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TORONTO (AP) Tired in addition to hungry, Corey Patterson was looking forward to a long game to as a final point be over. With one action connected with the bat, he or she achieved it happen.
Patterson hit a game-ending homer in the 14th inning, Jose Bautista connected intended for their significant league-leading 20th residence manage and also the Toronto Blue Jays beat Chicago 9-8 on Saturday.
"I was happy," Patterson said. "I was getting tired. Everybody seemed to be hungry, our own foods seemed to be receiving cold."
Cold as well as not, that will evening meal of pizza in addition to chicken continue to tasted a good deal fine to Patterson, who attached a employment high by using five hits.
Patterson encouraged off the 14th which has a small drive in order to right off Gavin Floyd (5-5), his finally homer in the season. It was the fourth game-winning travel of his or her career.
"I failed to recognize at first (that it turned out gone)," Patterson said. "A couple of ways outside the batter's common box I knew them had a superb chance."
Floyd started as well as gone seven innings regarding Chicago inside Wednesday's impairment at Texas. He arrived on the scene regarding this bullpen inside the 13th, his first relief visual appeal since Aug. 24, 2007, alongside Boston.
"We must have earned the adventure before Gavin has been for the mound," White Sox director Ozzie Guillen said. "That's possibly not Gavin's fault."
Blue Jays left-hander Luis Perez (1-0) pitched 3 2-3 shutout innings pertaining to his initial occupation win. Toronto won back-to-back game titles for the first time considering that some sort of season-high six-game succeeding talent from May 10-16.
"They contributed a kid within that marilyn and i don't have considerably on," Chicago's Adam Dunn said. "We have simply no video clip on him, most people acquired actually almost nothing on him. The kid came inside in addition to turn individuals down."
Brent Lillibridge homered for that White Sox , who misplaced a couple from a row intended for once considering a three-game dropping ability through May 3-6.
After his team returned coming from two runs along through seven to help wrap it around the ninth, Guillen was steamed soon after his White Sox squandered numerous probability with added innings. Chicago put the particular go-ahead manage at third foundation by using one out inside the 11th but didn't score, major their particular manager to go on some sort of profane tirade following game.
"Before that ninth, everything was good. After the particular ninth, the item ended up being very, quite bad," Guillen said.
Chicago kept eight guys about base, as well as some around added innings, and resolved to go your five to get 18 together with joggers throughout scoring position, leaving Guillen at free ends.
"I feel such as I'm throughout September right now," that director said. "If people ask most of my coaches, they will think a similar way. And we could not even around June yet."
Dunn, exactly who resolved to go one particular intended for 7 and popped out from the 11th with adult males at the corners, decided not to failing his spicey boss to get showing a number of emotion.
"He's nonetheless being a player," Dunn said. "He seems exactly the best way we feel whenever we lose. I do not have a dilemma by using it during all. If he is not necessarily frustrated next he needs to be performing anything else because this can be awful."
Juan Rivera's bases-loaded 2 bottle in the seventh presented the Blue Jays an 8-6 lead, nonetheless their striving bullpen couldn't hold on.
Lillibridge tripled as well as scored on a flushed shot in the eighth before the White Sox tapped them alongside Frank Francisco inside ninth. Alexei Ramirez hit a one-out dual down the ideal field line and, once Dunn struck out, Paul Konerko drove inside Ramirez which includes a bloop double to help appropriate in which slipped in a mere while in front of a new slipping Bautista.
The blown conserve had been the 3rd on the months to get Francisco, that has lost double along with provides a couple of blown saves in his earlier a number of games.
Toronto decide to put runners with second plus third along with two outs with this underlying part of the ninth but Rivera grounded released in order to pitcher Chris Sale to deliver the action to help further innings.
The Blue Jays contributed 3-0 merely three hitters in to the bottom in the first. Yunel Escobar walked, Patterson singled along with Bautista repleat a three-run homer for you to left-center.
Bautista attained that 20-homer indicate around his 44th game, the particular fastest inside Blue Jays history. George Bell needed 53 mmorpgs to struck 20 homers in his 1987 MVP season.
No one provides arrived at 20 homers more quickly when compared with Barry Bonds. He would the idea throughout 39 adventures throughout 2001, when he hit a great important league-record 73 household runs.
Lillibridge shut the particular space with a two-run drive to help left inside second, his fifth, nevertheless Toronto pulled forward for a second time by means of scoring twofold inside 3 rd on Aaron Hill's two-run double.
Chicago required that lead having a three-run fifth, which often started out as soon as Juan Pierre arrived at with Hill's fielding error. Ramirez grounded out previous to Dunn laced an RBI solo to be able to center. Konerko doubled Dunn in order to third along with A.J. Pierzynski implemented that has a two-run two times in order to right.
Making his / her minute start out as opposed to harmed right-hander Jesse Litsch, Carlos Villanueva allowed 6 months time runs, five earned, as well as nine hits in several innings. He strolled one as well as minted out four.
Seeking to earn consecutive commences for your brand new considering that April 2 and 7, Chicago's Edwin Jackson finished up having a no-decision, allowing for half a dozen owns along with nine visits throughout 6 2-3 innings. He wandered just one plus struck released seven.
NOTES: White Sox INF Gordon Beckham has a dark-colored eyesight although no destroyed your bones and also destroyed imaginative and prescient vision following currently being click underneath that kept attention with a chuck on the outfield Friday. Beckham explained he or she hopes to return towards lineup by simply Monday. . Chicago INF Omar Vizquel took through initially base in the 11th, their first occupation look and feel with the position. Vizquel, which debuted in 1989, includes played out inside 2,784 games. . Pierre gone 0 pertaining to 6, closing his hitting streak at 12 games. . Litsch (shoulder) continues to be told not to help throw in the least with regard to eight days to weeks soon after touring doctors in Florida on Friday.
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