AL: TORONTO at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">TORONTO (2) VS TAMPA BAY (3) - FINAL TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg V Wells cf 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 .251 R Johnson lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .239 b-L Overbay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 A Rios rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .306 F Thomas dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .268 M Stairs 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312 T Glaus 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260 A Hill 2b 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 .273 G Zaun c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 J McDonald ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .252 a-A Lind ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .232 R Olmedo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 31 2 4 2 0 7 5 a-struck out swinging for J Mcdonald in the 8th; b-popped out to shortstop for R Johnson in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - F Thomas (27, J Shields). HR - A Hill (15, 5th inning off J Shields 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - V Wells (79), A Hill (71). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Johnson 1, A Hill 1. Team LOB - 2. FIELDING: E - T Glaus (9, dropped foul ball). DP: 1 (T Glaus-A Hill-M Stairs). TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 .285 C Crawford lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .315 C Pena 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 .278 B Upton dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 .313 D Young cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .293 B Harris 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .283 J Gomes rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .243 D Navarro c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 J Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Totals 31 3 8 3 0 7 9 BATTING: HR - B Harris (10, 2nd inning off J Litsch 0 on, 0 Out), C Crawford (11, 6th inning off J Litsch 0 on, 0 Out), C Pena (38, 6th inning off J Litsch 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - B Harris (55), C Crawford (77), C Pena (106). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1. GIDP - D Young. Team LOB - 4. ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO - 001 010 000 -- 2 TAMPA BAY - 010 002 00x -- 3 ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era J Litsch (L, 5-8) 5 7 3 3 0 5 3 4.11 B Wolfe 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.91 S Downs 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.44 C Janssen 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.27 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era J Shields (W, 12-8) 7 4 2 2 0 5 1 3.96 D Wheeler (H, 8) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.19 Al Reyes (S, 23) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.70 J Litsch pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. WP - J Shields. Pitches-strikes: J Litsch 92-58; B Wolfe 21-15; S Downs 12-8; C Janssen 1-1; J Shields 106-70; D Wheeler 13-8; Al Reyes 9-6. Ground balls-fly balls: J Litsch 3-7; B Wolfe 3-2; S Downs 1-0; C Janssen 0-1; J Shields 6-10; D Wheeler 0-2; Al Reyes 1-1. Batters faced: J Litsch 22; B Wolfe 5; S Downs 3; C Janssen 1; J Shields 25; D Wheeler 3; Al Reyes 3. UMPIRES: HP--Paul Emmel. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Angel Campos. 3B--Ron Kulpa. T--2:35. (Plus unknown delay totaling 6 minutes in the 4th). Att--20,556. Weather: INDOORS</div>
AL: TORONTO at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO (2) AT TAMPA BAY (3) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY 2ND: B Harris homered to left. J Gomes flied out to left. D Navarro flied out to right. J Wilson flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 3RD: A Hill singled to left. G Zaun grounded out to third, A Hill to second. J McDonald singled to right, A Hill to third. J McDonald to second on wild pitch by J Shields. V Wells grounded out to second, A Hill scored, J McDonald to third. R Johnson grounded out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 5TH: T Glaus fouled out to first. A Hill homered to left. G Zaun grounded out to shortstop. J McDonald flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 6TH: C Crawford homered to center. C Pena homered to right center. B Upton singled to center. B Wolfe relieved J Litsch. D Young grounded into double play, third to second to first, B Upton out at second. B Harris grounded out to third. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 3.</div>
