2008 Blue Jays and World Baseball Expansion - Page 2

majormet · 06-10-2009, 05:07 PM

The Blue Jays played 2-4 ball yet again as the offense appears to take a few days off at a time.

Game #103

Oakland 4
Toronto 3

WP - Kirk Saarloos (1-1)
LP - AJ Burnett (10-5)
Save - Santiago Casilla (3)

Star of Game - Ryan Sweeney (pinch hit 2 run homer)

Homers
Oakland - Ryan Sweeney (8)

Comments - tough loss where we made Saarloos seem like a stud

Game #104

Oakland 9
Toronto 8
10 Innings

WP - Santiago Casilla (1-2)
LP - Scott Downs (3-2)

Star of Game - Mark Ellis (5-6, HR 2 RBI's)

Homers
Oakland - Mark Ellis (8), Joey Votto (6), Jack Cust (27)
Toronto - Alexis Rios (4), Chris Ianetta (22), Lyle Overbay (13), Marco Scutaro (4)

Comments - lots of homers but could never get the lead in this one

Game #105

Toronto 2
Anaheim 0

WP - Roy Halladay (15-5)
LP - Dustin Moseley (8-5)

Star of Game - Roy Halladay (4 hits CG shutout, 7 K's)

Homers
Toronto - Matt Stairs (15)

Comments - Halladay plays stopper in a much needed win

Game #106

Anaheim 3
Toronto 1

WP - Ervin Santana (15-4)
LP - Justin Verlander (12-6)
Save - Francisco Rodriguez (20)

Star of Game - Ervin Santana (8 IP, 6 hits, 1 ER, 7 K's)

Homers
Toronto - Omar Infante (3)

Comments - Santana has made life miserable all year for AL hitters

Game #107

Anaheim 6
Toronto 3

WP - Jose Arredondo (4-1)
LP - AJ Burnett (10-6)
Save - Francisco Rodriguez (21)

Star of Game - Casey Kotchman (1-3, 3 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Matt Stairs (16)

Comments - Joe Inglett makes a key error in the 8th to give Anaheim a 3 run lead.

Game #108

Toronto 6
Mexico City 2

WP - Dustin McGowan (13-9)
LP - Tom Virtue (2-11)

Star of Game - Omar Infante (2-5, HR 2 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Omar Infante (4), Vernon Wells (27)

Comments - The Jays needed to have an expansion team come to town

Around the League

Paul Konerko (Chicago White Sox) picks up 5 hits at home against the Minnesota Twins

Eric Hinske (Tampa Bay Rays) wins AL Player of the Week (4 HR 12 RBI .440)

Carlos Lee (Houston Astros) wins NL Player of the Week (6 HR 13 RBI .550)

Evan Longoria (Tampa Bay Rays) wins AL Batter of the Month (9 HR 31 RBI .385)

Lance Berkman (Houston Astros) wins NL Batter of the Month (10 HR 26 RBI .402)

Roy Halladay (Toronto Blue Jays) wins AL Pitcher of the Month (5-1 1.51 ERA)

Brian Moehler (Houston Astros) wins NL Pitcher of the Month (4-0 2.25 ERA)

CC Sabathia (Cleveland Indians) is out for the season with torn back muscle suffered at home game against the Binghamton Boars

Kurt Suzuki (Oakland Athletics) hits for the cycle on the road against the Binghamton Boars at Ron Jeremy Park

Trades

Oakland Athletics trade Hank Azaria to Milwaukee Brewers for Bill Hall

St Louis Cardinals trade Albert Frades, Tom Morello and Dicky Barrett to Baltimore Orioles for Melvin Mora

Anaheim Angels trade Djimon Hounsu and Matthew Brown to Cleveland Indians for Travis Hafner

Cincannati Reds trade Edwin Encarnacion to Los Angeles Dodgers for Hiroki Kuroda

Los Angeles Dodgers trade Ramon Troncoso to St Louis Cardinals for Adam Kennedy, Brian Barden and Bill Porter

Pittsburgh Pirates trade Jose Bautista to Cincinnati Reds for Joe Blanton

Seattle Mariners trade Chris Makepeace and Mark Mulder to Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Cameron

Toronto Blue Jays trade Shawn Camp to Los Angeles Dodgers for David Eigenberg

Colorado Rockies trade Garrett Atkins to Arizona Diamondbacks for Danny Haren

Colorado Rockies trade Aaron Cook, Franco Trentalace and Edwin Bellian to Oakland Athletics for Eric Chavez

New York Mets trade Fernando Tatis to Cleveland Indians for Anthony Delon and Michael Aubrey

Contract Extensions (over 1 mil per season)

Boston Red Sox - Julio Lugo (2 years at 3.8)
New York Yankees - Mike Mussina (1 year at 5.9)
New York Yankees - LaTroy Hawkins (3 years at 6.3)
Cleveland Indians - David Dellucci (2 years at 3.4)
Cleveland Indians - Rafael Betancourt (3 years at 6.6)
Detroit Tigers - Freddy Garcia (2 years at 3.6)
Kansas City Royals - John Bale (3 years at 11.7)
Kansas City Royals - Brett Tomko (2 years at 4.6)
Anaheim Angels - Torii Hunter (3 years at 31 million)
Oakland Athletics - Mike Sweeney (2 years at 6.3)
Seattle Mariners - Raul Ibanez (3 years at 15 million)
Seattle Mariners - JJ Putz (3 years at 7.8)
Seattle Mariners - Kevin Millar (2 years at 3.8)
Texas Rangers - Jamey Wright (3 years at 21 million)
New York Mets - Carlos Delgado (4 years at 24 million)
New York Mets - Aaron Heilman (3 years at 3.7)
New York Mets - Pedro Feliciano (3 years at 3.2)
Philadelphia Phillies - JC Romero (3 years at 9.3)
Washington Nationals - Willie Harris (2 years at 4.1)
Chicago Cubs - Mark DeRosa (3 years at 21 million)
Chicago Cubs - Derek Lee (2 years at 9.4)
Chicago Cubs - Reed Johnson (3 years at 12 million)
Chicago Cubs - Bobby Howry (3 years at 4.5)
Cincinnati Reds - Jose Contreras (2 years at 3.1)
Houston Astros - Roy Oswlat (3 years at 27 million)
Houston Astros - Miguel Tejada (3 years at 15 million)
Houston Astros - Jim Edmonds (1 year at 4.3)
Houston Astros - Jose Valverde (2 years at 3.6)
Pittsburgh Pirates - Jack Wilson (2 years at 6.1)
Arizona Diamondbacks - Garrett Atkins (3 years at 17 million)
Los Angeles Dodgers - Derek Lowe (3 years at 27 million)
Los Angeles Dodgers - Chan Ho Park (2 years at 4.8)

Status

Toronto is 62-46 and in 3rd place in the AL East behind the first place New York Yankees by 19 games and 4 games behind the wildcard leading Boston Red Sox.

majormet · 06-12-2009, 07:25 PM

The Blue Jays still are not hitting consistently but do go 3-3 for the week.

Game #109

Toronto 7
Mexico City 6

WP - John Parrish (5-7)
LP - Paul Reiser (9-2)
Save - Sergio Romo (25)

Star of Game - Chris Ianetta (2 run homer)

Homers
Toronto - Chris Ianetta (23)

Comments- Parrish gave up 6 runs in the first to the Maulers but the Jays came back and Parrish pitched 8 innings

Game #110

Mexico City 3
Toronto 1

WP - Brett "The Hitman" Hart (5-3)
LP - Roy Halladay (15-6)
Save - Anthony Clark (9)

Star of Game - Brett Hart (7.1 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER 4 K's)

No Homers

Comments - Shockingly Hart outdueled Halladay

Game #111

Kansas City 4
Toronto 1

WP - Gil Meche (12-6)
LP - AJ Burnett (10-7)
Save - Joakim Soria (22)

Star of Game - Gil Meche (8 IP, 10 hits, 1 ER, 3 K's)

Homers
Kansas City - Ryan Shealy (38)

Comments - Burnett drops his 5th straight decision

Game #112

Kansas City 9
Toronto 6

WP - Ramon Ramirez (3-3)
LP - Scott Downs (3-3)
Save - Joakim Soria (23)

Star of Game - Jose Guillen (2-4, HR 5 RBI's)

Homers
Kansas City - Ryan Shealy (39), Jose Guillen (13)
Toronto - Scott Rolen (18)

Comments - Guillen drilles a big GW 3 run shot off the dependable Down.

