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| Halladay goes for fourth win in as many starts in opener with Rangers |
MLB Baseball |
04/21/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Former Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay takes aim at a major-league best fourth victory tonight when the Toronto Blue Jays host the Texas Rangers in game one of a three-game series at Rogers Centre. A 31-year-old native of Denver, Colorado, Halladay has gone seven innings for victories in each of his three outings in 2009, defeating Detroit, Cleveland and Minnesota on April 6, 11 and 16, respectively. Overall in 21 innings, he's allowed 19 hits and seven hits while walking three and strikin |
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| Blue Jays sneak past Athletics |
MLB Baseball |
04/19/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Lyle Overbay drove in the lone run of the game and Ricky Romero pitched seven solid innings as the Toronto Blue Jays edged the Oakland Athletics, 1-0, in the rubber match of a three-game series at Rogers Centre. Romero (2-0) was brilliant over seven innings in earning the win. The left- hander scattered four hits, struck out six and walked two. The Blue Jays bullpen allowed only one hit in the final two frames. B.J. Ryan picked up his second save of the season. "It was a total tea |
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| Blue Jays go for series win against A's |
MLB Baseball |
04/19/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays target their fourth straight series win to start the season this afternoon when they play the rubber match of their three-game set with the Oakland Athletics at Rogers Centre. After losing to the A's in the opener, Toronto evened the series in dramatic fashion on Saturday, as Lyle Overbay's two-run homer in the 12th inning propelled the Blue Jays to a 4-2 win. With Dan Giese (0-1) on the mound in the 12th with two outs, Jose Bautista kept the inning alive with a walk and |
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| Overbay's two-run blast lifts Blue Jays past A's in 12 innings |
MLB Baseball |
04/19/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Lyle Overbay's two-run homer in the 12th inning helped the Toronto Blue Jays take a 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics in the second of a three-game set at Rogers Centre. With Dan Giese (0-1) on the mound in the 12th with two outs, Jose Bautista kept the inning alive with a walk and Overbay followed by depositing the ball over the wall in right-center for the win. "I left a fastball up in the zone," said Giese. "You can't do that against good hitters. It was a bad pitch on my part |
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| Jays place C Barrett on DL |
MLB Baseball |
04/18/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - The Toronto Blue Jays placed catcher Michael Barrett on the 15-day disabled list Saturday. Barrett tore a muscle in his right shoulder during Friday's 8-5 loss against Oakland. He will be reevaluated in two weeks. The 32-year-old is batting .167 with one home run and two RBI in seven games this season. To take his spot on the roster, the Blue Jays purchased the contract of catcher Raul Chavez from Triple-A Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League. |
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| A's resume set with Blue Jays in afternoon tilt |
MLB Baseball |
04/18/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Oakland right-hander Trevor Cahill tries once again for his first major league win this afternoon when the Athletics play the middle test of their three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. After a no-decision in his big league debut, the 21-year-old Cahill was charged with a hard-luck loss in his second start on Sunday against Seattle, as he carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning before surrendering a run and two hits in his team's 1-0 loss. Toronto, meanwhile, wi |
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| Crosby and A's get past Toronto |
MLB Baseball |
04/18/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Bobby Crosby had a three-run triple to lead the Oakland Athletics past the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-5, in the opener of a three- game set at the Rogers Centre. Toronto had beaten Oakland six straight times coming into the game and outscored the A's 35-10 over that span. Matt Holliday knocked in a pair of runs for the A's, who have won three of their last four tilts. Ryan Sweeney and Mark Ellis each drove in a run in the win. Josh Outman lasted four innings and gave up five runs -- thr |
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| Angels to begin series with struggling Twins |
MLB Baseball |
04/17/2009 |
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| les right after Napoli's hit as Los Angeles won on the road for the first time this season. Saunders (2-1) allowed three hits and a run, walking a batter and fanning three. Minnesota, meanwhile, enters tonight's tilt having lost three of four to the Toronto Blue Jays, including a 9-2 setback in Thursday's finale. Francisco Liriano (0-3) lost again for the Twins, but did throw 65 of his 104 pitches for strikes and gave up just two runs -- one earned -- with five strikeouts in six frames. Minnesota has now lost fi |
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| Blue Jays aim to extend fast start against A's |
MLB Baseball |
04/17/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) -- After a very successful week-long road trip, the Toronto Blue Jays find themselves in first place of the loaded American League East Division. The surprising club will attempt to remain on top when it returns to the Rogers Centre this evening to start up a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics. Picked by a majority of preseason prognosticators to finish in the second tier of the AL East in 2009, the Blue Jays have roared out to a league-best 8-3 record and won five times on a seven-ga |
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| Jays trot out ace Halladay for finale with Twins |
MLB Baseball |
04/16/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Former American League Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay goes for his third win in as many 2009 starts tonight, when his Toronto Blue Jays visit the Metrodome for the finale of a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins. A 31-year-old native of Denver, Halladay opened his season on April 6 with an 12-5 defeat of Detroit before picking up a second win with a 5-4 victory at Cleveland last Saturday. Combined, he's given up 11 hits and six runs in 14 innings, striking out nine and walking three |
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