GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: TORONTO (19-24) at BALTIMORE (20-24)

AL: TORONTO at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL AT BALTIMORE - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Accardo relieved C Janssen.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 6
BALTIMORE 4 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: A Huff (.255, 1-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TORONTO 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 8 0
BALTIMORE 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TOR - A.J. BURNETT, SCOTT DOWNS (7TH), CASEY JANSSEN (8TH), JEREMY
ACCARDO (9TH) AND JASON PHILLIPS

BAL - DANIEL CABRERA, SCOTT WILLIAMSON (5TH), JOHN
PARRISH (7TH), CHAD BRADFORD (8TH), JAMIE WALKER (9TH) AND
RAMON HERNANDEZ

HOME RUNS: TOR - JASON PHILLIPS (1) OFF DANIEL CABRERA IN THE 3RD, 0 ON

BAL - BRIAN ROBERTS (2) OFF A.J. BURNETT IN THE 5TH, 1 ON</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TORONTO 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 8 0
BALTIMORE 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TOR - A.J. BURNETT, SCOTT DOWNS (7TH), CASEY JANSSEN (8TH), JEREMY
ACCARDO (9TH) AND JASON PHILLIPS

BAL - DANIEL CABRERA, SCOTT WILLIAMSON (5TH), JOHN
PARRISH (7TH), CHAD BRADFORD (8TH), JAMIE WALKER (9TH) AND
RAMON HERNANDEZ


WP - A.J. BURNETT (5-3)
LP - DANIEL CABRERA (3-5)
SAVE - JEREMY ACCARDO (4)

HOME RUNS: TOR - JASON PHILLIPS (1) OFF DANIEL CABRERA IN THE 3RD, 0 ON

BAL - BRIAN ROBERTS (2) OFF A.J. BURNETT IN THE 5TH, 1 ON


TIME: 2:45 ATT: 17,852

PROBABLES: TOR - DUSTIN MCGOWAN (0-1, 8.22)
BAL - STEVE TRACHSEL (2-3, 3.86)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">TORONTO (6) VS BALTIMORE (4) - FINAL

TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Rios rf 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 .282
L Overbay 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .247
V Wells cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .278
T Glaus 3b 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .311
M Stairs lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .318
A Lind lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .228
F Thomas dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .228
A Hill 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .268
R Clayton ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .260
J Phillips c 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 .250

Totals 33 6 8 4 4 3 12

BATTING: 2B - T Glaus (4, D Cabrera). HR - J Phillips (1, 3rd inning off D
Cabrera 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - T Glaus (22), J Phillips (8), A Rios (24), V Wells
(22). 2-out RBI - T Glaus, V Wells. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - F
Thomas 1, M Stairs 1. GIDP - L Overbay. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - A Rios (3, 2nd base off D Cabrera/R Hernandez). CS - A Rios
(1, 2nd base by D Cabrera/R Hernandez).

FIELDING: DP: 3 (R Clayton-L Overbay, A Hill-R Clayton-L Overbay 2).


BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Roberts 2b 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 .295
N Markakis rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .270
M Tejada ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 .305
R Hernandez c 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .257
A Huff dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .253
M Mora 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .247
K Millar 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .255
J Gibbons lf 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .231
J Payton cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .271

Totals 31 4 7 3 2 10 8

BATTING: 2B - N Markakis 2 (13, A Burnett 2). HR - B Roberts (2, 5th inning off
A Burnett 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - A Huff (20), B Roberts 2 (11). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - R Hernandez 1, K Millar 1. GIDP - J Payton, M Mora, M
Tejada. Team LOB - 3.

FIELDING: E - D Cabrera (1, catch). Outfield assists - N Markakis (J Phillips
at 2nd base). DP: 2 (B Roberts-M Tejada-K Millar, N Markakis-M Tejada).


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TORONTO - 101 040 000 -- 6
BALTIMORE - 000 220 000 -- 4
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TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
A Burnett (W, 5-3) 6 2/3 6 4 4 2 8 1 4.14
S Downs (H, 4) 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.69
C Janssen (H, 7) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.81
J Accardo (S, 4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Cabrera (L, 3-5) 4 2/3 7 6 5 2 2 1 4.66
S Williamson 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.42
J Parrish 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.05
C Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.89
J Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.63

S Downs pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP - A Burnett. HBP - T Glaus (by D Cabrera); J Gibbons (by A Burnett).
Pitches-strikes: A Burnett 103-64; S Downs 12-7; C Janssen 9-5; J Accardo 15-9;
D Cabrera 91-48; S Williamson 21-11; J Parrish 14-9; C Bradford 8-7; J Walker
6-5. Ground balls-fly balls: A Burnett 8-4; S Downs 0-0; C Janssen 2-0; J
Accardo 1-2; D Cabrera 7-4; S Williamson 0-2; J Parrish 2-1; C Bradford 3-0; J
Walker 0-3. Batters faced: A Burnett 27; S Downs 2; C Janssen 2; J Accardo 3; D
Cabrera 23; S Williamson 5; J Parrish 4; C Bradford 3; J Walker 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Mark Wegner. 1B--Brian Runge. 2B--Mike Winters. 3B--Bruce
Froemming.

