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This article was published 28/05/2009 (6067 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
BALTIMORE — The facts are stark, the explanation elusive.
The Toronto Blue Jays scratched out a mere 13 runs while losing eight straight games. Then they scored 10 runs in one game and lost for a ninth straight time.
"I don’t even know how to explain it," said Blue Jays second-baseman Aaron Hill, whose two-run homer in the top of the 11th inning almost won it for Toronto. "This will be a hard one to forget."
The Blue Jays hitters finally came through in the clutch, but the bullpen blew two leads and Toronto fell 12-10 in 11 innings to the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday, wasting a bushel of big hits and a solid pitching performance by ace Roy Halladay.
"It’s so hard, timing-wise, given that we’d swung the bats pretty well and scored runs and seemed to turn things around a little bit," Halladay said. "It’s a tough way to go down."
Another day on the road. A new way to lose. A day off today, then a weekend home series against the Boston Red Sox, who kicked off Toronto’s first-ever 0-9 road trip with a three-game sweep last week at Fenway Park.
Suddenly, there are new concerns about two Jays relief pitchers.
Jesse Carlson gave up five runs in the eighth inning when the Orioles stormed back from an 8-3 deficit to tie the game. Closer Scott Downs allowed three of Carlson’s runners to score.
Carlson has pitched in five of the past seven games and 14 of 26 this month.
Downs did not come out for the ninth inning because he has a pulled hamstring.
A day earlier, Jays manager Cito Gaston expressed concern about Carlson’s workload. After Wednesday’s game, he reiterated that sentiment, but said he needed Carlson, normally one of his most reliable relievers, to help stop the losing streak.
Carlson insisted he is not tired.
"I’m a guy who’s able to pitch a lot," he said. He is on pace to appear in 84 games after working in 69 as a rookie last year.
"This is probably the worst loss on this trip because we were leading and had Doc on the mound," Gaston said. "You’ve got a five-run lead. You’re supposed to win those kind of games."
Especially after your hitters put six runs on the board in the fourth inning,. giving Halladay a 7-2 lead.
— Canwest News Service
