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 Pinch-hitter Anthony Gose led off with a single but was called
out at second on a steal as center fielder Colby Rasmus struck out.
The Blue Jays challenged -- and won. The review determined that Gose
was safe and he scored the tying run on a two-out single by
shortstop Jose Reyes.
"Hey, that's the game right there," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons
said. "That's the benefit of instant replay, to get it right."
"I felt I was safe, I felt if the staff thought it was close enough
to challenge they would," said Gose who finished the game as right
fielder.
That set up the Blue Jays' longest game in time, six hours and 37
minutes, and the first time they played more than 18 innings. They
had twice played 18 innings in their history.
It was also the second 19-inning game in as many days. The Los
Angeles Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Saturday night. The
last time there were two 19-inning games in the same month was July
1985.
The Blue Jays won 10 innings later on a bases-loaded single by first
baseman Jose Bautista with none out in the 19th inning.
Right-hander Rick Porcello (13-7), usually a starter for the Tigers,
entered the game in the bottom of the 17th, and took the loss.
He allowed a leadoff single in the bottom of the 19th to second
baseman Munenori Kawasaki. Reyes bunted and reached first on
Porcello's error while Kawasaki took third. Left fielder Melky
Cabrera was walked to load the bases for Bautista, whose drive to
right went over the drawn-in outfield.
"The whole pitching staff did a great job today," Bautista said. "It
was a tough game to play because it was so long but it was fun one.
We made a lot good plays."
It was the second day in a row that the Blue Jays (63-56) tied the
Tigers (63-52) in the ninth and won in extra innings as they took
the rubber match of the three-game series. Right-hander Chad Jenkins
(1-1) allowed seven hits over six innings to earn the win. It was
his longest outing of the season at Toronto or Triple-A Buffalo.
Rasmus made two fine catches behind Jenkins, one at the wall on
first baseman Miguel Cabrera's drive in the 18th and another coming
in on a sinking liner by catcher Bryan Holaday in the 19th with a
runner on base.
"I don't know if you saw my reaction when Cabrera smoked that ball
but I really put my head down because I thought it was way gone,"
Jenkins said. "That was an unbelievable play and the liner even
better."
Left fielder J.D. Martinez drove in three runs for the Tigers, who
led 5-0 after four innings.
David Price was making his second start for the Tigers after he was
acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays in a July 31 trade and for the
second time pitched to a no-decision. Price allowed five hits and
four runs.
Price was cruising until Blue Jays first baseman Danny Valencia
lined a double off the outside of his left knee and into right field
with two out in the sixth. Catcher Dioner Navarro hit his ninth
homer of the season on the left-hander's next pitch.
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"I don't think it really affected me," Price said. "We're still in first
place, that's all that matters. It doesn't matter if we win the division
by 15 games or if we win it by one game."
"I don't even know if he iced it, to be honest with you," Tigers manager
Brad Ausmus said.
Price finished the sixth but left in the seventh after a walk to third
baseman Steve Tolleson and a single by center fielder Colby Rasmus.
After left-hander Phil Coke took over, pinch-hitter Kawasaki forced
Rasmus with a grounder to second before Reyes and Cabrera hit RBI
singles. Reyes has hit in 21 straight games against the Tigers.
Toronto left-hander Mark Buehrle was replaced after 3 1/3 innings,
allowing nine hits and five runs (two earned).
Cabrera snapped an 0-for-14 drought with a two-out single in the first.
Reyes made an error on a routine grounder by designated hitter Victor
Martinez. Right fielder Torii Hunter singled to left and J.D. Martinez
hit a two-run single. Third baseman Nick Castellanos added an RBI
single.
J.D. Martinez doubled in a run in the third after singles by Cabrera and
Victor Martinez.
Doubles by shortstop Andrew Romine and second baseman Ian Kinsler
produced a run in the fourth.
Ausmus was ejected for the third time this season after Tigers catcher
Alex Avila was called out on strikes to end the top of the third.
The Blue Jays were wearing red in honor of Canada Baseball Day.
NOTES: Tigers RHP Joakim Soria (left oblique strain) was put on the
15-day disabled list before Sunday's game. He pitched two-thirds of an
inning on Saturday but left during the warm-up in the 10th. A
corresponding move will be made. ... RHP Anibal Sanchez (right
pectoralis major strain) was put on the 15-day disabled list. He left
his start on Friday in the fifth inning. LHP Robbie Ray will be recalled
from Triple-A Toledo to start against the Pittsburgh Pirates on
Wednesday. ... Blue Jays 1B Edwin Encarnacion was 1-for-3 on Saturday in
the first game of his rehabilitation assignment with Class A Dunedin.
... The Blue Jays open a three-game series in Seattle on Monday with RHP
Drew Hutchison (8-9, 4.59 ERA) facing Mariners RHP Felix Hernandez
(12-3, 1.97). ... The Tigers send out RHP Justin Verlander (10-10, 4.57)
against LHP Jeff Locke (3-3, 3.78) at Pittsburgh on Monday.
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