8/26 - Blue Jays (61-70) @ Rays (79-51): Game 1

Shaun Marcum: (11 - 8), 4.15 ERA vs. Matt Garza: (9 - 7), 3.11 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have won the first game in a three game set against the Blue Jays at home. In the first inning. Carl Crawford got an RBI single to take an early one run lead, but Gregg Zaun tied it up in the third with a solo homer off Garza. The Rays took the lead again in the fourth with a Rocco Baldelli sacrifice fly scoring Carl Crawford from third, but the Jays tied it up again in the seventh on an RBI double hit by Shannon Stewart. The Rays took the lead for good in the eighth with a sacrifice fly by Evan Longoria to score Akinori Iwamura from third as the Rays beat the Blue Jays by one.

Final Score:
Blue Jays: 2
Rays: 3


Shaun Marcum: 3.2 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Brandon League (L, 2-2): 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Brian Tallet: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

John McDonald: 0-1, R
Shannon Stewart: 2-3, 2B, RBI
Gregg Zaun: 1-3, HR (10), RBI, R, K


Matt Garza (W, 10-7): 8 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Troy Percival (SV, 38): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Akinori Iwamura: 3-4, 2 R
Evan Longoria: 0-3, RBI, K
Carl Crawford: 2-4, RBI, R, 2 K
Rocco Baldelli: 0-2, RBI