Game 89 Recap-
Blue Jays starter, RH AJ Burnett(9-8,5.23), who had an emergency root canal late night Tuesday, showed a lot of guts and helped Toronto beat the Baltimore Orioles, 9-8 Wednesday at Rogers Center in Canada. Over 5 1/3, he allowed 7 hits and 7 runs with 3 walks and 7 Ks. “I made an emergency call last night and had a root canal at 10:30 p.m. and then a filling at 9:00 a.m. this morning, so I was all numbed up for a while,” Burnett said. “It wore off in time, luckily, but it didn’t bother me at all.”
Os LH Garrett Olson(6-4,5.65) had a tough night and did not make it out of the 4th inning. Over 3 2/3 innings, he allowed 7 hits & 7 runs with 4 walks and 2 strike outs. After a 1st inning run from Baltimore 1b Kevin Millar rbi, the Jays chased younf Olson in the 4th with a 6 run explosion. A bases loaded walk, 3 infield singles and a 2 run double from SS David Eckstein accounted for the runs.
After Toronto added another run in the 5th to make it 8-1, the Orioles rallied, as they have all season. 3b Melvin Mora plated 2 with an rbi single, C Ramon Hernandez followed with his own run scoring single. The big blow came from improving CF Adam Jones, whose 3 run homer to left made it 8-7 Toronto.
The game settled down and the Jays pen shut the Os down for 2 2/3 innings. The Jays pushed the lead back to 2 runs when 3b Scott Rolen singled in a run in the 6th. Toronto closer BJ Ryan alllowed a homer to RF Nick Markakis but retired Millar for the final out to get his 17th save and the 2nd consecutive Jays win in this 3 game series.
Star of the Game-
Burnett- In a sport when guys miss games for sleeping and bruising eyebrows, he could have packed it in but he didn’t. He never considered missing his start,”I was going to do it this morning and still pitch,” Burnett said. “That’s just my tooth. I don’t need that to throw.”
Orioles Notes-
Markakis led the team with 3 hits, he also extended his 16 game hitting streak… Brian Fahey got the start at 2b and was 0 for 2
Next Game-
Thursday, Rogers Center
Orioles RH Jeremy Guthrie(5-7,3.61) vs Jays RH John Parrish(1st ML start,1.50 era over 6 innings)