Game #113

Toronto 4
Kansas City 3
12 Innings

WP - Brian Tallet (3-2)
LP - Jimmy Gobble (1-2)

Star of Game - Omar Infante (3-7 RBI)

Homers
Kansas City - Ryan Shealy (40)

Comments - Infante has the walk off single in the 12th inning

Game #114

Toronto 4
Chicago 0

WP - Roy Halladay (16-6)
LP - Mark Buehrle (9-6)

Star of Game - Roy Halladay (CG 7 hit shutout, 4 K's)

No Homers

Comments - Halladay was on fire, and tosses his 5th complete game shutout of the year.

Around the League

Luke Scott (Baltimore Orioles) wins AL Player of the Week (5 HR 16 RBI .381)

Jason Kubel (Chicago Cubs) wins NL Player of the Week (4 HR 7 RBI .524)

Carlos Guillen (Detroit Tigers) rips 5 hits on the road against the Mexico City Maulers at Valenzuela Park

Status

Toronto is 65-49 in 4th place in the AL East trailing the first place New York Yankees by 20 games and 4 games behind wildcard leaders, the Detroit Tigers.

League Leaders

Homers

AL - Ryan Shealy (Kansas City Royals) - 41
NL - Adam Dunn (Reds), Ryan Howard (Phillies) - 39

RBI's

AL - Ryan Shealy (Kansas City Royals) - 114
NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 109

Average

AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .362
NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .401

Stolen Bases

AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 51
NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 42

Wins

AL - Several tied at 16
NL - Andy Pettitte (St Louis Cardinals) - 16

Strikeouts

AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 179
NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 143

ERA

AL - Joba Chamberlain (New York Yankees) - 1.98
NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.38

Saves

AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 38
NL - BJ Ryan (Washington Nationals) - 30

Division Leaders

AL East - New York Yankees - (85-29)
AL Central - Cleveland Indians - (72-42)
AL West - Texas Rangers - (82-32)
NL East - Washington Nationals - (73-41)
NL Central - Chicago Cubs - (77-37)
NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (74-40)

Loeffle · 06-13-2009, 11:36 AM

As always very interesting approach and a great read

majormet · 06-25-2009, 02:57 PM

The Blue Jays continue to play uninspired baseball and have started to dig themselves in a hole.

Game #115

Chicago 7
Toronto 5

WP - Octavio Dotel (5-2)
LP - John Parrish (5-8)
Save - Adam Russell (9)

Star of Game - Javier Valentin (3-4 2 HR's 3 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Vernon Wells (28), Alexis Rios (5)
Chicago - Alexei Ramirez (18), Javier Valentin (11,12)

Comments - White Sox added Valentin off of waivers and he has been a steal

Game #116

Toronto 4
Chicago 2

WP - Brian Tallet (4-2)
LP - DJ Carrasco (0-5)
Save - Sergio Romo (26)

Star of Game - AJ Burnett (7.2 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, 5 K's)

No Homers

Comments - Burnett continues to be a hard luck pitcher in 2008

Game #117

Boston 6
Toronto 4
10 Innings

WP - Jonathan Papelbon (5-6)
LP - Scott Downs (3-4)

Star of Game - JD Drew (3-3, HR 4 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Chris Ianetta (24), Lyle Overbay (14)
Boston - Manny Ramirez (31), JD Drew (26)

Comments - Ramirez hits the walk off 2 run shot in the 10th

Game #118

Toronto 11
Boston 4

WP - Roy Halladay (17-6)
LP - Dai Matsusaka (11-5)

Star of Game - Elijah Dukes (3-4, HR 4 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Omar Infante (5), Vernon Wells (29), Alexis Rios (6), Elijah Dukes (16)

Comments - Dice K and the Red Sox pitch some batting practice thankfully

Game #119

Boston 7
Toronto 5

WP - Josh Beckett (15-5)
LP - Justin Verlander (12-7)
Save - Jonathan Papelbon (23)

Star of Game - Manny Ramirez (4-5, RBI)

Homers
Toronto - Chris Ianetta (25)

Comments - Beckett was pretty tough and Verlander has shown signs of struggle in recent starts

Game #120

Boston 11
Toronto 8

WP - Jon Lester (14-7)
LP - AJ Burnett (10-8)

Star of Game - Dustin Pedroia (4-4, HR 2 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Elijah Dukes (17,18)
Boston - Dustin Pedroia (10)

Comments - Burnett had no movement on his pitches and Boston feasted on him.

Around the League

Clint Barmes (Colorado Rockies) has 5 hits on the road at Petco Park against the San Diego Padres

Jhonny Peralta (Cleveland Indians) smacks 3 homers on the road at Mexico City at Valenzuela field.

Javier Valentin (Chicago White Sox) wins AL Player of the Week (4 HR 9 RBI .611)

Nate McLouth (Pittsburgh Pirates) wins NL Player of the Week (1 HR 8 RBI .586)

Joey Votto (Oakland Athletics) collects 5 hits at home against the Mexico City Maulers.

Carlos Lee (Houston Astros) is out for the year with broken knee

Status

Toronto is 67-53 and 21 games behind the first place New York Yankees, trailing the Boston Red Sox by 5 games in the wildcard race

League Leaders

Homers

AL - Ryan Shealy (Kansas City Royals) - 42
NL - Adam Dunn (Reds), Ryan Howard (Phillies) - 41

RBI's

AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 122
NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 118

AVG

AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .362
NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .397

Stolen Bases

AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 56
NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 46

Wins

AL - Brian Bruney (Yankees), Roy Halladay (Blue Jays) - 17
NL - Andy Pettitte (Cardinals), Justin Duchscherer (Reds) - 16

Strikeouts

AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 191
NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 154

ERA

AL - Joba Chamberlain (New York Yankees) - 1.94
NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.53

Saves

AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 38
NL - Takashi Saito (Los Angeles Dodgers) - 31

Division Leaders

AL East - New York Yankees (88-32)
AL Central - Cleveland Indians (76-44)
AL West - Texas Rangers (86-34)
NL East - Washington Nationals (76-44)
NL Central - Chicago Cubs (80-40)
NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (78-42)

Wild Card AL - Boston Red Sox (72-48)
Wild Card NL - St Louis Cardinals (74-46)

majormet · 06-26-2009, 08:21 PM

The Toronto Blue Jays travelled to Caracas and got their ship steered in the right direction with a 5-1 overall week

Game #121

Toronto 6
Caracas 5

WP - John Parrish (6-8)
LP - Andrew Eldritch (1-3)
Save - Sergio Romo (27)

Star of Game - Chris Ianetta (3 run homer)

Homers
Toronto - Chris Ianetta (26)

Comments - A 4-0 lead early was almost wiped out by shoddy fielding

Game #122

Toronto 6
Caracas 5

WP - Dustin McGowan (14-9)
LP - Andrew Eldritch (1-4)
Save - Sergio Romo (28)

Star of Game - Joe Inglett (2 run homer)

Homers
Toronto - Joe Inglett (7), Alexis Rios (7), Chris Ianetta (27)

Comments - another tight game played in South America

Game #123

New York 6
Toronto 2

WP - Mike Mussina (15-5)
LP - Roy Halladay (17-7)

Star of Game - Mike Mussina (Cg, 8 hits, 2 ER's, 5 K's)

No Homers

Comments - Mussina still has it as he mows down the Jays at home

Game #124

Toronto 4
New York 0

WP - Justin Verlander (13-7)
LP - Chien Mien Wang (11-3)

Star of Game - Justin Verlander (5 hit shutout, 9 K's)

No Homers

Comments - the brilliant version of Verlander came out in this game

Game #125

Toronto 5
New York 4

WP - Brian Tallet (5-2)
LP - Jose Veras (5-5)
Save - Sergio Romo (29)

Star of Game - Scott Rolen (2-4, 2 HR's, 3 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Vernon Wells (30), Scott Rolen (19,20)
New York - Eric Bruntlett (4)

Comments - Tallet got one out in the 8th inning and got the win in this one

Game #126

Toronto 11
Detroit 7

WP - John Parrish (7-8)
LP - Zach Minor (11-8)
Save - Jesse Carlson (1)

Star of Game - Matt Stairs (3-5, HR, 3 Rbi's)

Homers
Detroit - Marcus Thames (27), Magglio Ordonez (17), Ryan Raburn (6)
Toronto - Matt Stairs (17)

Comments - Another rough Parrish outing turned into a win.

