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I am so fricking pissed at BJ Ryan right now! We had the comeback right in are hands and he gave it away! On a happier note, tomorrow is the first Jays game I get to watch this year!

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- B.J. Ryan hadn't had a blown save in a long time. More than eight months, actually. So it was understandable, then, when he asked for a little extra time to sit and think before speaking with the media Friday night.

So sit Ryan did, silent and red-faced, staring at his locker for a bit before leaving the room, only to return moments later to deliver a harsh oratory of what went wrong during Toronto's 6-5 loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

"The bullpen came in and did their job, and I coughed it up," he said. "There's no excuse for the way I went out there and pitched tonight."

Toronto had opened up a two-run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth inning. Ryan, the oft-dependable closer who's racked up 74 saves over the last two years, induced a popup for the first out. The trouble was short but swift, with Ty Wigginton lining a single to center, and Delmon Young following up with a game-tying homer to right.

"It was a fastball," Ryan lamented afterward. "[i] pulled a little bit, got too much of the plate and he hit it out of the ballpark."

A bunt single followed, as did a popout and an outfield single, before Jays shortstop John McDonald fumbled a line drive by B.J. Upton and couldn't wing it to first in time, allowing the winning run to score from third.

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Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 5 TB
Tampa Bay (2-1)
Won 2
April 6, 2007
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto
0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 9 0
Tampa Bay
0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 12 0
Standings thru 4/6/07 | Wrap | Gameday

Toronto AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Johnson, LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .214
Overbay, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .333
Wells, CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .308
Thomas, DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .308
Glaus, 3B 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 .364
Rios, RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .286
Zaun, C 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .167
Hill, 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .333
Clayton, SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286
a-Stairs, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
1-McDonald, PR-SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 5 9 5 2 4 8

a-Walked for Clayton in the 7th.
1-Ran for Stairs in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Wells (2, Shields), Hill (1, Shields).
3B: Zaun (1, Shields).
HR: Glaus (1, 8th inning off Camp, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Johnson; Wells 2; Thomas; Glaus 4; Rios; Zaun 3; Hill 3; Clayton.
RBI: Zaun (2), Hill (3), Johnson (2), Glaus 2 (3).
2-out RBI: Zaun; Hill; Johnson.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Thomas; Wells; Overbay.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
CS: Hill (1, 2nd base by Ryu/Navarro), Glaus (1, 2nd base by Shields/Navarro).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Glaus-Hill-Overbay, Hill-McDonald-Overbay).


Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Crawford, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333
Zobrist, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .077
Baldelli, DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Wigginton, 1B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .273
Young, RF 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 .231
Iwamura, 3B 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 .636
Navarro, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143
a-Gomes, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200
Dukes, CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .364
Upton, 2B 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .500
Totals 36 6 12 6 0 2 9

a-Flied out for Navarro in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: Wigginton (1, 2nd inning off Chacin, 0 on, 0 out), Upton (1, 3rd inning off Chacin, 0 on, 1 out), Iwamura (1, 5th inning off Chacin, 0 on, 0 out), Young (1, 9th inning off Ryan, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Wigginton 5; Young 4; Iwamura 7; Navarro; Dukes 2; Upton 5.
RBI: Wigginton (2), Upton 2 (3), Iwamura (1), Young 2 (4).
2-out RBI: Upton.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Zobrist 2.
GIDP: Navarro 2.
Team LOB: 4.


Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Chacin 6.0 6 3 3 0 2 3 4.50
Janssen 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Frasor (H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ryan (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 0.2 5 3 3 0 0 1 16.20

Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Shields 6.2 6 3 3 2 3 0 4.05
Stokes 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00
Camp 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 1 18.00
Ryu (W, 1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

HBP: Johnson (by Shields).
Pitches-strikes: Chacin 82-60, Janssen 13-9, Frasor 10-7, Ryan 24-17, Shields 103-67, Stokes 5-3, Camp 13-9, Ryu 15-12.
Ground outs-fly outs: Chacin 10-6, Janssen 4-0, Frasor 1-1, Ryan 0-2, Shields 10-6, Stokes 0-1, Camp 1-1, Ryu 2-0.
Batters faced: Chacin 23, Janssen 4, Frasor 2, Ryan 7, Shields 28, Stokes 1, Camp 4, Ryu 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Stokes 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Doug Eddings. 1B: Dana DeMuth. 2B: Derryl Cousins. 3B: Kerwin Danley.
Weather: 72 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 2:36.
Att: 38,437.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner