen in mid-May."
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The Sports Network - Major League Baseball: "Roy Halladay tries to win his fifth straight decision this evening when the Toronto Blue Jays open a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome. Halladay has been sensational since returning from appendectomy surgery, winning four of his five starts while pitching to a 3.58 earned run average in that time. Halladay's latest win came on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, as he allowed a run and six hits in eight innings to improve to 8-2, while lowering his ERA to 4.08."
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Stairs' Tiebreaking Homer Lifts Toronto: "Matt Stairs hit Toronto's third homer of the game in the eighth inning, a two-run shot that broke a tie and sent the Blue Jays to an 8-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night. Roy Halladay won his fifth straight decision and the Blue Jays got consecutive homers from Vernon Wells and Alex Rios in extending their winning streak to a season-high four games."
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Stairs' Tiebreaking Homer Lifts Toronto - Forbes.com: "Matt Stairs hit Toronto's third homer of the game in the eighth inning, a two-run shot that broke a tie and sent the Blue Jays to an 8-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night. Roy Halladay won his fifth straight decision and the Blue Jays got consecutive homers from Vernon Wells and Alex Rios in extending their winning streak to a season-high four games."
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MLB: Toronto 8, Minnesota 5: "Matt Stairs hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning Monday as the Toronto Blue Jays posted an 8-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Vernon Wells and Alex Rios each had three hits, and hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning for Toronto, which won its fourth straight. Toronto's Roy Halladay (9-2) allowed five runs on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts over seven innings. "
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AHN | Stairs Breaks Tie With 2-Run Homer As Toronto Beats Minnesota 8-5, Halladay Wins 9th | June 26, 2007: "The Big Hurt stayed put at 499 home runs, as Frank Thomas deferred to a trio of teammates to inflict some damage on the Twins Monday night. Vernon Wells, Alex Rios and Matt Stairs all homered, the latter delivering a tie-breaking, two-run homer in the eighth which proved to be the game-winner in Toronto's 8-5 win at the Metrodome."
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Postbulletin.com: Twins fall to Blue Jays - Tue, Jun 26, 2007: "Twins manager Ron Gardenhire paced back and forth behind his desk as he talked with a handful of reporters Monday night. 'I'm still kind of flabbergasted by the whole event,' he said. Gardenhire wasn't flabbergasted because his team found ways to score runs off Toronto ace Roy Halladay but still lost to the Blue Jays, 8-5, at the Metrodome."
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Blue Jays battle Twins aiming to extend season-high win streak - Major League Baseball: "The Toronto Blue Jays try to extend their season-high winning streak to five games this evening when they continue their four-game series with the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome. In the series opener on Monday, Matt Stairs' two-run homer in the eighth put the Blue Jays on top, and Toronto held on for an 8-5 win. Vernon Wells and Alex Rios each had three hits, and hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning for the Blue Jays, who have won five of six."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Stairs blast carries Jays past Minnesota: "Don't know where we'd be without him,' said Blue Jay general manager J.P. Ricciardi last night, his boys suddenly on a season-high four-game roll. He was talking about the veteran Matt Stairs, whose 12th homer of the season snapped a 5-5 tie in the eighth and got the Jays an 8-5 verdict over the Minnesota Twins. But Ricciardi could well have been referring to Roy Halladay, too."
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globeandmail.com: Clayton cools his jets while waiting to be starter: "Royce Clayton won't be a distraction, despite obviously falling out of favour. Instead, he shrugs and says simply, 'I've taken situations into my own hands before.' And the 37-year-old Toronto Blue Jays shortstop added, 'I have the mental strength and the capacity to do it again.' There were signs yesterday that the Blue Jays' 2007 season may have finally reached some kind of equilibrium, heading into a 10-game trip."
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CityNews: Blue Jays Take Down Twins: "A big blast from a big bat meant a big road win for the Toronto Blue Jays Monday night. Sure, the Blue Birds had been scorching hot in front of Rogers Centre faithful lately and just completed a homestand with a sweep of the Colorado Rockies, but even ace Roy Hallady needed a little help from the offence to get past the Minnesota Twins in their first of 10 straight on the road."
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Blue Jays RHP McGowan shows signs of tremendous talent: "Frank Thomas has been trying to tell anyone who would listen about the talent that Dustin McGowan has. That task should be a little easier now. On Sunday afternoon, the Toronto Blue Jays righthander took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before surrendering a base hit to Jeff Baker of the Colorado Rockies. He stuck around to complete the first shutout and complete game of his young career, and confirm what the Big Hurt has believed all along."
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ABC News: Blue Jays Take Stairs to Beat Twins: "Matt Stairs looked every bit his 39 years old when he slumped into a chair with an ice pack on one leg and the grimace that most 15-year veterans have after a game. 'Gotta sit down guys,' he told a group of reporters standing at his locker. 'I'm a little tired.' On the field, however, he's hitting as though he's 10 years younger. Stairs hit Toronto's third homer of the game in the eighth inning, a two-run shot that broke a tie and sent the Blue Jays to an 8-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night."
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Blue Jays roll into Minnesota: "Roy Halladay has his work cut out for himself. A day after teammate Dustin McGowan carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning of a 5-0 win over the Colorado Rockies, Halladay will be on the mound when the Toronto Blue Jays open a four-game road series against the Minnesota Twins on Monday night."
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The Sports Network - Major League Baseball: "Roy Halladay tries to win his fifth straight decision this evening when the Toronto Blue Jays open a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome. Halladay has been sensational since returning from appendectomy surgery, winning four of his five starts while pitching to a 3.58 earned run average in that time. Halladay's latest win came on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, as he allowed a run and six hits in eight innings to improve to 8-2, while lowering his ERA to 4.08."
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newsobserver.com | Toronto Blue Jays (37-37) at Minnesota Twins (38-35), 8:10 p.m.: "Roy Halladay tries to win his fifth straight decision this evening when the Toronto Blue Jays open a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome. Halladay has been sensational since returning from appendectomy surgery, winning four of his five starts while pitching to a 3.58 earned run average in that time. Halladay's latest win came on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, as he allowed a run and six hits in eight innings to improve to 8-2, while lowering his ERA to 4.08. The right-hander is a perfect 5-0 against the Twins with a 2.20 ERA in nine games, seven of which have been starts."
