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I read somewhere that the Blue Jays had interest in going after Cuban phenom Aroldis Chapman.

PHILADELPHIA -- It happens all the time in baseball. You're the phenom, the first-rounder. Then maybe you never quite have that breakout year in the minors.

It took Jayson Werth longer than expected to find his place in the baseball world but now that he has, he's making up for lost time.

Five days after he broke Lou Gehrig's record for most hits as a member of the New York Yankees , stood at the plate with 46,000 people screaming for him, like they have so many times before, to come through once again.

But against all logic, Fenway Park suddenly went berserk. The fans came to see a celebration, and they weren't leaving without it.

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Adam Lind hit three homers and drove in four, as the Toronto Blue Jays held on for an 8-7 win over the Boston Red Sox, who nevertheless clinched the AL wild card.

Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 7: Adam Lind hit three of Toronto's six homers to lead the visiting Blue Jays past Boston and spoil the Rod Sox's hopes of clinching a playoff berth for the second consecutive night.

It was a classic cat-and-mouse game between pitcher and cleanup hitter with the game on the line.

Adam Lind hit three of Toronto's six homers to lead the Blue Jays to an 8-7 victory over the Red Sox and spoil Boston's hopes of clinching a playoff berth for the second consecutive night.

It was the fifth straight loss for the Red Sox, who would clinch the AL wild-card berth with their next win or the next Texas loss.

No one can say for certain that Roy Halladay will be back with the Blue Jays in 2010.

Adam Lind's leadoff home run in the 10th inning lifted Toronto to a 5-4 win over Seattle in the third of four games at Rogers Centre.

Thursday, September 24, 2009 06:39 PM Trouble on the farm Robert MacLeod I t was a relaxed and engaging J.P. Ricciardi who sat back in the Blue Jays dugout during batting practice this afternoon and patiently took questions from reporters on all things baseball.

Casey Janssen began a four-inning scoreless stretch by the Toronto bullpen Wednesday in the Blue Jays' 7-3 victory over Baltimore.

Just as in Gene Kelly's most famous on-screen moment, here came the rain, and then here came a hit you can always remember.

The scoreboard totals were correct. For the Toronto Blue Jays four runs, 10 hits, one error and zero fights.

Francisco Cervelli's single with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning sent the New York Yankees past Toronto, 5-4, in the finale of a two-game set from Yankee Stadium.

DETROITa 'It was not Marco Scutaro's night. The Blue Jay shortstop's error on a leadoff groundball in the ninth inning opened the door to a three-run rally against closer Jason Frasor that tied the game; his second error in the 10th, on a muffed feed from Lyle Overbay, allowed Brandon Inge to score from second with the winning run in a 6-5 Tigers ...

Brian Tallet has bounced back and forth between Toronto's rotation and bullpen all season.