Around the League

Todd Helton (Colorado Rockies) gets his 2000th career hit at home off of Josh Kinney and the St Louis Cardinals

Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) wins AL Player of the Week (5 HR 15 RBI .379)

Adam LaRoche (Pittsburgh Pirates) wins NL Player of the Week (5 HR 14 RBI .407)

Manny Ramirez (Boston Red Sox) is out 6 weeks with a fractured knee

Mike Jacobs (Florida Marlins) swats 3 homers at home against the Houston Astros

Status

Toronto is 72-54 and 18 games behind the first place New York Yankees in 4th place. The Jays are 4 behind in the wildcard races behind the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays

League Leaders

Homers

AL - Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay Rays) - 43
NL - Adam Dunn (Cincinnati Reds) - 45

RBI's

AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 127
NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 123

AVG

AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .361
NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .394

Stolen Bases

AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 62
NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 49

Wins

AL - Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) - 18
NL - Andy Pettitte (Cardinals), Justin Duchscherer (Reds) - 17

Strikeouts

AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 196
NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 160

ERA

AL - Joba Chamberlain (New York Yankees) - 2.07
NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.61

Saves

AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 39
NL - Takashi Saito (Los Angeles Dodgers) - 31

Division Leaders

AL East - New York Yankees (90-36)
AL Central - Cleveland Indians (80-46)
AL West - Texas Rangers (87-39)
AL Wildcard - Red Sox/Rays (76-50)

NL East - Washington Nationals (78-48)
NL Central - Chicago Cubs (84-42)
NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (80-46)
NL Wildcard - St Louis Cardinals (79-47)

majormet · 06-29-2009, 06:37 PM

The 2008 season is going fast and the wildcard is not really within grasp even though the Jays are 18 games over .500

Game #127

Detroit 3
Toronto 1

WP - Freddy Garcia (4-6)
LP - Dustin McGowan (14-10)
Save - Bobby Seay (31)

Star of Game - Freddy Garcia (7 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER, 6 K's)

Homers
Detroit - Matt Joyce (17), Marcus Thames (28)

Comments - Garcia has Toronto's number this year

Game #128

Toronto 4
Detroit 2

WP - Roy Halladay (18-7)
LP - Armando Galarraga (16-8)
Save - Sergio Romo (30)

Star of Game - Roy Halladay (8 IP, 9 hits, 2 ER, 6 K's)

No Homers

Comments - Hallladay was back in top form

Game #129

Toronto 7
Minnesota 6

WP - Sergio Romo (3-2)
LP - Denys Reyes (2-3)

Star of Game - (losing) - Joe Mauer (4-5 HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
Minnesota - Matt Tolbert (3), Joe Mauer (8)
Toronto - Omar Infante (6)

Comments - Romo blows his first save in ages but the Jays win it with a walk off sac fly by Scott Rolen

Game #130

Minnesota 14
Toronto 10

WP - Joe Saunders (7-11)
LP - AJ Burnett (10-9)

Star of Game - Joe Mauer (2-4, HR 4 RBI's)

Homers
Minnesota - Justin Morneau (24), Joe Mauer (9), Denard Span (14)
Toronto - Alexis Rios (8,9), Robinzon Diaz (1)

Comments - Minnesota jumped out 5-0, Toronto caught up with a 6-5 lead and then AJ Burnett futher imploded

Game #131

Toronto 5
Minnesota 2

WP - John Parrish (8-8)
LP - Francisco Liriano (11-7)
Save - Sergio Romo (31)

Star of Game - John Parrish (7.1 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER, 4 K's)

Homers
Toronto - Elijah Dukes (19)

Comments - Parrish is starting to actually pitch well in his 4 game winning streak

Game #132

Minnesota 6
Toronto 4

WP - Scott Baker (12-8)
LP - Dustin McGowan (14-11)
Save - Jesse Crain (1)

Star of Game - Craig Monroe (2-3, 3 RBI's)

No Homers

Comments - Baker was effective enough to hold off the Jays in this one

Around the League

Fred Lewis (San Francisco Giants) hits 3 homers on the road at Nationals Park against the Washington Nationals

Vladimir Guerrero (Anaheim Angels) wins AL Player of the Week (4 HR 9 RBI .425)

Jim Edmonds (Houston Astros) wins NL Player of the Week (6 HR 16 RBI .455)

David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox) slams 3 homers at home against the Paris Heartbreakers

Status

Toronto is 75-57 in 4th place in the AL East trailing the first place New York Yankees by 21 games and are 7 games behind the wildcard leading Boston Red Sox

League Leaders

Homers

AL - Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay Rays) - 44
NL - Ryan Howard (Phillies), Adam Dunn (Reds) - 46

RBI

AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 133
NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 130

Avg

AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .360
NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .396

Stolen Bases

AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 66
NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 53

Wins

AL - Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) - 20
NL - Justin Duchscherer (Reds), Andy Pettite (Cardinals) - 18

Strikeouts

AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 206
NL - Cole Hamels (Phillies), Kerry Wood (Cubs) - 165

ERA

AL - Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) - 2.14
NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.51

Saves

AL - Fran Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 40
NL - Takashi Saito (Los Angeles Dodgers) - 31

Division Leaders

AL East - New York Yankees (96-36)
AL Central - Cleveland Indians (83-49)
AL West - Texas Rangers (93-39)
AL Wildcard - Boston Red Sox (82-50)

NL East - Washington Nationals (81-51)
NL Central - Chicago Cubs (86-46)
NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (83-49)
NL Wildcard - St Louis Cardinals (83-49)

majormet · 06-30-2009, 06:17 PM

The Blue Jays took two series from London and Baltimore and played 4-2 over the week as the rosters expanded to 40 players

Game #133

Toronto 7
London 4

WP - Roy Halladay (19-7)
LP - Steve Harvey (3-2)

Star of Game - Chris Ianetta (2-4, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Chris Ianetta (28)

Comments - Halladay gave up his runs in the first 3 innings and the Jays topped the Monarchs later on.

Game #134

London 6
Toronto 3

WP - Guy Ahrens (6-7)
LP - AJ Burnett (10-10)
Save - William Fichtner (8)

Star of Game - Guy Ahrens (7 IP, 4 hits, 2 ER, 5 K's)

Homers
London - David Spaide (3)

Comments - Burnett pitches and the Jays lose... it is becoming a recurring theme.

Game #135

Toronto 11
London 1

WP - Justin Verlander (14-7)
LP - Mickey Rourke (4-13)

Star of Game - Justin Verlander (CG, 3 hits 1 ER, 13 K's)

Homers
London - David Spaide (4)

Comments - Verlander was masterful with his 13 strikeouts and only allowed a homer to the light hitting Spaide.

Game #136

Toronto 4
Baltimore 3

WP - Brian Tallet (6-2)
LP - Jamie Walker (0-3)
Save - Sergio Romo (32)

Star of Game - Chris Ianetta (2-4, HR 2 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Chris Ianetta (29)
Baltimore - Oscar Salazar (29)

Comments - Tallet gets his usual one out in the 8th victory as Ianetta continues to carry a hot stick

Game #137

Toronto 11
Baltimore 2

WP - Roy Halladay (20-7)
LP - Adam Loewen (2-5)

Star of Game - Lyle Overbay (3-4, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Lyle Overbay (15)

Comments - Loewen was just hanging pitches all day and Halladay gets another 20 win season

Game #138

Baltimore 7
Toronto 5

WP - Dennis Sarfate (10-12)
LP - AJ Burnett (10-11)
Save - George Sherrill (17)

Star of Game - Brian Roberts (3-5, 2 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Vernon Wells (31), Chris Ianatta (30)
Baltimore - Luke Scott (29), Ramon Hernandez (11)

Comments - Burnett struggled early but did regain something but dug too deep of a hole

Around the League

Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) wins AL Batter of the Month (12 HR 40 RBI .349)

Chase Utley (Philadelphia Phillies) wins NL Batter of the Month (9 HR 32 RBI .439)

Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) wins AL Pitcher of the Month (6-0 1.67 ERA)

Brad Thompson (St Louis Cardinals) wins NL Pitcher of the Month (1-0 0.49 ERA)

Dustin Pedroia (Boston Red Sox) wins AL Player of the Week (1 HR 9 RBI .577)

Chris Dickerson (Cincinnati Reds) wiins NL Player of the Week (3 HR 5 RBI .474)

Joey Votto (Oakland Athletics) has 5 hits in a home game against the Caracas Bolivars.

