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| Blue Jays go for series victory over Mariners | Wed Aug 17 10:53:27 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays can win back-to-back series with a victory tonight against the Seattle Mariners in the finale of a three-game set at Safeco Field. The Blue Jays took two of three meetings at home versus the LA Angels of Anaheim before heading to the Emerald City for a three-game series. They lost Monday's series opener by a 6-5 score, but were able to even the set with last night's 13-7 pounding of the Mariners. Colby Rasmus had a bases-clearing double and Aaron Hill hi | |
| Vargas struggles in Mariners' 13-7 loss | Wed Aug 17 02:37:00 2011 EST |
SEATTLE (AP) - Jason Vargas has been a bit of a mystery for the Seattle Mariners this season. The Toronto Blue Jays had little trouble figuring him out on Tuesday night. The Jays got to Vargas for six runs in the first inning and went on to a 13-7 victory. It's been an inconsistent season for Vargas. He has had moments of brilliance with three complete-game shutouts and another scoreless nine-inning no-decision. He also lost five straight starts in July, working beyond six innings jus | |
| Blue Jays rout Mariners | Wed Aug 17 02:12:37 2011 EST |
| Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays put on a batting clinic Tuesday night at Safeco Field, pounding out 15 hits en route to a 13-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners in the second test of a three-game set. Colby Rasmus and Aaron Hill paced the Blue Jays with four RBI apiece and Jose Bautista chipped in with a two-run homer, his major league-leading 35th homer of the season. Luis Perez (2-2) worked four innings in relief to earn the win, giving up one run on three hits while fann | |
| Blue Jays place P Rauch on DL | Tue Aug 16 16:39:19 2011 EST |
| Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays placed pitcher Jon Rauch on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with appendicitis. Rauch appeared in 51 games this season and posted a 5-4 record with 11 saves and a 4.47 earned run average. The Blue Jays also designated pitcher Trever Miller for assignment and selected the contracts of pitchers Wil Ledezma and Rommie Lewis from Triple-A Las Vegas. Miller appeared in six games for the Blue Jays, who acquired the 38-year-old in a trade with the C | |
| AL East: Yankees pass test | Tue Aug 16 12:41:33 2011 EST |
| d Sox on Wednesday. "We don't want to skip either (Shields or Price), and Niemann's been kind of a hot hand lately, so it just makes sense to go that way," manager Joe Maddon told the St. Petersburg Times. JAYS' FIRST-ROUNDER SLIPS AWAY The Toronto Blue Jays failed to reach an agreement with first-round draft pick Tyler Beede before Monday night's deadline. Beede, a big right-hander from the Auburn area, was the only first-round pick of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft not to finalize a contrac | |
| Mariners resume set with visiting Blue Jays | Tue Aug 16 10:40:59 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Seattle Mariners first baseman Mike Carp has been on a tear this month and looks to keep his ballclub in the win column Tuesday night versus the Toronto Blue Jays in the second portion of a three-game series. Carp homered twice in Monday's 6-5 win over the Jays in the series opener from Safeco Field and extended his career-high hitting streak to 15 games. He has driven in 17 runs this month and has reached base safely in 24 straight games. Since being recalled from Triple-A T | |
| Blue Jays fail to sign first-round pick | Tue Aug 16 02:34:45 2011 EST |
| Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays did not sign 2011 first- round pick Tyler Beede by Monday's midnight (et) deadline. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound pitcher was selected 21st overall out of Lawrence (Mass.) Academy. However, Beede elected to attend Vanderbilt instead and will not become eligible for the draft again until 2014. | |
| Carp, Wells hit HRs in eighth to lift M's to victory | Tue Aug 16 01:57:12 2011 EST |
| Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - Mike Carp and Casper Wells hit back-to-back, eighth-inning homers to push the Seattle Mariners past the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-5, in the opener of a three-game series. Carp finished with two home runs and extended his major league-leading hit streak to 15 games. Wells has homered in three straight games. Trayvon Robinson went 3-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored for the Mariners, who won their third straight. Tom Wilhelmsen (1-0) worked a scoreless eigh | |
| Pineda, Mariners take on visiting Blue Jays | Mon Aug 15 10:52:44 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Michael Pineda tries to pitch the Seattle Mariners to their third straight win this evening when they open a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Safeco Field. Pineda has been one of the top rookies in the American League this season, going 9-7 with a 3.57 earned run average for the disappointing Mariners, who have stated that they will try and limit his innings from here on out. The young right-hander did not get a decision against the Texas Rangers last Tuesday, | |
| Cardinals, Rockies wrap set at Busch Stadium | Sun Aug 14 10:51:47 2011 EST |
| lone run for the Cardinals. Jaime Garcia (10-6) was tagged for all five runs on six hits with four walks and three strikeouts over five innings to take the loss. For St. Louis, Edwin Jackson makes his fourth start since coming over from the Toronto Blue Jays in a midseason trade. The 27-year-old allowed a run in seven innings while beating the Chicago Cubs in his St. Louis debut on July 29. He's 0-1 with a no-decision since, while allowing 20 hits and 13 runs in 13 innings. He was touched for s | |
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