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No-Hit Bid Lost In Ninth, but Blue Jays Win | theledger.com: "Dustin McGowan's bid for the second no-hitter in Blue Jays history ended when Jeff Baker singled leading off the ninth inning, and Toronto beat the Colorado Rockies, 5-0, Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. McGowan lost his chance at the majors' third no-hitter this season when Baker lined an 0-1 pitch up the middle for a base hit. The Rogers Centre crowd then saluted McGowan with a standing ovation."
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TheStar.com - Sports - McGowan's gem a crowd-pleaser: "It was reaffirmation for baseball purists of all that can be good at the Rogers Centre in a 5-0 Jays win over the Rockies, yesterday afternoon. Fans cheered at the right times. Dogs yelped at the wrong times. The Jays defenders were timely and flawless and Rockies hitters were like toddlers with a Sudoku in trying to solve 25-year-old Dustin McGowan, who flirted with a no-hitter into the nervy ninth before a leadoff single."
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McGowan's No-Hitter Broken Up in 9th: "Dustin McGowan was looking for a no-hitter and a milestone for Frank Thomas, all in the same game. McGowan's bid for the second no-hitter in Blue Jays history ended when Jeff Baker singled leading off the ninth inning, and Toronto beat the Colorado Rockies 5-0 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Frank Thomas hit his 499th career homer and Vernon Wells added a three-run drive for the Blue Jays (37-37), who got back to .500 for the first time since they were 13-13 on May 1. 'That would have been priceless, 500 and a no-no,' McGowan said."
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Jays' McGowan hurls one-hitter | Daily News | 06/25/2007: "Dustin McGowan was looking for a no-hitter and a milestone for Frank Thomas, all in the same game. McGowan's bid for the second no-hitter in Blue Jays history ended when Jeff Baker singled leading off the ninth inning, and Toronto beat the host Colorado Rockies, 5-0, yesterday to complete a three-game sweep. Frank Thomas hit his 499th career homer and Vernon Wells added a three-run drive for the Blue Jays (37-37), who got back to .500 for the first time since they were 13-13 on May 1."
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FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Blue Jays may listen to offers for Glaus: "The Jays are now willing to listen on Glaus, one rival general manager says, a notable development for the Padres, Dodgers and Angels. Glaus, 30, has a full no-trade clause, but it stands to reason that he would be open to returning to his native southern California. The Padres, Dodgers and Angels each would benefit from the addition of a power-hitting third baseman. Each also build a trade package around a highly regarded prospect at third."
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No-Hit Bid Lost In Ninth, but Blue Jays Win | theledger.com: "Dustin McGowan's bid for the second no-hitter in Blue Jays history ended when Jeff Baker singled leading off the ninth inning, and Toronto beat the Colorado Rockies, 5-0, Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. McGowan lost his chance at the majors' third no-hitter this season when Baker lined an 0-1 pitch up the middle for a base hit. The Rogers Centre crowd then saluted McGowan with a standing ovation. McGowan (3-3) retired the next three batters to finish his first career complete game. He struck out seven and walked one while throwing 109 pitches."
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Thomas, Stairs lift Jays over Rockies: "One was an off-season bargain, the other, not so much. But Matt Stairs and Frank Thomas both looked like wise acquisitions on Saturday. Each man smacked four hits — including a first-inning home run — to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Colorado Rockies 11-6 at the sun-drenched Rogers Centre."
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McGowan's near no-hitter sinks Rockies: "Dustin McGowan barely missed becoming the second Blue Jays pitcher to throw a no-hitter as Toronto blanked the Colorado Rockies 5-0 on Sunday. The 25-year-old right-hander had the sun-drenched Rogers Centre crowd on the edge of their seats until No. 8 hitter Jeff Baker led off the ninth with a solid single up the middle to break up the no-hit bid."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Stairs has another big day: "Matt Stairs collected four hits yesterday for the Blue Jays, but like the quintessential Canadian athlete, he didn't want to talk about himself. Frank Thomas also had four hits, one of which was a home run that put him within two of joining baseball's magical 500 home run club, so he couldn't avoid talking about himself. That's the kind of day it was for the Jays' two most senior players. The 39-year-olds accounted for eight of the Jays' 17 hits against the Colorado Rockies, and were naturally the headline grabbers coming out of an 11-6 win at the Rogers Centre."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Blue Jays owe Taubenheim another shot: "The lasting impression of Jays right-hander Ty Taubenheim's '07 debut is that it was workable and workmanlike and his team endured for an 11-6 win. The lasting impression of Taubenheim's rookie campaign a year ago is that he was used and abused, but also endured, returning to the majors yesterday after an 11-month absence. 'It felt great being out there,' Taubenheim admitted of an up-and-down five-inning, five-run performance with no decision. 'It's an awesome experience being able to come up here and do some sort of contributing.'"
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TheStar.com - Sports - Jays steal a win in goofy 10th inning: "The Blue Jays tried out a new leadoff hitter last night and, for that matter, a new guy in the three hole as well. Not bad in that each had a solo homer. In the very end, though, it was the little guy at the bottom of the order who triggered one of the team's more improbable finishes of the season. The Jays beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8 in 10 innings on John McDonald's, bases-loaded, looping single into left."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Jays hammer Rockies 11-6: "The sluggish Toronto Blue Jays offence finally is starting to make a significant impact. For the second straight game, the bats led the team to victory in a high-scoring contest as the Jays (36-37) beat the Colorado Rockies 11-6 before a crowd of 32,482 fans Saturday at the Rogers Centre. Frank Thomas, who was 4-for-4 with four RBIs and his 498th career home run, and Fredericton's Matt Stairs, who tied a career-high with four hits, stood out in a season-high 17-hit Jays attack. The Jays' third fourth and fifth hitters – Stairs, Troy Glaus and Frank Thomas – went a combined 10-for-13 with six RBIs."
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TheStar.com - Sports - McGowan justifies faith expressed by top slugger: "'Fastball.' That one word was how Dustin McGowan described the only hit he gave up yesterday. 'I was glad, yeah,' McGowan added, referring to the ninth-inning, 96 m.p.h. fastball that Colorado's Jeff Baker drove cleanly up the middle to break off his tantalizing no-hit bid at the Rogers Centre. 'You hate bloopers.'"