Status

Toronto is 79-59 in 4th place in the AL East trailing the first place New York Yankees by 22 games and 6 games behind wildcard leading Boston Red Sox

League Leaders

Homers

AL - Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay Rays) - 48
NL - Ryan Howard (Philadelphia Phillies) - 48

RBI's

AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 139
NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 133

Avg

AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .354
NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .390

Stolen Bases

AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 70
NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 53

Wins

AL - Brian Bruney (Yankees), Roy Halladay (Blue Jays) - 20
NL - Justin Duchscherer (Reds), Andy Pettite (Cardinals) - 19

Strikeouts

AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 216
NL - Cole Hamels (Philadelphia Philllies) - 170

ERA

AL - Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) - 2.13
NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.61

Saves

AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 41
NL - BJ Ryan (Washington Nationals) - 32

Division Leaders

AL East - New York Yankees - (101-37)
AL Central - Cleveland Indians - (87-51)
AL West - Texas Rangers - (95-43)
AL Wildcard - Boston Red Sox - (85-53)

NL East - Washington Nationals - (85-53)
NL Central - Chicago Cubs - (88-50)
NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers - (86-52)
NL Wildcard - St Louis Cardinals - (86-52)

majormet · 07-01-2009, 03:19 PM

The Blue Jays are playing solid at 4-2 this week but the wildcard is still a major hurdle.

Game #139

Baltimore 10
Toronto 4

WP - Jeremy Guthrie (9-13)
LP - Justin Verlander (14-8)

Star of Game - Nick Markakis (3-4, 4 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Joe Inglett (8), Vernon Wells (32)
Baltimore - Ramon Hernandez (12)

Comments - Verlander did not have good stuff and the O's pounded the bullpen a bit.

Game #140

Toronto 7
Binghamton 6
11 Innings

WP - Brian Tallet (7-2)
LP - Dennis Quaid (3-18)

Star of Game - Joe Inglett (5-5,3 RBI's)

No Homers

Comments - Inglett delivers the walk off single off of Quaid in the 11th inning

Game #141

Toronto 13
Binghamton 5

WP - Dustin McGowan (15-11)
LP - Chris Noth (3-21)

Star of Game - Scott Rolen (2-5, 2 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Omar Infante (7), Elijah Dukes (20)

Comments - The Boars pitching was simply lit up by the Jays

Game #142

Binghmaton 8
Toronto 5

WP - Hugo Chavez (3-4)
LP - Roy Halladay (20-8)
Save - Chad Fox (3)

Star of Game - Dennis Haysbert (4-5, 4 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Robinzon Diaz (2)

Comments - Fox is lights out as a waiver pickup closer for the Boars, Halladay struggled with the weak Binghamton lineup

Game #143

Toronto 9
Johannesburg 5

WP - AJ Burnett (11-11)
LP - Brad Pitt (5-16)
Save - Sergio Romo (33)

Star of Game - Gennaro Santos (2-3, HR 4 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Lyle Overbay (16), Gennaro Santos (1)
Johannesburg - Norm MacDonald (5)

Comments - Santos was the 4th round pick out of the Dominican Republic for the Jays and he had his breakout game with his first major league homer

Game #144

Toronto 13
Johannesburg 8

WP - Justin Verlander (15-8)
LP - Marty Mcsorley (5-11)
Save - Brian Tallet (1)

Star of Game - Vernon Wells (3-5, 2 HR's 4 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Omar Infante (8), Vernon Wells (33,34)

Comments - Verlander was awful again but won thanks to the heavy bat of Wells

Around the League

Mike Jacobs (Florida Marlins) bashes out 5 hits on the road at Finn Brothers Stadium and the Auckland Conchordes

Carlos Delgado (New York Mets) collects his 2000th hit on the road at Nationals Park against Tim Redding and the Washington Nationals

David Dejesus (Kansas City Royals) is out for the year with a ruptured achilles tendon suffered in a home game against the Caracas Bolivars

Adam Wainwright (St Louis Cardinals) fires a 2 hit shutout on the road at PacBell Stadium against the San Francisco Giants

Joey Votto (Oakland Athletics) wins AL Player of the Week (3 HR 14 RBI .467)

Mike Jacobs (Florida Marlins) wins NL Player of the Week (5 HR 8 RBI .448)

Torii Hunter (Anaheim Angels) picks up 6 hits in a road game against the Mexico City Maulers at Valenzuela Stadium

Lance Berkman clobbers 4 HOMERS at home in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks

Status

Toronto is 83-61 and tied for 3rd with the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East trailing the first place Yankees by 21 games and the wildcard leading Red Sox by 5 full games

League Leaders

Homers

AL - Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay Rays) - 49
NL - Ryan Howard (Phillies), Adam Dunn (Reds) - 49

RBI's

AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 146
NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 138

AVG

AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .360
NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .389

Stolen Bases

AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 71
NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 55

Wins

AL - Roy Halladay (Blue Jays), Brian Bruney (Yankees) - 20
NL - Andy Pettitte (St Louis Cardinals) - 20

Strikeouts

AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 223
NL - Cole Hamels (Philadelphia Phillies) - 176

Saves

AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 42
NL - Heath Bell (San Diego Padres) - 33

Division Leaders

AL East - New York Yankees - (104-40)
AL Central - Cleveland Indians - (91-53)
AL West - Texas Rangers (99-45)
AL Wildcard - Boston Red Sox (88-56)

NL East - New York Mets (87-57)
NL Central - Chicago Cubs (91-53)
NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (89-55)
NL Wildcard - St Louis Cardinals (90-54)

majormet · 07-02-2009, 04:47 PM

The Blue Jays go 4-2 and still have a remote chance at claiming the wildcard.

Game #145

Toronto 6
Johannesburg 5

WP - Brian Tallet (8-2)
LP - Anthony Calderon (2-5)

Star of Game - Joe Inglett (3-5, HR RBI)

Homers
Toronto - Joe Inglett (9)

Comments - Lyle Overbay gets the walkoff 2 run single in this one

Game #146

Cleveland 7
Toronto 6

WP - Craig Breslow (3-1)
LP - Roy Halladay (20-9)
Save - Rich Rundles (9)

Star of Game - Asdrubal Cabrera (3 run homer)

Homers
Cleveland - Asdrubal Cabrera (6)
Toronto - Chris Ianetta (31)

Comments - A tough game in which Toronto gave up an early lead

Game #147

Toronto 6
Cleveland 3

WP - John Parrish (9-8)
LP - Jeremy Sowers (8-6)
Save - Sergio Romo (34)

Star of Game - John Parrish (7 IP, hits, 2 ER, 7 K's)

Homers
Cleveland - Ryan Garko (17)
Toronto - Vernon Wells (35), Elijah Dukes (21)

Comments - Parrish has continued to pitch well during the end of the season.

Game #148

Toronto 8
Texas 5

WP - AJ Burnett (12-11)
LP - Jamey Wright (13-6)
Save - Sergio Romo (35)

Star of Game - Vernon Wells (2-4, 2 HR's, 2 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Omar Infante (9), Vernon Wells (36,37), Chris Ianetta (32)
Texas - Chris Davis (31,32), Ian Kinsler (16)

Comments - A typical homer fest in Arlington with the Jays coming out on top

Game #149

Texas 6
Toronto 5
12 Innings

WP - CJ Wilson (3-2)
LP - Sergio Romo (3-3)

Star of Game - Marlon Byrd (5-7 2 RBI's)

Homers
Toronto - Robinzon Diaz (3)

Comments - Marlon Byrd gets the walk off single in the 12th off of Romo who blew the save in the 9th

Game #150

Toronto 8
Caracas 7

WP - Dustin McGowan (16-11)
LP - Aidan Quinn (8-12)
Save - Brian Tallet (2)

Star of Game - Vernon Wells (3-5, HR RBI)

Homers
Toronto - Vernon Wells (38), Elijah Dukes (22), Lyle Overbay (17)

Comments - Wells remains red hot as the Jays hold on against the Bolivars

Around the League

David Wright (New York Mets) is out 5-6 weeks with a broken hand as he was beaned by a pitch by Anibal Sanchez in a home game

Ryan Howard (Philadelphia Phillies) slams 3 homers at home against the Washington Nationals

Ryan Shealy (Kansas City Royals) wins AL Player of the Week (2 HR 7 RBI .652)

Lance Berkman (Houston Astros) wins NL Player of the Week (4 HR 7 RBI .500)

Status

Toronto is 87-63 and still in 3rd place in the AL East trailing the first place New York Yankees by 22 games and are 4 games behind wildcard leading Boston

League Leaders

Homers

AL - Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay Rays) - 49
NL - Ryan Howard (Philadelphia Phillies) - 55

RBI

AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 157
NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 147

AVG

AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .361
NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .389

Stolen Bases

AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 72
NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 55

Wins

AL - Roy Halladay (Blue Jays), Brian Bruney (Yankees) - 20
NL - Andy Pettite (St Louis Cardinals) - 21

Strikeouts

AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 236
NL - Cole Hamels (Philadelphia Phillies) - 185

ERA

AL - Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) - 2.40
NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.92

Saves

AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 44
NL - Heath Bell (San Diego Padres) - 34

Division Leaders

AL East - New York Yankees (109-41)
AL Central - Cleveland Indians (94-56)
AL West - Texas Rangers (102-48)
AL Wildcard - Boston Red Sox (91-59)

