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Devil Rays face Blue Jays in home opener
Apr 6, 2007 - 2:55 PM Toronto (1-1) at Tampa Bay (1-1) 7:10 pm EDTST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- Coming off an impressive win at Yankee Stadium, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays will face the Toronto Blue Jays in their home opener on Friday.
The Devil Rays split their two games with the New York Yankees to open the season with the middle contest of the three-game set rained out.
The Blue Jays also went 1-1 against the Detroit Tigers with the series finale postponed due to inclement weather.
Tampa Bay got a huge lift from highly touted rookie Elijah Dukes, who has homered in his first two major league games.
James Shields, who was 6-8 with a 4.84 ERA in 21 starts last season, takes the mound for the Devil Rays. He pitched six innings, allowing four hits and three runs in his lone start against Toronto in 2006.
The Blue Jays nearly erased a nine-run deficit in a 10-9 loss at Detroit on Wednesday. Thursday's game was postponed due to inclement weather.
Gustavo Chacin, who was supposed to pitch Thursday, instead will start on Friday. The lefthander was 9-4 with a 5.05 ERA in 17 starts last season.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 9 0
TAMPA BAY 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 12 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: TOR - GUSTAVO CHACIN, CASEY JANSSEN (7TH), JASON FRASOR (8TH), B.J.
RYAN (9TH) AND GREGG ZAUN
TAM - JAMES SHIELDS, BRIAN STOKES (7TH), SHAWN CAMP
(8TH), JAE KUK RY
Apr 6 9:49 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY B.J. UPTON SCORED AKINORI IWAMURA.
FINAL SCORE: TAMPA BAY 6, TORONTO 5
Blue Jays vs. RaysApr 6 9:49 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DELMON YOUNG (1) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 9TH OFF B.J. RYAN SCORED TY WIGGINTON.
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 5, TAMPA BAY 5
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.600, 3-FOR-3, HR, RBI)
Blue Jays vs. RaysApr 6 9:41 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY TROY GLAUS (1) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 8TH OFF SHAWN CAMP SCORED FRANK THOMAS.
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 5, TAMPA BAY 3
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A RIOS (.308, 1-FOR-3)
Blue Jays vs. RaysApr 6 9:11 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: C Janssen relieved G Chacin.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3
TAMPA BAY 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A Iwamura (.556, 2-FOR-2, HR, RBI)
Apr 6 8:59 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - PITCHING CHANGE
TOR: CASEY JANSSEN (0-0, 0.00) STARTING THE 7TH
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3, TAMPA BAY 3
DUE UP FOR TAMPABAY: A IWAMURA (.556, 2-FOR-2, HR, RBI)
Apr 6 8:59 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J McDonald at shortstop.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3
TAMPA BAY 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A Iwamura (.556, 2-FOR-2, HR, RBI)
Apr 6 8:59 PM - AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 0
TAMPA BAY 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 6 0 (BOT 7)
CURRENT PITCHERS: TOR - GUSTAVO CHACIN
TAM - BRIAN STOKES
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.556, 2-FOR-2, HR, RBI)
D NAVARRO (.167, 1-FOR-2)
E DUKES (.333, 1-FOR-2)
Apr 6 8:58 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY REED JOHNSON SCORED AARON HILL.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R JOHNSON ON FIRST, J MCDONALD ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3
TAMPA BAY 3 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: L OVERBAY (.364, 0-FOR-3)
Blue Jays vs. RaysApr 6 8:53 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND RULE DOUBLE BY AARON HILL SCORED GREGG ZAUN.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A HILL ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 2
TAMPA BAY 3 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: R CLAYTON (.286, 1-FOR-2)
Blue Jays vs. RaysApr 6 8:49 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
TRIPLE BY GREGG ZAUN SCORED ALEX RIOS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G ZAUN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 1
TAMPA BAY 3 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A HILL (.200, 0-FOR-2)
Blue Jays vs. RaysApr 6 8:47 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY AKINORI IWAMURA (1) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 0
OUT IN THE 5TH OFF GUSTAVO CHACIN.
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 3
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D NAVARRO (.000, 0-FOR-1)
Blue Jays vs. RaysApr 6 8:15 PM - AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
TAMPA BAY 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 (TOP 5)
CURRENT PITCHERS: TOR - GUSTAVO CHACIN
TAM - JAMES SHIELDS
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: G ZAUN (.111, 0-FOR-1)
A HILL (.222, 0-FOR-1)
R CLAYTON (.333, 1-FOR-1)
Apr 6 8:07 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY B.J. UPTON (1) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
3RD OFF GUSTAVO CHACIN.
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 2
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: C CRAWFORD (.444, 0-FOR-1)
Blue Jays vs. RaysApr 6 7:52 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY TY WIGGINTON (1) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
2ND OFF GUSTAVO CHACIN.
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 1
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.222, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
Apr 6 7:35 PM - AL
AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY TY WIGGINTON (1) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
2ND OFF GUSTAVO CHACIN.
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0, TAMPA BAY 1
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.222, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
Blue Jays vs. RaysApr 6 7:35 PM - AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TORONTO 0 0 0 1 0
TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)
CURRENT PITCHERS: TOR - GUSTAVO CHACIN
TAM - JAMES SHIELDS
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: T WIGGINTON (.143, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
D YOUNG (.222, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
A IWAMURA (.429, 0 HR,
Apr 6 7:31 PM
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