Rays 3 - 2 Blue Jays
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Rays look to take rubber match of three-game set against Blue Jays

Jul 30, 2008 - 10:16 AM Tampa Bay (62-44) at Toronto (54-53), 12:37 pm EDT

TORONTO (Ticker) -- The Tampa Bay Rays have to be thankful they still sit atop the American League East Division after averaging 2.6 runs over their last 18 games.

The Rays' struggling offense looks to get back on track against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.

Edwin Jackson (6-7, 4.22 ERA) takes the mound for Tampa Bay with hopes of erasing a shoddy effort against the Blue Jays on July 20 during which he allowed six runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings en route to a 9-4 loss.

The 24-year-old righthander has held opponents to four runs or less in eight of his last 10 starts He is 2-4 with a 4.21 ERA in 10 starts against AL East rivals.

A major reason why the Rays haven't been clicking is that outfielder Carl Crawford is batting .183 over the struggling span.

Perhaps that bodes well for Scott Richmond (NR), who will make his major league debut for the Blue Jays with a tough first assignment - produce better results than Roy Halladay did on Tuesday.

The Blue Jays' ace surrendered three runs and six hits while striking out eight in eight solid innings, but was out-dueled by Matt Garza in the Rays' 3-0 triumph.

When manager Cito Gaston decided to put righthander John Parrish in the bullpen, Toronto purchased Richmond's contract from Class AAA Syracuse on Monday. The 28-year-old was 5-10 with a 4.29 ERA in 21 starts between Class AA and AAA.

On Tuesday, Eric Hinske belted his 100th career homer, burning the team he spent time with from 2002-06.








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

    BATTERIES: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON, J.P. HOWELL (6TH), GRANT BALFOUR (7TH), DAN
    WHEELER (8TH), TROY PERCIVAL (9TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO
    TOR - SCOTT RICHMOND, JESSE CARLSON (6TH), SC

    Jul 30 3:31 PM
  • 40
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Rays 3, Blue Jays 2  Bot 7, 0 OutsJul 30 2:39 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    GABE GROSS HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING ERIC HINSKE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 3
    TORONTO 2 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J BARTLETT (.254, 0-FOR-1)

    Rays 3, Blue Jays 2  Top 4, 0 OutsJul 30 1:41 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CARLOS PENA (18) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 4TH OFF SCOTT RICHMOND.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2, TORONTO 2
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: E HINSKE (.254, 0-FOR-1)

    Rays 2, Blue Jays 2  Top 4, 0 OutsJul 30 1:38 PM
  • 5
    roots
    Cujo30 Added 5 roots

    Rays 1, Blue Jays 2  Top 2, 0 OutsJul 30 1:00 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY LYLE OVERBAY (7) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 1ST OFF EDWIN JACKSON SCORED ALEX RIOS.
    CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1, TORONTO 2
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: M STAIRS (.247, 11 HR, 36 RBI)

    Rays 1, Blue Jays 2  Bot 1, 0 OutsJul 30 12:54 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TAMPA BAY 1 1 2 0
    TORONTO 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON
    TOR - SCOTT RICHMOND

    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: J INGLETT (.285, 2 HR, 24 RBI)
    M SCUTARO (.260, 4 HR, 38 RBI)
    A RIOS (.278, 8 HR, 47 RBI)

    Rays 1, Blue Jays 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsJul 30 12:47 PM

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