AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">AL AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE GROUND OUT BY JUSTIN RUGGIANO SCORED DIONER NAVARRO. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2 TORONTO 5 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J WILSON (.251, 0-FOR-1, 2 BB)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">AL AT TORONTO - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: R Casanova hit for J Wilson. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2 TORONTO 5 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: R Casanova (.219, 6 HR, 10 RBI)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">AL AT TORONTO - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: B Harris ran for R Casanova. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B HARRIS ON FIRST, 2 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2 TORONTO 5 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A Iwamura (.284, 1-FOR-3, RBI)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">AL AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY AKINORI IWAMURA SCORED BRENDAN HARRIS. SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, 0 LEFT ON, 3 OUT CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 3 TORONTO 5 END TOP, 9TH</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 TORONTO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 x 5 4 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON, DAN WHEELER (8TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO TOR - JESSE LITSCH, BRANDON LEAGUE (7TH), JOE KENNEDY (7TH), JASON FRASOR (8TH), SCOTT DOWNS (8TH), BRIAN WOLFE (9TH) AND CURTIS THIGPEN HOME RUNS: TAM - NONE TOR - JOHN-FORD GRIFFIN (1) OFF EDWIN JACKSON IN THE 4TH, 0 ON ADAM LIND (11) OFF DAN WHEELER IN THE 8TH, 2 ON</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 TORONTO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 x 5 4 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON, DAN WHEELER (8TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO TOR - JESSE LITSCH, BRANDON LEAGUE (7TH), JOE KENNEDY (7TH), JASON FRASOR (8TH), SCOTT DOWNS (8TH), BRIAN WOLFE (9TH) AND CURTIS THIGPEN WP - SCOTT DOWNS (4-2) LP - DAN WHEELER (0-5) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: TAM - NONE TOR - JOHN-FORD GRIFFIN (1) OFF EDWIN JACKSON IN THE 4TH, 0 ON ADAM LIND (11) OFF DAN WHEELER IN THE 8TH, 2 ON TIME: 2:34 ATT: 37,681 PROBABLES: TAM - JASON HAMMEL (2-5, 6.08) TOR - A.J. BURNETT (10-7, 3.49)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (3) VS TORONTO (5) - FINAL TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 .285 J Velandia 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .340 C Pena dh 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .280 B Upton cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 .300 D Young rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .289 G Norton rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 a-J Gomes ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .244 D Navarro c 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .227 J Guzman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .242 J Ruggiano lf-rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 .100 J Wilson ss 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .251 b-R Casanova ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .230 B Harris pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Totals 31 3 7 3 6 5 15 a-grounded to second for G Norton in the 8th; b-singled to center for J Wilson in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - A Iwamura (21, J Litsch); D Navarro (19, B Wolfe). RBI - A Iwamura 2 (33), J Ruggiano (1). 2-out RBI - A Iwamura. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Velandia 1, B Upton 1, J Guzman 1. GIDP - B Upton, J Guzman, J Gomes. Team LOB - 7. FIELDING: E - J Wilson (17, throw); J Guzman (1, catch). DP: 2 (A Iwamura-J Velandia-J Guzman 2). TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Johnson cf-rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .235 M Stairs 1b 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 .289 F Thomas dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .277 a-R Adams ph-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 A Hill 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 .291 A Lind lf 4 1 1 3 0 1 2 .238 J Griffin rf 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 .333 A Rios cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296 C Thigpen c 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .235 H Luna 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .184 R Olmedo ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .208 Totals 26 5 4 5 6 7 13 a-reached on error (credited with a sacrifice) for F Thomas in the 8th. BATTING: HR - J Griffin (1, 4th inning off E Jackson 0 on, 2 Out), A Lind (11, 8th inning off D Wheeler 2 on, 1 Out). S - R Adams. SF - A Hill. RBI - J Griffin (3), A Hill (78), A Lind 3 (44). 