NL East - New York Mets (89-61)
NL Central - Chicago Cubs (94-56)
NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (94-56)
NL Wildcard - St Louis Cardinals (93-57)

06-10-2009, 05:07 PM	#21
majormet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,536	2008 - Games #103-108 The Blue Jays played 2-4 ball yet again as the offense appears to take a few days off at a time. Game #103 Oakland 4 Toronto 3 WP - Kirk Saarloos (1-1) LP - AJ Burnett (10-5) Save - Santiago Casilla (3) Star of Game - Ryan Sweeney (pinch hit 2 run homer) Homers Oakland - Ryan Sweeney (8) Comments - tough loss where we made Saarloos seem like a stud Game #104 Oakland 9 Toronto 8 10 Innings WP - Santiago Casilla (1-2) LP - Scott Downs (3-2) Star of Game - Mark Ellis (5-6, HR 2 RBI's) Homers Oakland - Mark Ellis (8), Joey Votto (6), Jack Cust (27) Toronto - Alexis Rios (4), Chris Ianetta (22), Lyle Overbay (13), Marco Scutaro (4) Comments - lots of homers but could never get the lead in this one Game #105 Toronto 2 Anaheim 0 WP - Roy Halladay (15-5) LP - Dustin Moseley (8-5) Star of Game - Roy Halladay (4 hits CG shutout, 7 K's) Homers Toronto - Matt Stairs (15) Comments - Halladay plays stopper in a much needed win Game #106 Anaheim 3 Toronto 1 WP - Ervin Santana (15-4) LP - Justin Verlander (12-6) Save - Francisco Rodriguez (20) Star of Game - Ervin Santana (8 IP, 6 hits, 1 ER, 7 K's) Homers Toronto - Omar Infante (3) Comments - Santana has made life miserable all year for AL hitters Game #107 Anaheim 6 Toronto 3 WP - Jose Arredondo (4-1) LP - AJ Burnett (10-6) Save - Francisco Rodriguez (21) Star of Game - Casey Kotchman (1-3, 3 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Matt Stairs (16) Comments - Joe Inglett makes a key error in the 8th to give Anaheim a 3 run lead. Game #108 Toronto 6 Mexico City 2 WP - Dustin McGowan (13-9) LP - Tom Virtue (2-11) Star of Game - Omar Infante (2-5, HR 2 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Omar Infante (4), Vernon Wells (27) Comments - The Jays needed to have an expansion team come to town Around the League Paul Konerko (Chicago White Sox) picks up 5 hits at home against the Minnesota Twins Eric Hinske (Tampa Bay Rays) wins AL Player of the Week (4 HR 12 RBI .440) Carlos Lee (Houston Astros) wins NL Player of the Week (6 HR 13 RBI .550) Evan Longoria (Tampa Bay Rays) wins AL Batter of the Month (9 HR 31 RBI .385) Lance Berkman (Houston Astros) wins NL Batter of the Month (10 HR 26 RBI .402) Roy Halladay (Toronto Blue Jays) wins AL Pitcher of the Month (5-1 1.51 ERA) Brian Moehler (Houston Astros) wins NL Pitcher of the Month (4-0 2.25 ERA) CC Sabathia (Cleveland Indians) is out for the season with torn back muscle suffered at home game against the Binghamton Boars Kurt Suzuki (Oakland Athletics) hits for the cycle on the road against the Binghamton Boars at Ron Jeremy Park Trades Oakland Athletics trade Hank Azaria to Milwaukee Brewers for Bill Hall St Louis Cardinals trade Albert Frades, Tom Morello and Dicky Barrett to Baltimore Orioles for Melvin Mora Anaheim Angels trade Djimon Hounsu and Matthew Brown to Cleveland Indians for Travis Hafner Cincannati Reds trade Edwin Encarnacion to Los Angeles Dodgers for Hiroki Kuroda Los Angeles Dodgers trade Ramon Troncoso to St Louis Cardinals for Adam Kennedy, Brian Barden and Bill Porter Pittsburgh Pirates trade Jose Bautista to Cincinnati Reds for Joe Blanton Seattle Mariners trade Chris Makepeace and Mark Mulder to Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Cameron Toronto Blue Jays trade Shawn Camp to Los Angeles Dodgers for David Eigenberg Colorado Rockies trade Garrett Atkins to Arizona Diamondbacks for Danny Haren Colorado Rockies trade Aaron Cook, Franco Trentalace and Edwin Bellian to Oakland Athletics for Eric Chavez New York Mets trade Fernando Tatis to Cleveland Indians for Anthony Delon and Michael Aubrey Contract Extensions (over 1 mil per season) Boston Red Sox - Julio Lugo (2 years at 3.8) New York Yankees - Mike Mussina (1 year at 5.9) New York Yankees - LaTroy Hawkins (3 years at 6.3) Cleveland Indians - David Dellucci (2 years at 3.4) Cleveland Indians - Rafael Betancourt (3 years at 6.6) Detroit Tigers - Freddy Garcia (2 years at 3.6) Kansas City Royals - John Bale (3 years at 11.7) Kansas City Royals - Brett Tomko (2 years at 4.6) Anaheim Angels - Torii Hunter (3 years at 31 million) Oakland Athletics - Mike Sweeney (2 years at 6.3) Seattle Mariners - Raul Ibanez (3 years at 15 million) Seattle Mariners - JJ Putz (3 years at 7.8) Seattle Mariners - Kevin Millar (2 years at 3.8) Texas Rangers - Jamey Wright (3 years at 21 million) New York Mets - Carlos Delgado (4 years at 24 million) New York Mets - Aaron Heilman (3 years at 3.7) New York Mets - Pedro Feliciano (3 years at 3.2) Philadelphia Phillies - JC Romero (3 years at 9.3) Washington Nationals - Willie Harris (2 years at 4.1) Chicago Cubs - Mark DeRosa (3 years at 21 million) Chicago Cubs - Derek Lee (2 years at 9.4) Chicago Cubs - Reed Johnson (3 years at 12 million) Chicago Cubs - Bobby Howry (3 years at 4.5) Cincinnati Reds - Jose Contreras (2 years at 3.1) Houston Astros - Roy Oswlat (3 years at 27 million) Houston Astros - Miguel Tejada (3 years at 15 million) Houston Astros - Jim Edmonds (1 year at 4.3) Houston Astros - Jose Valverde (2 years at 3.6) Pittsburgh Pirates - Jack Wilson (2 years at 6.1) Arizona Diamondbacks - Garrett Atkins (3 years at 17 million) Los Angeles Dodgers - Derek Lowe (3 years at 27 million) Los Angeles Dodgers - Chan Ho Park (2 years at 4.8) Status Toronto is 62-46 and in 3rd place in the AL East behind the first place New York Yankees by 19 games and 4 games behind the wildcard leading Boston Red Sox.

06-12-2009, 07:25 PM	#22
majormet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,536	2008- Games #109-114 The Blue Jays still are not hitting consistently but do go 3-3 for the week. Game #109 Toronto 7 Mexico City 6 WP - John Parrish (5-7) LP - Paul Reiser (9-2) Save - Sergio Romo (25) Star of Game - Chris Ianetta (2 run homer) Homers Toronto - Chris Ianetta (23) Comments- Parrish gave up 6 runs in the first to the Maulers but the Jays came back and Parrish pitched 8 innings Game #110 Mexico City 3 Toronto 1 WP - Brett "The Hitman" Hart (5-3) LP - Roy Halladay (15-6) Save - Anthony Clark (9) Star of Game - Brett Hart (7.1 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER 4 K's) No Homers Comments - Shockingly Hart outdueled Halladay Game #111 Kansas City 4 Toronto 1 WP - Gil Meche (12-6) LP - AJ Burnett (10-7) Save - Joakim Soria (22) Star of Game - Gil Meche (8 IP, 10 hits, 1 ER, 3 K's) Homers Kansas City - Ryan Shealy (38) Comments - Burnett drops his 5th straight decision Game #112 Kansas City 9 Toronto 6 WP - Ramon Ramirez (3-3) LP - Scott Downs (3-3) Save - Joakim Soria (23) Star of Game - Jose Guillen (2-4, HR 5 RBI's) Homers Kansas City - Ryan Shealy (39), Jose Guillen (13) Toronto - Scott Rolen (18) Comments - Guillen drilles a big GW 3 run shot off the dependable Down. Game #113 Toronto 4 Kansas City 3 12 Innings WP - Brian Tallet (3-2) LP - Jimmy Gobble (1-2) Star of Game - Omar Infante (3-7 RBI) Homers Kansas City - Ryan Shealy (40) Comments - Infante has the walk off single in the 12th inning Game #114 Toronto 4 Chicago 0 WP - Roy Halladay (16-6) LP - Mark Buehrle (9-6) Star of Game - Roy Halladay (CG 7 hit shutout, 4 K's) No Homers Comments - Halladay was on fire, and tosses his 5th complete game shutout of the year. Around the League Luke Scott (Baltimore Orioles) wins AL Player of the Week (5 HR 16 RBI .381) Jason Kubel (Chicago Cubs) wins NL Player of the Week (4 HR 7 RBI .524) Carlos Guillen (Detroit Tigers) rips 5 hits on the road against the Mexico City Maulers at Valenzuela Park Status Toronto is 65-49 in 4th place in the AL East trailing the first place New York Yankees by 20 games and 4 games behind wildcard leaders, the Detroit Tigers. League Leaders Homers AL - Ryan Shealy (Kansas City Royals) - 41 NL - Adam Dunn (Reds), Ryan Howard (Phillies) - 39 RBI's AL - Ryan Shealy (Kansas City Royals) - 114 NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 109 Average AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .362 NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .401 Stolen Bases AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 51 NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 42 Wins AL - Several tied at 16 NL - Andy Pettitte (St Louis Cardinals) - 16 Strikeouts AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 179 NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 143 ERA AL - Joba Chamberlain (New York Yankees) - 1.98 NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.38 Saves AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 38 NL - BJ Ryan (Washington Nationals) - 30 Division Leaders AL East - New York Yankees - (85-29) AL Central - Cleveland Indians - (72-42) AL West - Texas Rangers - (82-32) NL East - Washington Nationals - (73-41) NL Central - Chicago Cubs - (77-37) NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (74-40)

