PLAYOFFS

AL

OAK 3
DET  2        TOR 4
                    OAK 2                          
TOR 3
TEX 0
                                            TOR 4
                                            PIT  3
NL

LAD 3
FLA 1
                      PIT 4
                      LAD 3
PIT  3
ATL  2

WORLD SERIES-TORONTO 4 GAMES TO 3 OVER PITTSBURGH

GAME 7 RECAP

TORONTO - AN INITIAL THREE-INNING SHOOTOUT WENT IN FAVOR OF THE BLUE JAYS AS THEY POWERED TO AN 9-5 GAME 7 WIN OVER PITTSBURGH.

PLAYOFF AND WORLD SERIES MVP KENDRY MORALED RIPPED A TWO-STRIKE OFFERING FROM PIRATES STARTER TO DEEP RIGHT-FIELD TO GIVE TORONTO A 2-0 FIRST-INNING LEAD.

AN IAN KINSLER TRIPLE TIED THINGS UP IN THE TOP OF THE NEXT FRAME, BUT A FOUR-RUN BLUE JAY OUTBURST IN THEIR HALF PROVED TO BE ENOUGH. THE PIRATES ADDED THREE MORE IN THE THIRD BUT THE 6-5 TORONTO LEAD HELD THROUGH THE FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH INNINGS.

TORONTO SEALED THE 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WITH  A TRIO OF SEVENTH-INNING RUNS.

MORALES WAS 2-FOR-4 ON THE NIGHT WITH THREE RBI'S ON THE WAY TO A .403 PLAYOFF AVERAGE WITH SEVEN HOMERS AND 19 RUNS BATTED IN. KINSLER AND DARIC BARTON HAD TWO RBI'S IN THE GAME FOR THE PIRATES.

STARTER BEN SHEETS GOT THE WIN WITH FIVE INNINGS OF WORK AND DANIEL BARD (THREE INNINGS) AND SCOT SHIELDS (ONE INNING) HELD PITTSBURGH HITLESS THE SECOND HALF OF THE GAME.


                          1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9   R  H  E
PIRATES           0 2 3     0  0   0   0  0 0   5  9  0

BLUE JAYS      2 4 0     0   0   0   3  0  0  9 11 3