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toronto blue jays
| Cards return home to face Dodgers | Mon Aug 22 10:37:44 2011 EST |
| Chris Carpenter aims for an eighth win in nine decisions tonight when the St. Louis Cardinals return home to Busch STadium to open a three-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The New Hampshire native, who was a first-round pick of the Toronto Blue Jays way back in 1993, was just 1-7 in 2011 after dropping a 5-4 interleague decision to Kansas City on June 17. He's since improved his slate to 8-8, winning seven of eight decisions across 11 starts, including a 5-2 win over Milwaukee on Aug. | |
| Perez shines in first MLB start, Jays edge A's | Sun Aug 21 19:01:35 2011 EST |
| Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Luis Perez's first major league start couldn't have gone much better. The rookie left-hander one-hit the Oakland Athletics in six innings Sunday to guide the Toronto Blue Jays to a 1-0 win in the finale of a four-game series. Perez (3-2), who made 29 appearances out of the bullpen before getting his first chance to start, carried a perfect game into the sixth but gave up two walks and Oakland's only hit on a one-out single by Jemile Weeks. He had four strikeouts a | |
| Jays attempt to get back on track in Oakland | Sun Aug 21 10:37:57 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) -In jeopardy of losing three straight for the first time since early July, the Toronto Blue Jays try to close down the Oakland Athletics this afternoon as the clubs close out a four-game set at the Coliseum. Toronto, which has lost back-to-back games five times since the All-Star break, is fading fast in the American League East where it is now 13 games off the pace and in fourth place in the standings, ahead of only Baltimore. On Saturday the Jays produced just a single run an | |
| Blue Jays ship Davies to minors | Sat Aug 20 18:40:48 2011 EST |
| Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays assigned pitcher Kyle Davies to Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday. Davies was signed by Toronto on Friday after the Royals released him August 10 as part of a roster reshaping. Reports later surfaced that the right-hander was arrested in Tampa on charges of disorderly intoxication the day before, though the club denied knowledge of the arrest before Davies' release. The 27-year-old starter was a dismal 1-9 with a 6.75 earned run average in 13 ou | |
| Jays aim to get back on track in Oakland | Sat Aug 20 10:52:05 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - Ready for the third of four weekend clashes with the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum, the visiting Toronto Blue Jays hope to wake up their bats this evening after struggling at the plate on Friday. Toronto hurler Henderson Alvarez, who will get the ball tonight, made just his second career start on Monday against the Mariners and was in line to earn the victory despite allowing four runs in five innings. Unfortunately, the bullpen blew the lead and prevented Alvarez from ea | |
| Willingham, Harden lead A's past Jays | Sat Aug 20 00:52:49 2011 EST |
| Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Josh Willingham's two-run homer in the first inning was all Rich Harden and the Oakland Athletics bullpen needed to down the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-0, in the second meeting of a four-game series. Harden (4-2) struck out 11 in seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and four walks for Oakland, which has won three of four overall. Grant Balfour and Andrew Bailey both hurled an inning of relief to finish off the shutout. Willingham's homer was the only blemish | |
| Harden strikes out 11, leads A's past Blue Jays | Sat Aug 20 00:33:00 2011 EST |
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Rich Harden matched his career high with 11 strikeouts and didn't allow a hit until the fifth, Josh Willingham hit a two-run homer, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 on Friday night. Harden quickly recovered from a shaky start and Willingham's drive in the first off Brett Cecil (4-6) held up as the A's bounced back a day after being shut out 7-0 in the series opener. They won for just the third time in eight games. J.P. Arencibia singled to le | |
| Brewers commence set with Mets at Citi Field | Fri Aug 19 11:09:21 2011 EST |
| ladelphia and 12 in back of wild card-leading Atlanta. The Brewers will send Shaun Marcum to the mound tonight and he has won three straight decisions. Marcum hasn't lost since late June. The 29-year-old Missouri native won 13 games for the Toronto Blue Jays while making 31 starts and has instantly become a success with the Brewers, who have won five of his last six starts while outscoring foes, 27-14. He tossed 7 2/3 innings of one-run ball with five strikeouts in Milwaukee's 2-1 defeat of Pit | |
| Blue Jays try to continue run barrage vs. A's | Fri Aug 19 10:52:45 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays haven't been shy about scoring runs this season and lately it's becoming the norm. Averaging over seven runs per game in their last 11 contests (46 total), the Blue Jays look to keep the production going tonight in the second of four straight meetings with the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum. The Blue Jays blanked the A's, 7-0, in Thursday's series opener behind another brilliant performance from Ricky Romero. Romero tossed a three-hit shutout and stru | |
| Blue Jays continue road trip in Oakland | Thu Aug 18 10:44:53 2011 EST |
| (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays will resume their trip out west tonight in the opener of a four-game series against the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum. The Jays took two of three meetings with Seattle at Safeco Field and recorded a 5-1 win in Wednesday's series finale. Adam Lind hit a three-run homer and both Edwin Encarnacion and Colby Rasmus added solo shots for Toronto, which was coming off a 13-7 victory on Tuesday and won for the fourth time in five tries. The Blue Jays are a s | |
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