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TheStar.com - Sports - Several Jays hope to garner all-star nod: "The fantasy surrounding the Blue Jays and the All-Star Game is that at least four of them are deserving of a berth in the annual midsummer classic. The reality is that only one – possibly two – will get the nod. When baseball's finest gather in San Francisco in early July, it's expected the lone Jay representative will be Roy Halladay. There is an outside chance third baseman Troy Glaus will also be present. But variables like player voting for the non-starters, and managerial influence (i.e., managers bringing their own players aboard) will deny the Jays and dozens of other players a chance at the game."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Barfield stepping up to the plate for CBC: "A chance visit to a radio broadcast booth at Yankee Stadium may have helped launch a new career for Jesse Barfield. The former Blue Jays right fielder, a member of what was hailed in the 1980s as baseball's best outfield, was in New York to watch son Josh play for the Cleveland Indians last April. 'They asked me to come up to the radio booth for a couple of innings, so I did,' Barfield said yesterday. 'They liked what they heard and saw so they sent me a tape and I sent it here. And here I am.'"
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TheStar.com - Sports - Dodgers feast on Jay bullpen: "Nobody had to remind Casey Janssen yesterday was the longest day of the year. The Blue Jay reliever pitched last night's eighth. Six batters' worth of it, anyway. All six – five hits and an intentional walk – came around to score as the Los Angeles Dodgers' sudden six-spot carried the visitors to an 8-4 victory. 'It was long, it was short, however you want to put it,' said Janssen, who left to a chorus of boos that seemed so unfair."
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Marcum hopes he's here to stay with Toronto Blue Jays - KCCommunityNews.com: "Before Shaun Marcum climbed onto the mound in the sixth inning of a game May 13, he looked around the Rogers Centre in Toronto and eventually realized there were a whole bunch of zeros on the scoreboard. Marcum made his first start of the season for the Toronto Blue Jays that day, and he took a no-hitter into the sixth inning against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the game � the first time he could remember carrying such a feat that deep into a baseball game since his playing days at Excelsior Springs High School."
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John Thomson sent packing by Blue Jays: "The Toronto Blue Jays shuffled their pitching staff Wednesday by releasing starter John Thomson, demoting Lee Gronkiewicz and recalling fellow rookie reliever Brian Wolfe. Thomson, 33, was pencilled in as a potential fifth starter but he didn't throw a single pitch for the Blue Jays, spending the season on the disabled list with shoulder problems after signing Jan. 9 for $500,000 US."
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CityNews: Dodgers Explode In Eighth To Topple Jays: "Reliever Casey Janssen gave up six runs in a brutal eighth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers doubled up the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 Thursday night in interleague action at Rogers Centre. Janssen failed to record a single out during the brutal stint on the mound. "
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: "Russell Martin and the Los Angeles Dodgers waited until late in the game to take advantage of one of the American League's toughest relievers. Martin smacked a go-ahead, two-run double to cap a six-run eighth inning for the Dodgers, who rallied for an 8-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the rubber contest of their three-game series on Thursday. It was a rare heated game between the clubs, which traded blowout wins in the first two games of this interleague matchup. Los Angeles won, 10-1, in the series opener, while Toronto recorded a 12-1 drubbing in the middle game."
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The Rapid City Journal: "Russell Martin wrapped up a memorable trip to Toronto by driving home the go-ahead run. The Canadian-born catcher hit a bases-loaded double in the eighth inning, sparking a six-run rally, Jeff Kent added a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 on Thursday night."
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Rockies - Jays Preview: "The Colorado Rockies are the hottest team in the majors, thanks partly to their play against the AL East. After an impressive sweep of the New York Yankees in Colorado, the Rockies begin a 10-game road trip Friday night with a matchup against the Toronto Blue Jays. Colorado (38-34) completed the sweep of New York Thursday, winning 4-3 to improve to 9-3 against AL East teams."
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Rios builds on first All-Star trip for Blue Jays - Examiner.com: "Although Toronto — mainly due to a slew of pitching injuries — has regressed in disappointing fashion from last year’s second-place finish in the American League East, there has been one Blue Jay in particular who has not let this season’s adversity affect him — fourth-year pro Alex Rios. Playing in the underexposed baseball market of Toronto, Rios has flown under the radar in right field, despite showing improvement in each season. After a slow start to 2007, the 26-year-old Alabama native appears to finally be coming into his own as one of the premier young talents in the league."
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Dodgers rally past Blue Jays: "The Los Angeles Dodgers used a six-run eighth inning to cruise past the Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 Thursday night at the Rogers Centre. Second baseman Jeff Kent led the way with a home run and catcher Russell Martin added two RBIs as the Dodgers took the rubber match of the three-game interleague series from the Jays."
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Russell-mania is a big hit - Los Angeles Times: "The busload of 40 friends and family members who had made the five-hour trek from Montreal didn't get much face time with Russell Martin the last couple of days. There was some postgame chitchat, a few autographs and that was about it. 'It's the season, so I'm not on vacation right now,' the Dodgers' catcher said. 'That's what I told them.'"
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Big eighth inning carries Dodgers over Blue Jays - Major League Baseball: "Russell Martin stroked the go-ahead two-run double to spark a six-run eighth inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers downed the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-4, in the rubber match of a three-game series at Rogers Centre. Jeff Kent hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers, who have won six of their last nine games. Tony Abreu finished 2-for-4 with an RBI in the win. Rudy Seanez (4-1) earned the win after getting two outs in the seventh."
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Thomas, Blue Jays slam Dodgers: "The Los Angeles Dodgers scored 10 runs for ace pitcher Brad Penny on Tuesday, so the Toronto Blue Jays responded with 12 runs for Roy Halladay on Wednesday. Frank Thomas hit a grand slam and Gregg Zaun came within a triple of the cycle as the hometown Blue Jays hammered the Dodgers 12-1 in front of 24,413 fans at the Rogers Centre."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Big Hurt crushes L.A.: "The sound of thousands of fans raining boos down on him can make a professional baseball player feel a lot of things. Frank Thomas, and for that matter the rest of the Toronto Blue Jays, absorbed the wrath of their fans in a 10-1 loss Tuesday night, leaving them sombre and embarrassed. Mostly, though, it filled them with resolve to bounce back with a statement-type game to convince the boo-birds the team has some character. Thanks to a Thomas grand slam, yet another pitching gem from Roy Halladay and an overall booming offence, the point was made."
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Jays pay Dodgers back: "Frank Thomas' first season with the Toronto Blue Jays has been a disappointment. However, opinions could be changing very quickly. Thomas hit a grand slam to cap off an eight-run second inning and Roy Halladay tossed eight strong innings as the Blue Jays cruised past the Los Angeles Dodgers, 12-1, last night. Signed to two-year deal worth $18 million U.S. in the offseason to beef up the Toronto offence, Thomas has followed a 39-homer, 117-RBI campaign with a largely unremarkable nine-homer, 25-RBI year in 2007."