T--2:45. Att--17,852.
Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, left
to right.</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
TORONTO 6
BALTIMORE 4 FINAL</div>

 

Blue Jays break through for first win in Baltimore

<h3>TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4</h3>BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- The Toronto Blue Jays second trip thisseason to Oriole Park at Camden Yards is already going betterthan their first visit here.

Alex Rios had three hits, including a key RBI single in afour-run fifth inning, as the Blue Jays defeated the BaltimoreOrioles 6-4 to take the first of a three-game-series.

Jason Phillips hit a solo home run and Vernon Wells drove in arun for Toronto, which was swept in a three-game series herelast month.

With the game knotted 2-2 in the fifth, Baltimore starter DanielCabrera (3-5) loaded the bases after a leadoff walk to AaronHill, a single by Royce Clayton and a walk to Phillips.

Rios then delivered an RBI single to left that put the Blue Jayson top for good. Lyle Overbay followed by grounding into adouble play, though Clayton scored on the play. Phillips scoredmoments later on Wells' bloop-single to right.

In 103 career games against the Orioles, Wells is batting .294(119-for-405) with 23 home runs and 72 RBI.

Cabrera kept the inning going when he hit Glaus with a pitch.It looked like the Orioles were out of the inning when MattStairs grounded to first baseman Kevin Millar, but Cabrera,covering first base, dropped the throw from Millar and allowedWells to race home with the fourth run of the inning.

Cabrera allowed six runs - five earned - and seven hits in 4 2/3innings. The 6-9 righthander also allowed two walks, hit abatter and struck out two. A.J. Burnett (5-3) got his second winof the year against the Orioles, allowing four runs, six hitsand two walks while striking out eight in 6 2/3 innings.

Two relievers bridged the way to Jeremy Accardo who earned hisfourth save of the season. He has not allowed an earned run in20 consecutive innings.

In two prior starts against the Orioles this season, Burnett was1-0 and allowed just three earned runs in 16 innings for a 1.69ERA. In his last start on Wednesday, he pitched his firstcomplete game of the season in a 2-1 win against Baltimore.

Perhaps in response to Glaus being hit, Burnett threw a pitchbehind Jay Gibbons in the bottom of the frame, prompting homeplate umpire Mark Wegner to warn both benches.

The Blue Jays opened the scoring in the first inning courtesy ofGlaus, who has had the Orioles number this season.

Rios led off the game with a single and stole second base afterone out was recorded. Rios moved to third on a groundout byWells and scored when Glaus doubled to the left-center fieldgap.

Glaus has enjoyed facing Baltimore pitching this season as he isbatting .385 (5-for-13) with a homer and six RBI in four gamesagainst the Orioles. Though his playing time this season hasbeen limited due to an injured left heel, Glaus provided thegame-winning RBI in each game of the Blue Jays' three-gameseries sweep of the Orioles last week in Toronto.

Phillips gave the Blue Jays a 2-0 edge with a rare home run tolead off the third. It was the first home run of the season forthe Toronto catcher and his first longball since August 11,2005 when he was a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Orioles tied the game at 2-2 in the fourth, though adoubleplay disrupted a potentially big inning.

A double by Nick Markakis and walks to Miguel Tejada and RamonHernandez loaded the bases with no outs. Aubrey Huff followedwith an RBI single to center to plate the Orioles' first run.

With the bases still full, Melvin Mora grounded into adoubleplay that allowed Tejada to score the tying run. Burnettgot Millar to ground out to end the inning.

Brian Roberts hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning for theOrioles, who have lost four consecutive games to Toronto.

 

AL: TORONTO at BALTIMORE

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TORONTO (6) AT BALTIMORE (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
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TORONTO 1ST: A Rios reached on infield single to shortstop. L Overbay
flied out to left. A Rios stole second. V Wells grounded out to shortstop,
A Rios to third. T Glaus doubled to deep left, A Rios scored. M Stairs flied
out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, BALTIMORE 0.

