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Solo homers wasted
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Blue Jays 6, Tigers 4
Zach Miner went six innings, giving up one run and striking out five. (AP)
Gary Sheffield hit a pair of solo shots and Magglio Ordonez added a solo blast of his own. But both offensive efforts and Zach Miner's strong start were spoiled, as the bullpen gave up five runs, including a four-run seventh.
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Series at a glance:
TOR
Toronto (61-59)
Won 2
Toronto 6, Detroit 4   DET
Detroit (58-61)
Lost 2
August 12, 2008
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Toronto
0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1   6 10 1
Detroit
0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0   4 9 1
Standings thru 8/12/08  |  Recap: TOR | DET  |  Gameday  |  Blue Jays stats  |  Tigers stats
Toronto AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Inglett, 2B 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 .289
Scutaro, 3B 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 .258
Rios, RF 4 1 1 0 1 1 3 .282
Wells, V, CF 5 0 2 2 0 1 2 .289
Stairs, DH 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 .251
  1-Mench, PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Barajas, C 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .261
Lind, LF 5 2 3 2 0 1 4 .300
  Wilkerson, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
Overbay, 1B 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .267
McDonald, Jo, SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .212
Totals 37 6 10 6 7 6 18  


1-Ran for Stairs in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Scutaro (12, Miner), McDonald, Jo (5, Seay), Wells, V (13, Zumaya).
HR: Lind (6, 2nd inning off Miner, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Inglett; Scutaro 3; Rios; Wells, V 3; Lind 6; McDonald, Jo 2.
RBI: Lind 2 (29), Inglett (26), Scutaro (42), Wells, V 2 (45).
2-out RBI: Lind 2; Scutaro; Wells, V 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wells, V; Rios 2; Lind 2; Overbay.
Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Rios 2 (30, 2nd base off Miner/Inge, 3rd base off Dolsi/Inge).

FIELDING
E: Scutaro (6, fielding).

 
Detroit AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Granderson, CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .298
Polanco, 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 .313
Guillen, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .284
  Raburn, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
Ordonez, RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .318
Cabrera, Mi, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .296
Joyce, LF 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 .269
Sheffield, DH 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 .223
Renteria, SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .262
Inge, C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .222
Totals 35 4 9 4 1 8 13  

BATTING
2B: Granderson (20, Burnett, AJ), Renteria (14, Burnett, AJ), Inge (12, Burnett, AJ).
HR: Sheffield 2 (12, 2nd inning off Burnett, AJ, 0 on, 2 out; 6th inning off Burnett, AJ, 0 on, 2 out), Ordonez (15, 6th inning off Burnett, AJ, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Granderson 2; Polanco 2; Ordonez 4; Sheffield 8; Renteria 2; Inge 3.
RBI: Sheffield 2 (35), Ordonez (71), Inge (34).
2-out RBI: Sheffield 2; Inge.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ordonez 2; Guillen 2.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Guillen (9, 2nd base off Burnett, AJ/Barajas).
CS: Inge (2, 3rd base by Burnett, AJ/Barajas).

FIELDING
E: Joyce (4, fielding).

 
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Burnett, AJ (W, 15-9) 6.0 8 4 4 1 6 3 4.67
League (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.41
Downs, S (H, 18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.25
Ryan, B (S, 23) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.00
 
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Miner 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 1 3.41
Seay (H, 9) 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 0 2.85
Zumaya (BS, 4)(L, 0-2) 0.0 2 2 2 3 0 0 3.47
Farnsworth 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.96
Dolsi 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 3.96

Zumaya pitched to 5 batters in the 7th.

WP: League, Dolsi.
IBB: Stairs (by Zumaya), Stairs (by Dolsi).
HBP: Joyce (by Burnett, AJ).
Pitches-strikes: Burnett, AJ 108-68, League 18-12, Downs, S 13-10, Ryan, B 12-7, Miner 103-64, Seay 19-14, Zumaya 20-5, Farnsworth 16-10, Dolsi 26-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Burnett, AJ 8-1, League 2-0, Downs, S 1-0, Ryan, B 0-2, Miner 6-5, Seay 1-0, Zumaya 0-0, Farnsworth 2-1, Dolsi 0-2.
Batters faced: Burnett, AJ 27, League 4, Downs, S 3, Ryan, B 3, Miner 24, Seay 4, Zumaya 5, Farnsworth 5, Dolsi 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Zumaya 1-1, Farnsworth 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Gary Cederstrom. 1B: Fieldin Culbreth. 2B: Jim Reynolds. 3B: Tim Timmons.
Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, In from LF.
T: 3:17.
Att: 39,790.
August 12, 2008

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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