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| Thursday's American League Capsules |
| By PA SportsTicker TORONTO 5, BALTIMORE 1 ----------------------- BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- The Toronto Blue Jays scored a few insurance runs late and came away with a 5-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in a completion of a suspended game. Heavy rain and lightning caused Wednesday night's game to be suspended in the top of the sixth inning shortly after the Blue Jays took a 2-1 lead on Lyle Overbay's RBI single. Toronto tacked on three insurance runs in the eighth when it loaded the bases and Baltimore first baseman Kevin Millar's throw to the plate sailed high, allowing two runs to score on an Adam Lind grounder. John McDonald followed with a sacrifice fly to left to give Toronto a 5-1 lead. Jesse Carlson, Shawn Camp and Scott Downs combined to pitch four scoreless innings of relief for Toronto. Toronto used aggressive baserunning to score both of its runs on Wednesday night. In the third, Lind led off with a single off starter Jeremy Guthrie (6-8), then stole second. He went to third on a single by McDonald and scored the game's first run on a groundout by Marco Scutaro. Baltimore pulled even in the fourth as Aubrey Huff ripped a leadoff triple and scored on a single by Melvin Mora. But Toronto moved ahead in the sixth, when Alex Rios opened the inning with a single, stole second and scored on Overbay's base hit. Guthrie allowed two runs and six hits while walking two and striking out four in 5 2/3 innings. Counterpart A.J. Burnett (11-9) yielded a run and six hits with seven strikeouts in five innings to get the win. TORONTO 7, BALTIMORE 1 ---------------------- BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- Roy Halladay pitched seven strong innings and Adam Lind had three hits and two runs scored as the Toronto Blue Jays posted a 7-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Halladay (12-7) allowed one run and seven hits over his outing, striking out six. The righthander improved to 18-4 in his career against the Orioles. Lyle Overbay and Gregg Zaun each had two RBI for the Blue Jays, who held a 7-0 lead after the top of the sixth. Luke Scott broke up the shutout with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth for Baltimore, which dropped the final three games of its four-game series with Toronto. |
