Blue Jays (0-0) @ Tigers (0-0) 4/2 - 4/5

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Monday @ DET 1:05 PM EST - RSN
Tuesday - day off
Wednesday @ DET 1:05 PM EST - RSN
Thursday @ DET 1:05 PM EST - RSN

Monday - Roy Halladay vs Jeremy Bonderman
Wednesday - A.J. Burnett vs Nate Robertson
Thursday - Gustavo Chacin vs Justin Verlander


Lineup for the Jays
1. LF Reed Johnson
2. 1B Lyle Overbay
3. CF Vernon Wells
4. DH Frank Thomas
5. 3B Troy Glaus
6. RF Alex Rios
7. C Gregg Zaun
8. 2B Aaron Hill
9. SS Royce Clayton

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Opening day is going to be exiting

Pitching matchup
TOR: RHP Roy Halladay (16-5, 3.19 ERA in 2006)
Halladay is making his fifth consecutive Opening Day start for the Blue Jays. The right-hander is 10-2 with a 1.85 ERA in 12 career games against the Detroit Tigers, and 4-1 with a 2.19 ERA all-time at Comerica Park.

DET: RHP Jeremy Bonderman (14-8, 4.08 ERA in 2006)
Bonderman is 2-1 with a 3.27 ERA in six appearances against the Blue Jays. Last season, the right-hander went 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA in two outings versus Toronto. Bonderman is 21-23 in his career at Comerica Park.

Player to watch
Toronto center fielder Vernon Wells, who hit .396 in April last season, owns a .417 lifetime average against Bonderman.

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1st inning summary

Reed Johnson leads off with a walk then steals 2nd base on I-Rod

Lyle Overbay hits a double and drives in Johnson, 1-0

Vernon Wells singles on a ground ball up the middle, Overbay scores from 2nd, 2-0

Wells steals 2nd base, 2nd time Jays steal a base.

Thomas and Glaus both pop out.

Rios gets a fly ball to left field but it drops in play for a double (should have been caught) and Wells scores to make it 3-0.

Zaun grounds out.

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Halladay gets out of the 1st inning with 1 hit allowed

still 3-0.

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Royce Clayton gets his 1st hit as a Blue Jays in his 1st at bat, it might be his only hit of the season.

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2nd inning
Clayton singles, Overbay walks with 2 outs, no one drives them in.

Halladay gives up a 2 out single to Casey, gets out of the inning with a strikeout, still 3-0.

Halladay: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.

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Aaron Hill error in the 3rd inning to lead off, Inge safe at 1st.

Hit and run by the Tigers, Hill goes to 1st base, 1 out, runner on 2nd.

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Polanco singles, runners on the corners

Sac Fly by Sheffield, Inge scores, 3-1

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Ordonez singles, runners on 1st and 2nd.

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Jays get out of the inning with only 1 run allowed

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very quick 4th inning

Bonderman and Halladay worked fast with few pitches, 11 pitches for JB and 9 for RH.

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Bonderman has another 3 up 3 out inning, 10th straight batter he has gotten out.

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Tigers tie it up 3-3

a walk, 2 hits, and a another sac fly

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6th inning
not much happened, Thomas got his 1st hit as a Blue Jay and Glaus nearly hit a HR but was caught at the warning track

7th inning Reed Johnson like Glaus almost hit a HR but was caught at the fence. Both pitchers have been replaced and won't get the desicion.

Casey Janssen in for Halladay

3-3 tie game, bottom of the 7th

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Halladay's line
6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 K's