2-out RBI - J Griffin. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - H Luna 1. GIDP - A Lind, R Johnson. Team LOB - 5. FIELDING: E - A Hill (14, throw). Outfield assists - R Johnson (A Iwamura at 2nd base). DP: 3 (R Olmedo-A Hill-M Stairs, H Luna-A Hill-M Stairs 2). ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY - 000 010 002 -- 3 TORONTO - 000 100 04x -- 5 ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era E Jackson 7 3 1 1 5 6 1 5.76 D Wheeler (L, 0-5) 1 1 4 0 1 1 1 5.76 TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era J Litsch 6 4 1 1 4 3 0 3.81 B League 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.17 J Kennedy 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.42 J Frasor 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.58 S Downs (W, 4-2) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.17 B Wolfe 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 2.98 J Kennedy pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IBB - C Pena (by J Litsch). Pitches-strikes: E Jackson 104-64; D Wheeler 23-14; J Litsch 100-56; B League 10-4; J Kennedy 13-8; J Frasor 7-5; S Downs 2-2; B Wolfe 18-12. Ground balls-fly balls: E Jackson 7-8; D Wheeler 1-2; J Litsch 10-5; B League 1-0; J Kennedy 1-0; J Frasor 0-0; S Downs 2-0; B Wolfe 1-1. Batters faced: E Jackson 27; D Wheeler 7; J Litsch 25; B League 2; J Kennedy 3; J Frasor 1; S Downs 1; B Wolfe 5. UMPIRES: HP--Adam Dowdy. 1B--James Hoye. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Jerry Meals. T--2:34. Att--37,681. Weather: 63 degrees, sunny. Wind: 5 mph, out to center.</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY (3) AT TORONTO (5) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO 4TH: A Hill singled to left center. A Lind grounded into double play, third to second to first, A Hill out at second. J Griffin homered to right. C Thigpen grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Ruggiano struck out looking. J Wilson walked. A Iwamura doubled to deep center, J Wilson scored. J Velandia grounded out to third. C Pena intentionally walked. B Upton grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 1. TORONTO 8TH: J Gomes in left field. J Ruggiano in right field. D Wheeler relieved E Jackson. R Johnson safe at first on throwing error by shortstop J Wilson. M Stairs walked, R Johnson to second. R Adams hit for F Thomas. R Adams sacrificed to pitcher, R Johnson to third, M Stairs to second, R Adams safe at first on error by first baseman J Guzman. A Hill hit sacrifice fly to right, R Johnson scored. A Lind homered to right center, M Stairs and R Adams scored. J Griffin struck out swinging. C Thigpen lined out to second. (4 Runs, 1 Hit, 2 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 5. TAMPA BAY 9TH: R Johnson in right field. A Rios in center field. B Wolfe relieved S Downs. D Navarro doubled to right. J Guzman flied out to center, D Navarro to third. J Ruggiano grounded out to shortstop, D Navarro scored. R Casanova hit for J Wilson. R Casanova singled to center. B Harris ran for R Casanova. B Harris to second on fielder's indifference. A Iwamura singled to right, B Harris scored advancing on play. A Iwamura out stretching at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 5.</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY (3) AT TORONTO (5) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, J Velandia 2B, C Pena DH, B Upton CF, D Young RF, D Navarro C, J Guzman 1B, J Ruggiano LF, J Wilson SS, E Jackson RHP. Toronto Starting Lineups -- R Johnson CF, M Stairs 1B, F Thomas DH, A Hill 2B, A Lind LF, J Griffin RF, C Thigpen C, H Luna 3B, R Olmedo SS, J Litsch RHP. Umpires -- Adam Dowdy (HP), James Hoye (1B), Larry Poncino (2B), Jerry Meals (3B). Gametime Weather: 63 degrees, Sunny, wind out to center at 5 mph. TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura struck out swinging. J Velandia singled to left. C Pena safe at first on