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 3 0 1 0 0 4 8 1 TORONTO 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 x 5 9 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE, JON SWITZER (6TH), SCOTT DOHMANN (6TH), DAN WHEELER (8TH) AND RAUL CASANOVA TOR - DUSTIN MCGOWAN, SCOTT DOWNS (7TH), JASON FRASOR (8TH), JEREMY ACCARDO (9TH) AND GREGG ZAUN HOME RUNS: TAM - JORGE VELANDIA (2) OFF DUSTIN MCGOWAN IN THE 5TH, 1 ON CARLOS PENA (45) OFF DUSTIN MCGOWAN IN THE 5TH, 0 ON TOR - MATT STAIRS (21) OFF ANDY SONNANSTINE IN THE 5TH, 0 ON ADAM LIND (10) OFF JON SWITZER IN THE 6TH, 1 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 3 0 1 0 0 4 8 1 TORONTO 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 x 5 9 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE, JON SWITZER (6TH), SCOTT DOHMANN (6TH), DAN WHEELER (8TH) AND RAUL CASANOVA TOR - DUSTIN MCGOWAN, SCOTT DOWNS (7TH), JASON FRASOR (8TH), JEREMY ACCARDO (9TH) AND GREGG ZAUN WP - DUSTIN MCGOWAN (12-10) LP - ANDY SONNANSTINE (6-10) SAVE - JEREMY ACCARDO (30) HOME RUNS: TAM - JORGE VELANDIA (2) OFF DUSTIN MCGOWAN IN THE 5TH, 1 ON CARLOS PENA (45) OFF DUSTIN MCGOWAN IN THE 5TH, 0 ON TOR - MATT STAIRS (21) OFF ANDY SONNANSTINE IN THE 5TH, 0 ON ADAM LIND (10) OFF JON SWITZER IN THE 6TH, 1 ON TIME: 2:41 ATT: 34,670 PROBABLES: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON (5-15, 5.96) TOR - JESSE LITSCH (7-9, 3.94)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (4) VS TORONTO (5) - FINAL TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura dh 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 .284 J Velandia 2b 5 1 2 3 0 0 3 .349 C Pena 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 .280 G Norton lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 .241 D Young rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .289 R Casanova c 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .219 J Guzman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276 J Ruggiano cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .167 J Wilson ss 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .252 a-B Upton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .302 Totals 36 4 8 4 2 11 16 a-struck out swinging for J Wilson in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - J Wilson (15, D McGowan). HR - J Velandia (2, 5th inning off D McGowan 1 on, 2 Out), C Pena (45, 5th inning off D McGowan 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Velandia 3 (11), C Pena (120). 2-out RBI - J Velandia 2, C Pena. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Norton 2, D Young 1. Team LOB - 7. FIELDING: E - A Sonnanstine (2, throw). DP: 2 (C Pena-J Wilson-A Sonnanstine, R Casanova-J Wilson-C Pena). TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Johnson rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .238 M Stairs 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 .290 A Rios cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .296 F Thomas dh 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 .278 a-J Griffin ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 A Hill 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .291 A Lind lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .238 G Zaun c 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .242 H Luna 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .200 J McDonald ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .251 R Olmedo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Totals 31 5 9 4 2 8 11 a-grounded to first for F Thomas in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - M Stairs (28, A Sonnanstine); A Rios (43, A Sonnanstine); F Thomas (30, A Sonnanstine); A Hill (47, A Sonnanstine). HR - M Stairs (21, 5th inning off A Sonnanstine 0 on, 2 Out), A Lind (10, 6th inning off J Switzer 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Stairs (64), A Hill (77), A Lind 2 (41). 2-out RBI - M Stairs. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - F Thomas 1, H Luna 2. GIDP - M Stairs. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: CS - R Johnson (2, 2nd base by S Dohmann/R Casanova). FIELDING: E - H Luna (2, ground ball). ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY - 000 030 100 -- 4 TORONTO - 000 113 00x -- 5 ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine (L, 6-10) 5 6 4 4 1 4 1 5.85 J Switzer 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 8.50 S Dohmann 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 4 0 3.06 D Wheeler 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.00 TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era D McGowan (W, 12-10) 6 6 4 3 2 6 2 4.08 S Downs (H, 27) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.20 J Frasor (H, 4) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.61 J Accardo (S, 30) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.14 A Sonnanstine pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. D McGowan pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. IBB - C Pena (by D McGowan), G Zaun 2 (by A Sonnanstine, D Wheeler). HBP - H Luna (by A Sonnanstine); R Johnson (by A Sonnanstine). Pitches-strikes: A Sonnanstine 82-57; J Switzer 5-3; S Dohmann 29-22; D Wheeler 18-11; D McGowan 93-58; S Downs 15-9; J Frasor 16-11; J Accardo 16-10. Ground balls-fly balls: A Sonnanstine 7-4; J Switzer 1-0; S Dohmann 0-0; D Wheeler 3-0; D McGowan 7-5; S Downs 1-0; J Frasor 1-1; J Accardo 1-0. Batters faced: A Sonnanstine 23; J Switzer 2; S Dohmann 5; D Wheeler 5; D McGowan 27; S Downs 4; J Frasor 3; J Accardo 4. UMPIRES: HP--Jerry Meals. 1B--Adam Dowdy. 2B--James Hoye. 3B--Larry Poncino. T--2:41. Att--34,670. Weather: INDOORS</div>
Stairs, Lind power Blue Jays past Devil Rays <h3>TORONTO 5, TAMPA BAY 4</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- Matt Stairs and Adam Lind homered to helpthe Toronto Blue Jays rally for a 5-4 victory over the Tampa BayDevil Rays in Friday's weekend series opener. Toronto trailed, 3-1, in the fifth inning before Stairs beltedhis 21st blast over the right field fence against rookie AndySonnnastine to make it a one-run contest. An inning later, Frank Thomas doubled and came home on AaronHill's game-tying RBI double to chase Sonnanstine in favor ofreliever Jon Switzer (0-3), who gave up the go-ahead two-runhomer to Lind on the first pitch. The home run was the Lind's 10th and his eighth blast at theRogers Centre. Toronto's Dustin McGowan (12-10) went six-plus innings for thewin, giving up four runs and six hits with six strikeouts. Two Blue Jay relievers bridged the gap to closer Jeremy Accardo,who registered the final three outs in the ninth for his 30thsave. Thomas opened the scoring in the fourth with his RBI single toplate Alex Rios, who doubled to lead off the frame. The 24-year-old Sonnanstine surrendered four runs and six hitswith four strikeouts through five-plus frames. Jorge Velandia hit a two-run shot and Carlos Pena added his 45sthomer during a three-run fifth for the Devil Rays, who droppedtheir third straight outing.
AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY (4) AT TORONTO (5) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO 4TH: A Rios doubled to right. F Thomas reached on infield single to pitcher, A Rios scored, F Thomas to second on throwing error by pitcher A Sonnanstine. A Hill grounded out to shortstop. A Lind struck out swinging. G Zaun intentionally walked. H Luna grounded out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Ruggiano walked. J Wilson grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Ruggiano out at second. A Iwamura struck out swinging. J Velandia homered to left center, J Wilson scored. C Pena homered to right. G Norton lined out to center. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 1. TORONTO 5TH: J McDonald lined out to right. R Johnson flied out to center. M Stairs homered to right. A Rios grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 2. TORONTO 6TH: F Thomas doubled to deep left center. A Hill doubled to deep center, F Thomas scored. J Switzer relieved A Sonnanstine. A Lind homered to right center, A Hill scored. G Zaun grounded out to shortstop. S Dohmann relieved J Switzer. H Luna struck out swinging. J McDonald struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 5. TAMPA BAY 7TH: R Olmedo at shortstop. J Ruggiano safe at first on error by third baseman H Luna. J Wilson singled to left center, J Ruggiano to second. S Downs relieved D McGowan. A Iwamura reached on infield single to pitcher, J Ruggiano to third, J Wilson to second. J Velandia grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Ruggiano scored, A Iwamura out at second, J Wilson to third. C Pena struck out swinging. G Norton struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 4, TORONTO 5.