06-13-2009, 11:36 AM	#23
Loeffle Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Duchy of Baden Posts: 2,043	As always very interesting approach and a great read __________________ 1994 and beyond - a game by game replay http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...f-dynasty.html

06-25-2009, 02:57 PM	#24
majormet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,536	2008 - Games #115-120 The Blue Jays continue to play uninspired baseball and have started to dig themselves in a hole. Game #115 Chicago 7 Toronto 5 WP - Octavio Dotel (5-2) LP - John Parrish (5-8) Save - Adam Russell (9) Star of Game - Javier Valentin (3-4 2 HR's 3 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Vernon Wells (28), Alexis Rios (5) Chicago - Alexei Ramirez (18), Javier Valentin (11,12) Comments - White Sox added Valentin off of waivers and he has been a steal Game #116 Toronto 4 Chicago 2 WP - Brian Tallet (4-2) LP - DJ Carrasco (0-5) Save - Sergio Romo (26) Star of Game - AJ Burnett (7.2 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, 5 K's) No Homers Comments - Burnett continues to be a hard luck pitcher in 2008 Game #117 Boston 6 Toronto 4 10 Innings WP - Jonathan Papelbon (5-6) LP - Scott Downs (3-4) Star of Game - JD Drew (3-3, HR 4 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Chris Ianetta (24), Lyle Overbay (14) Boston - Manny Ramirez (31), JD Drew (26) Comments - Ramirez hits the walk off 2 run shot in the 10th Game #118 Toronto 11 Boston 4 WP - Roy Halladay (17-6) LP - Dai Matsusaka (11-5) Star of Game - Elijah Dukes (3-4, HR 4 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Omar Infante (5), Vernon Wells (29), Alexis Rios (6), Elijah Dukes (16) Comments - Dice K and the Red Sox pitch some batting practice thankfully Game #119 Boston 7 Toronto 5 WP - Josh Beckett (15-5) LP - Justin Verlander (12-7) Save - Jonathan Papelbon (23) Star of Game - Manny Ramirez (4-5, RBI) Homers Toronto - Chris Ianetta (25) Comments - Beckett was pretty tough and Verlander has shown signs of struggle in recent starts Game #120 Boston 11 Toronto 8 WP - Jon Lester (14-7) LP - AJ Burnett (10-8) Star of Game - Dustin Pedroia (4-4, HR 2 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Elijah Dukes (17,18) Boston - Dustin Pedroia (10) Comments - Burnett had no movement on his pitches and Boston feasted on him. Around the League Clint Barmes (Colorado Rockies) has 5 hits on the road at Petco Park against the San Diego Padres Jhonny Peralta (Cleveland Indians) smacks 3 homers on the road at Mexico City at Valenzuela field. Javier Valentin (Chicago White Sox) wins AL Player of the Week (4 HR 9 RBI .611) Nate McLouth (Pittsburgh Pirates) wins NL Player of the Week (1 HR 8 RBI .586) Joey Votto (Oakland Athletics) collects 5 hits at home against the Mexico City Maulers. Carlos Lee (Houston Astros) is out for the year with broken knee Status Toronto is 67-53 and 21 games behind the first place New York Yankees, trailing the Boston Red Sox by 5 games in the wildcard race League Leaders Homers AL - Ryan Shealy (Kansas City Royals) - 42 NL - Adam Dunn (Reds), Ryan Howard (Phillies) - 41 RBI's AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 122 NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 118 AVG AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .362 NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .397 Stolen Bases AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 56 NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 46 Wins AL - Brian Bruney (Yankees), Roy Halladay (Blue Jays) - 17 NL - Andy Pettitte (Cardinals), Justin Duchscherer (Reds) - 16 Strikeouts AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 191 NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 154 ERA AL - Joba Chamberlain (New York Yankees) - 1.94 NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.53 Saves AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 38 NL - Takashi Saito (Los Angeles Dodgers) - 31 Division Leaders AL East - New York Yankees (88-32) AL Central - Cleveland Indians (76-44) AL West - Texas Rangers (86-34) NL East - Washington Nationals (76-44) NL Central - Chicago Cubs (80-40) NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (78-42) Wild Card AL - Boston Red Sox (72-48) Wild Card NL - St Louis Cardinals (74-46)

06-26-2009, 08:21 PM	#25
majormet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,536	2008 - Games #121-126 The Toronto Blue Jays travelled to Caracas and got their ship steered in the right direction with a 5-1 overall week Game #121 Toronto 6 Caracas 5 WP - John Parrish (6-8) LP - Andrew Eldritch (1-3) Save - Sergio Romo (27) Star of Game - Chris Ianetta (3 run homer) Homers Toronto - Chris Ianetta (26) Comments - A 4-0 lead early was almost wiped out by shoddy fielding Game #122 Toronto 6 Caracas 5 WP - Dustin McGowan (14-9) LP - Andrew Eldritch (1-4) Save - Sergio Romo (28) Star of Game - Joe Inglett (2 run homer) Homers Toronto - Joe Inglett (7), Alexis Rios (7), Chris Ianetta (27) Comments - another tight game played in South America Game #123 New York 6 Toronto 2 WP - Mike Mussina (15-5) LP - Roy Halladay (17-7) Star of Game - Mike Mussina (Cg, 8 hits, 2 ER's, 5 K's) No Homers Comments - Mussina still has it as he mows down the Jays at home Game #124 Toronto 4 New York 0 WP - Justin Verlander (13-7) LP - Chien Mien Wang (11-3) Star of Game - Justin Verlander (5 hit shutout, 9 K's) No Homers Comments - the brilliant version of Verlander came out in this game Game #125 Toronto 5 New York 4 WP - Brian Tallet (5-2) LP - Jose Veras (5-5) Save - Sergio Romo (29) Star of Game - Scott Rolen (2-4, 2 HR's, 3 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Vernon Wells (30), Scott Rolen (19,20) New York - Eric Bruntlett (4) Comments - Tallet got one out in the 8th inning and got the win in this one Game #126 Toronto 11 Detroit 7 WP - John Parrish (7-8) LP - Zach Minor (11-8) Save - Jesse Carlson (1) Star of Game - Matt Stairs (3-5, HR, 3 Rbi's) Homers Detroit - Marcus Thames (27), Magglio Ordonez (17), Ryan Raburn (6) Toronto - Matt Stairs (17) Comments - Another rough Parrish outing turned into a win. Around the League Todd Helton (Colorado Rockies) gets his 2000th career hit at home off of Josh Kinney and the St Louis Cardinals Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) wins AL Player of the Week (5 HR 15 RBI .379) Adam LaRoche (Pittsburgh Pirates) wins NL Player of the Week (5 HR 14 RBI .407) Manny Ramirez (Boston Red Sox) is out 6 weeks with a fractured knee Mike Jacobs (Florida Marlins) swats 3 homers at home against the Houston Astros Status Toronto is 72-54 and 18 games behind the first place New York Yankees in 4th place. The Jays are 4 behind in the wildcard races behind the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays League Leaders Homers AL - Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay Rays) - 43 NL - Adam Dunn (Cincinnati Reds) - 45 RBI's AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 127 NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 123 AVG AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .361 NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .394 Stolen Bases AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 62 NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 49 Wins AL - Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) - 18 NL - Andy Pettitte (Cardinals), Justin Duchscherer (Reds) - 17 Strikeouts AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 196 NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 160 ERA AL - Joba Chamberlain (New York Yankees) - 2.07 NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.61 Saves AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 39 NL - Takashi Saito (Los Angeles Dodgers) - 31 Division Leaders AL East - New York Yankees (90-36) AL Central - Cleveland Indians (80-46) AL West - Texas Rangers (87-39) AL Wildcard - Red Sox/Rays (76-50) NL East - Washington Nationals (78-48) NL Central - Chicago Cubs (84-42) NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (80-46) NL Wildcard - St Louis Cardinals (79-47)

