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Big Jays rally falls just short
April 5
Globe and Mail: "At the end of Wednesday's marathon that clocked in at more than 3 1/2 hours, it was the Tigers who managed to outlast the Jays, hanging on for a wacky 10-9 American League decision before 24,881 rather bemused fans at Comerica Park."
<hr> Tigers' lead nearly gone with the wind
April 5
Detroit News: "It becomes something other than baseball, which means the Tigers outlasted the Blue Jays 10-9 on Wednesday in something other than the glorious, artistic summer pastime."
<hr> Tigers blow huge lead, but ring up first victory vs. Jays
April 5
Detroit Free Press: "The inning died in his glove, and so did Toronto's hope of an extraordinary comeback. Todd Jones allowed the go-ahead run to reach base in the ninth before saving a 10-9 victory before 24,881 frozen fans at Comerica Park."
<hr> Beautiful rings, brutal game, 10-9 Tiger win
April 5
Michigan Live (registration required): "The Detroit Tigers had survived, losing almost all of a nine-run lead but still holding on to beat Toronto, 10-9. Outside at Comerica Park, it was starting to snow."
<hr> Jays' Burnett ice cold in frigid affair
April 5
Toronto Star: "Reflecting upon the difficulty of the playing conditions, consider that yesterday's wind chill, in Fahrenheit, and A.J. Burnett's ERA crossed paths at 27. But, you may ask, with skepticism, and rightly so, weren't conditions the same for both sides?"
<hr> Tigers put Jays in deep freeze
April 5
Toronto Sun columnist Bob Elliott: "It was a day fit for neither man nor beast. Or A.J. Burnett. The wind was howling at 60 k.p.h. and the temperature was 6C when Detroit Tigers lefty Nate Robertson delivered his first pitch yesterday afternoon. "
<hr> Burnett crashes in 'Full struggle mode'
April 5
Globe and Mail: "Know this: The damage from A.J. Burnett's ineffective first start of 2007 was not mitigated in the slightest Wednesday by the team's flirtation with what could have been a historic comeback."
<hr> Sign of the times: Ad bothers Clayton
April 5
Toronto Sun: "'Behind home plate the advertisement sign (the ones that rotate) was real light and the hitter before (a grounder to third), Royce couldn't see the ball off the bat,' Gibbons explained."

Jays give Tigers serious late scare
April 5
Toronto Star: "The Blue Jays were reaching for the silver lining after a rousing comeback and dispiriting loss to the Tigers in overcast Motown yesterday. 'This is very, very positive,' Frank Thomas said after the 10-9 defeat."
<hr> Burnett gets rocked
April 5
Toronto Sun: "But in the eighth inning the Jays, trailing 10-2 to the Tigers, started the long climb back as they rebounded for seven runs to bring them to within a run. In both the eighth and ninth they had the tying run on second base but couldn't come up with the final clutch hit and ended up on the losing end of a 10-9 decision."