Swallowed By Mariners, Blue Jays Offense Looks To Breakout Through Colon - Blue Jays @ Athletics - August 2 2012 GameThread

It is a sad time for the Toronto Blue Jays, and a sad time for us fans who call the Blue Jays our team. Over the last three days, not only were the Jays swept out of Seattle by the woeful.Mariners, but fan favourite Travis Snider was traded away too. The team, 51-53 (.490), is back in last place in the American League East, 1.5 games behind the fourth place Boston Red Sox, and 5 games back of the Wild Card. And then we found out that the team may go back to a 7-man bullpen....because they are going to try a 6-man rotation. And of course, there's this:

So the Blue Jays, and their fans, desperately need a win tonight, and hopefully three more in the next three days. The Jays are facing the Oakland Athletics, who took 2 out of 3 from the Jays last week in Toronto, including an embarrassing 16-0 blowout.

Tonight, we see Henderson Alvarez, who had a great start against the Tigers last week, face Bartolo Colon, who allowed no runs through 5 and 2/3 last Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles.

Unfortunately, someone will have to put up the lineups in the comments. By the time the game starts I should have a decent buzz since I will be at a craft beer festival.

Tom: Here you go.

GO JAYS GO!

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