throwing error by second baseman A Hill, J Velandia to second. B Upton grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Pena out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TORONTO 1ST: R Johnson flied out to left. M Stairs struck out swinging. F Thomas flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TAMPA BAY 2ND: D Young fouled out to first. D Navarro grounded out to shortstop. J Guzman popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TORONTO 2ND: A Hill lined out to right. A Lind grounded out to second. J Griffin walked. C Thigpen walked, J Griffin to second. H Luna grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TAMPA BAY 3RD: J Ruggiano grounded out to third. J Wilson flied out to right. A Iwamura walked. J Velandia struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TORONTO 3RD: R Olmedo struck out looking. R Johnson walked. M Stairs flied out to left. F Thomas struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TAMPA BAY 4TH: C Pena walked. B Upton flied out to center. D Young singled to right, C Pena to second. D Navarro lined out to right. J Guzman grounded out to catcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TORONTO 4TH: A Hill singled to left center. A Lind grounded into double play, third to second to first, A Hill out at second. J Griffin homered to right. C Thigpen grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Ruggiano struck out looking. J Wilson walked. A Iwamura doubled to deep center, J Wilson scored. J Velandia grounded out to third. C Pena intentionally walked. B Upton grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 1. TORONTO 5TH: H Luna lined out to second. R Olmedo walked. R Johnson grounded into double play, third to second to first, R Olmedo out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 1. TAMPA BAY 6TH: D Young grounded out to third. D Navarro singled to center. J Guzman grounded into double play, third to second to first, D Navarro out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 1. TORONTO 6TH: G Norton in right field. M Stairs walked. F Thomas flied out to right. A Hill popped out to third. A Lind struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 1. TAMPA BAY 7TH: B League relieved J Litsch. J Ruggiano grounded out to pitcher. J Wilson walked. J Kennedy relieved B League. A Iwamura grounded out to first, J Wilson to second. J Velandia struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 1. TORONTO 7TH: J Griffin struck out swinging. C Thigpen singled to right. H Luna struck out swinging. R Olmedo flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 1. TAMPA BAY 8TH: C Pena walked. J Frasor relieved J Kennedy. B Upton struck out swinging. S Downs relieved J Frasor. J Gomes hit for G Norton. J Gomes grounded into double play, third to second to first, C Pena out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 1. TORONTO 8TH: J Gomes in left field. J Ruggiano in right field. D Wheeler relieved E Jackson. R Johnson safe at first on throwing error by shortstop J Wilson. M Stairs walked, R Johnson to second. R Adams hit for F Thomas. R Adams sacrificed to pitcher, R Johnson to third, M Stairs to second, R Adams safe at first on error by first baseman J Guzman. A Hill hit sacrifice fly to right, R Johnson scored. A Lind homered to right center, M Stairs and R Adams scored. J Griffin struck out swinging. C Thigpen lined out to second. (4 Runs, 1 Hit, 2 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 5. TAMPA BAY 9TH: R Johnson in right field. A Rios in center field. B Wolfe relieved S Downs. D Navarro doubled to right. J Guzman flied out to center, D Navarro to third. J Ruggiano grounded out to shortstop, D Navarro scored. R Casanova hit for J Wilson. R Casanova singled to center. B Harris ran for R Casanova. B Harris to second on fielder's indifference. A Iwamura singled to right, B Harris scored advancing on play. A Iwamura out stretching at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 5.</div>
