MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS
08/30/2007
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS
GAME ID: 2003 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 30TH , 2007 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto Blue Jays (67-67) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 6 8 0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (76-57) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 0
On Road, Toronto Beats Tampa Bay, 6-2
Toronto Blue Jays starter Mike McNutt kept the Tampa Bay Devil Rays hitters in check, leading his team to a comfortable 6-2 win. The winner was McNutt. He threw 6.1 innings of shutout ball. The loser was Todd Ritchie. The third-place Blue Jays are now 67-67, the Devil Rays 76-57.

Toronto used the hitting of Carlos Quentin to pick up the win. The left fielder clubbed a 3-run home run in the top of the sixth inning to put the Blue Jays on top, 3-0. For the game, Quentin had 1 home run and 1 single in 4 at-bats.

"I just tried to attack the bottom of the zone," McNutt said.
TORONTO BATTING LINESCORE TAMPA BAY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Inge 3B 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .304 13 49
L. Cain CF 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .285 10 60
K. Griffey Jr. DH 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 .259 20 84
C. Quentin LF 4 1 2 4 0 0 0 .289 24 90
T. Helton 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .302 12 73
A. Rios RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .262 11 68
J. Peralta SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .257 15 48
B. Boone 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .257 4 23
H. Cota C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .232 1 11
Totals 35 6 8 6 1 7 7      
BATTING
Doubles: L. Cain (29, 8th Inning off T. Ritchie, 1 on, 1 out)
Triples: K. Griffey Jr. (2, 8th Inning off T. Ritchie, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: C. Quentin (24, 6th Inning off T. Ritchie, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Inge 2 , L. Cain 3 , K. Griffey Jr. 3 , C. Quentin 5 , A. Rios
2-out RBI: C. Quentin
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Helton
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Inge (21) , L. Cain (16)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nixon RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .266 17 52
B. Gardner LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .273 10 54
J. Guzman 3B 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .277 5 63
A. Craig 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .261 12 72
S. Drew SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .272 14 79
J. Cust CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .267 9 70
I. Kinsler 2B 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .241 22 98
E. Durazo DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .270 6 20
   a-C. Villalobos DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .271 8 39
G. Kottaras C 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .182 10 48
Totals 33 2 7 2 2 7 15      
a - C. Villalobos inserted as DH in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Drew (41, 9th Inning off W. Startup, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Gardner , J. Guzman , A. Craig , S. Drew 2 , J. Cust , E. Durazo , G. Kottaras
2-out RBI: J. Guzman
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Guzman , A. Craig
Sac Fly: I. Kinsler
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Gardner (27)
TORONTO PITCHING LINESCORE TAMPA BAY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. McNutt W (5-6) 6.1 3 0 0 1 4 0 101 3.96   
O. Perez H (14) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 25 3.89   
W. Startup 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 24 3.88   
K. Aselton 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.22   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. McNutt 70
Batters Faced: M. McNutt 23, O. Perez 5, W. Startup 7, K. Aselton 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. McNutt 6-9, O. Perez 1-1, W. Startup 0-3, K. Aselton 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: M. McNutt 101-60, O. Perez 25-14, W. Startup 24-18, K. Aselton 6-4
Inherited Runners - Scored: O. Perez 1-0 , W. Startup 2-1 , K. Aselton 1-0
WP: O. Perez
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Ritchie L (12-7) 7.1 7 6 6 1 6 1 100 4.96   
Y. Pino 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 23 4.58   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Ritchie 45
Batters Faced: T. Ritchie 30, Y. Pino 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Ritchie 10-6, Y. Pino 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Ritchie 100-65, Y. Pino 23-15
Inherited Runners - Scored: Y. Pino 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Mike McNutt
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Start Time: 7:10 PM ET
Time: 3:03
Attendance: 41408
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