Lyle Overbay News Archives

Jose Bautista homered and knocked in three runs and Roy Halladay turned in nine scoreless innings as Toronto crushed Boston, 12-0, in the finale of a three-game set at Fenway Park.

Rod Barajas finished with a pair of hits, including a three-run homer, as Toronto blasted Boston, 11-5, in a rain- shortened series opener between the clubs at Fenway Park.

Former Wolf Pack star Lyle Overbay hit his 15th home run of the season in the Blue Jays' 9-2 win over the Orioles on Monday night.

Minus the angst and the emotional outpouring this time, Roy Halladay once again made what may have been his final start in Toronto as a member of the Blue Jays .

Toronto Blue Jays Edwin Encarnacion, left, and Rod Barajas celebrate after Encarnacion scored on a Lyle Overbay RBI double during second inning AL baseball action against the Baltimore Orioles in Toronto on Wednesday, September 23, 2009.

Travis Snider homered and drove in a pair, and Jose Bautista went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI to lead Toronto to a 7-3 triumph over Baltimore, which has now lost seven straight.

The Toronto Blue Jays lineup featured an unlikely new hitter in the third spot and an old reliable batting second.

Lyle Overbay and John McDonald homered, David Purcey won for the first time in more than a year and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Baltimore 9-2 on Monday night, handing the Orioles their fifth straight loss.

Lyle Overbay and John McDonald homered, David Purcey won for the first time in more than a year and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Baltimore 9-2 on Monday night, handing the Orioles their fifth straight loss.

What's the best/worst brawl you ever saw? Here's a sampling from the Blue Jays after the Rumble In The Bronx on Tuesday: - Roy Halladay, Lara Cardinales, winter ball, Venezuela: "We're playing Caracas, Ugueth Urbina is pitching against us.

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 ...

Once the rain came Monday night, a seemingly certain Toronto victory was washed away like the Detroit River as the Tigers came from three runs down in the ninth inning before beating the Blue Jays, 6-5, in the 10th.

Cabrera tied it with a leadoff shot to left in the sixth and Morneau hit a two-out tiebreaking drive to right in the eighth for his 30th homer.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 05:45 PM It's Wells, By Default Robert MacLeod W hat do you do with a guy who is hitting just .171 over his last 10 games with zero home runs? If you're Cito Gaston, the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, you bat him cleanup of course.

Former Sullivan East High School star Nick Hill recently took a major step in his progression as a Major League Baseball prospect.

Through his first eight starts this season, Buchholz had two wins and both came against the Blue Jays - the first on July 17 and the second on Aug.

Fresh off two of his worst starts of the season that featured home runs leaving the yard at an alarming rate, Beckett did a slightly better job of keeping the ball in the park, but not by much.

Ian Kinsler got Texas started with a leadoff homer and Chris Davis singled home two runs, leading the Rangers to a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday.