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DETROIT (AP) -- Something borrowed, something blue and a big dose
of Carlos Delgado's power added up to the first major league
victory for Toronto rookie Clayton Andrews.
Delgado hit two homers to drive in five runs as the Blue Jays
beat the Detroit 12-7 on Sunday.
Andrews (1-1), who had to borrow a pair of spikes from Paul
Quantrill, tossed four perfect innings of relief after taking over
to start the fourth.
"I didn't have any blue spikes and I wasn't going out there
wearing black ones," said Andrews, who was recalled Thursday from
Triple-A Syracuse. "Paul lent me a pair of his. I might not give
them back, now."
Andrews was on a road trip with Syracuse when he got the call.
"It was a surprise," he said. "I wasn't expecting to get
called up, so I didn't pack any blue spikes."
Luis Polonia, Dean Palmer and Bobby Higginson homered for the
Tigers.
Delgado gave the Blue Jays an 8-6 lead with a two-run homer, his
16th, in the sixth. He hit a three-run shot in the eighth.
"Clayton came in and shut them down," said Delgado, who is
17-for-45 over his last 12 games. "The way we've been swinging the
bats lately, we need our pitchers to keep us in some games. He did
a great job today."
Andrews, who kept the ball down while working both sides of the
plate, allowed only four balls out of the infield.
"It's an awesome feeling," Andrews said. "It feels great.
This is something you dream about."
Willie Blair (2-1), who relieved starter C.J. Nitkowski in the
fourth, took the loss. Blair gave up five runs and six hits in 4
2/3 innings.
The loss of batting practice to pregame rain didn't seem to
bother either team. The Tigers scored four in the first, but
Toronto came back with three in the second and three in the fourth.
"What's disappointing is that we put some runs on the board
early and let it get away," Detroit manager Phil Garner said.
Toronto's Alex Gonzalez made it 9-6 with an RBI grounder in the
sixth. Delgado homered off Allen McDill in the eighth.
Detroit loaded the bases with no outs on two singles and a walk
in the first. It looked as if Chris Carpenter might pitch his way
out of the jam after getting Juan Gonzalez on a soft fly to short
right and striking out Bobby Higginson.
But Palmer hit a two-run single and Robert Fick followed with a
two-run double to give Detroit a 4-0 lead.
"Toronto's a good-hitting team," Fick said. "They didn't back
down. They came right back."
The Blue Jays got three of those back in the second.
Nitkowski hit Tony Batista on the right hand and Marty Cordova
followed with a single. An RBI single by Jose Cruz and a two-run
double by Chris Woodward made it 4-3 with no outs, but Nitkowski
settled down to end the threat on a groundout, strikeout and
flyball.
Polonia hit a solo homer, his third, for a 5-3 lead in the
bottom of the inning. Higginson hit a solo homer, his fifth, in the
eighth.
Palmer hit a two-out solo shot, his ninth, to make it 6-3 in the
third.
Cordova and Cruz singled to start the Toronto fourth, Woodward
made it 6-4 with an RBI double, and Blair relieved with no outs.
Alberto Castillo's RBI grounder scored Cruz and Shannon
Stewart's sacrifice fly to center drove in Woodward to tie it at 6.
Nitkowski gave up six runs on seven hits over three-plus
innings. Carpenter also yielded six runs on seven hits in three
innings.
Game
notes
The Blue Jays are 12-3 against Detroit since the start of
the 1999 season and have won nine of their last 10 against the
Tigers. ... Delgado has two multihomer games this season and 19 in
his career. ... Juan Gonzalez, who left Saturday night's game with
a strained left foot after the seventh, returned to the lineup as
the designated hitter. He was 0-for-5. ... Stewart extended his
hitting streak to 12 games. ... The start of the game was delayed 1
hour, 53 minutes because of rain. ... With two outs in the Detroit
third, Jose Macias struck out, but reached when Carpenter's pitch
in the dirt got away from catcher Alberto Castillo. The play went
in the books as a strikeout and wild pitch.
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