Tigers 3 - 5 Blue Jays
Final
  for this game

Burnett, Blue Jays go for second straight home win

Apr 20, 2008 - 2:09 PM Detroit (6-12) at Toronto (9-9) 1:07 pm EDT

TORONTO (Ticker) - After snapping a six-game home losing streak, the Toronto Blue Jays go for their second straight win at the Rogers Centre when they host the Detroit Tigers.

Alex Rios homered and Dustin McGowan pitched seven solid innings to lead Toronto to a 3-2 victory on Saturday.

A.J. Burnett (1-1, 7.27 ERA) looks to continue Toronto's momentum when he takes the hill for the Blue Jays.

In his last appearance, the righthander picked up the loss in relief, giving up two runs in the 14th inning of Wednesday's 7-5 setback to Texas. Burnett has given up 12 runs in his last 11 1/3 innings pitched.

Opposing Burnett will be Nate Robertson (0-1, 7.02), who has not fared well in his first three starts this season.

The lefthander went a season-high 6 1/3 innings but gave up four runs and got a no-decision in Tuesday's 6-5 victory over Minnesota.

Blue Jays designated hitter Frank Thomas was benched in Saturday's win in favor of Matt Stairs.

Thomas is in the midst of a 4-for-35 slump, while Stairs went 2-for-3 with a run scored against Detroit.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    DETROIT 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
    TORONTO 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 x 5 10 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: DET - NATE ROBERTSON, ZACH MINER (6TH), BOBBY SEAY (8TH) AND IVAN
    RODRIGUEZ
    TOR - A.J. BURNETT, JESSE CARLSON (6TH), SHAWN CAMP
    (7TH), JEREMY ACCARDO (9TH) AND GRE

    Apr 20 4:03 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MIGUEL CABRERA SCORED MAGGLIO ORDONEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M CABRERA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 3
    TORONTO 5 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: J JONES (.205, 1-FOR-1, BB)

    Tigers 3, Blue Jays 5  Top 5, 0 OutsApr 20 2:46 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY DAVID ECKSTEIN (1) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 4TH OFF NATE ROBERTSON SCORED LYLE OVERBAY AND JOHN
    MCDONALD.
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 2, TORONTO 5
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A HILL (.333, 2-FOR-2)

    Tigers 2, Blue Jays 5  Bot 4, 0 OutsApr 20 2:36 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOHN MCDONALD SCORED MARCO SCUTARO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J MCDONALD ON FIRST, L OVERBAY ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 2
    TORONTO 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: D ECKSTEIN (.279, 1-FOR-2)

    Tigers 2, Blue Jays 2  Bot 4, 0 OutsApr 20 2:34 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CLETE THOMAS SCORED JACQUE JONES AND EDGAR
    RENTERIA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C THOMAS ON SECOND, R RABURN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 2
    TORONTO 1 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR DETROIT: I RODRIGUEZ (.242, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Tigers 2, Blue Jays 1  Top 4, 0 OutsApr 20 2:25 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY ALEX RIOS SCORED DAVID ECKSTEIN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A HILL ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: DETROIT 0
    TORONTO 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: V WELLS (.311, 3 HR, 15 RBI)

    Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1  Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 20 1:23 PM

Related News