The good guys beat the Orioles 5-3 and Casey Janssen gets revenge for two earlier losses to Kris Benson. The Jays bats took advantage of a couple of wild pitches and a hit batsmen to plate five runs, whilst five Jays relievers combined for the last three Innings, including a perfect eigth from Pete WalkerStar of the Game: Janssen worked six Innings giving up just one run, picking up five strikeouts and walking no-one.
Unsung Hero: Not especially unsung, but Vernon was four for five with a run and an rbi.
For the Orioles: Brian Roberts was up to his usual high standards, going three for four and knocking in a run.
Defensive Play of the Game: With B.J Ryan showing strange signs of being human in the ninth, the tying runs were on base. Ryan deciding things had gone far enough got Hernandez to pop-up into shallow left, Aaron Hill made the catch and fired a one-hopper to the plate where Molina tagged out Mora who, with a rush of blood to the head, had taken off from third with the catch, presumably because Hill's run was taking him away from the plate.
Boxscore: Here
Elsewhere in the East: The Yankees and Boston were rained out and Jered Weaver was way too much for Seth McClung as the Angels won 6-2. Weaver now has 19.1 IP, 17 K, 3 BB and a 1.86 ERA, I think he's seen the last of Salt Lake.
Back, back, back: Davey Johnson is back in baseball, he was hired by the nationals as a 'consultant', is that a new name for Manager in Waiting ?
A.J watch: Burnett threw a simulated game yesterday and is scheduled to start his minor league rehab stint on Monday. Three Jays 'hitters' stood in against him - John McDonald, Luis Figueroa and Edgardo Alfonzo.
Tonight: Halladay against Loewen, quite the baptism for the young Canadian