Blue Jays-Athletics: Toronto Completes Four Game Sweep With 6-4 Win Over Oakland

The Toronto Blue Jays overcame A.J. Burnett's struggles to complete a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night. The Jays once again showed improvement in the hitting department, especially in the fourth inning, when they scored four runs with two out. With two outs and one man on base, left fielder Adam Lind hit a grounder up the middle. It was fielded by diving shortstop Bobby Crosby, who made a perfect toss to Mark Ellis at second base in an attempt to record the forceout. Ellis, though, couldn't find the base with his foot, and Rod Barajas slid in safely to extend the inning. Matt Stairs would follow with a infield single that took a weird hop. This brought up Scott Rolen with the bases loaded. Rolen came through with a hard single up the middle to score Toronto's first two runs of the game. John McDonald continued the rally with a scorching double down the left-field line to score two more runs. With the score tied at four going into the sixth the Jays would take ... (link)