06-29-2009, 06:37 PM	#26
majormet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,536	2008 - Games #127-132 The 2008 season is going fast and the wildcard is not really within grasp even though the Jays are 18 games over .500 Game #127 Detroit 3 Toronto 1 WP - Freddy Garcia (4-6) LP - Dustin McGowan (14-10) Save - Bobby Seay (31) Star of Game - Freddy Garcia (7 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER, 6 K's) Homers Detroit - Matt Joyce (17), Marcus Thames (28) Comments - Garcia has Toronto's number this year Game #128 Toronto 4 Detroit 2 WP - Roy Halladay (18-7) LP - Armando Galarraga (16-8) Save - Sergio Romo (30) Star of Game - Roy Halladay (8 IP, 9 hits, 2 ER, 6 K's) No Homers Comments - Hallladay was back in top form Game #129 Toronto 7 Minnesota 6 WP - Sergio Romo (3-2) LP - Denys Reyes (2-3) Star of Game - (losing) - Joe Mauer (4-5 HR 3 RBI's) Homers Minnesota - Matt Tolbert (3), Joe Mauer (8) Toronto - Omar Infante (6) Comments - Romo blows his first save in ages but the Jays win it with a walk off sac fly by Scott Rolen Game #130 Minnesota 14 Toronto 10 WP - Joe Saunders (7-11) LP - AJ Burnett (10-9) Star of Game - Joe Mauer (2-4, HR 4 RBI's) Homers Minnesota - Justin Morneau (24), Joe Mauer (9), Denard Span (14) Toronto - Alexis Rios (8,9), Robinzon Diaz (1) Comments - Minnesota jumped out 5-0, Toronto caught up with a 6-5 lead and then AJ Burnett futher imploded Game #131 Toronto 5 Minnesota 2 WP - John Parrish (8-8) LP - Francisco Liriano (11-7) Save - Sergio Romo (31) Star of Game - John Parrish (7.1 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER, 4 K's) Homers Toronto - Elijah Dukes (19) Comments - Parrish is starting to actually pitch well in his 4 game winning streak Game #132 Minnesota 6 Toronto 4 WP - Scott Baker (12-8) LP - Dustin McGowan (14-11) Save - Jesse Crain (1) Star of Game - Craig Monroe (2-3, 3 RBI's) No Homers Comments - Baker was effective enough to hold off the Jays in this one Around the League Fred Lewis (San Francisco Giants) hits 3 homers on the road at Nationals Park against the Washington Nationals Vladimir Guerrero (Anaheim Angels) wins AL Player of the Week (4 HR 9 RBI .425) Jim Edmonds (Houston Astros) wins NL Player of the Week (6 HR 16 RBI .455) David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox) slams 3 homers at home against the Paris Heartbreakers Status Toronto is 75-57 in 4th place in the AL East trailing the first place New York Yankees by 21 games and are 7 games behind the wildcard leading Boston Red Sox League Leaders Homers AL - Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay Rays) - 44 NL - Ryan Howard (Phillies), Adam Dunn (Reds) - 46 RBI AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 133 NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 130 Avg AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .360 NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .396 Stolen Bases AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 66 NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 53 Wins AL - Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) - 20 NL - Justin Duchscherer (Reds), Andy Pettite (Cardinals) - 18 Strikeouts AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 206 NL - Cole Hamels (Phillies), Kerry Wood (Cubs) - 165 ERA AL - Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) - 2.14 NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.51 Saves AL - Fran Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 40 NL - Takashi Saito (Los Angeles Dodgers) - 31 Division Leaders AL East - New York Yankees (96-36) AL Central - Cleveland Indians (83-49) AL West - Texas Rangers (93-39) AL Wildcard - Boston Red Sox (82-50) NL East - Washington Nationals (81-51) NL Central - Chicago Cubs (86-46) NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (83-49) NL Wildcard - St Louis Cardinals (83-49)

06-30-2009, 06:17 PM	#27
majormet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,536	2008- Games #133-138 The Blue Jays took two series from London and Baltimore and played 4-2 over the week as the rosters expanded to 40 players Game #133 Toronto 7 London 4 WP - Roy Halladay (19-7) LP - Steve Harvey (3-2) Star of Game - Chris Ianetta (2-4, HR 3 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Chris Ianetta (28) Comments - Halladay gave up his runs in the first 3 innings and the Jays topped the Monarchs later on. Game #134 London 6 Toronto 3 WP - Guy Ahrens (6-7) LP - AJ Burnett (10-10) Save - William Fichtner (8) Star of Game - Guy Ahrens (7 IP, 4 hits, 2 ER, 5 K's) Homers London - David Spaide (3) Comments - Burnett pitches and the Jays lose... it is becoming a recurring theme. Game #135 Toronto 11 London 1 WP - Justin Verlander (14-7) LP - Mickey Rourke (4-13) Star of Game - Justin Verlander (CG, 3 hits 1 ER, 13 K's) Homers London - David Spaide (4) Comments - Verlander was masterful with his 13 strikeouts and only allowed a homer to the light hitting Spaide. Game #136 Toronto 4 Baltimore 3 WP - Brian Tallet (6-2) LP - Jamie Walker (0-3) Save - Sergio Romo (32) Star of Game - Chris Ianetta (2-4, HR 2 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Chris Ianetta (29) Baltimore - Oscar Salazar (29) Comments - Tallet gets his usual one out in the 8th victory as Ianetta continues to carry a hot stick Game #137 Toronto 11 Baltimore 2 WP - Roy Halladay (20-7) LP - Adam Loewen (2-5) Star of Game - Lyle Overbay (3-4, HR 3 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Lyle Overbay (15) Comments - Loewen was just hanging pitches all day and Halladay gets another 20 win season Game #138 Baltimore 7 Toronto 5 WP - Dennis Sarfate (10-12) LP - AJ Burnett (10-11) Save - George Sherrill (17) Star of Game - Brian Roberts (3-5, 2 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Vernon Wells (31), Chris Ianatta (30) Baltimore - Luke Scott (29), Ramon Hernandez (11) Comments - Burnett struggled early but did regain something but dug too deep of a hole Around the League Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) wins AL Batter of the Month (12 HR 40 RBI .349) Chase Utley (Philadelphia Phillies) wins NL Batter of the Month (9 HR 32 RBI .439) Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) wins AL Pitcher of the Month (6-0 1.67 ERA) Brad Thompson (St Louis Cardinals) wins NL Pitcher of the Month (1-0 0.49 ERA) Dustin Pedroia (Boston Red Sox) wins AL Player of the Week (1 HR 9 RBI .577) Chris Dickerson (Cincinnati Reds) wiins NL Player of the Week (3 HR 5 RBI .474) Joey Votto (Oakland Athletics) has 5 hits in a home game against the Caracas Bolivars. Status Toronto is 79-59 in 4th place in the AL East trailing the first place New York Yankees by 22 games and 6 games behind wildcard leading Boston Red Sox League Leaders Homers AL - Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay Rays) - 48 NL - Ryan Howard (Philadelphia Phillies) - 48 RBI's AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 139 NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 133 Avg AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .354 NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .390 Stolen Bases AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 70 NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 53 Wins AL - Brian Bruney (Yankees), Roy Halladay (Blue Jays) - 20 NL - Justin Duchscherer (Reds), Andy Pettite (Cardinals) - 19 Strikeouts AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 216 NL - Cole Hamels (Philadelphia Philllies) - 170 ERA AL - Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) - 2.13 NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.61 Saves AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 41 NL - BJ Ryan (Washington Nationals) - 32 Division Leaders AL East - New York Yankees - (101-37) AL Central - Cleveland Indians - (87-51) AL West - Texas Rangers - (95-43) AL Wildcard - Boston Red Sox - (85-53) NL East - Washington Nationals - (85-53) NL Central - Chicago Cubs - (88-50) NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers - (86-52) NL Wildcard - St Louis Cardinals - (86-52)