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Thomas hits 497th homer as Blue Jays win: "Frank Thomas was in no mood to hear any more boos. There was no danger of that after his grand slam - and 497th career homer - in Toronto's 12-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night. The night before, the designated hitter was jeered by Toronto fans after popping out in his final at-bat in a 10-1 defeat to Los Angeles. '(Tuesday) was rock bottom,' Thomas said. 'To get booed by the home crowd like that, I took that personally. That really hurt. It's one of those things where I wanted to bring an attitude into the game today. It worked out well for me.'"
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The Bellingham Herald / Sports / Blue Jays recall Lynden’s Taubenheim: "The Toronto Blue Jays recalled Taubenheim from Class AAA Syracuse on Tuesday when it put pitcher A.J. Burnett on the disabled list. “He’s excited,” said Jim Taubenheim, Ty’s father, who spoke with his son on Tuesday afternoon. “He’s packing his things right now, getting ready to go to Toronto. He loves to play baseball.” Taubenheim, a 2001 Lynden graduate, will start against Colorado on Saturday at Toronto. In 11 starts with Syracuse this season, the 24-year-old has a 3-5 record with a 5.63 ERA."
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Thomas, Blue Jays respond with rout: "Frank Thomas was still hearing the boos from the night before when he reported for work yesterday. He had gone 0-for-4 in the Blue Jays 10-1 loss to the Dodgers on Tuesday. When he popped out in his final at-bat, the crowd hooted him off the field. Less than 24 hours later, they were on their feet and cheering after Thomas walloped a dramatic grand-slam homer in the Jays 12-1 retaliation against the visitors from the west coast."
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Out with the old Jays hurlers, in with the new: "I'm not sure if J.P. Ricciardi is a practising Catholic, but if he is I'll bet he believes a little bit less in resurrection these days. The Blue Jays GM's experiment with the starting rotation has now officially, utterly failed. On Wednesday the Jays released John Thompson Wednesday, the right-hander the club signed as a free agent for $500 K back in January. This comes just two days after the Jays parted ways with Tomo Ohka.That just leaves Victor Zambrano, who is currently on the disabled list. "
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John Thomson sent packing by Blue Jays: "The Toronto Blue Jays shuffled their pitching staff Wednesday by releasing starter John Thomson, demoting Lee Gronkiewicz and recalling fellow rookie reliever Brian Wolfe. Thomson, 33, was pencilled in as a potential fifth starter but he didn't throw a single pitch for the Blue Jays, spending the season on the disabled list with shoulder problems after signing Jan. 9 for $500,000 US."
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London Free Press - Other Sports - Blue Jays turn tables: "The Toronto Blue Jays scored big time last night, ironically enough on Speed Dating Night at the Rogers Centre. Led by designated hitter Frank Thomas, who belted his 10th career grand slam and 497th career homer in an eight-run second inning, the Jays hammered the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-1."
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USATODAY.com - Baseball - L.A. Dodgers vs. Toronto: "Winning an interleague game on the road isn't a cause for celebration. Forgive the Los Angeles Dodgers if they don't feel that way. The Dodgers look to win back-to-back interleague road games for the first time in nearly three years when they continue a three-game series Wednesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays. Brad Penny became the second nine-game winner in the NL and Russell Martin homered in his first major league game in his native Canada, leading the Dodgers to a 10-1 victory in Tuesday's series opener. Luis Gonzalez went 3-for-4 with four RBIs for Los Angeles (40-30), which scored a season high 10 runs for the fifth time this year."
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Jays look to rebound behind Halladay: "Even without his bat, Roy Halladay is just what the doctor ordered for the Toronto Blue Jays. The ace right-hander will try to build on his recent success against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and help his team rebound from a lopsided defeat, as he takes the mound Wednesday in interleague play in Toronto."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Canucks win flag flap in Dodgertown: "While it's not exactly the War of 1812, let's call it a small victory for Canada's forces inside America. The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to review a stadium policy that bans the waving of national banners after security attempted to confiscate a Canadian flag from an expat fan during the June 9 contest between the Jays and Dodgers."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Ryan checks in with Jays - and on car: "The Jays' once and future closer, B.J. Ryan, has been in town this week checking in with team doctors, saying hello to the boys. 'I also just wanted to make sure my car still started,' Ryan said before last night's game. 'It's been sitting here a couple of months.' Since mid-April, in fact, when he went out with elbow problems that, despite some initial reluctance on his part, eventually resulted in ligament replacement surgery May 10 that ended his season."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Dodgers pound Jays: "On the bright side, Blue Jays starter Dustin McGowan can shave those sideburns. The extended hair follicles date to his breakout May 28 win over the New York Yankees. 'Yeah, they're ugly,' McGowan admitted after winning two in a row. 'But I'll keep them for now.' After last night's 10-1 drubbing by the Los Angeles Dodgers, there's no longer any need to let superstition trump fashion."
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ESPN - Ohka signs with Cards after being released by Jays - MLB: "The 31-year-old right-hander was 2-5 with a 5.79 ERA in 10 starts with the Blue Jays, who designated him for assignment on June 7. He signed a $1.5 million, one-year deal during the offseason with Toronto. Ohka is scheduled to start on Wednesday for Triple-A Memphis. 'I think it's a smart move to get him into our organization and see what he's got,' manager Tony La Russa said. 'But there's no guarantees. It depends on how he pitches.'"
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Dodgers Unload on Blue Jays: "Bleak skies followed the Los Angeles Dodgers north of the border Tuesday. With two pitchers slotted for surgery, an offense that had scored five runs or more only twice in the past nine games and a road record of 1-20 in interleague play the last three years, it seemed Los Angeles was going to be under the weather for quite some time. On top of all that, Blue Jays starter Dustin McGowan had held the Dodgers to two runs during his seven-inning outing against them just 11 days earlier. But less than a half-hour before the first pitch was thrown, the Rogers Centre roof opened. The thunderstorm that pounded the roof during batting practice had passed, and the sun shined down on the visitors."
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Fan pushes the right buttons for Jays' Thomas: "The heckler sitting a few rows behind the first-base dugout had targeted Frank Thomas all night. The gist of his message was that Thomas was too expensive, too old and too timorous in the batter's box. After Thomas grounded into a double-play in his final at-bat, the big, loud man hurled a few more choice words as Thomas trotted, head down, toward the dugout. Thomas looked up and glared. 'F--- you,' he said. Then he disappeared down the dugout steps as the heckler and his friends erupted in laughter."
