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Teams: Baltimore Orioles (60-9q) @ Toronto Blue Jays (68-83)
Date: 09/23/09
Home Team/Stadium: Rogers Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
First Pitch: 7:07pm est
TV: Sportsnet
Pitching matchup:
BAL: RHP Jeremy Guthrie (10-15, 5.05 ERA)
Guthrie ran up a high pitch count in his previous start, but he still survived. The right-hander worked into the sixth inning, establishing a new season-high pitch count (114). Guthrie, Baltimore's Opening Day starter in each of the past two seasons, has allowed more home runs (31) and more earned runs (106) than any other American League starter.

TOR: RHP Scott Richmond (6-10, 5.31 ERA)
Richmond is 0-5 with an 8.92 ERA in eight starts since returning from the disabled list, where he spent a month with a sore right shoulder. The Blue Jays have lost seven of those games. He lasted two innings against the Rays in his previous outing, allowing five runs on seven hits. Richmond has given up 22 runs in 17 1/3 innings over his past four starts.



Bird Feed:
An MRI exam on shortstop Marco Scutaro's ailing right heel revealed a tear of the plantar fascia, but Gaston was not ready to declare him done for the season. "They found some damage there," Gaston said. "But we're going to wait and see what's going to happen with him. He's going to still be around here, and we're just going to give him some time and see if he can play or not this year." ... Utility man Joe Inglett (sore ribs) played catch on Tuesday and might be able to play within the next week, according to Gaston. ... Lind has 106 RBIs this season after driving in just 40 in 2008. The difference of 66 RBIs is the largest gap between this season and last among all Major League hitters. ... Dating back to 2002, center fielder Vernon Wells' 96 RBIs against the Orioles are the second-highest total against them. Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez ranks first with 101 RBIs against Baltimore over that span. ... Entering Tuesday, Wells was first in the Majors with a .442 average dating back to Sept. 6.

Weather Forecast: none dome

Jays sweep winning 7-3

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September 23, 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 2
Toronto 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 X 7 9 1


Standings thru 9/23/09 | Recap: BAL | TOR | Wrap | Gameday

Baltimore AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pie, CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .262
Izturis, C, SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .251
Wieters, DH 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 .290
Markakis, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .293
Scott, LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .252
Turner, 3B 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .154
a-Fiorentino, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265
Rodriguez, Gu, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Aubrey, 1B 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 .308
Moeller, C 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250
b-Wigginton, PH-3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272
Andino, 2B 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .225
c-Roberts, B, PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286
Totals 34 3 6 3 5 6 11

a-Struck out for Turner in the 8th. b-Singled for Moeller in the 8th. c-Struck out for Andino in the 8th.

BATTING
HR: Aubrey (1, 2nd inning off Richmond, 1 on, 1 out), Wieters (8, 5th inning off Richmond, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Pie; Wieters 5; Markakis; Aubrey 4; Wigginton.
RBI: Aubrey 2 (6), Wieters (38).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Turner; Izturis, C.
Team RISP: 0-for-2.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Pie (2, fielding), Izturis, C (7, fielding).


Toronto AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bautista, J, RF 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 .231
Hill, A, 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .286
Lind, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .300
Wells, V, CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .262
Encarnacion, 3B 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 .223
Overbay, 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .269
Barajas, C 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .231
Snider, LF 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 .237
McDonald, Jo, SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 .235
Totals 32 7 9 7 3 1 13

BATTING
2B: Encarnacion (10, Guthrie), Overbay (32, Guthrie), Bautista, J (13, Guthrie).
3B: Bautista, J (3, Guthrie).
HR: Snider (9, 6th inning off Guthrie, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Bautista, J 5; Hill, A; Lind; Encarnacion 2; Overbay 2; Snider 5; McDonald, Jo.
RBI: Overbay (58), Encarnacion (34), McDonald, Jo (9), Bautista, J (26), Hill, A (101), Snider 2 (25).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: McDonald, Jo; Overbay 2; Bautista, J.
SF: Encarnacion; Hill, A.
Team RISP: 5-for-12.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
E: Encarnacion (11, throw).




Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Guthrie (L, 10-16) 7.0 8 7 5 2 1 1 5.10
Henn 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.65
Meredith 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.21
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Richmond (W, 7-10) 5.0 5 3 3 4 2 2 5.32
Janssen (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.79
Roenicke (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4.85
League (H, 9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.77
Frasor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.65


Guthrie pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP: Henn.
Balk: Guthrie.
Pitches-strikes: Guthrie 105-58, Henn 11-6, Meredith 7-4, Richmond 95-58, Janssen 16-10, Roenicke 21-10, League 12-9, Frasor 14-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Guthrie 6-14, Henn 0-1, Meredith 2-0, Richmond 5-8, Janssen 3-0, Roenicke 1-0, League 1-0, Frasor 2-1.
Batters faced: Guthrie 32, Henn 3, Meredith 2, Richmond 24, Janssen 4, Roenicke 4, League 4, Frasor 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Henn 1-1, Meredith 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Adrian Johnson. 1B: Gary Cederstrom. 2B: Fieldin Culbreth. 3B: Brian O'Nora.
Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, L to R.
T: 2:37.
Att: 13,743.
September 23, 2009