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Teams: Toronto Blue Jays (75-86) @ Baltimore Orioles (63-98)
Date: 10/04/09
Home Team/Stadium: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore Maryland
First Pitch: 1:35pm est
TV: Sportsnet
Pitching matchup:
TOR: LHP Ricky Romero (13-9, 4.26)
Romero cracked the win column for the first time in five career starts against the Red Sox last Tuesday, scattering seven hits over five innings. The southpaw's 13 wins are the second most by a rookie in club history, one shy of Mark Eichhorn's 14 in 1986. In three appearances against the Orioles this season, Romero is 0-2 with a 5.59 ERA.

BAL: RHP Jeremy Guthrie (10-17, 5.05)
Guthrie will get the ball in the season finale. The right-hander has fulfilled a season goal by making all of his rotation turns this season, and he's 7 2/3 innings away from breaking 200 for the first time in his career. Guthrie leads the AL in losses, home runs (32) and earned runs (108) allowed, but he'll try to finish strong.


Bird Feed:
The Blue Jays' new general manager, Alex Anthopoulos, was born in Montreal, making him only the fifth Canadian-born GM in baseball history. The others include Gord Ash, Doug Melvin, Murray Cook and George Selkirk. ... Designated hitter Adam Lind has missed three straight games after being struck on the right elbow by a pitch in a game against the Red Sox on Tuesday. ... The Blue Jays have scored more runs (794) than they have allowed (766) this season, but they are 11 games under .500. Toronto will join the 1918 White Sox as the only AL teams in baseball history to finish at least 10 games below .500 while having a positive run differential. ... Outfielder Jose Bautista went 0-for-4 on Saturday, ending a streak of four straight games with at least one home run. Prior to Bautista, the last Blue Jays player to homer in four consecutive games was Vernon Wells in 2003. ... Toronto belted 46 home runs last month, marking the most long balls the team has ever hit in September. ... The 19 home runs by Randy Ruiz (10) and Travis Snider (nine) this season are the most by a pair of Toronto rookies in one season since Eric Hinske (24) and Josh Phelps (15) combined for 39 in 2002.



Weather Forecast: n/a

Os win 5-4 in 11 innings

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October 4, 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Toronto 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 2
Baltimore 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 8 0


Standings thru 10/4/09 | Gameday

Toronto AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bautista, J, RF-CF 5 1 2 1 0 3 0 .235
Hill, A, 2B 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .286
Encarnacion, 3B 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 .225
Wells, V, CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .260
Inglett, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281
Overbay, 1B 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .265
Barajas, C 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 .226
Ruiz, R, DH 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 .313
Snider, LF 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 .241
McDonald, Jo, SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .258
Totals 40 4 9 4 3 10 12

BATTING
2B: Ruiz, R 2 (7, Guthrie, Guthrie), Snider (14, Guthrie), Encarnacion (11, Guthrie).
HR: Encarnacion (13, 1st inning off Guthrie, 0 on, 2 out), Bautista, J (13, 5th inning off Guthrie, 0 on, 0 out), McDonald, Jo (4, 7th inning off Guthrie, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Bautista, J 5; Encarnacion 6; Ruiz, R 5; Snider 2; McDonald, Jo 4.
RBI: Encarnacion (39), Snider (29), Bautista, J (40), McDonald, Jo (13).
2-out RBI: Encarnacion; Snider.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Snider; Wells, V 2; McDonald, Jo; Overbay.
GIDP: Snider; Wells, V.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Hill, A (6, 2nd base off Guthrie/Wieters).

FIELDING
E: League 2 (2, throw, throw).


Baltimore AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Roberts, B, 2B 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 .283
Andino, SS 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 .222
Wieters, C 4 0 0 0 1 2 6 .288
Markakis, RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 3 .293
Mora, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
a-Turner, PH-3B 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 .167
Scott, DH 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 .258
Aubrey, 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .289
Montanez, L, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .183
Fiorentino, CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .281
Totals 38 5 8 4 5 10 20

a-Singled for Mora in the 6th.

BATTING
HR: Markakis (18, 1st inning off Romero, R, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Roberts, B 2; Andino; Markakis 5; Turner; Aubrey; Fiorentino.
RBI: Markakis 2 (101), Turner 2 (3).
2-out RBI: Markakis 2; Turner 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Scott; Andino; Aubrey; Wieters.
S: Montanez, L; Fiorentino.
Team RISP: 2-for-11.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Roberts, B (30, 2nd base off Romero, R/Barajas).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Andino-Aubrey, Andino-Roberts, B-Aubrey).




Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Romero, R 7.0 5 4 4 3 8 1 4.30
Carlson 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4.66
Camp 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.50
League (L, 3-6) 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.58
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Guthrie 7.2 9 4 4 2 5 3 5.04
Castillo, A 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.25
Sarfate 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5.09
Albers (W, 3-6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.51


League pitched to 3 batters in the 11th.

HBP: Encarnacion (by Guthrie).
Pitches-strikes: Romero, R 109-71, Carlson 17-12, Camp 27-18, League 8-5, Guthrie 107-64, Castillo, A 4-3, Sarfate 23-14, Albers 12-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Romero, R 7-6, Carlson 0-2, Camp 3-2, League 0-0, Guthrie 5-13, Castillo, A 0-0, Sarfate 3-1, Albers 1-0.
Batters faced: Romero, R 29, Carlson 5, Camp 8, League 3, Guthrie 34, Castillo, A 1, Sarfate 6, Albers 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Castillo, A 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Todd Tichenor. 1B: Mike Estabrook. 2B: Bruce Dreckman. 3B: Bill Hohn.
Weather: 70 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 14 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:47.
Att: 17,969.
October 4, 2009