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Dodgers Head North For Key Series With Blue Jays - Sports News Story - KNBC | Los Angeles: "Last year's National League All-Star starter Brad Penny takes another step toward another berth on the mound in the Midsummer Classic tonight, when the Los Angeles Dodgers visit Rogers Centre to open a three-game interleague series with the Toronto Blue Jays. Penny, who was 10-2 at the time of the All-Star Game last year, earned his eighth win of 2007 on Wednesday, when he allowed seven hits and a run in seven innings while topping the New York Mets, 9-1."
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Frank Thomas sets record in Jays loss: "A big blast from the Big Hurt wasn't enough for the Toronto Blue Jays as they dropped a 4-2 decision to the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre. The loss spoiled a milestone home run for Blue Jays slugger Frank Thomas, who broke Edgar Martinez's major-league record for homers by a designated hitter by blasting the 244th of his career."
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USATODAY.com - Baseball - L.A. Dodgers vs. Toronto: "Brad Penny is dominating NL opponents in the first half of the season for the second consecutive year. He still isn't having much success against the AL. The right-hander will try for only his second interleague win over the past four years when the Los Angeles Dodgers open a three-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. Penny (8-1, 2.18 ERA), second in the NL in ERA and tied for second in wins, is off to another impressive start after going 10-2 with a 2.92 ERA in his first 18 outings last season, becoming the NL starter for the All-Star game."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Johnson toiling hard for return: "The Blue Jays got a day off yesterday from all that treading water they've been doing around the .500 mark. Most of them, anyway. Reed Johnson, on the other hand, was at the ballpark at 8 a.m., swinging the bat, throwing, running. This would be at one of the ballparks at the Jays' minor-league complex in Dunedin, Fla. By noon, he'd have shifted over to his therapy centre for pretty much four straight hours of some of the most extensive rehab he's ever known. And this guy has known rehab."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Jays shut down Ohka experiment: "Ohka-mania never quite caught on with the Blue Jays – and, now, it never will. Tomo Ohka, the 31-year-old, free-agent journeyman whom the Jays took a flyer on this off-season, was yesterday handed his outright release and is, again, a free agent. A similar fate likely also awaits John Thomson, another off-season gamble that resulted when the Jays were rebuffed by targeted free agents Ted Lilly and Gil Meche. Ohka signed on for $1.5 million (all figures U.S.) but the Jays could recoup a pro-rated share of the $380,000 major-league minimum should Ohka resurface with another team, as is likely the case."
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Blue Jays dump Tomo Ohka: "Tomo Ohka's stint with the Toronto Blue Jays ended Monday, with the Jays releasing the right-handed Japanese pitcher outright after failing to trade him. Ohka was designated for assignment on June 7, after losing his job in the pitching rotation to Josh Towers. The Jays then had 10 days to trade Ohka, send him to the minors or let him go after that move."
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Halladay, Jays cruise past Nationals: "Roy Halladay had only one blemish on a night he picked up his seventh victory of the season. Halladay cruised through the first seven innings against the Washington Nationals, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-2 victory Friday night at the Rogers Centre."
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Frank Thomas sets record in Jays loss: "A big blast from the Big Hurt wasn't enough for the Toronto Blue Jays as they dropped a 4-2 decision to the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre. The loss spoiled a milestone home run for Blue Jays slugger Frank Thomas, who broke Edgar Martinez's major-league record for homers by a designated hitter by blasting the 244th of his career."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Wells and Marcum lay beating on Nats: "The Blue Jays always knew what they had in Vernon Wells but the centre fielder hasn't been able to remind them of that very often this season. The Jays also suspected they had a bulldog of a starter in Shaun Marcum. The 25-year-old, on the other hand, has done nothing but underscore that since first stepping into another breach in the rotation back on May 13. Yesterday, these two – and not for the first time this season – were on the same page, and the end result was a 7-3 win over the Washington Nationals. The win matched a season-best win streak for the Jays of, ahem, three but also got them to within a game of .500 baseball that they last knew on May 1."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Towers fires and falls back once again: "Like his baseball team, Josh Towers can't seem to find his way over that hump. Once again, the sometimes starter pitched well enough to win yesterday, but didn't. He allowed four runs over seven innings to the Washington Nationals. Once again, the Blue Jays, who had crept up to the edge of .500 baseball, took a look over at the other side and found themselves not quite up to leaping. Yesterday's 4-2 loss dropped Toronto to 33-35 on the season. For the fifth time this year, the Jays were unable extend a three-game winning streak to four."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Jays likely to place ailing A.J. on DL: "The injury to Jays starter A.J. Burnett's shoulder is more serious than initially thought and he will require time on the disabled list, the team said yesterday. Burnett was hurt during his June 12 loss in San Francisco. According to the team, an MRI scan done the next day showed no serious damage. Hoping that rest might prove curative, the plan was to have Burnett skip one start and return Friday. But after tossing lightly yesterday, the pain returned."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Clark enjoys moment in the bigs: "On his return to the Toronto Blue Jays two weeks ago, Howie Clark made his rounds. Fist bumps, hugs, smiles in every corner greeted the well-travelled journeyman. The lengthy meet-and-greet session spilled out onto the field during the pre-game warm-up. Pitcher A.J. Burnett sat on the bench nearby and watched the procession. 'Am I the only guy who doesn't know this guy?' Burnett wondered aloud to no one in particular. 'Am I the only guy in baseball who doesn't know this guy?'"
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TheStar.com - Sports - Burnett in pain, but Jays say no biggie: "The Blue Jays are downplaying the injury that forced starter A.J. Burnett to come out of Tuesday night's 3-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants, calling it a 'mild shoulder strain.' 'They don't think it's much,' manager John Gibbons said after the game. 'We'll know more (Wednesday).' The lanky fireballer missed more than two months last season with an elbow problem, but has been the most reliable man in the rotation during the current injury plagued campaign."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Stairs focused on job at hand: "You want to watch what you say around Matt Stairs. Acerbic really doesn't begin to encapsulate how quickly the whip-smart native of Saint John, N.B., can verbally flay you. He'll do it with a straight face, leaving you not quite sure if he's joking or not. 'He's not afraid to rub you wrong,' manager John Gibbons said admiringly. 'And that's important.'"
