AL: TORONTO at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO (4) AT TAMPA BAY (5) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Toronto Starting Lineups -- V Wells CF, M Stairs LF, A Rios RF, F Thomas DH, T Glaus 3B, L Overbay 1B, A Hill 2B, G Zaun C, J McDonald SS, A Burnett RHP. Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, C Pena 1B, D Young CF, B Harris 2B, J Gomes RF, G Norton DH, D Navarro C, J Wilson SS, J Hammel RHP. Umpires -- Ron Kulpa (HP), Paul Emmel (1B), Dan Iassogna (2B), Angel Campos (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. TORONTO 1ST: V Wells popped out to first. M Stairs singled to deep right, M Stairs out stretching at second. A Rios lined out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura struck out looking. C Crawford popped out to shortstop. C Pena walked. D Young singled to left, C Pena to second. B Harris flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 0. TORONTO 2ND: F Thomas grounded out to shortstop. T Glaus singled to left. L Overbay grounded into fielder's choice to first, T Glaus out at second. A Hill grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, L Overbay out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 2ND: J Gomes struck out looking. G Norton struck out swinging. D Navarro homered to right. J Wilson fouled out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 3RD: G Zaun fouled out to left. J McDonald flied out to right. V Wells lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 3RD: A Iwamura grounded out to shortstop. C Crawford flied out to left. C Pena struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 4TH: M Stairs grounded out to pitcher. A Rios grounded out to third. F Thomas doubled to deep center. T Glaus walked. L Overbay grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 4TH: D Young grounded out to third. B Harris grounded out to shortstop. J Gomes struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 5TH: A Hill walked. G Zaun flied out to left. J McDonald flied out to right. V Wells fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 5TH: G Norton struck out swinging. D Navarro grounded out to first. J Wilson flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 6TH: M Stairs singled to right. A Rios homered to left, M Stairs scored. F Thomas flied out to left. T Glaus struck out swinging. L Overbay flied out to center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 6TH: A Iwamura struck out swinging. C Crawford reached on infield single to shortstop. C Crawford stole second, C Crawford safe at third on throwing error by catcher G Zaun. C Pena hit by pitch. D Young grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Pena out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) TORONTO 2, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 7TH: G Balfour relieved J Hammel. A Hill reached on infield single to pitcher. G Zaun singled to left, A Hill to second. J McDonald bunt sacrificed to first, A Hill to third, G Zaun to second. V Wells singled to center, A Hill scored, G Zaun to third. M Stairs hit sacrifice fly to left, G Zaun scored. A Rios walked, V Wells to second. F Thomas flied out to right. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 7TH: B Harris fouled out to third. J Gomes grounded out to third. G Norton flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 8TH: G Glover relieved G Balfour. T Glaus walked. L Overbay grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, T Glaus out at second. A Hill struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 8TH: D Navarro popped out to shortstop. J Wilson grounded out to pitcher. A Iwamura struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, TAMPA BAY 1. TORONTO 9TH: Al Reyes relieved G Glover. G Zaun struck out swinging. J McDonald struck out swinging. V Wells flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, TAMPA BAY 1. TAMPA BAY 9TH: R Johnson in left field. J Accardo relieved A Burnett. C Crawford safe at first on error by shortstop J McDonald. C Crawford to second on fielder's indifference. C Pena grounded out to first, C Crawford to third. D Young homered to right center, C Crawford scored. B Harris grounded out to shortstop. J Gomes walked. B Upton hit for G Norton. B Upton homered to right, J Gomes scored. (4 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 4, TAMPA BAY 5.</div>
Upton's ninth-inning blast helps Devil Rays defeat Blue Jays <h3>TAMPA BAY 5, TORONTO 4</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- B.J. Upton spoiled abrilliant effort by A.J. Burnett. Upton hit the second of two ninth-inning homers, a walk-off,two-run blast off Jeremy Accardo to give the Tampa Bay DevilRays a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. Delmon Young also hit a two-run homer off Accardo in the ninthfor Tampa Bay, which has won 11 of its last 15 games. The homers wiped out a gem by Burnett, who allowed a run, threehits and a walk in eight innings for Toronto, which is justabout out of the American League wild card race with thisdefeat. The Blue Jays, who entered having won seven of 10, fell 7-1/2games behind the New York Yankees for the wild card lead withjust 21 games remaining. New York crushed the Kansas CityRoyals, 11-5, Saturday night. Trailing, 4-1, in the ninth, Carl Crawford reached on an errorbefore scoring two batters later on the 12th blast of the seasonby Young, who drilled Accardo's first pitch over the rightfield wall to make it 4-3. Two batters later Jonny Gomes walked before Upton, pinch hittingfor Greg Norton, belted the first pitch he saw from Accardo(4-4) into the seats in right to win the game. It was the fifth blown save for the Toronto closer, who wasgoing for his 28th save. Al Reyes (2-2) struck out two of the three batters he faced inthe top of the ninth to earn the victory. The 30-year-old Burnett allowed a homer to Dioner Navarro withone out in the second inning to give Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead. Hethen retired the next 11 batters before allowing a one-outsingle to Carl Crawford in the sixth. A first-inning single by Young was the only other hit Burnettgave up. The Blue Jays took a 2-1 lead in the sixth when Alex Riosblasted a 1-2 pitch off Tampa Bay starter Jason Hammel with arunner on to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead. It was the 23rdhomer for Rios but just his sixth since the All-Star break. Hammel allowed two runs, five hits and two walks in six innings. Vernon Wells added an RBI single and Matt Stairs a sacrifice flyoff reliever Grant Balfour in the seventh to make it 4-1.
