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Blue Jays Fall to Orioles in Series Finale Stuck

Posted on April 14, 2010 at 09:12 PM.

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After taking 2 of 3 at Texas, the Blue Jays took the first two from Baltimore, but the bullpen failed them in the series finale. The Jays finally cracked Kevin Millwood for 4 runs in the top half of the 3rd inning, and it looked as if the blowout was on. Baltimore stormed back in the bottom half of the inning, tagging Blue Jays' starter Shaun Marcum for 3 runs.

After a 2nd lackluster outing from the Blue Jays' opening day starter, Marcum was pulled after 6 innings and a 6-4 deficit. After taking the lead in the top half of the 7th on a Travis Snider 3-run opposite field home run, the Jays had a 7-6 lead, but the bullpen couldn't hold it. Shawn Camp relieved Marcum and promptly loaded the bases. Jeremy Accardo relieved camp and gave up a 2-run double to Wieters. The Orioles tacked on one more to take a 9-7 lead.

The score held until the top of the 9th when the Orioles brought in their closer, Gonzalez, who did surrender a run to make it 9-8 before retiring the final batter via strikeout.

The AL East leading Blue Jays are 4-2 on the young season, tied with Tampa Bay Rays, one game ahead of the Red Sox. The Jays next game is their home opener on Monday, April 12, 2010.

Notes: Toronto starting SS Alex Gonzalez was hit by a Kevin Millwood pitch in the 2nd inning and had to leave the game. He is day-to-day.

MLB Scoreboard \| Blue Jays (4-2) at Orioles (2-4)
April 11, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Blue Jays	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	8	10	1
Orioles	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	0	x	9	14	2
WIN: Albers (1-1) LOSS: Camp (0-1) SAVE: Gonzalez (1)

Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Bautista, RF	5	1	2	1	0	1	.321
Hill, 2B	5	0	1	1	0	2	.423
Lind, DH	5	1	1	2	0	1	.178
Wells, CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.291
Overbay, 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.400
Buck, C	4	1	0	0	0	2	.210
Encarnacion, 3B	4	2	1	0	0	1	.272
Gonzalez, SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214
McDonald, PR-SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.142
Snider, LF	4	2	2	3	0	0	.238
McCoy, PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS	38	8	10	7	0	8
BATTING 2B: Bautista, Overbay 2, Snider HR: Lind, Snider RBI: Bautista, Hill, Lind 2, Snider 3 HBP: Gonzalez
FIELDING E: Encarnacion

Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Marcum	6	9	6	6	0	5	7.36
Camp (L, 0-1)	0.1	3	3	2	0	1	18.00
Accardo	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	4.50
Janssen	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0.00
Totals	8.0	14	9	8	2	6

Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Roberts, 2B	5	0	1	1	0	2	.185
Tejada, 3B	4	2	2	1	1	1	.346
Wieters, C	5	1	2	2	0	1	.363
Scott, DH	3	0	0	1	0	1	.200
Markakis, RF	4	0	2	1	0	1	.285
Jones, CF	3	1	1	0	1	1	.363
Reimold, LF	4	1	1	2	0	0	.210
Atkins, 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	.280
Lugo, SS	4	3	3	0	0	0	.266
TOTALS	36	9	14	8	2	6
BATTING 2B: Roberts, Wieters, Markakis, Lugo 3B: Lugo HR: Reimold RBI: Roberts, Tejada, Wieters 2, Scott, Markakis, Reimold 2 SF: Scott GIDP: Reimold 2
FIELDING E: Roberts, Tejada

Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Millwood	6.0	5	6	2	0	4	5.72
Uehara (BS, 2)	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	4.50
Albers (W, 1-1)	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	2.70
Johnson (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Gonzalez (S, 1)	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	10.80
Totals	9.0	10	8	4	0	8