TORONTO 3RD: J Phillips homered to center. A Rios reached on infield
single to third. A Rios caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
L Overbay struck out looking. V Wells flied out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) TORONTO 2, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 4TH: N Markakis doubled to deep right center. M Tejada walked.
R Hernandez walked, N Markakis to third, M Tejada to second. A Huff singled to
center, N Markakis scored, M Tejada to third, R Hernandez to second. M Mora
grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, M Tejada scored,
A Huff out at second, R Hernandez to third. K Millar grounded out to shortstop.
(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, BALTIMORE 2.

TORONTO 5TH: A Hill walked. R Clayton singled to right, A Hill to second.
J Phillips walked, A Hill to third, R Clayton to second. A Rios singled to
left, A Hill scored, R Clayton to third, J Phillips to second. L Overbay
grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, R Clayton scored,
A Rios out at second, J Phillips to third. V Wells singled to right, J Phillips
scored. T Glaus hit by pitch, V Wells to second. M Stairs safe at first on
error by pitcher D Cabrera, V Wells scored, T Glaus to second. S Williamson
relieved D Cabrera. F Thomas lined out to left. (4 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error)
TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 2.

BALTIMORE 5TH: J Gibbons hit by pitch. J Payton struck out swinging.
B Roberts homered to right, J Gibbons scored. N Markakis doubled to deep right
center. N Markakis to third on wild pitch by A Burnett. M Tejada struck out
swinging. R Hernandez grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4.</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TORONTO 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 8 0
BALTIMORE 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TOR - A.J. BURNETT, SCOTT DOWNS (7TH), CASEY JANSSEN (8TH), JEREMY
ACCARDO (9TH) AND JASON PHILLIPS

BAL - DANIEL CABRERA, SCOTT WILLIAMSON (5TH), JOHN
PARRISH (7TH), CHAD BRADFORD (8TH), JAMIE WALKER (9TH) AND
RAMON HERNANDEZ


WP - A.J. BURNETT (5-3)
LP - DANIEL CABRERA (3-5)
SAVE - JEREMY ACCARDO (4)

HOME RUNS: TOR - JASON PHILLIPS (1) OFF DANIEL CABRERA IN THE 3RD, 0 ON

BAL - BRIAN ROBERTS (2) OFF A.J. BURNETT IN THE 5TH, 1 ON


TIME: 2:45 ATT: 17,852

PROBABLES: TOR - DUSTIN MCGOWAN (0-1, 8.22)
BAL - STEVE TRACHSEL (2-3, 3.86)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BALTIMORE

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TORONTO (6) AT BALTIMORE (4) - EVENT LOG
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Toronto Starting Lineups -- A Rios RF, L Overbay 1B, V Wells CF, T Glaus 3B,
M Stairs LF, F Thomas DH, A Hill 2B, R Clayton SS, J Phillips C,
A Burnett RHP.

Baltimore Starting Lineups -- B Roberts 2B, N Markakis RF, M Tejada SS,
R Hernandez C, A Huff DH, M Mora 3B, K Millar 1B, J Gibbons LF, J Payton CF,
D Cabrera RHP.

Umpires -- Mark Wegner (HP), Brian Runge (1B), Mike Winters (2B),
Bruce Froemming (3B).

Gametime Weather: 79 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind left to right at 6 mph.


TORONTO 1ST: A Rios reached on infield single to shortstop. L Overbay
flied out to left. A Rios stole second. V Wells grounded out to shortstop,
A Rios to third. T Glaus doubled to deep left, A Rios scored. M Stairs flied
out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts lined out to third. N Markakis grounded out to
second. M Tejada reached on infield single to shortstop. R Hernandez struck
out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, BALTIMORE 0.

TORONTO 2ND: F Thomas grounded out to shortstop. A Hill grounded out to
third. R Clayton grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 1, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 2ND: A Huff struck out swinging. M Mora struck out swinging.
K Millar struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1,
BALTIMORE 0.

TORONTO 3RD: J Phillips homered to center. A Rios reached on infield
single to third. A Rios caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
L Overbay struck out looking. V Wells flied out to left. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) TORONTO 2, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 3RD: J Gibbons singled to left. J Payton grounded into double
play, shortstop to first, J Gibbons out at second. B Roberts struck out
looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, BALTIMORE 0.

TORONTO 4TH: T Glaus struck out looking. M Stairs flied out to center.
F Thomas grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 4TH: N Markakis doubled to deep right center. M Tejada walked.
R Hernandez walked, N Markakis to third, M Tejada to second. A Huff singled to
center, N Markakis scored, M Tejada to third, R Hernandez to second. M Mora
grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, M Tejada scored,
A Huff out at second, R Hernandez to third. K Millar grounded out to shortstop.
(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, BALTIMORE 2.