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TheStar.com - Sports - Shoulder strain nixes Burnett's next start: "A.J. Burnett will miss his next start for the Blue Jays, but is not expected to suffer any other ill effects after being pulled early from Tuesday's game against the San Francisco Giants. An MRI scan taken at a local hospital revealed only 'a mild strain' in Burnett's sore throwing shoulder. 'He doesn't have to go on the (disabled list), we don't think,' manager John Gibbons said. Josh Towers will now start in place of Burnett on Sunday against the Washington Nationals."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Jays salvage west coast split: "Just as they did on Sunday in Los Angeles, the Blue Jays left San Francisco having given the Giants a parting glimpse of what this lineup is capable of. After struggling mightily to produce runs in a pair of losses Monday and Tuesday, the Jays found their collective hitting stroke en route to a 7-4 victory yesterday. The Jays took three out of six from their west coast road trip. Today, they'll relax at home before welcoming Washington to the Rogers Centre tomorrow. 'It's a good way to leave town,' Jays manager John Gibbons said."
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TheStar.com - Sports - All in all, Jays enjoy a pretty good afternoon: "It was a glorious day, warm sunshine, no wind, not unlike the heavenly morning used as a selling point by Mayor George Christopher to convince then-New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham to relocate his team to Candlestick Point, way back in 1957. It was pure Chamber of Commerce weather yesterday afternoon as the Jays wrapped up their three-game series with a 7-4 matinee win at AT&T Park. McCovey Cove was empty of the usual armada of colourful, personal kayaks that routinely patrol the small inlet behind the right-field stands on game days. In their stead was a fleet of tacky sponsored yellow boats, cheapening the spontaneity of the entertaining homer retrieval ritual."
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Blue Jays humble Bonds, Giants: "San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds took off most of Wednesday's series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays. But so did his teammates. Aaron Hill and Matt Stairs drove in two runs apiece as the visiting Blue Jays avoided a sweep with a 7-4 matinee victory over the Giants before a sun-baked crowd of 40,086 at AT&T Park."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Burnett in pain, but Jays say no biggie: "The Blue Jays are downplaying the injury that forced starter A.J. Burnett to come out of Tuesday night's 3-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants, calling it a 'mild shoulder strain.' 'They don't think it's much,' manager John Gibbons said after the game. 'We'll know more (Wednesday).' The lanky fireballer missed more than two months last season with an elbow problem, but has been the most reliable man in the rotation during the current injury plagued campaign."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Wells needs to be more like Bonds: "After two games at AT&T Park, observing how the mere sight of Barry Bonds stepping to the plate for the Giants can change an opponent's equilibrium and strategy, this guy is clearly more valuable than his numbers. The hulking Bonds provides menace and presence that mark the sign of a true superstar. 'The amazing thing is he doesn't get many opportunities to drive the ball and, when he gets his opportunities, he doesn't miss them that often,' Jays centre fielder Vernon Wells said. 'Rarely do you see him take a bad swing. His hands are lightning quick and he's obviously honed his skills over the years.'"
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TheStar.com - Sports - Jays suffer a painful defeat: "In a moment that encapsulated last night from the Blue Jays' perspective, Vernon Wells slammed a sixth-inning foul tip off home plate and up into a most delicate area of his anatomy. Doubled over in pain, Wells had a few seconds to consider where it all went wrong. At that moment, starter A.J. Burnett was sitting in the clubhouse after being pulled early with what the team was calling a 'right shoulder strain.'"
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A.J. Burnett injured in Blue Jays loss: "Everyone came to see a Barry Bonds home run leave the yard Tuesday night. Instead, they saw pitcher A.J. Burnett leave with a shoulder injury. Burnett left in the fifth inning with a strained right shoulder as the Toronto Blue Jays lost 3-2 to the San Francisco Giants before a crowd of 37,574 at AT&T Park."
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Bonds homers as Giants beat Blue Jays: "Barry Bonds homered Monday night to spark a comeback victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, and renewed interest in his pursuit of Henry Aaron's record. Bonds's 747th career home run in the fourth inning rallied the San Francisco Giants past the Blue Jays 4-3 in front of 38,030 fans at AT&T Park."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Giants fly past Jays on a 747: "Despite the aches and pains that go into being a 42-year-old major-league baseball player, Barry Bonds looks positively coltish as he rounds the bases. Last night, he lightly trotted through the 747th such trip of his career after Jays starter Josh Towers allowed a pitch to slip into Bonds' prodigious hitting zone. The decisive fourth-inning rip completed an early San Francisco comeback after the Jays had taken a first-inning three-run lead on the Giants. Four batters later, a far more modest effort – Omar Vizquel's sacrifice bunt – drove home the winning run."
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Halladay, Blue Jays steamroll Dodgers: "Roy Halladay dominated the Los Angeles Dodgers on the mound and at the plate Sunday, guiding the visiting Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-5 victory. Halladay, (6-2), allowed just three runs on five hits during seven strong innings, to pick up the win in the rubber match of the three-game series with the Dodgers."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Solid outing by Marcum leads Jays past Dodgers: "They'd been taking heat for a pair of losses, but the Jays bullpen has quietly amassed some of the finest numbers in baseball. Going into last night's game against the L.A. Dodgers, the relief corps' 3.33 ERA ranked them third in baseball. Last night, with closer and recent goat Jeremy Accardo rested, the relievers managed to shepherd a 1-0 lead home for a badly needed victory. The Jays are now 12-11 in one-run games, a major-league high."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Gibbons goes to bat for his besieged relief corps: "After Friday's second collapse in as many games, manager John Gibbons mounted a spirited defence of closer Jeremy Accardo and the rest of the shaken relief corps. 'These kids have pitched their asses off all year,' Gibbons said, a little the worse for wear after a game that featured five lead changes in the last four innings and a walkoff, pinch-hit home run by the Dodgers in the bottom of the 10th. The numbers bear Gibbons out."
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TheStar.com - Sports - 'Doc' contains Dodgers with arm, bat: "Roy Halladay's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde routine continued in breezy L.A. yesterday afternoon. He also managed a fair Babe Ruth impression. The Jays' pitching ace has veered between dominating and porous on the mound before and after his emergency appendectomy on May 11. In his previous outing, he gave up eight runs in just over three innings to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays."
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Towers replaces Ohka in Blue Jays' rotation: "The Toronto Blue Jays have designated pitcher Tomo Ohka for assignment and will give Josh Towers another shot in the starting rotation. The club announced the moves Thursday before its matinee game at Rogers Centre against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays."