</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at TORONTO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAMPA BAY (4) AT TORONTO (5) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura DH, J Velandia 2B, C Pena 1B, G Norton LF, D Young RF, R Casanova C, J Guzman 3B, J Ruggiano CF, J Wilson SS, A Sonnanstine RHP. Toronto Starting Lineups -- R Johnson RF, M Stairs 1B, A Rios CF, F Thomas DH, A Hill 2B, A Lind LF, G Zaun C, H Luna 3B, J McDonald SS, D McGowan RHP. Umpires -- Jerry Meals (HP), Adam Dowdy (1B), James Hoye (2B), Larry Poncino (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura grounded out to pitcher. J Velandia singled to left. C Pena singled to center, J Velandia to second. G Norton struck out swinging. D Young struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TORONTO 1ST: R Johnson struck out swinging. M Stairs doubled to deep left center. A Rios flied out to right. F Thomas struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TAMPA BAY 2ND: R Casanova flied out to right. J Guzman grounded out to pitcher. J Ruggiano grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TORONTO 2ND: A Hill grounded out to shortstop. A Lind flied out to right. G Zaun struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TAMPA BAY 3RD: J Wilson doubled to right. A Iwamura grounded out to pitcher. J Velandia flied out to center. C Pena intentionally walked. G Norton flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TORONTO 3RD: H Luna hit by pitch. J McDonald grounded out to third, H Luna to second. R Johnson hit by pitch. M Stairs grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, R Johnson out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TAMPA BAY 4TH: D Young grounded out to pitcher. R Casanova flied out to center. J Guzman struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 0. TORONTO 4TH: A Rios doubled to right. F Thomas reached on infield single to pitcher, A Rios scored, F Thomas to second on throwing error by pitcher A Sonnanstine. A Hill grounded out to shortstop. A Lind struck out swinging. G Zaun intentionally walked. H Luna grounded out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 0, TORONTO 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Ruggiano walked. J Wilson grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Ruggiano out at second. A Iwamura struck out swinging. J Velandia homered to left center, J Wilson scored. C Pena homered to right. G Norton lined out to center. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 1. TORONTO 5TH: J McDonald lined out to right. R Johnson flied out to center. M Stairs homered to right. A Rios grounded out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 2. TAMPA BAY 6TH: D Young struck out swinging. R Casanova struck out swinging. J Guzman grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 2. TORONTO 6TH: F Thomas doubled to deep left center. A Hill doubled to deep center, F Thomas scored. J Switzer relieved A Sonnanstine. A Lind homered to right center, A Hill scored. G Zaun grounded out to shortstop. S Dohmann relieved J Switzer. H Luna struck out swinging. J McDonald struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 3, TORONTO 5. TAMPA BAY 7TH: R Olmedo at shortstop. J Ruggiano safe at first on error by third baseman H Luna. J Wilson singled to left center, J Ruggiano to second. S Downs relieved D McGowan. A Iwamura reached on infield single to pitcher, J Ruggiano to third, J Wilson to second. J Velandia grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Ruggiano scored, A Iwamura out at second, J Wilson to third. C Pena struck out swinging. G Norton struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 4, TORONTO 5. TORONTO 7TH: R Johnson reached on infield single to third. M Stairs struck out swinging. R Johnson caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop to first. A Rios struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, TORONTO 5. TAMPA BAY 8TH: J Frasor relieved S Downs. D Young struck out swinging. R Casanova grounded out to third. J Guzman flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, TORONTO 5. TORONTO 8TH: D Wheeler relieved S Dohmann. J Griffin hit for F Thomas. J Griffin grounded out to first. A Hill singled to left. A Lind grounded out to first, A Hill to second. G Zaun intentionally walked. H Luna grounded into fielder's choice to third, G Zaun out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, TORONTO 5. TAMPA BAY 9TH: J Accardo relieved J Frasor. J Ruggiano struck out swinging. B Upton hit for J Wilson. B Upton struck out swinging. A Iwamura singled to right. J Velandia grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 4, TORONTO 5.</div>
