| The Blue Jays put up a hell of a fight in the series, but John Lackey proves to be just too much in game 5 as he goes the distance and having a shutout until 2 were out in the 9th as the Angels check their ticket for the ALCS showdown with the Cleveland Indians. A. J. Burnett was no slouch today for Toronto, as the only runs the Angels got off him was via a Casey Kotchman 2-run double in the 4th. The Angels get some breathing room off of Scott Downs in the 8th, with a Vladimir Guerrero 2-run homer and a Howie Kendrick RBI double. Orlando Cabrera helpd out some with a 4 for 4 day and 2 steals. The Angels ran roughshod on the bases for the series with 9 steals in 14 attempts. A nice performance turned in for a losing cause for Alex Rios of the Jays with a 3 for 4 day. Series MVP - undoubtedly John Lackey, 2-0 with a 1.10 ERA for the series only giving up 2 runs to the Blue Jays in almost 17 innings over the two starts. Game 1 of the ALCS will be on October 12th in Los Angeles, with C. C. Sabita going for the Indians and Kelvim Escobar taking the hill for the Angels. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Toronto Blue Jays At 2007 Los Angeles(AL) Angels 10/10/2007
Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG Angels AB R H RBI AVG
R.Johnson RF 2 0 0 0 .294 C.Figgins 3B 3 0 0 0 .286
A-M.Stairs PR,RF 1 0 0 0 .091 O.Cabrera SS 4 2 4 0 .400
A.Lind LF 4 0 0 0 .100 V.Guerrero RF 4 2 2 2 .214
A.Rios CF 4 1 3 0 .421 G.Anderson LF 4 0 0 0 .238
F.Thomas DH 3 0 0 0 .158 C.Kotchman 1B 3 0 1 2 .313
A.Hill 2B 4 0 1 1 .316 M.Napoli C 4 1 1 0 .200
L.Overbay 1B 4 0 0 0 .100 H.Kendrick 2B 4 0 1 1 .313
G.Zaun C 3 0 0 0 .059 R.Willits CF 3 0 0 0 .286
J.McDonald SS 3 0 1 0 .133 N.Haynes DH 3 0 1 0 .167
R.Adams 3B 3 0 0 0 .357
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Totals 31 1 5 1 Totals 32 5 10 5
A-Pinch Ran For Johnson In 6th Inning
INJURY: Reed Johnson INJURED (for 15 more games) in 6th inning
Blue Jays....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 1
Angels.......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 - 5 10 0
Blue Jays (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Burnett LOSS(0-2) 5 6 2 2 1 4 0 81 2.61
C.Janssen 1 1/3 0 0 0 2 2 0 27 0.00
S.Marcum 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 2.70
S.Downs 0 2/3 2 2 2 0 0 1 15 10.80
B.Wolfe 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
Totals 8 10 5 5 3 6 1
Angels (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Lackey WIN(2-0) 9 5 1 1 1 7 0 132 1.10
Totals 9 5 1 1 1 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 43,095 DATE- Wednesday, October 10th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 5 Angels: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 2 Angels: 1
ERRORS- J.McDonald
DOUBLES- A.Rios(2nd), J.McDonald(1st), C.Kotchman(2nd), H.Kendrick(2nd)
HOME RUNS- V.Guerrero(1st)
STOLEN BASES- O.Cabrera-2(2nd), M.Napoli(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Figgins
WALKS- F.Thomas, C.Figgins, C.Kotchman, R.Willits
HIT BY PITCH- R.Johnson
STRIKE OUTS- A.Lind-2, A.Hill, L.Overbay, G.Zaun, J.McDonald-2, V.Guerrero,
C.Kotchman, M.Napoli-2, R.Willits, N.Haynes
GIDP- F.Thomas, V.Guerrero, M.Napoli
Right fielder Vladimir Guerrero left the yard and had 2 RBI and John Lackey
delivered 9 solid innings as the Los Angeles(AL) Angels defeated the Toronto
Blue Jays by a score of 5 to 1 at Angels Stadium.
Toronto was unable to claim the lead after Los Angeles(AL) went ahead in the
bottom of the 4th inning as they scored 2 runs on 3 base hits. The key
at-bat was by Casey Kotchman who came through for the home fans when he
doubled plating two runs. Los Angeles(AL) banged out 10 hits on the night.
Lackey(2-0) got the victory, allowing 1 run for the game. A.J. Burnett(0-2)
was charged with the loss. He allowed 2 runs and 6 hits in 5 innings.
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