Guardians 5 - 2 Blue Jays
Final
  for this game

Blue Jays look to continue hot streak

Aug 8, 2008 - 10:06 AM Cleveland (49-64) at Toronto (59-56) 7:07 p.m. EDT

TORONTO (Ticker) -- The Toronto Blue Jays have been one of the hottest teams in the majors over the last month.

The Blue Jays go for their fifth straight win against the Cleveland Indians on Friday.

Toronto enters the contest after completing a sweep of the Oakland Athletics, surrendering nine runs during the four-game series while improving to 17-9 since July 7. The record is second only to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who posted a 17-8 mark in the past month.

The Blue Jays have good reason to believe they will continue their recent surge of success as they have won their last eight games against teams from the American League Central. Toronto, which sits seven games behind the Boston Red Sox (66-49) in the AL wild-card race, could make up some ground with their next seven games coming against teams in the AL Central.

Rookie David Purcey (1-2, 8.35 ERA) looks for an improvement over his last three starts. The Blue Jays' lefthander has allowed 16 runs and six homers in his previous 14 innings en route to dropping two of three outings.

Righthander Anthony Reyes makes his first start for the Indians since being acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals on July 26 for righthander Luis Perdomo. Reyes was 2-1 with a 4.91 ERA in 10 relief appearances with the Cardinals.








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

    BATTERIES: CLE - ANTHONY REYES, RAFAEL PEREZ (7TH), JENSEN LEWIS (9TH) AND
    KELLY SHOPPACH
    TOR - DAVID PURCEY, SHAWN CAMP (7TH), JESSE CARLSON
    (8TH), JASON FRASOR (9TH) AND RO

    Aug 8 9:56 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KEVIN MENCH SCORED ROD BARAJAS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K MENCH ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 5
    TORONTO 2 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: S ROLEN (.252, 1-FOR-1, BB, HBP)

    Guardians 5, Blue Jays 2  Bot 8, 0 OutsAug 8 9:38 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SHIN-SOO CHOO SCORED KELLY SHOPPACH.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, S CHOO ON FIRST, B FRANCISCO ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 5
    TORONTO 1 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: F GUTIERREZ (.221, 1-FOR-3, RBI)

    Guardians 5, Blue Jays 1  Top 8, 0 OutsAug 8 9:27 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BEN FRANCISCO SCORED JAMEY CARROLL.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B FRANCISCO ON FIRST, K SHOPPACH ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 4
    TORONTO 1 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: S CHOO (.250, 2-FOR-3, RBI)

    Guardians 4, Blue Jays 1  Top 8, 0 OutsAug 8 9:25 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MATT STAIRS SCORED ROD BARAJAS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M STAIRS ON FIRST, A LIND ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
    TORONTO 1 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: S ROLEN (.250, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Guardians 3, Blue Jays 1  Bot 4, 0 OutsAug 8 8:13 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ SCORED SHIN-SOO CHOO.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, 0 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
    TORONTO 0 END TOP, 4TH

    Guardians 3, Blue Jays 0  Top 4, 0 OutsAug 8 8:04 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY SHIN-SOO CHOO SCORED BEN FRANCISCO.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, S CHOO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    TORONTO 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: F GUTIERREZ (.219, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians 2, Blue Jays 0  Top 4, 0 OutsAug 8 8:02 PM


  • AL
    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BEN FRANCISCO SCORED KELLY SHOPPACH.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B FRANCISCO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    TORONTO 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: S CHOO (.247, 1-FOR-1)

    Guardians 1, Blue Jays 0  Top 4, 0 OutsAug 8 8:00 PM
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