AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY (8) AT TORONTO (5) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 2B, J Velandia SS, C Pena 1B, G Norton RF, R Casanova DH, D Navarro C, J Gomes LF, J Guzman 3B, J Ruggiano CF, J Hammel RHP. Toronto Starting Lineups -- R Johnson DH, R Adams 2B, A Rios CF, A Lind LF, J Griffin RF, C Thigpen C, H Luna 1B, J Inglett 3B, R Olmedo SS, A Burnett RHP. Umpires -- James Hoye (HP), Larry Poncino (1B), Jerry Meals (2B), Adam Dowdy (3B). Gametime Weather: 68 degrees, Sunny, wind out to center at 4 mph. TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura struck out swinging. J Velandia struck out swinging. C Pena homered to right. G Norton lined out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 0. TORONTO 1ST: R Johnson grounded out to shortstop. R Adams struck out swinging. A Rios reached on infield single to second. A Rios stole second. A Lind singled to center, A Rios scored. J Griffin struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 1. TAMPA BAY 2ND: R Casanova grounded out to first. D Navarro flied out to center. J Gomes struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 1. TORONTO 2ND: C Thigpen walked. H Luna struck out looking. J Inglett tripled to deep right, C Thigpen scored. R Olmedo walked. R Johnson grounded into double play, third to second to first, R Olmedo out at second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 2. TAMPA BAY 3RD: J Guzman struck out swinging. J Ruggiano struck out swinging. A Iwamura struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 2. TORONTO 3RD: R Adams flied out to center. A Rios lined out to left. A Lind struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 2. TAMPA BAY 4TH: J Velandia lined out to left. C Pena walked. G Norton popped out to first. R Casanova singled to center, C Pena to third. D Navarro flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 2. TORONTO 4TH: J Griffin struck out swinging. C Thigpen doubled to right. H Luna grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Thigpen out at third. H Luna stole second. J Inglett singled to right, H Luna scored, J Inglett thrown out at second attempting to advance on play. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 3. TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Gomes doubled to right. J Guzman grounded out to shortstop. J Gomes stole third. J Ruggiano grounded out to second, J Gomes scored. A Iwamura grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, TORONTO 3. TORONTO 5TH: R Olmedo hit a ground rule double to right. R Johnson sacrificed to third, R Olmedo to third. R Adams singled to shallow right, R Olmedo scored. A Rios struck out swinging, R Adams stole second. A Lind grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 2, TORONTO 4. TAMPA BAY 6TH: J Velandia walked. C Pena singled to right center, J Velandia to second. G Norton singled to right, J Velandia scored, C Pena to third. R Casanova singled to shallow right, C Pena scored, G Norton to second. D Navarro grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Casanova out at second, G Norton to third. J Gomes hit sacrifice fly to center, G Norton scored. J Guzman tripled to right center, D Navarro scored. J Ruggiano singled to shallow right, J Guzman scored. B Tallet relieved A Burnett. A Iwamura walked, J Ruggiano to second. J Velandia fouled out to first. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 7, TORONTO 4. TORONTO 6TH: G Balfour relieved J Hammel. D Young in right field. J Griffin struck out swinging. C Thigpen struck out swinging. H Luna lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 7, TORONTO 4. TAMPA BAY 7TH: C Pena struck out swinging. D Young struck out swinging. R Casanova singled to left. D Navarro grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Casanova out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 7, TORONTO 4. TORONTO 7TH: J Switzer relieved G Balfour. J Inglett grounded out to pitcher. R Olmedo lined out to first. R Johnson singled to center. R Adams popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 7, TORONTO 4. TAMPA BAY 8TH: J Towers relieved B Tallet. J Gomes grounded out to shortstop. J Guzman popped out to second. J Ruggiano singled to center. A Iwamura tripled to deep center, J Ruggiano scored. J Velandia walked. C Pena struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, TORONTO 4. TORONTO 8TH: S Dohmann relieved J Switzer. A Rios tripled to right. A Lind grounded out to first, A Rios scored. J Griffin singled to center. G Glover relieved S Dohmann. C Thigpen grounded into double play, shortstop to first, J Griffin out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, TORONTO 5. TAMPA BAY 9TH: D Young fouled out to first. R Casanova fouled out to catcher. D Navarro singled to right. J Gomes struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, TORONTO 5. TORONTO 9TH: Al Reyes relieved G Glover. H Luna flied out to right. J Inglett popped out to second. R Olmedo flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 8, TORONTO 5.</div>
Five-run sixth propels Devil Rays past Blue Jays <h3>TAMPA BAY 8, TORONTO 5</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays scored five timesin the sixth inning off nemesis A.J. Burnett en route to an 8-5victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday in the seasonfinale for both teams. The win helped the Devil Rays (66-96) avoid a three-game sweepto end the season. The Blue Jays (83-78) finished in thirdplace in the American League East for the 13th time in the last14 seasons. Burnett entered the contest with 6-1 record with a 2.45 ERA in12 career starts vs. Tampa Bay, but could not hold a 4-2 lead inthe sixth. "His pitches were getting up there a little bit," Tampa Baymanager Joe Maddon said. "I thought we had a lot of good at-batseven prior to that inning. It was nice to see especiallyagainst a guy that has had success against us." Jorge Velandia walked to open the inning, and after Carlos Penasingled, Greg Norton singled to right field to score Velandia. Raul Casanova, who had three hits, singled to right to platePena. One out later, Jonny Gomes hit a sacrifice fly to scoreNorton. "We were getting in a lot of fastball-situation counts in thatinning," Casanova said. "Burnett's tough when he throws hisoffspeed pitch for strikes, that's when A.J. is at his best, sowe were trying to stay away from the breaking ball." Dioner Navarro then scored on a triple to deep right by JoelGuzman, who promptly scored on a single by Justin Ruggiano tomake it 7-4. That was all for Burnett (10-8), who allowed seven runs andeight hits, striking out six with a pair of walks. The five-run outburst made a winner of Jason Hammel (3-5), whopitched five innings, allowing four runs and seven hits. "It feels real good to finish up the year," Hammel said. "Istruggled with command of my offspeed pitch, but I battledthrough it and kept the team in the game. Hats off to thehitters - they played really well today." Grant Balfour, Jon Switzer, Scott Dohmann and Gary Gloverbridged the gap to Al Reyes, who pitched the ninth to record his26th save of the season. Pena gave the Devil Rays a 1-0 lead in the first inning with ahome run to right field. It was his 46th home run and 121st RBIto set Tampa Bay franchise records. "I'm glad we got that win to end up on a good note," said Pena,who was a non-roster invitee this spring. "Personally, I'm justextremely happy and thankful and excited about (my season). Thisyear has been an incredible blessing." Toronto knotted the score in the bottom half with an RBI singlefrom Alex Rios, then took a 2-1 lead in the second on an RBItriple by Joe Inglett. Inglett made it 3-1 with a run-scoring single in the third, andthe teams traded runs in the fifth inning, setting the stage forTampa Bay's offensive surge. "Today was a tough one," Toronto manager John Gibbons said."Sometimes, September is a tough month to play, but the guysshould hold their heads high."