07-01-2009, 03:19 PM	#28
majormet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,536	2008 - Games #139-144 The Blue Jays are playing solid at 4-2 this week but the wildcard is still a major hurdle. Game #139 Baltimore 10 Toronto 4 WP - Jeremy Guthrie (9-13) LP - Justin Verlander (14-8) Star of Game - Nick Markakis (3-4, 4 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Joe Inglett (8), Vernon Wells (32) Baltimore - Ramon Hernandez (12) Comments - Verlander did not have good stuff and the O's pounded the bullpen a bit. Game #140 Toronto 7 Binghamton 6 11 Innings WP - Brian Tallet (7-2) LP - Dennis Quaid (3-18) Star of Game - Joe Inglett (5-5,3 RBI's) No Homers Comments - Inglett delivers the walk off single off of Quaid in the 11th inning Game #141 Toronto 13 Binghamton 5 WP - Dustin McGowan (15-11) LP - Chris Noth (3-21) Star of Game - Scott Rolen (2-5, 2 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Omar Infante (7), Elijah Dukes (20) Comments - The Boars pitching was simply lit up by the Jays Game #142 Binghmaton 8 Toronto 5 WP - Hugo Chavez (3-4) LP - Roy Halladay (20-8) Save - Chad Fox (3) Star of Game - Dennis Haysbert (4-5, 4 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Robinzon Diaz (2) Comments - Fox is lights out as a waiver pickup closer for the Boars, Halladay struggled with the weak Binghamton lineup Game #143 Toronto 9 Johannesburg 5 WP - AJ Burnett (11-11) LP - Brad Pitt (5-16) Save - Sergio Romo (33) Star of Game - Gennaro Santos (2-3, HR 4 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Lyle Overbay (16), Gennaro Santos (1) Johannesburg - Norm MacDonald (5) Comments - Santos was the 4th round pick out of the Dominican Republic for the Jays and he had his breakout game with his first major league homer Game #144 Toronto 13 Johannesburg 8 WP - Justin Verlander (15-8) LP - Marty Mcsorley (5-11) Save - Brian Tallet (1) Star of Game - Vernon Wells (3-5, 2 HR's 4 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Omar Infante (8), Vernon Wells (33,34) Comments - Verlander was awful again but won thanks to the heavy bat of Wells Around the League Mike Jacobs (Florida Marlins) bashes out 5 hits on the road at Finn Brothers Stadium and the Auckland Conchordes Carlos Delgado (New York Mets) collects his 2000th hit on the road at Nationals Park against Tim Redding and the Washington Nationals David Dejesus (Kansas City Royals) is out for the year with a ruptured achilles tendon suffered in a home game against the Caracas Bolivars Adam Wainwright (St Louis Cardinals) fires a 2 hit shutout on the road at PacBell Stadium against the San Francisco Giants Joey Votto (Oakland Athletics) wins AL Player of the Week (3 HR 14 RBI .467) Mike Jacobs (Florida Marlins) wins NL Player of the Week (5 HR 8 RBI .448) Torii Hunter (Anaheim Angels) picks up 6 hits in a road game against the Mexico City Maulers at Valenzuela Stadium Lance Berkman clobbers 4 HOMERS at home in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Status Toronto is 83-61 and tied for 3rd with the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East trailing the first place Yankees by 21 games and the wildcard leading Red Sox by 5 full games League Leaders Homers AL - Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay Rays) - 49 NL - Ryan Howard (Phillies), Adam Dunn (Reds) - 49 RBI's AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 146 NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 138 AVG AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .360 NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .389 Stolen Bases AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 71 NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 55 Wins AL - Roy Halladay (Blue Jays), Brian Bruney (Yankees) - 20 NL - Andy Pettitte (St Louis Cardinals) - 20 Strikeouts AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 223 NL - Cole Hamels (Philadelphia Phillies) - 176 Saves AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 42 NL - Heath Bell (San Diego Padres) - 33 Division Leaders AL East - New York Yankees - (104-40) AL Central - Cleveland Indians - (91-53) AL West - Texas Rangers (99-45) AL Wildcard - Boston Red Sox (88-56) NL East - New York Mets (87-57) NL Central - Chicago Cubs (91-53) NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (89-55) NL Wildcard - St Louis Cardinals (90-54)

07-02-2009, 04:47 PM	#29
majormet Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,536	2008 - Games #145-150 The Blue Jays go 4-2 and still have a remote chance at claiming the wildcard. Game #145 Toronto 6 Johannesburg 5 WP - Brian Tallet (8-2) LP - Anthony Calderon (2-5) Star of Game - Joe Inglett (3-5, HR RBI) Homers Toronto - Joe Inglett (9) Comments - Lyle Overbay gets the walkoff 2 run single in this one Game #146 Cleveland 7 Toronto 6 WP - Craig Breslow (3-1) LP - Roy Halladay (20-9) Save - Rich Rundles (9) Star of Game - Asdrubal Cabrera (3 run homer) Homers Cleveland - Asdrubal Cabrera (6) Toronto - Chris Ianetta (31) Comments - A tough game in which Toronto gave up an early lead Game #147 Toronto 6 Cleveland 3 WP - John Parrish (9-8) LP - Jeremy Sowers (8-6) Save - Sergio Romo (34) Star of Game - John Parrish (7 IP, hits, 2 ER, 7 K's) Homers Cleveland - Ryan Garko (17) Toronto - Vernon Wells (35), Elijah Dukes (21) Comments - Parrish has continued to pitch well during the end of the season. Game #148 Toronto 8 Texas 5 WP - AJ Burnett (12-11) LP - Jamey Wright (13-6) Save - Sergio Romo (35) Star of Game - Vernon Wells (2-4, 2 HR's, 2 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Omar Infante (9), Vernon Wells (36,37), Chris Ianetta (32) Texas - Chris Davis (31,32), Ian Kinsler (16) Comments - A typical homer fest in Arlington with the Jays coming out on top Game #149 Texas 6 Toronto 5 12 Innings WP - CJ Wilson (3-2) LP - Sergio Romo (3-3) Star of Game - Marlon Byrd (5-7 2 RBI's) Homers Toronto - Robinzon Diaz (3) Comments - Marlon Byrd gets the walk off single in the 12th off of Romo who blew the save in the 9th Game #150 Toronto 8 Caracas 7 WP - Dustin McGowan (16-11) LP - Aidan Quinn (8-12) Save - Brian Tallet (2) Star of Game - Vernon Wells (3-5, HR RBI) Homers Toronto - Vernon Wells (38), Elijah Dukes (22), Lyle Overbay (17) Comments - Wells remains red hot as the Jays hold on against the Bolivars Around the League David Wright (New York Mets) is out 5-6 weeks with a broken hand as he was beaned by a pitch by Anibal Sanchez in a home game Ryan Howard (Philadelphia Phillies) slams 3 homers at home against the Washington Nationals Ryan Shealy (Kansas City Royals) wins AL Player of the Week (2 HR 7 RBI .652) Lance Berkman (Houston Astros) wins NL Player of the Week (4 HR 7 RBI .500) Status Toronto is 87-63 and still in 3rd place in the AL East trailing the first place New York Yankees by 22 games and are 4 games behind wildcard leading Boston League Leaders Homers AL - Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay Rays) - 49 NL - Ryan Howard (Philadelphia Phillies) - 55 RBI AL - Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees) - 157 NL - Albert Pujols (St Louis Cardinals) - 147 AVG AL - Justin Morneau (Minnesota Twins) - .361 NL - Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves) - .389 Stolen Bases AL - Matt Tolbert (Minnesota Twins) - 72 NL - Jose Reyes (New York Mets) - 55 Wins AL - Roy Halladay (Blue Jays), Brian Bruney (Yankees) - 20 NL - Andy Pettite (St Louis Cardinals) - 21 Strikeouts AL - Rich Harden (Oakland Athletics) - 236 NL - Cole Hamels (Philadelphia Phillies) - 185 ERA AL - Brian Bruney (New York Yankees) - 2.40 NL - Kerry Wood (Chicago Cubs) - 2.92 Saves AL - Frank Francisco (Texas Rangers) - 44 NL - Heath Bell (San Diego Padres) - 34 Division Leaders AL East - New York Yankees (109-41) AL Central - Cleveland Indians (94-56) AL West - Texas Rangers (102-48) AL Wildcard - Boston Red Sox (91-59) NL East - New York Mets (89-61) NL Central - Chicago Cubs (94-56) NL West - Los Angeles Dodgers (94-56) NL Wildcard - St Louis Cardinals (93-57)