TORONTO 5TH: A Hill walked. R Clayton singled to right, A Hill to second.
J Phillips walked, A Hill to third, R Clayton to second. A Rios singled to
left, A Hill scored, R Clayton to third, J Phillips to second. L Overbay
grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, R Clayton scored,
A Rios out at second, J Phillips to third. V Wells singled to right, J Phillips
scored. T Glaus hit by pitch, V Wells to second. M Stairs safe at first on
error by pitcher D Cabrera, V Wells scored, T Glaus to second. S Williamson
relieved D Cabrera. F Thomas lined out to left. (4 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error)
TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 2.

BALTIMORE 5TH: J Gibbons hit by pitch. J Payton struck out swinging.
B Roberts homered to right, J Gibbons scored. N Markakis doubled to deep right
center. N Markakis to third on wild pitch by A Burnett. M Tejada struck out
swinging. R Hernandez grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4.

TORONTO 6TH: A Hill walked. R Clayton struck out swinging. J Phillips
singled to center, A Hill to second. A Rios flied out to right, J Phillips out
at second, A Hill to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4.

BALTIMORE 6TH: A Lind in left field. A Huff flied out to center. M Mora
grounded out to shortstop. K Millar flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4.

TORONTO 7TH: J Parrish relieved S Williamson. L Overbay grounded out to
third. V Wells fouled out to first. T Glaus walked. A Lind grounded out to
second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4.

BALTIMORE 7TH: J Gibbons struck out swinging. J Payton flied out to
center. S Downs relieved A Burnett. B Roberts struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4.

TORONTO 8TH: C Bradford relieved J Parrish. F Thomas grounded out to
shortstop. A Hill grounded out to first. R Clayton grounded out to second.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4.

BALTIMORE 8TH: N Markakis singled to left. C Janssen relieved S Downs.
M Tejada grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, N Markakis out
at second. R Hernandez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4.

TORONTO 9TH: J Walker relieved C Bradford. J Phillips flied out to left.
A Rios fouled out to catcher. L Overbay popped out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4.

BALTIMORE 9TH: J Accardo relieved C Janssen. A Huff flied out to center.
M Mora flied out to right. K Millar grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4.</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">TORONTO (6) VS BALTIMORE (4) - FINAL

TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Rios rf 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 .282
L Overbay 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .247
V Wells cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .278
T Glaus 3b 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .311
M Stairs lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .318
A Lind lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .228
F Thomas dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .228
A Hill 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .268
R Clayton ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .260
J Phillips c 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 .250

Totals 33 6 8 4 4 3 12

BATTING: 2B - T Glaus (4, D Cabrera). HR - J Phillips (1, 3rd inning off D
Cabrera 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - T Glaus (22), J Phillips (8), A Rios (24), V Wells
(22). 2-out RBI - T Glaus, V Wells. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - F
Thomas 1, M Stairs 1. GIDP - L Overbay. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - A Rios (3, 2nd base off D Cabrera/R Hernandez). CS - A Rios
(1, 2nd base by D Cabrera/R Hernandez).

FIELDING: DP: 3 (R Clayton-L Overbay, A Hill-R Clayton-L Overbay 2).


BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Roberts 2b 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 .295
N Markakis rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .270
M Tejada ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 .305
R Hernandez c 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .257
A Huff dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .253
M Mora 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .247
K Millar 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .255
J Gibbons lf 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .231
J Payton cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .271

Totals 31 4 7 3 2 10 8

BATTING: 2B - N Markakis 2 (13, A Burnett 2). HR - B Roberts (2, 5th inning off
A Burnett 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - A Huff (20), B Roberts 2 (11). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - R Hernandez 1, K Millar 1. GIDP - J Payton, M Mora, M
Tejada. Team LOB - 3.

FIELDING: E - D Cabrera (1, catch). Outfield assists - N Markakis (J Phillips
at 2nd base). DP: 2 (B Roberts-M Tejada-K Millar, N Markakis-M Tejada).