AL: TORONTO at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO (2) AT TAMPA BAY (3) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Toronto Starting Lineups -- V Wells CF, R Johnson LF, A Rios RF, F Thomas DH, M Stairs 1B, T Glaus 3B, A Hill 2B, G Zaun C, J McDonald SS, J Litsch RHP. Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, C Pena 1B, B Upton DH, D Young CF, B Harris 2B, J Gomes RF, D Navarro C, J Wilson SS, J Shields RHP. Umpires -- Paul Emmel (HP), Dan Iassogna (1B), Angel Campos (2B), Ron Kulpa (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. TORONTO 1ST: V Wells struck out swinging. R Johnson struck out swinging. A Rios struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura singled to right. C Crawford singled to center, A Iwamura to second. C Pena flied out to center. B Upton struck out looking. D Young flied out to right. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 0. TORONTO 2ND: F Thomas popped out to second. M Stairs flied out to left. T Glaus flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 2ND: B Harris homered to left. J Gomes flied out to left. D Navarro flied out to right. J Wilson flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 3RD: A Hill singled to left. G Zaun grounded out to third, A Hill to second. J McDonald singled to right, A Hill to third. J McDonald to second on wild pitch by J Shields. V Wells grounded out to second, A Hill scored, J McDonald to third. R Johnson grounded out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 3RD: A Iwamura struck out looking. C Crawford struck out swinging. C Pena singled to right. B Upton struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 4TH: A Rios struck out swinging. F Thomas lined out to second. M Stairs popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 4TH: D Young grounded out to third. B Harris lined out to third. J Gomes flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 5TH: T Glaus fouled out to first. A Hill homered to left. G Zaun grounded out to shortstop. J McDonald flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: D Navarro grounded out to second. J Wilson grounded out to shortstop. A Iwamura struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 6TH: V Wells popped out to third. R Johnson grounded out to third. A Rios fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 6TH: C Crawford homered to center. C Pena homered to right center. B Upton singled to center. B Wolfe relieved J Litsch. D Young grounded into double play, third to second to first, B Upton out at second. B Harris grounded out to third. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 3. TORONTO 7TH: F Thomas doubled to deep center. M Stairs flied out to right, F Thomas to third. T Glaus struck out swinging. A Hill grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 3. TAMPA BAY 7TH: J Gomes struck out looking. D Navarro continues to bat after dropped foul ball by third baseman T Glaus. D Navarro flied out to right. J Wilson popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 3. TORONTO 8TH: D Wheeler relieved J Shields. G Zaun flied out to left. A Lind hit for J McDonald. A Lind struck out swinging. V Wells fouled out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 3. TAMPA BAY 8TH: R Olmedo at shortstop. S Downs relieved B Wolfe. A Iwamura struck out swinging. C Crawford grounded out to third. C Pena singled to left. C Janssen relieved S Downs. B Upton flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 3. TORONTO 9TH: Al Reyes relieved D Wheeler. L Overbay hit for R Johnson. L Overbay popped out to shortstop. A Rios struck out swinging. F Thomas grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 3.</div>
AL: TORONTO at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">TORONTO (2) VS TAMPA BAY (3) - FINAL TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg V Wells cf 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 .251 R Johnson lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .239 b-L Overbay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 A Rios rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .306 F Thomas dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .268 M Stairs 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312 T Glaus 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260 A Hill 2b 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 .273 G Zaun c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 J McDonald ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .252 a-A Lind ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .232 R Olmedo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 31 2 4 2 0 7 5 a-struck out swinging for J Mcdonald in the 8th; b-popped out to shortstop for R Johnson in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - F Thomas (27, J Shields). HR - A Hill (15, 5th inning off J Shields 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - V Wells (79), A Hill (71). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Johnson 1, A Hill 1. Team LOB - 2. FIELDING: E - T Glaus (9, dropped foul ball). DP: 1 (T Glaus-A Hill-M Stairs). TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 .285 C Crawford lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .315 C Pena 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 .278 B Upton dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 .313 D Young cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .293 B Harris 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .283 J Gomes rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .243 D Navarro c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 J Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Totals 31 3 8 3 0 7 9 BATTING: HR - B Harris (10, 2nd inning off J Litsch 0 on, 0 Out), C Crawford (11, 6th inning off J Litsch 0 on, 0 Out), C Pena (38, 6th inning off J Litsch 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - B Harris (55), C Crawford (77), C Pena (106). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1. GIDP - D Young. Team LOB - 4. ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO - 001 010 000 -- 2 TAMPA BAY - 010 002 00x -- 3 ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era J Litsch (L, 5-8) 5 7 3 3 0 5 3 4.11 B Wolfe 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.91 S Downs 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.44 C Janssen 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.27 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era J Shields (W, 12-8) 7 4 2 2 0 5 1 3.96 D Wheeler (H, 8) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.19 Al Reyes (S, 23) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.70 J Litsch pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. WP - J Shields. Pitches-strikes: J Litsch 92-58; B Wolfe 21-15; S Downs 12-8; C Janssen 1-1; J Shields 106-70; D Wheeler 13-8; Al Reyes 9-6. Ground balls-fly balls: J Litsch 3-7; B Wolfe 3-2; S Downs 1-0; C Janssen 0-1; J Shields 6-10; D Wheeler 0-2; Al Reyes 1-1. Batters faced: J Litsch 22; B Wolfe 5; S Downs 3; C Janssen 1; J Shields 25; D Wheeler 3; Al Reyes 3. UMPIRES: HP--Paul Emmel. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Angel Campos. 3B--Ron Kulpa. T--2:35. (Plus power delay totaling 10 minutes in the 4th). Att--20,556. Weather: INDOORS</div>
Power show keeps Devil Rays hot <h3>TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 2</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- Tampa Bay found just enoughoffense to remain one of the hottest teams in baseball. Brendan Harris, Carl Crawford and Carlos Pena each hit solo homeruns to lift the Devil Rays past the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-2, onSunday. The win was the Devil Rays' 12th in their last 16 games. OnlyTexas and Cleveland have a better record since August 24. Harris' 10th blast of the season gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead inthe second before Vernon Wells' groundout pulled Toronto even inthe third at 1-1. Trailing 2-1 in the sixth, Crawford and Pena led off the inningwith back-to-back home runs to chase Toronto rookie starterJesse Litsch (5-8), who fell to 1-4 in his last five decisions. Devil Rays starter James Shields (12-8) allowed only four hitsand two runs with five strikeouts over seven innings. He wonhis third consecutive decision and for the fourth time in hislast five decisions. Reliever Dan Wheeler tossed a perfect eighth before handing itover in the ninth to closer Al Reyes, who set down the Blue Jaysin order to post his 23rd save in 25 chances. Toronto threatened to pull even in the seventh when Frank Thomasled off with a double. After Matt Stairs' flied out to rightmoved Thomas to third, Troy Glaus struck out and Aaron Hillgrounded out to Shields to end the inning. Litsch surrendered all three homers among the seven hits heallowed over five innings. Hill had two hits and scored twice for Toronto, which droppedtheir second straight road series to a division rival. The game was delayed for 10 minutes in the bottom of the fourthbecause of a power interruption effecting the lights insideTropicana Field.
Power show keeps Devil Rays hot <h3>TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 2</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- Tampa Bay found just enoughoffense to remain one of the hottest teams in baseball. Brendan Harris, Carl Crawford and Carlos Pena each hit solo homeruns to lift the Devil Rays past the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-2, onSunday. The win was the Devil Rays' 12th in their last 16 games. OnlyTexas and Cleveland have a better record since August 24. "This last month is to prove to ourselves how good we can be,"Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "It's all about the pitchingstaff. They drive the machine. It's frustrating to look atour record right now." Harris' 10th blast of the season gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead inthe second before Vernon Wells' groundout pulled Toronto even inthe third at 1-1. With the Devil Rays trailing 2-1 in the sixth, Crawford and Penaled off the inning with back-to-back home runs to chase Torontorookie starter Jesse Litsch (5-8), who fell to 1-4 in his lastfive decisions. "It's so good to win these close ones," Pena said. "Itdefinitely feels good to win the series. We think we are a teamthat can compete in this division, a team that can fight for aplayoff spot." Devil Rays starter James Shields (12-8) allowed only four hitsand two runs with five strikeouts over seven innings. He wonhis third consecutive decision and for the fourth time in hislast five decisions. "I just go out there every day and just pitch," Shields said."I'm just out there pitching every fifth day and trying to keepit going. I've had a great season so far and I'm just trying tofinish it out strong." Reliever Dan Wheeler tossed a perfect eighth before handing itover in the ninth to closer Al Reyes, who set down the Blue Jaysin order to post his 23rd save in 25 chances. Toronto threatened to pull even in the seventh when Frank Thomasled off with a double. After Matt Stairs' flied out to rightto move Thomas to third, Troy Glaus struck out and Aaron Hillgrounded out to Shields to end the inning. Litsch surrendered all three homers among the seven hits heallowed over five innings. "Mistake pitches, that's basically all you can say about it,"Litsch said. "If you miss your spots, they jump on it. Theyare good hitters. It was a battle, a definite battle. Istarted out a little shaky and I just had to battle through it." Hill had two hits and scored twice for Toronto, which droppedtheir second straight road series to a division rival. The game was delayed for 10 minutes in the bottom of the fourthbecause of a power interruption effecting the lights insideTropicana Field.
