GAME THREAD: Saturday Afternoon, A.L. East

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4 A.L. East Games Today (not including the Orioles) at 4 different times.

1 P.M. Blue Jays vs. White Sox (Carlos Villanueva vs. Edwin Jackson)

4 P.M. Devil Rays vs. Indians (James Shields vs. Carlos Carrasco)

7 P.M. Red Sox vs. Tigers (Clay Buchholz vs. Andrew Oliver)

10:00 Yankees vs. Mariners (Ivan Nova vs. Felix Hernandez)

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BLUE JAYS

Yunel Escobar – SS

Corey Patterson – DH

Jose Bautista – RF

Juan Rivera – 1B

Aaron Hill – 2B

Rajai Davis – CF

Marcus Thames – LF

Jose Molina – C

Jayson Nix – 3B

Carlos Villanueva – P (2-0, 1.53 ERA)

WHITE SOX

Juan Pierre – LF

Alexei Ramirez – SS

Adam Dunn – DH

Paul Konerko – 1B

A.J. Pierzynski – C

Alex Rios – CF

Omar Vizquel – 2B

Brent Lillibridge – RF

Brent Morel – 3B

Edwin Jackson – P (4-5, 4.26 ERA)

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Jose Bautista hit a 3-run home run in the 1st inning for the Blue Jays ........ and there's still nobody out.

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The White Sox come right back to tie the game with 3 runs in the second inning.

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The Blue Jays grab the lead back with 2 runs in the 3rd. 5-3, Blue Jays.

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The White Sox score 3 runs in the 5th inning to take the lead, 6-5. The Blue Jays are coming to bat in the bottom of the 7th.

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...With the bases loaded, 2 outs, and on a full count, Jose Bautista cleared the bases with a 3-run double to put the Blue Jays back in the lead, 8-6.

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4 P.M. GAME

DEVIL RAYS

Evan Longoria – 3B

Johnny Damon – DH

Ben Zobrist – 2B

Matt Joyce – RF

B.J. Upton – CF

Casey Kotchman – 1B

Sean Rodriguez – SS

Sam Fuld – LF

Kelly Shoppach – C

James Shields – P (5-2, 2.00 ERA)

INDIANS

Michael Brantley CF

Asdrubal Cabrera – SS

Shin-Soo Choo – RF

Travis Buck – LF

Carlos Santana – C

Grady Sizemore – DH

Orlando Cabrera – 2B

Matt Laporta – 1B

Jack Hannahan – 3B

Carlos Carrasco – P (3-2, 5.16 ERA)

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Former Oriole COREY PATTERSON hit the game-winning walkoff home run in the bottom of the 14th inning to vault the Blue Jays to a 9-8 victory over the White Sox. It was Patterson's 5th hit of the day (in 7 at-bats). Patterson also scored 4 runs on the day.

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UPDATE:

The Indians beat the D-Rays 7-3.

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7 P.M. GAME

RED SOX

Jacoby Ellsbury - CF

Dustin Pedroia - 2B

Adrian Gonzalez - 1B

Kevin Youkilis - 3B

David Ortiz - DH

Jed Lowrie - SS

Carl Crawford - LF

Mike Cameron - RF

Jarrod Saltalamacchia - C

Clay Buchholz - P (4-3, 3.30 ERA)

TIGERS

Austin Jackson - CF

Andy Dirks - LF

Brennan Boesch - RF

Miguel Cabrera - 1B

Victor Martinez DH

Jhonny Peralta - SS

Alex Avila - C

Ryan Raburn - 2B

Paul Inge - 3B

Andrew Oliver - P (2011 Major League Season Debut)

[BaltimoreTerp]

Just a thought, since you obviously like making these threads. Maybe we should do a "general game thread" for all games in here, instead of just a couple games or a couple different storylines. That way, when someone has something to say, like, how the Milwaukee Brewers just pulled off the best suicide squeeze in baseball history, I wouldn't have to start a whole new thread.

I think these threads are a great idea, just that maybe some consolidation would improve them

[backwardsk]

Just a thought, since you obviously like making these threads. Maybe we should do a "general game thread" for all games in here, instead of just a couple games or a couple different storylines. That way, when someone has something to say, like, how the Milwaukee Brewers just pulled off the best suicide squeeze in baseball history, I wouldn't have to start a whole new thread.

I think these threads are a great idea, just that maybe some consolidation would improve them

Wow. That was awesome. Nice running by Braun...perfect jump. Even if Mota comes up with the ball, he doesn't get him. Carlos Gomez also had an inside the park home run, which probably should have been a single and 3 base error.

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Just a thought, since you obviously like making these threads. Maybe we should do a "general game thread" for all games in here, instead of just a couple games or a couple different storylines. That way, when someone has something to say, like, how the Milwaukee Brewers just pulled off the best suicide squeeze in baseball history, I wouldn't have to start a whole new thread.

I think these threads are a great idea, just that maybe some consolidation would improve them.

OK, sounds good. And actually, today's "AL EAST" game thread was an effort to do what you are suggesting ........ condensing the information more. Instead of starting 4 separate game threads, I put the entire A.L. East all in one thread. Hey, it was a step.

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I would like to use this thread to say that Tim McCarver just say that he has just heard the phrase "AAAA" player. He was describing Justin Turner.

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I would like to use this thread to say that Tim McCarver just say that he has just heard the phrase "AAAA" player. He was describing Justin Turner.

While that may or may not be an accurate preditction of how Turner's career eventually unfolds, it was a strange time for McCarver to make that comment. Last night against the Phillies with Oswalt on the mound, Turner collected 4 hits, and he would have had a 5th hit in the 9th inning if the ball that he smoked wasn't snared by Placido Polanco.