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Toronto Blue Jays Notes, Quotes


Toronto Blue Jays Notes, Quotes
---RHP Shawn Camp was torched for five runs in the 13th inning Thursday. Before that, the bullpen had gone 17 innings over eight games without allowing an earned run.

--RF Alex Rios' leadoff triple in the 10th inning was wasted. The next three hitters couldn't put the ball in play. LF Shannon Stewart took a called third strike while both DH Matt Stairs and 1B Rod Barajas struck out swinging.

--RHP Jesse Litsch picked up his third consecutive quality start Thursday, allowing three earned runs in his seven innings. Litsch has gone a minimum of seven innings in each of those starts.

--Since April 25, RHP Dustin McGowan, RHP Shaun Marcum and RHP Jesse Litsch have combined to go 5-1 in eight starts with an ERA of 1.70.

--CF Vernon Wells went 1-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to seven games. Over that stretch, Wells has gone 11-for-26 (.423).

BY THE NUMBERS: 24 -- Number of consecutive scoreless innings posted by the Jays. The Jays had back-to-back shutouts Thursday in Boston and Friday in Toronto against the White Sox. Their scoreless streak was snapped when Chicago's Jermaine Dye hit a solo home run in the seventh inning Saturday.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "I make judgments when I need to make judgments and I don't need to make that one right now. The fact is, I've got confidence in everybody that's in the position that they're in." -- Jays president and CEO Paul Godfrey, in his attempt to quell the rumors that manager John Gibbons' job is in jeopardy.


Author:Fox Sports
Author's Website:http://www.foxsports.com
Added: May 9, 2008

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