Blue Jays 11, Red Sox 5
Rod Barajas is greeted at the plate after his three-run homer in the third. (Charles Krupa/AP)
By John Barone / MLB.com
Toronto kept Boston from reducing its magic number to clinch a playoff spot, completely dominating the Red Sox's pitching staff from the get-go. Aaron Hill, Rod Barajas and Jose Bautista each homered to push the Jays' winning streak to four games in the rain-shortened victory.
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Series at a glance:
Mon. 09/28:
TOR 11, BOS 5
Tue. 09/29:
TOR 8, BOS 7
Wed. 09/30:
TOR 12, BOS 0
Toronto 11, Boston 5
Today's Boxes 9/28/09
PIT 11, LAD 1
ATL 4, FLA 0
CWS 6, CLE 1
HOU 8, PHI 2
NYY 8, KC 2
WSH 2, NYM 1
TB 7, BAL 6
LAA 11, TEX 0
September 28, 2009
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Toronto
4
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2
0
0
11 14
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Boston
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Standings thru 9/28/09 | Recap: TOR | BOS | Gameday | Blue Jays stats | Red Sox stats
Toronto AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bautista , RF
5
1
2
3
0
0
0
.236
Hill, A , 2B
4
1
1
1
0
0
2
.285
Lind , DH
4
1
1
0
0
1
0
.302
Wells, V , CF
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
.262
Encarnacion , 3B
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
.223
Millar , 3B
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
.213
Overbay , 1B
4
1
3
2
0
0
1
.271
Barajas , C
4
2
2
3
0
1
3
.234
Snider , LF
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
.235
McDonald, Jo , SS
3
1
1
1
0
1
0
.242
Totals 34 11 14 11 1 4 8
BATTING 2B : Wells, V (35, Bowden), Overbay (35, Bowden).HR : Hill, A (35, 1st inning off Bowden,
0 on, 1 out), Barajas (19, 3rd inning off Bowden, 2 on, 2 out), Bautista (9, 4th inning off Jones, H, 1 on, 0 out).TB :
Bautista 5; Hill, A 4; Lind; Wells, V 2; Encarnacion 2; Millar; Overbay 4; Barajas 5; McDonald, Jo.RBI : Hill,
A (104), Encarnacion (35), Overbay 2 (61), Barajas 3 (71), Bautista 3 (33), McDonald, Jo (10).2-out RBI : Barajas
3; Bautista.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Snider; Hill, A; Barajas.SF : McDonald, Jo.Team
RISP : 4-for-8.Team LOB : 5.
Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Ellsbury , CF
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
.298
Pedroia , 2B
4
0
1
1
0
0
3
.295
Martinez, V , C
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
.301
Kottaras , C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.227
Youkilis , 3B
3
2
2
3
0
0
0
.305
Ortiz , DH
3
1
2
1
0
0
0
.238
Bay , LF
3
0
0
0
0
2
1
.266
Gathright , LF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.278
Drew, J , RF
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
.272
Anderson , RF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.235
Kotchman , 1B
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
.270
Gonzalez, Al , SS
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
.236
Totals 25 5 7 5 4 3 7
BATTING 2B : Drew, J (30, Richmond), Pedroia (47, Janssen).HR : Youkilis 2 (27, 1st inning off
Richmond, 1 on, 2 out; 3rd inning off Richmond, 0 on, 1 out), Ortiz (28, 6th inning off Richmond, 0 on, 0 out).TB :
Pedroia 2; Martinez, V; Youkilis 8; Ortiz 5; Drew, J 2.RBI : Youkilis 3 (90), Ortiz (95), Pedroia (68).2-out
RBI : Youkilis 2.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Pedroia 2.Team RISP : 1-for-3.Team
LOB : 6.
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Richmond (W, 8-10)
6.0
6
4
4
2
3
3
5.35
Janssen
0.0
1
1
1
2
0
0
6.00
HBP : Snider (by Jones, H).Pitches-strikes : Richmond 102-60,
Janssen 13-4, Bowden 67-37, Jones, H 28-18, Richardson, D 24-15, Delcarmen 10-7.Groundouts-flyouts : Richmond 5-7,
Janssen 0-0, Bowden 4-1, Jones, H 0-3, Richardson, D 1-3, Delcarmen 1-1.Batters faced : Richmond 26, Janssen 3,
Bowden 17, Jones, H 11, Richardson, D 6, Delcarmen 3.Inherited runners-scored : Richardson, D 2-0.Umpires :
HP: Jerry Meals. 1B: Ron Kulpa. 2B: Mike DiMuro. 3B: Dale Scott.Weather : 66 degrees, partly cloudy.Wind :
10 mph, Out to CF.T : 2:22 (1:02 delay).Att : 37,591.September 28, 2009 Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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