Mariners 4 - 2 Blue Jays
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Litsch gets start against Mariners

Jul 20, 2007 - 3:07 PM Seattle (53-39) at Toronto (46-49) 7:07 pm EDT

TORONTO (Ticker) -- Rookie Jesse Litsch will take the mound as the Toronto Blue Jays host the Seattle Mariners in the opener of a three-game series Friday.

Litsch (2-3, 4.02 ERA) has allowed just one earned run over 13 2/3 innings in his previous two starts.

The 22-year-old righthander pitched 6 2/3 innings, giving up just one run and nine hits with a walk and two strikeouts in a 2-1 triumph over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

The Blue Jays avoided a four-game sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees on Thursday with a 3-2 victory.

The Mariners will counter with Miguel Batista (9-7, 4.38), who has not given up more than three earned runs in an outing since June 8.

The Dominican righthander is 3-3 with a 2.29 ERA in that span, which includes six starts and one relief appearance.

Batista yielded just one run and five hits with two walks and six strikeouts over six innings in a 6-4 win over the Detroit Tigers last Saturday.

Seattle has won four of its last five contests on the road.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 6 0
    TORONTO 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA, SEAN GREEN (6TH), CHRIS REITSMA (8TH), J.J.
    PUTZ (9TH) AND KENJI JOHJIMA
    TOR - JESSE LITSCH, BRIAN WOLFE (5TH), JASON FRASOR
    (8TH), BRANDON L

    Jul 20 9:53 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TROY GLAUS SCORED ALEX RIOS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T GLAUS ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 4
    TORONTO 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: F THOMAS (.253, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Mariners vs. Blue JaysJul 20 8:52 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSE GUILLEN SCORED ICHIRO SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J GUILLEN ON FIRST, R IBANEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 4
    TORONTO 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.276, 1-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)

    Mariners vs. Blue JaysJul 20 8:24 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RAUL IBANEZ SCORED YUNIESKY BETANCOURT.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R IBANEZ ON FIRST, I SUZUKI ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 3
    TORONTO 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J GUILLEN (.284, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Mariners vs. Blue JaysJul 20 8:22 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ADRIAN BELTRE (15) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 4TH OFF JESSE LITSCH SCORED JOSE GUILLEN.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2, TORONTO 1
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R SEXSON (.202, 1-FOR-1)

    Mariners vs. Blue JaysJul 20 8:00 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    GREGG ZAUN HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING FRANK THOMAS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, L OVERBAY ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0
    TORONTO 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: J MCDONALD (.262, 1 HR, 13 RBI)

    Mariners vs. Blue JaysJul 20 7:36 PM

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