Posted on Sun, Apr. 20, 2008
TORONTO - Jeremy Bonderman couldn't command his slider, making it a long afternoon for the Detroit Tigers.
Alex Rios homered, Dustin McGowan won for the first time this season, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Bonderman and the Tigers, 3-2, yesterday to snap a six-game home losing streak.
McGowan (1-1) pitched a season-high seven innings, allowing two runs and seven hits. He said the Blue Jays didn't let their home slide affect their confidence.
"You don't see the guys down or anything," McGowan said. "We're still playing hard. We knew eventually we were going to come out of it. Now it's just time to get on a roll and go with it."
Scott Downs worked the eighth inning, and B.J. Ryan wrapped it up in the ninth for his second save, striking out Ryan Raburn looking with runners at first and third.
Bonderman (1-2) said his slider was working well in the bullpen but disappeared once the game began.
"I really didn't have much," he said. "I was kind of all over the place. My breaking ball was flat and didn't have a lot of movement on it. That makes for a long day."
Detroit 001 000 100–2 9 2
Toronto 110 010 00x–3 7 0
Detroit AB R H BI Avg. Toronto AB R H BI Avg.
CThomas cf 4 0 0 0 .271 Eckstein ss 4 0 0 0 .273
JJones lf 3 0 1 1 .184 AHill 2b 4 1 1 0 .314
a-Thames ph-lf 1 0 0 0 .172 Rios rf 4 1 2 1 .324
Sheffield dh 4 0 0 0 .192 VWells cf 4 0 1 0 .311
Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0 .284 Stairs dh 3 1 2 0 .333
MiCabrera 3b 4 1 1 0 .281 Barajas c 3 0 0 0 .273
CGuillen 1b 4 0 3 0 .379 Overbay 1b 2 0 0 0 .262
1-Santiago pr 0 0 0 0 .455 Scutaro 3b 3 0 0 1 .188
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0 .292 Inglett lf 2 0 1 0 .333
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