The Jays made it interesting on game #2 of the 2007 campaign, but in the end, they were not able to overcome a poor performance by A.J. Burnett.
Burnett was pulled in the 3rd inning, after allowing 4 runs. Shaun Marcum then came in and gave up a grand slam to Curtis Granderson in the 3rd, with 2 of those runs being charged to the Jays' starter.
After giving up another run in the 4th, Toronto was down 9-0 and it seemed that the game was completely out of reach.
But the best part about baseball is simply this: no matter what the score, the winning team has to get 27 outs, and there's no running out the clock.
The Jays cut the lead to 9-2 in the 6th, but gave up one more run in the bottom half of the seventh. That's when Toronto's much hyped offence took over.
Toronto put 7 up on the board in the 8th, cutting the lead to one. But it was that last run that proved elusive, as Detroit held on to even the opening week series.
Each Toronto batter from leadoff through to the seven hole had two hits in the ball game, with Royce Clayton being the only starter not to get a hit off of Tiger pitching on Wednesday.
Jason Smith stole the show for the offence, knocking in 3 on his pinch hit triple in the 8th. Both Vernon Wells and Alex Rios had 2 RBI's for Toronto.
A.J. Burnett had an awful game, giving up 6 earned runs from 5 hits in 2 plus innings. He was pegged with the loss.
The Jays try to win the rubber match on Thursday, with Gustavo Chacin getting his first start of 2007. The game goes at 1:05 from Detroit.
WP: Nate Robertson (1-0)
LP: A.J. Burnett (0-1)
SV: Todd Jones (1)
Toronto (1-1) Detroit (1-1)
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