Jays Roundup - Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word

Wednesday, September 08 2004 @ 10:13 AM EDT

And never mind that noise you heard
It’s just the beast under your bed,
In your closet, in your head

Angels 5 - Jays 2

1. Recaps:
   
   • Elliott Teaford:
     
     
     Blue Jays right-hander David Bush was flawless as he worked through the Anaheim Angels' formidable lineup for the first time Tuesday at Angel Stadium.
     Three men up in the first inning. Three men down.
     
     Three up in the second. Three down.
     
     Three up in the third. Three down.
     
     It didn't look as if Bush had broken a sweat after retiring the Angels in order on only 32 pitches over the course of three innings. But the streaking Angels finally got to him in the fourth and he and the Blue Jays were soon down for the count during a 5-2 loss in front of 36,277 fans.
     
     
     
   • Mike Ganter:
     
     
     The Jays' 2004 post-season aspirations officially bit the dust at 12:33 a.m. as the Anaheim Angels defeated the Jays 5-2, eliminating them from contention for the American League wild card in their 138th game.
     
     "I would have thought that was a month ago," Jays interim manager John Gibbons said.
     
     
     
   • AP:
     
     
     Bartolo Colon has been on and off in his first year with the Angels.
     
     Anaheim's burly right-hander was on Tuesday night, pitching seven strong innings in a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
     
     The win was the Angels' fourth straight and pulled them within 1 1/2 games of AL West leader Oakland, which lost 7-1 to Boston.
     
     
     
   • Geoff Baker:
     
     
     The earliest regular-season elimination in 24 years for the Blue Jays was sealed last night in similar fashion to dozens of losses that preceded it.
     
     Toronto had chances early against Anaheim Angels ace Bartolo Colon in a must-win series for the home side. But the stumbling Jays offence failed to get the job done and then watched as the professional Anaheim bats chipped away at rookie starter Dave Bush.
     
     It added up to Toronto being officially eliminated after only 138 games as the true American League hopefuls pull ever-so-much-farther away.
     
     
     
   
   
2. Fordin Notes (by Elliott Teaford) on Toronto's veteran players:
   
   
   Pride is the overwhelming motivation for first baseman Carlos Delgado during the final weeks of 2004. Delgado, who earned AL Player of the Week honors Tuesday, homered in six of his last 10 games before the Blue Jays began a six-game trip Tuesday.
   
   After a down season, Delgado said Tuesday he's determined to finish strong.
   
   
   
   
3. Ganter Notes on Kerry Ligtenberg and Carlos Delgado:
   
   
   Delgado was named American League player of the week yesterday, the first time this year a Blue Jays player has received that honour and the first baseman's ninth such award, a team record.
   
   For the week, Delgado hit .381 with six runs and seven RBI with three home runs. Also in contention for the award were Anaheim's Garret Anderson (.423, 7 RBI) and Baltimore's Jay Gibbons (.389, 3 HR, 7 RBI) and Rafael Palmeiro (.400, 2 HR, 7 RBI).
   
   
   
   
4. In "Crozier content to watch, learn" Mike Ganter talks to the one callup who hasn't started a game yet:
   
   
   The slugging first baseman, obtained by the Blue Jays in last month's trade that sent Josh Phelps to the Cleveland Indians, has yet to start a game but has appeared in two since his September call-up.
   
   While his first start should come against the Texas Rangers later this week in Arlington, Tex., Crozier, 26, is content to sit and watch Carlos Delgado.
   
   
   
   
5. Larry Millson talks to injured ace Roy Halladay in "Halladay working his way back:
   
   
   Halladay's return is tentatively set for the three-game series against the New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium from Sept. 21 to 23.
   
   "But what game, or if it's going to be that day for sure, I don't know," said Halladay, who is 7-7 and has a 4.35 ERA in 18 starts for the Blue Jays, who opened a three-game series last night in Anaheim, Calif., against the Angels.
   
   "But I feel good. I'm always trying to get them to maybe try and speed it up a little bit. That's kind of been the target date."
   
   
   
6. Tonight's 10:05PM EST start in Anaheim: RHP Justin Miller (2-3, 5.64 ERA) vs. RHP Kelvim Escobar (9-9, 4.10 ERA). See MLB.com's game preview.
   

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