Lind's three-run homer lifts Blue Jays over Devil Rays <h3>TORONTO 5, TAMPA BAY 3</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- Adam Lind belted a three-run homer andJesse Litsch hurled six solid innings as the Toronto Blue Jaysused a four-run eighth inning en route to a 5-3 victory over theTampa Bay Devil Rays on Saturday afternoon. John-Ford Griffin also homered for the Blue Jays, who willfinish the season vs. the Devil Rays on Sunday. Lind capped the outburst in the eighth frame with his homer offTampa Bay reliever Dan Wheeler (0-5), hitting a towering shot toright-center field to give the Blue Jays a 5-1 advantage. Litsch allowed one run and four hits while striking out threeand walking four, but he did not pick up his third consecutivewinning decision. He limited the playoff-bound New York Yankeesto one run over 7 2/3 innings in Monday's 4-1 win. Five relievers combined to hurl the final three frames,including Scott Downs (4-2), who got the final two outs of theeighth to pick up the win. Brian Wolfe allowed two runs in theninth but finished out the game in a non-save situation. Reed Johnson started the decisive eighth by reaching on TampaBay shortstop Josh Wilson's throwing error. Matt Stairs thenwalked and pinch hitter Russ Adams also reached on an error byfirst baseman Joel Guzman to load the bases. Aaron Hill followed with a sacrifice fly to snap a 1-1 tie,setting up Lind's homer. Griffin started the scoring with a solohomer - his second career blast and first since 2005 - in thefourth inning for the Blue Jays. The Devil Rays tied the game in the fifth on rookie AkinoriIwamura's RBI double. Wilson was issued a one-out walk byLitsch and came around on Iwamura's base hit. Tampa Bay starter Edwin Jackson yielded one run and three hitsin seven innings. He struck out six and walked five.
Lind's three-run homer lifts Blue Jays over Devil Rays <h3>TORONTO 5, TAMPA BAY 3</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- Adam Lind belted a three-run homer andJesse Litsch hurled six solid innings as the Toronto Blue Jaysused a four-run eighth inning en route to a 5-3 victory over theTampa Bay Devil Rays on Saturday afternoon. John-Ford Griffin also homered for the Blue Jays, who willfinish the season vs. the Devil Rays on Sunday. Lind capped the outburst in the eighth frame with his homer offTampa Bay reliever Dan Wheeler (0-5), hitting a towering shot toright-center field to give the Blue Jays a 5-1 advantage. "I'm just going out there and having fun," Lind said. "It'snice to get some at-bats, and I'm trying to take advantage ofit. It would be nice if we got to play in October, but thatobviously isn't going to happen." Litsch allowed one run and four hits while striking out threeand walking four, but he did not pick up his third consecutivewinning decision. He limited the playoff-bound New York Yankeesto one run over 7 2/3 innings in Monday's 4-1 win. "I got my changeup back which was big," said Litsch, who endedthe season with a 3.81 ERA - the third-lowest ERA of any Torontorookie with at least 20 starts. "I was just trying to workboth sides of the plate and keep the hitters off balance." "Litsch finished on a great note," Blue Jays manager JohnGibbons said. "He's had a tremendous year for us. Sometimes,we forget he's only 22." Five relievers combined to hurl the final three frames,including Scott Downs (4-2), who got the final two outs of theeighth to pick up the win. Brian Wolfe allowed two runs in theninth but finished out the game in a non-save situation. Reed Johnson started the decisive eighth by reaching on TampaBay shortstop Josh Wilson's throwing error. Matt Stairs thenwalked and pinch hitter Russ Adams also reached on an error byfirst baseman Joel Guzman to load the bases. "We messed it up," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "Dannygave up several runs in that inning, but really could have beenout of that relatively unscathed. It was just unfortunate." Aaron Hill followed with a sacrifice fly to snap a 1-1 tie,setting up Lind's homer. "I leave a pitch up, and the guy hits a home run, that's on me,"said Wheeler, who allowed four unearned runs. "It doesn'tmatter how we get to that point. If I make some better pitches,who knows what happens in that inning?" Griffin started the scoring with a solo homer - his secondcareer blast and first since 2005 - in the fourth inning for theBlue Jays. "It was awesome," Griffin said. "He obviously gave me a pitchthat I could drive, and I did something with it." The Devil Rays tied the game in the fifth on rookie AkinoriIwamura's RBI double. Wilson was issued a one-out walk byLitsch and came around on Iwamura's base hit. Tampa Bay starter Edwin Jackson yielded one run and three hitsin seven innings. He struck out six and walked five. "When I got into jams, I found a way to get out of it," Jacksonsaid. "It's pretty good to end the season on a good note but,unfortunately, we couldn't come away with a victory."