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Blue Jays waste Burnett's 13K effort: "Toronto starter A.J. Burnett racked up a season-high 13 strikeouts Thursday afternoon at Rogers Centre, but was let down by the bullpen in a 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Delmon Young's base hit off closer Jeremy Accardo with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth knocked in the deciding runs in the victory for Tampa Bay (26-32). The Devil Rays took two out of three in the series."
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Mulliniks, Barfield join CBC's Blue Jays booth: "Some familiar faces will be in the booth as Toronto Blue Jays baseball returns to CBC Sports. Former stars Rance Mulliniks and Jesse Barfield will serve as analysts for CBC's coverage of Blue Jays baseball this season, the network announced Thursday. Mulliniks and Barfield will be joined when coverage begins June 23 by veteran play-by-play announcer Jim Hughson."
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Blue Jays waste Burnett's 13K effort: "Toronto starter A.J. Burnett racked up a season-high 13 strikeouts Thursday afternoon at Rogers Centre, but was let down by the bullpen in a 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Delmon Young's base hit off closer Jeremy Accardo with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth knocked in the deciding runs in the victory for Tampa Bay (26-32). The Devil Rays took two out of three in the series."
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Crawford halts Blue Jays' win streak: "There wouldn't be any late-game heroics by second baseman Aaron Hill and his Blue Jays teammates on this night, only some bad habits creeping back into Toronto's game. The Jays left seven runners in scoring position and starting pitcher Tomo Ohka was chased in the fourth inning by the visiting Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who prevailed 6-2 Wednesday."
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Crawford halts Blue Jays' win streak: "There wouldn't be any late-game heroics by second baseman Aaron Hill and his Blue Jays teammates on this night, only some bad habits creeping back into Toronto's game. The Jays left seven runners in scoring position and starting pitcher Tomo Ohka was chased in the fourth inning by the visiting Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who prevailed 6-2 Wednesday."
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CityNews: Jays Edge Devil Rays After Remarkable Rally: "Roy Halladay looked nothing like the Cy Young award-winning ace pitcher that regularly bails his team out of tight binds on Tuesday. This time, it was his teammates who bailed him out. Halladay gave up 12 hits and eight runs in just 3 1-3 innings, but the Toronto Blue Jays still managed to get the win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 12-11, after staging a remarkable rally. "
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globeandmail.com: Now that's a comeback: "It was Crime Stoppers Night at the Rogers Centre last night but it did not prevent the Toronto Blue Jays from stealing a baseball game. With the Tampa Bay Devil Rays holding what appeared to be a comfortable 11-6 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth, the Blue Jays staged a furious rally, scoring six runs in their last at-bat to escape with a wild 12-11 victory before 19,063 disbelieving fans. 'Win for the good guys,' said Toronto manager John Gibbons, who could be excused for acting like the cat that swallowed the canary after this unorthodox victory."
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Lind helps Jays overcome sins of the past: "Maybe it's time to start calling the Toronto Blue Jays the comeback kids. They erased 8? innings of sloppy play with a six-run bottom of the ninth that began and ended with walks to second baseman Aaron Hill and resulted in a leaping mass of Blue Jays celebrating their 12-11 victory over the Tampa Bay Devils Rays at the Rogers Centre. 'You don't expect that, that's for sure,' Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. 'We could have folded and shut it down, but we didn't.'"
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MLB Baseball News - A walk to remember - sportsnet.ca: "As the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were busy knocking around Roy Halladay on Tuesday, it was impossible to imagine the night ending with the Toronto Blue Jays celebrating a dramatic win at home plate. They faced an early 8-1 deficit, trailed 11-6 heading into the bottom of the ninth and looked headed to a deflating loss in which their ace had been crushed for the third time in four outings. Things looked grim. Or as manager John Gibbons put it: 'You don't expect to come back from that.'"
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Jays rally with six-run ninth inning: "t began with an Aaron Hill walk and ended the same way. A six-run, ninth-inning rally by the Toronto Blue Jays was bookended by free passes to the second baseman as Toronto overcame eight innings of errors and bad pitching to defeat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 12-11 at the Rogers Centre Tuesday night."
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Jays stage comeback: "The Toronto Blue Jays rallied for six runs to defeat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 12-11, last night. Trailing, 11-6, Toronto benefited from four doubles, a passed ball and a game-ending, bases-loaded walk to Aaron Hill that capped the comeback. Four Tampa Bay pitchers -- Chad Orvella, Sean Camp, Casey Fossum (3-6) and Tim Corcoran -- combined to get only one out in the ninth inning. Devil Rays closer Al Reyes had pitched in Tampa Bay's previous three games."
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Blue Jays Score 6 in 9th to Beat D'Rays - Forbes.com: "Matt Stairs scored the winning run after a bases-loaded walk and the Toronto Blue Jays scored six runs in the ninth inning to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 12-11 on Tuesday night. With Tampa Bay leading 11-6, Chad Orvella walked Aaron Hill to lead off the ninth, then gave up consecutive RBI doubles to Adam Lind and Jason Phillips to make it 11-8. Shawn Camp came in and promptly walked Howie Clark. After getting Alex Rios to groundout, Vernon Wells laced a two-run double to left that scored Phillips and Rios and made it 11-10."
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The Sports Network - Major League Baseball: "Aaron Hill's bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning capped a furious rally as Toronto stunned Tampa Bay, 12-11, in the opener of a three-game set at Rogers Centre. Adam Lind was 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and five RBI for the Blue Jays, who have won three in a row. Vernon Wells collected two hits and two RBI, Matt Stairs had two hits and scored twice, while Hill scored two runs in the stunning comeback. Josh Towers (2-3) picked up the win by giving up two hits and one unearned run in two innings of relief. Brian Wolfe yielded three hits and one earned run in 1 2/3 innings. Roy Halladay, in his second start after surgery on his appendix, was touched up for 12 hits and eight runs -- seven earned -- in 3 1/3 frames."
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Toronto Blue Jays rally in ninth to defeat Devil Rays 12-11 after Halladay pounded: "One of Roy Halladay's ugliest outings in recent memory was erased with one incredible rally. Aaron Hill's bases-loaded walk capped a six-run outburst in the bottom of the ninth as the Toronto Blue Jays overcame an early seven-run deficit for a memorable 12-11 victory against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Tuesday night. Down 11-6 heading into the ninth, Hill opened the inning with a walk, before consecutive RBI doubles by Adam Lind and Jason Phillips made it a three-run game."
