The Blue Jays won the 2nd game of the 4 game set with the Detroit Tigers 3-2, evening the series at a game a piece. Dustin McGowan took the mound for the Jays and pitched a solid game. The win brings the Jays record to 9-9 this season and leaves them in the middle of the pack in the AL East.
Toronto didn’t have a great game offensively but produced just enough runs to sneak by the Tigers. Alex Rios hit a 1st inning solo homer off Jeremy Bonderman giving the Blue Jays the early lead. The homer was only his 2nd of the season but was his 11th RBI. His batting average is now at a strong .324 as he went 2-for-4 in the game. Matt Stairs, who has now taken the place of the former Blue Jay Frank Thomas, went 2-for-3 with a run scored in the game. Aaron Hill also had a strong game going 1-for-4 including a double and a run scored. Hill is also batting over .300 this season standing strong at .314.
Dustin McGowan got the start and had a pretty good game for his ball club. He pitched 7 innings of solid work allowing 7 hits, 2 runs, and just 1 strike out. He earned the win in the game bringing his record to 1-1 this season and his ERA to 3.38. B.J. Ryan came on in the 9th attempting to get his 2nd save of the season. He was successful striking out all 3 batters in the process. Once again he looked good after coming back from missing a majority of this young season recovering from surgery. Jeremy Bonderman didn’t have as much success as Toronto pitchers going 5 innings deep allowing 5 hits 3 runs but he continued to give the Jays chances in his 6 walks. These chances were capitalized on as Bonderman was charged for all the runs the Jays collected.
Good game for the Blue Jays and they seem like they should be wins right now as bad as Detroit has been this season. Hopefully Toronto can take a few more wins before the Tigers snap out of this season long slump.
Next Up: Toronto will play game 3 at Rogers Centre against the Detroit Tigers. A.J. Burnett (1-1) will take on Detroit lefty Nate Robertson (0-1).
