the blue jays live at the rogers centre in toronto.
the blue jays live at the rogers centre in toronto.
where do the blue jays live in toronto?
at the rogers centre
toronto kicked off their 2010 regular season in arlington, texas, against the texas rangers. "(see below for opening day results)." the blue jays lost 5–4. the blue jays rebounded, and won 7–4 the next day. vernon wells continued his good start by homering twice, while toronto starter brian tallet pitched a quality game and earned a win. the next day, toronto was dealt a scare, as all-star second baseman aaron hill was a late scratch due to a hamstring injury. the injury was said to be minor. mike mccoy started at second base in place of aaron hill for his first career mlb start. mccoy earned his first career hit in his first at-bat of the game. mccoy finished the game 2-for-5 with an rbi. ricky romero and c. j. wilson held the game scoreless until the 7th when ricky romero threw a wild pitch to allow david murphy to score and give the rangers a 1–0 lead. texas held on to that lead until the 9th inning when frank francisco came in to close the game. vernon wells hit a solo shot to jumpstart the jays to a 3-run inning that would ultimately give the jays a 3–1 win. jason frasor made his second straight save. the win marked the first time the jays passed the .500 mark since july 7, 2009, when they were 43–42. the jays then flew to baltimore to play as visitor for the o's home opener. in front of 48,891 fans, the jays quickly jumped out to a 3–0 lead, as vernon wells hit another rbi. brandon morrow had issues in the bottom of the first, as a lack of control helped the o's get back to tie the game at 3 on the strength of one hit. toronto got back ahead before miguel tejada hit a 2-run shot in the 5th to tie the game again. baltimore would then pull ahead in the 8th thanks to a césar izturis rbi with 2 outs. mike gonzalez entered the game to close it out, but like thursday, toronto rallied in the 9th for 2 runs to pull ahead for good. kevin gregg earned his first save with the jays. dana eveland made his first start for the jays in the 5th game, and earned a quality start. eveland gave up 5 hits on 7.1 innings of work, and the offense scored 3 thanks to 2 rbis from josé molina. travis snider was intentionally walked twice to bring up molina. with the bases loaded, molina was hit by a pitch to bring in a run. molina also hit a rbi single after another snider ibb. jason frasor earned his first save. the win gave the jays sole possession of first place in the al east for the first time since may 23, 2009. the jays continued their hot start by winning their 5th straight. baltimore took a 2–1 lead into the 8th. after kevin millwood retired the first two, john mcdonald reached first thanks to a miguel tejada error. that error allowed josé bautista to hit a 2-run home run to give the jays the lead. the jays added insurance thanks to an álex gonzález solo shot (his second of the day), and edwin encarnación's first home run of 2010. jason frasor earned his fourth save. the jays have started the season 5–1 for the past 2 seasons. the jays then started their first homestand of 2010 on april 12 "(see below for home opener results)." ricky romero then pitched a gem in game 8, going 8 innings giving up 2 runs on 1 hit. the jays took a 4–0 lead, and that was all they needed thanks to romero. romero struck out 12 and took a no-hitter into the 8th before a. j. pierzynski was hit on a questionable call, and alex ríos ended the no-hit bid with a 2-run home run. kevin gregg earned to save to seal it. a day later the jays were shut down, as they were only able to manage one run on two hits. the sox put the jays to sleep fast, thanks to 11 runs, 4 of which came from an andruw jones grand slam. only 10,610 fans were there to witness that game, an all-time low for jays games at rogers centre. low opening-week attendance drew comments (unknown whether it was a joke or if they were serious) from alex ríos and ozzie guillén claimed that "baseball is dead in toronto", and that hockey is the reason nobody cares about baseball in toronto. ozzie guillén claimed that if hockey players were on the field, people would come. ríos then blamed hockey for lack of interest in baseball, even though no professional hockey team from toronto was playing during the opening series. ríos went on to say only diehards support the blue jays. ozzie guillén did not understand why ríos was booed by jays fans. after watching a viral video uploaded two months before ríos was released (when ríos was leaving a charity event after a game in which he struck out 5 times in a 1-run loss, a kid asked for autographs, and ríos declined it. another fan told ríos "the way you played today, you should be lucky someone wants your autograph". ríos constantly replied "who gives a fuck?" as the fan called ríos a bum.) ozzie guillén said "i would beat the shit out of him and the guys." the writer of that article (joe cowley), was also causing controversy for comments made about canadian culture and the jays organization. he claimed that "baseball is failing in toronto", and that mlb should be concerned with moving a team out of canada. in the middle of this he claimed that all that was on tv in his hotel room was hockey, olympics, and muchmusic videos. he suggested that toronto should move to caracas, venezuela. in the end, the organization will not be moved out of canada any time soon, as paul beeston said. but toronto continued their homestand as they started a three-game set against the angels. toronto lost back-to-back games to la to start the series. their record dropped to 7–5.
2010 toronto blue jays season
following an off day, the blue jays returned home, beginning a homestand with three games against the detroit tigers. marcus stroman made his scheduled start in the series opener following his injury-shortened start in baltimore. richard ureña hit his first career home run, but the blue jays were unable to overcome a second inning deficit caused by a nicholas castellanos grand slam and lost the game by a score of 5–4. in the second game, brett anderson earned his first win for the blue jays and kevin pillar contributed with four hits, helping the blue jays win 5–4. in the rubber match, teoscar hernández recorded his first multi home run game, hitting his first two home runs for the blue jays and contributing with 5 rbi. the blue jays won the game 8–2 and won their first series since mid-august when they won three out of four games against the tampa bay rays. the blue jays wrapped up their homestand with three games against the baltimore orioles, winning the first game 4–3. joe biagini started the second game and pitched his most impressive start, pitching eight innings for the first time in his career. trailing 2–1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, the blue jays came back and defeated the orioles 3–2, with richard ureña tallying his first career walkoff hit. the blue jays would not complete the sweep, as baltimore would win the series finale 2–1. following their 4–2 homestand, the blue jays traveled to minnesota for a four-game series against the twins, who currently occupied the second wildcard spot. in the first game, with the blue jays trailing the twins 2–1 in the top of the ninth inning with two outs, justin smoak hit his 38th home run of the season to tie the game. however, the blue jays lost 3–2 in the tenth inning, suffering a fourth extra innings walkoff loss in september. the blue jays would rebound and win the second game of the series 4–3. in the third game of the series, josh donaldson hit two home runs and marco estrada pitched eight innings, leading the blue jays to a 7–2 victory. the series would not end nicely for the blue jays, as joe biagini struggled in his start in the series finale and was pulled after 1 innings in a 13–7 loss. josh donaldson hit five home runs in the four-game series.
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