05/14/2008 - Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jesse Litsch notched his fifth win and the Toronto Blue Jays got their offense going with 10 hits to defeat the Minnesota Twins, 5-3, in the opener of a three-game series at the Metrodome.
Litsch (5-1) went 5 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on four hits with no walks and two strikeouts, helping Toronto post back-to-back wins after a horrid offensive stretch and four straight losses.
Lyle Overbay went 2-for-4 with an RBI and scored a run. Matt Stairs homered, walked twice and scored two runs for the Blue Jays.
Toronto scratched out three runs in the tenth inning Monday in the second half of a doubleheader at Cleveland to halt a five-game losing streak and snap a streak of scoreless innings at 31 1/3.
"We did a lot of good things tonight," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "We pitched very good. Rolen had that great at-bat and wore him (Slowey) out and then Stairs came up with the big homer."
Twins starter Kevin Slowey (0-3) lasted 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks. He struck out five in his third start of the season and second since coming off the disabled list due to a right biceps strain.
Carlos Gomez was 2-for-4 with a home run for the Twins, who were coming off of taking three of four from the Red Sox at home. Jason Kubel clubbed a pinch-hit homer.
The teams traded runs in the eighth inning of a tight game. A Gregg Zaun sacrifice fly in the top half off the Twins' Brian Bass added insurance, but Kubel took Toronto's Armando Benitez deep in his first appearance of the season to lead off the bottom half, keeping Minnesota within two.
B.J. Ryan came on in the ninth, giving up a leadoff single to Michael Cuddyer but retired the next three batters, earning his sixth save.
Minnesota got on the board first with a two-out Gomez home run to left in the third.
Toronto came on in the fourth to take the lead on consecutive two-out RBI doubles from Overbay and Shannon Stewart.
Stairs added another run for the Jays in the sixth with a two-out homer to right and chased Slowey from the game in favor of Matt Guerrier.
The Twins pulled to within 3-2 in the bottom half. Litsch allowed a leadoff single to Gomez, retired the next two batters before giving way to Jesse Carlson, who allowed a Justin Morneau triple to right-center. Jason Frasor came on to retire Michael Cuddyer to end the inning.
Toronto got the run right back in the seventh on an Aaron Hill RBI single off Guerrier.
Game Notes
Toronto won six of its 10 matchups with Minnesota last year and is 12-6 versus the Twins since the start of the 2006 season. The Blue Jays are 7-5 at the Metrodome in that span...Boof Bonser (2-4) is scheduled to pitch for the Twins against Roy Halladay (3-5) on Wednesday...Litsch is 3-0, with a 2.67 ERA with an opponent batting average of just .194 and zero walks over his last four starts, he has given up two runs-or-fewer in 17 of 28 career starts...Ryan is 6-for-6 in save opportunities this season for Toronto and has yet to give up a run in 11 innings pitched.
<< Church continues torrid start as Mets double up Nationals
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Church homered, doubled and drove in four
runs, as the New York Mets surged past the Washington Nationals, 6-3, in the
second of a four-game series at Shea Stadium.
Brian Schneider went 3-for-4, knocke
<< Scott homers as Orioles hold off Red Sox
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Luke Scott ripped the go-ahead three-run
homer and the Orioles touched Josh Beckett for five runs, lifting Baltimore to
a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the opener of a brief two-game
series.
<< Greene's blast powers Padres over Cubs
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Khalil Greene's three-run home run off Jason
Marquis was the difference, as San Diego edged out Chicago, 4-3, at Wrigley
Field.
The Padres literally slipped past the Cubs on a chilly, rainy night in t
<< Volquez strong again; Reds down Marlins
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Edinson Volquez continued his strong rookie
year, holding the Marlins to one run in six innings, but Cincinnati's 5-3 win
over Florida came coupled with the loss of shortstop Jeff Keppinger, who left
with a
Laird propels Rangers over Mariners >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gerald Laird went 2-for-3 with an RBI and
three runs scored as the Texas Rangers upended the Seattle Mariners, 5-2, in
the second test of a three-game series at Rangers Ballpark.
Texas starter Kason Ga
Pirates' Doumit leaves with thumb injury >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit left after one
inning of Tuesday's game against the Cardinals with a left thumb injury.
A pitch from Pittsburgh starter Phil Dumatrait hit the catcher on the thumb of
his glove
Rays climb to first in AL East; top Yankees in 11 >>
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gabe Gross had the game-winning single
off Mariano Rivera in the 11th inning to lead the Tampa Bay Rays past the New
York Yankees, 2-1, and into first place in the AL East.
Akinori Iwamura went 2-fo
Salas, Pirates outlast Cardinals >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Marino Salas, a 27-year-old making his major
league debut the same day he was called up from Triple-A Indianapolis, worked
out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and picked up his first career win in
Pittsbu
El Duque expected to throw Tuesday
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New York Mets pitcher Orlando Hernandez, sidelined at spring training because of arthritis in his neck, is expected to resume throwing on Tuesday.
Hernandez received a cortisone shot Thursday after leaving camp and returning to New York to have his neck examined. The 41-year-old right-hander is penciled in as the team's No. 2 starter behind Tom Glavine.
El Duque's health is a major issue for the Mets, who won the NL East in 2007 and came within one victory of the World Series. Their aging and unsettled rotation is a big question mark this year.
MySportsbook.com has the Mets as -110 favorites to repeat as NL East champions odds.
Hernandez went 11-11 with a 4.66 ERA last season, including 9-7 with a 4.09 ERA in 20 starts after the Mets acquired him from Arizona in late May. But he missed the playoffs because of a torn calf muscle.
New York already is without Pedro Martinez, out until at least midseason following rotator cuff surgery. Among those competing for starting jobs are prospects Mike Pelfrey, Philip Humber and Jason Vargas, plus veterans Chan Ho Park, Jorge Sosa and Aaron Sele.
Notes: Mets manager Willie Randolph is excited about two new utility players he could have on his bench: Damion Easley and David Newhan. ''Their value is really all over the place,'' Randolph said. Easley can play anywhere in the infield and could be used as an emergency outfielder, though Randolph said he would prefer to keep the veteran in the infield. Newhan, meanwhile, can play second base, third or any outfield position for the Mets. ''I love versatility,'' Randolph said. ''I love guys that can give me options when I need them to step in.''
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