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Here We Go Again: D'Rays Blow Big Lead: "As he watched a five-run lead slip away in the ninth inning, Tampa Bay outfielder Carl Crawford had a familiar thought: Here we go again. Matt Stairs scored the winning run on a bases-loaded walk and the Toronto Blue Jays put up six runs in the ninth to beat the Devil Rays 12-11 on Tuesday night. 'In the back of your mind, you've been going through this for six years, naturally you're going to think, 'Is this going to happen again?'' Crawford said. 'You don't want to think that, but you've been through it so much you naturally think about it a little bit.'"
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Bases-loaded walk caps Jays' 6-run ninth - baltimoresun.com: "Matt Stairs scored the winning run after a bases-loaded walk and the Toronto Blue Jays scored six runs in the ninth inning to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 12-11, last night. With Tampa Bay leading 11-6, Chad Orvella walked Aaron Hill to lead off the ninth, then gave up consecutive RBI doubles to Adam Lind and Jason Phillips to make it 11-8. Shawn Camp came in and promptly walked Howie Clark. After getting Alex Rios to ground into a fielder's choice, Vernon Wells laced a two-run double to left that scored Phillips and Rios and made it 11-10. Advertisement Stairs tied the game with an RBI double off Casey Fossum (3-6) before Tim Corcoran intentionally walked Frank Thomas. After a passed ball allowed both runners to advance, Troy Glaus was intentionally walked. That brought up Hill for the second time in the inning, and he walked on five pitches, forcing Stairs home."
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The Sports Network - Major League Baseball: "After scoring six runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to earn the victory in last night's series opener, the Toronto Blue Jays will try for their fourth straight win when they resume a three-game set against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays this evening at Rogers Centre. Trailing 11-6 in the home half of the ninth, Adam Lind and Jason Phillips both ripped RBI doubles for Toronto and Vernon Wells later plated a pair of runs with a two-base hit. Matt Stairs then doubled home Wells to even the score and Aaron Hill drew a bases-loaded walk to plate Stairs for the game-winning run."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Better late than never ...: "Celebrating the 18th anniversary of its first ballgame, the ol' Rogers Centre served up a doozy last night. Roy Halladay, not so much. Aaron Hill, though, certainly finished what he started – namely, an implausible six-run ninth that matched a franchise record for ninth-inning turnarounds. Down 11-6 to start that frame, Hill opened it with a leadoff walk and, nine batters and three pitchers later, took a bases-loaded, full-count walk off Tim Corcoran to bring the evening to a 12-11 close."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Decision day for Blue Jays: "With seven picks in the first two rounds, the Jays are feeling a little more anticipation than in the past few years for the major league entry draft tomorrow and Friday. Toronto, the leading selector of college talent among major league teams between 2004-06, is expected to break slightly from pattern and take a high school player with at least one of its high-round selections. In a draft which Vanderbilt pitcher David Price is the consensus No. 1 pick overall, Jays management has already indicated the possibility of taking a high school position player. With the 16th and 21st picks in the first round, the draft could see Toronto opting for a player like Nick Noonan, an offensive infielder from Parker High School in San Diego."
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Blue Jays call up Curtis Thigpen: "Rookie catcher Curtis Thigpen was called up Tuesday to the Toronto Blue Jays to replace injured first baseman Lyle Overbay on the active roster. Thigpen, 24, is averaging .299 in 44 games for the Syracuse SkyChiefs of the triple-A International League this season."
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Halladay let off hook as Blue Jays rally: "It lacked the excitement of a walk-off home run, but Aaron Hill's bases-loaded walk brought in the winning run as the Toronto Blue Jays bailed out Roy Halladay on Tuesday night. Hill's bases-loaded walk completed a six-run ninth inning as the Blue Jays pulled out a 12-11 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Devil Rays in front of 19,063 fans at the Rogers Centre."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Big funk for the Big Hurt: "Frank Thomas is a patient man. Where other sluggers twitch and fiddle with their bats in the on-deck circle, Thomas's pre-batting routine is to take a knee and stand stock still. He's carefully weighing the pitcher's work against the man ahead of him. 'I'm always trying to watch the ball come out of the pitcher's hand. I'm trying to get in that zone. Just trying to get myself an advantage,' Thomas said."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Slugger Overbay joins Jays' wounded: "Lyle Overbay became the 11th Blue Jay to join the disabled list this season after breaking his right hand during yesterday's game against the Chicago White Sox. 'It's almost comical,' an unsmiling Overbay said. 'When you start thinking about all the guys that have gone down ... I've never seen anything like this.' Facing Chicago starter John Danks in the third, Overbay checked his swing against a rising inside fastball. As he reared back, the ball nailed him on his right hand"
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TheStar.com - Sports - Lind has the last laugh: "As Adam Lind walked dejectedly off the field, third-base coach Brian Butterfield put an arm around his shoulders and whispered to him. A mental error by the young slugger had just cost the team dearly. With the bases loaded and Lind standing on second, Vernon Wells slapped a fly ball into centre field. Royce Clayton tagged from third and scored, pulling the Jays within two runs. Lind tagged as well, but too early. The resulting put-out ended Toronto's fifth-inning rally and left them frustrated."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Doc puts on a clinic: "Roy Halladay – the real 'Doc' Halladay – returned to the mound last night. Coming back only 20 days after an emergency appendectomy, the staff ace carried the Blue Jays through seven innings of a fast-paced pitchers' duel. His stamina is not yet there, but the stuff definitely is. Halladay allowed no runs, scattered six hits and struck out seven while walking none."
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TheStar.com - Sports - Jays blew chance to get A-Rod revenge: "This was entirely the wrong spot for Brian Wolfe. The Blue Jays' rookie pitcher was making his major league debut when Alex Rodriguez pulled that cheesy play the other night. Too bad Duane Ward, to name one enthusiast, hadn't come out of retirement for one batter because you know what Ward would have done: He'd have drilled the next batter in the ribs, the dugouts would have emptied and the Jays could have run over to third base and started whaling on A-Rod. You could have timed how quickly the Yankees sprinted to his aid. In baseball, if you feel you're the aggrieved party, you're supposed to take care of it, then and there. Not complain to the umpires and carry on like there ought to be a law. Not to invoke a hockey mentality here, but handle it yourselves now. Don't wait for July 16."
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Halladay bests Buehrle for 100th career win: "As advertised, Toronto's Roy Halladay and Chicago's Mark Buehrle worked quickly —but only the Blue Jays' ace got the desired results. Halladay returned from the disabled list Thursday night and blanked the visiting Chicago White Sox over seven innings en route to his 100th career victory, a 2-0 decision in the opener of a four-game series."
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