Stairs, Lind power Blue Jays past Devil Rays <h3>TORONTO 5, TAMPA BAY 4</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- Matt Stairs and Adam Lind homered to helpthe Toronto Blue Jays rally for a 5-4 victory over the Tampa BayDevil Rays in Friday's weekend series opener. Toronto trailed, 3-1, in the fifth inning before Stairs beltedhis 21st blast over the right field fence against rookie AndySonnnastine to make it a one-run contest. An inning later, Frank Thomas doubled and came home on AaronHill's game-tying RBI double to chase Sonnanstine (6-10) infavor of reliever Jon Switzer, who gave up the go-ahead two-runhomer to Lind on the first pitch. The home run was the Lind's 10th and his eighth blast at theRogers Centre. Toronto's Dustin McGowan (12-10) went six-plus innings for thewin, giving up four runs and six hits with six strikeouts. Two Blue Jay relievers bridged the gap to closer Jeremy Accardo,who registered the final three outs in the ninth for his 30thsave. Thomas opened the scoring in the fourth with his RBI single toplate Alex Rios, who doubled to lead off the frame. The 24-year-old Sonnanstine surrendered four runs and six hitswith four strikeouts through five-plus frames. Jorge Velandia hit a two-run shot and Carlos Pena added his 45sthomer during a three-run fifth for the Devil Rays, who droppedtheir third straight outing.
Stairs, Lind power Blue Jays past Devil Rays <h3>TORONTO 5, TAMPA BAY 4</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- Matt Stairs and Adam Lind homered to helpthe Toronto Blue Jays rally for a 5-4 victory over the Tampa BayDevil Rays in Friday's weekend series opener. Toronto trailed, 3-1, in the fifth inning before Stairs beltedhis 21st blast over the right field fence against rookie AndySonnanstine to make it a one-run contest. An inning later, Frank Thomas doubled and came home on AaronHill's game-tying RBI double to chase Sonnanstine (6-10) infavor of reliever Jon Switzer, who gave up the go-ahead two-runhomer to Lind on the first pitch. "(Lind) hit a hanging slider," Switzer said. "It was just a badpitch. He got it and did what he's supposed to do." "I felt good about (the lefthander) Switzer coming in on Lind,"Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "It was all right there forus, but (Toronto) foiled the plan." The home run was Lind's 10th and his eighth blast at the RogersCentre. "I was just looking for something out over the plate and get(Hill) over to third base with less than two outs," Lind said."I'm just trying to have patience and wait for my pitch. Anyhome run is kind of cool." Toronto's Dustin McGowan (12-10) went six-plus innings for thewin, giving up four runs and six hits with six strikeouts. "A win's always good to finish the season off," said McGowan,who has a 1.97 ERA in his last nine home starts. "I'm verypleased with what I've done this year. I think I've made somebig strides." Two Blue Jays relievers bridged the gap to closer JeremyAccardo, who registered the final three outs in the ninth forhis 30th save. "I just hear that (30 saves) is a big number," Accardo said."It doesn't mean that much to me, but it's a nice thing toaccomplish especially the way the season's gone." Thomas opened the scoring in the fourth with his RBI single toplate Alex Rios, who doubled to lead off the frame. The 24-year-old Sonnanstine surrendered four runs and six hitswith four strikeouts through five-plus frames. "I feel like the first time through the lineup I'm cruising, andthen the next time through I'm really getting hurt,"Sonnanstine said. "I really need to mix it up or do somethingdifferent." "He was going along rather well and then they had that inningthere," Maddon said. "We did a lot of things well, but therewere certain things we didn't do well and they beat us." Jorge Velandia hit a two-run shot and Carlos Pena added his 45thhomer during a three-run fifth for the Devil Rays, who droppedtheir third straight outing.
