Toronto 2, Pittsburgh 1
When: 7:07 PM ET, Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Dan Iassogna, 1B -
Mike Estabrook, 2B -
Marty Foster, 3B -
Bill Welke
Attendance:
15632
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Brandon Morrow tied a season high with 10 strikeouts and Yunel Escobar delivered the go-ahead RBI double in the seventh inning as the host Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Wednesday.
Morrow (4-4) retired the first 13 hitters he faced, and allowed one run and four hits in seven innings to improve to 2-0 in four interleague starts at the Rogers Centre. Toronto, which ended a two-game losing streak, has won each of Morrow's last six interleague starts.
Blue Jays rookie Eric Thames’ first-career homer - a leadoff shot in the sixth – tied the game at 1. In the seventh, Rajai Davis hit a one-out, ground-rule double to center field off Pirates starter Paul Maholm (4-9) and Escobar followed with a slow ground ball to shortstop that just eluded the glove of a diving Ronny Cedeno and scored Davis.
Jason Frasor pitched the eighth and Frank Francisco worked around a two-out walk in the ninth for his ninth save in 12 chances.
Maholm fell to 0-7 in 11 career road interleague starts despite allowing two runs and nine hits in seven innings. The Pirates have lost 13 of their last 15 interleague games on the road.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Pittsburgh |
|
Toronto |
|
Paul Maholm |
Player |
Brandon Morrow
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
7.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
10 |
|
9 |
Hits |
4 |
|
2.57 |
ERA |
1.29 |
Hitting
| Pittsburgh |
|
Toronto |
|
Ronny Cedeno | Player |
Rajai Davis
|
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
2 |
TB |
4 |
|
.667 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
.138 |
12 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
| Toronto
|
9 |
1 |
17 |
.281 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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