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TORONTO - 101 040 000 -- 6
BALTIMORE - 000 220 000 -- 4
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TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
A Burnett (W, 5-3) 6 2/3 6 4 4 2 8 1 4.14
S Downs (H, 4) 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.69
C Janssen (H, 7) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.81
J Accardo (S, 4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Cabrera (L, 3-5) 4 2/3 7 6 5 2 2 1 4.66
S Williamson 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.42
J Parrish 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.05
C Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.89
J Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.63

S Downs pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP - A Burnett. HBP - T Glaus (by D Cabrera); J Gibbons (by A Burnett).
Pitches-strikes: A Burnett 103-64; S Downs 12-7; C Janssen 9-5; J Accardo 15-9;
D Cabrera 91-48; S Williamson 21-11; J Parrish 14-9; C Bradford 8-7; J Walker
6-5. Ground balls-fly balls: A Burnett 8-4; S Downs 0-0; C Janssen 2-0; J
Accardo 1-2; D Cabrera 7-4; S Williamson 0-2; J Parrish 2-1; C Bradford 3-0; J
Walker 0-3. Batters faced: A Burnett 27; S Downs 2; C Janssen 2; J Accardo 3; D
Cabrera 23; S Williamson 5; J Parrish 4; C Bradford 3; J Walker 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Mark Wegner. 1B--Brian Runge. 2B--Mike Winters. 3B--Bruce
Froemming.

T--2:45. Att--17,852.
Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, left
to right.</div>

 

Blue Jays break through for first win in Baltimore

<h3>TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4</h3>BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- The Toronto Blue Jays' second trip thisseason to Oriole Park at Camden Yards is already going betterthan their first visit here.

Alex Rios had three hits, including a key RBI single in afour-run fifth inning, as the Blue Jays defeated the BaltimoreOrioles, 6-4, to take the first of a three-game-series.

Jason Phillips hit a solo home run and Vernon Wells drove in arun for Toronto, which was swept in a three-game series herelast month.

"We had some good at-bats and key hits tonight," Toronto managerJohn Gibbons said.

With the game knotted at 2-2 in the fifth, Baltimore starterDaniel Cabrera (3-5) loaded the bases after a leadoff walk toAaron Hill, a single by Royce Clayton and a walk to Phillips.

Rios then delivered an RBI single to left that put the Blue Jayson top for good. Lyle Overbay followed by grounding into adouble play, though Clayton scored on the play. Phillips scoredmoments later on Wells' bloop single to right.

In 103 career games against the Orioles, Wells is batting .294(119-for-405) with 23 home runs and 72 RBI.

Cabrera kept the inning going when he hit Troy Glaus with apitch. It looked like the Orioles were out of the inning whenMatt Stairs grounded to first baseman Kevin Millar, but Cabrera,covering first base, dropped the throw from Millar and allowedWells to race home with the fourth run of the inning.

Cabrera allowed six runs - five earned - and seven hits in 4 2/3innings. The 6-7 righthander also allowed two walks, hit abatter and struck out two.

"He could have been a little rusty early on because it's likehis seventh day," Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo said. "He gaveup four runs and I thought he lost his composure a little bitand he wasn't able to do damage control for us."

A.J. Burnett (5-3) got his second win of the year against theOrioles, allowing four runs, six hits and two walks whilestriking out eight in 6 2/3 innings.

"I was a little off," Burnett said. "I started off good, but Igot erratic. Then the bullpen once again came on and did theirjob."

Two relievers bridged the way to Jeremy Accardo who earned hisfourth save. He has not allowed an earned run in 20 consecutiveinnings.

"I'm happy to be in this situation," Accardo said. "Sincespring training I've been out to prove to everybody that Ideserve to be here."

In two prior starts against the Orioles this season, Burnett was1-0 and allowed just three earned runs in 16 innings for a 1.69ERA. In his last start on Wednesday, he pitched his firstcomplete game of the season in a 2-1 win against Baltimore.

"He wasn't as sharp as he has been for us lately," Gibbon said."He got the win and that's the bottom line."

Perhaps in response to Glaus being hit, Burnett threw a pitchbehind Jay Gibbons in the bottom of the frame, prompting homeplate umpire Mark Wegner to warn both benches.

"It's a bad situation," Burnett said. "I'm going to stick upfor my teammates."

Gibbons said Cabrera has a history of throwing at Torontobatters.

"(Cabrera) has been known to do that," he said. "He did it acouple of times to us last year and already this year. Histeammates will let him know because they will get tired ofpaying the consequences."

Glaus had an RBI double and Phillips hit his first homer since11, 2005, to stake Toronto to a 2-0 lead. In four games againstthe Orioles, Glaus is batting .385 (5-for-13) with a homer andsix RBI, including the game-winning RBI in each game of the BlueJays' three-game sweep of the Orioles last week in Toronto.

Baltimore tied it in the fourth on an RBI single by Aubrey Huffand a double-play grounder.

Brian Roberts hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning for theOrioles, who have lost four consecutive games to Toronto.