AL: TORONTO at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">TORONTO (4) VS TAMPA BAY (5) - FINAL TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg V Wells cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .253 M Stairs lf 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 .315 R Johnson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 A Rios rf 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 .308 F Thomas dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .268 T Glaus 3b 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 .262 L Overbay 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .240 A Hill 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .271 G Zaun c 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .241 J McDonald ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Totals 31 4 8 4 4 4 11 BATTING: 2B - F Thomas (26, J Hammel). HR - A Rios (23, 6th inning off J Hammel 1 on, 0 Out). S - J McDonald. SF - M Stairs. RBI - A Rios 2 (76), V Wells (78), M Stairs (59). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - L Overbay 1, F Thomas 1. GIDP - L Overbay. Team LOB - 6. FIELDING: E - G Zaun (7, throw); J McDonald (7, ground ball). DP: 1 (J McDonald-A Hill-L Overbay). TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .285 C Crawford lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .314 C Pena 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .274 D Young cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .294 B Harris 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .283 J Gomes rf 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 .246 G Norton dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .214 a-B Upton ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .314 D Navarro c 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .223 J Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Totals 31 5 5 5 2 8 4 a-homered to right for G Norton in the 9th. BATTING: HR - D Navarro (8, 2nd inning off A Burnett 0 on, 2 Out), D Young (12, 9th inning off J Accardo 1 on, 1 Out), B Upton (23, 9th inning off J Accardo 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - D Navarro (38), D Young 2 (81), B Upton 2 (76). 2-out RBI - D Navarro, B Upton 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Harris 1. GIDP - D Young. Team LOB - 3. BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (49, 2nd base off A Burnett/G Zaun). FIELDING: Outfield assists - J Gomes (M Stairs at 2nd base). DP: 1 (J Wilson-B Harris-C Pena). ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO - 000 002 200 -- 4 TAMPA BAY - 010 000 004 -- 5 Two outs when winning run scored. ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era A Burnett 8 3 1 1 1 8 1 3.56 J Accardo (L, 4-4) 2/3 2 4 1 1 0 2 2.43 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era J Hammel 6 5 2 2 2 1 1 6.57 G Balfour 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 3.00 G Glover 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5.29 Al Reyes (W, 2-2) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.78 HBP - C Pena (by A Burnett). Pitches-strikes: A Burnett 114-75; J Accardo 17-9; J Hammel 99-62; G Balfour 22-14; G Glover 14-8; Al Reyes 14-10. Ground balls-fly balls: A Burnett 8-8; J Accardo 2-0; J Hammel 6-10; G Balfour 1-2; G Glover 2-0; Al Reyes 0-1. Batters faced: A Burnett 28; J Accardo 6; J Hammel 24; G Balfour 7; G Glover 3; Al Reyes 3. UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Paul Emmel. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Angel Campos. T--2:44. Att--19,822. Weather: INDOORS</div>
Upton's ninth-inning blast helps Devil Rays defeat Blue Jays <h3>TAMPA BAY 5, TORONTO 4</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- B.J. Upton spoiled abrilliant effort by A.J. Burnett. Upton hit the second of two ninth-inning homers, a walk-off,two-run blast off Jeremy Accardo to give the Tampa Bay DevilRays a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. Delmon Young also hit a two-run homer off Accardo in the ninthfor Tampa Bay, which has won 11 of its last 15 games. The homers wiped out a gem by Burnett, who allowed a run, threehits and a walk in eight innings for Toronto, which is justabout out of the American League wild card race with thisdefeat. The Blue Jays, who entered Saturday's game having won seven of10, fell 7-1/2 games behind the New York Yankees for the wildcard lead with just 21 games remaining. New York crushed theKansas City Royals, 11-5, Saturday night. Trailing, 4-1, in the ninth, Carl Crawford reached on an errorbefore scoring two batters later on the 12th blast of the seasonby Young, who drilled Accardo's first pitch over the rightfield wall to make it 4-3. "I was looking for a pitch that I could hit and took a hardswing at it," Young said. Two batters later Jonny Gomes walked before Upton, pinch hittingfor Greg Norton, belted the first pitch he saw from Accardo(4-4) into the seats in right to win the game. "(Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon) told me if a pinch-hitsituation came up, I might bat," Upton said. "I just wanted tohit something hard. It was tough to tell (if it was a homerun). I hit it kind of low." It was the fifth blown save for the Toronto closer, who wasgoing for his 28th save. "I didn't do my job," Accardo said. "Young and Upton beat me.Both pitches were down in the zone, but they got them." Al Reyes (2-2) struck out two of the three batters he faced inthe top of the ninth to earn the victory. The 30-year-old Burnett allowed a homer to Dioner Navarro withone out in the second inning to give Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead. Hethen retired the next 11 batters before allowing a one-outsingle to Carl Crawford in the sixth. "A.J. was rolling," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "Hewas throwing more early, then settled in. In the third hestarted pitching." A first-inning single by Young was the only other hit Burnettgave up. "Toronto's pitching is tough, they have the best one through 12pitching staff in the AL," Maddon said. The Blue Jays took a 2-1 lead in the sixth when Alex Riosblasted a 1-2 pitch off Tampa Bay starter Jason Hammel with arunner on to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead. "It was a pretty bad miss with the pitch to Rios," Hammel said. It was the 23rd homer for Rios but just his sixth since theAll-Star break. Hammel allowed two runs, five hits and two walks in six innings. Vernon Wells added an RBI single and Matt Stairs a sacrifice flyoff reliever Grant Balfour in the seventh to make it 4-1.
