Tuesday April 22 2008. Jays v Tampa Rays at Champions Field in Orlando. Home of Atlanta Braves Spring training.
Jays lose 6-4.
Outplayed by a good young team that is getting it all together. Jays looked tired, flat, and totally lacking intensity. They have to step it up bigtime. Why was Rios resting ???? Three weeks into season... Wells yesterday ? Gibbons should be playing first team until they can get it all together. Have a day off when they are winning. Get a good streak going five plus games and then take a break.
Best shot of the day, JP's face watching Hinske tear it up tonight... Eric is playing very well.
Lineups: Jays: Eckstein, Hill, Stairs, Wells, Overbay, Stewart, Zaun, Scutaro, Inglett. Pitching Jesse Litsch
Rays: Iwamura, Crawford, Upton, Pena, Longoria, Hinske, Navarro, Haynes, Bartlett with Shields pitching.
Good: Not much tonight apart from Wells HR. and once again bullpen Carlson and Down pitching.
The bad: Fielding, hitting, intensity.
Top 1st: Eckstein grounds to pitcher, Hill same play, two down, Stairs singles to CF, Wells grounds to 3B.
Bottom 1st: Litsch pitching, Iwamura grounds to 1B, Crawford grounds to 2B first pitch, Upton grounds to 1B Upton grounds to 1B, good inning Jesse.
Top 2nd: Overbay walks on full count, Stewart walks on full count, Shields having problems, Zaun grounds to 1B, Hinske drops ball, Zaun safe, but Hinske throws ball away and pitcher then drops ball at homeplate, Overbay scores, 1-0. Two errors by Rays on same play. Stairs to 3B, Scutaro grounds to 1B, Zaun out at 2B, Scutaro safe at 1B, Stewart scores 2-0. Inglett fly ball to CF, two down. Eckstein at bat, Scutaro caught stealing.
Bottom 2nd: Pena strikes out. Longoria HR to CF, Hinske double to CF, Litsch in a spot here, Navarro singles up the middle, Hinske scores 2-2. Navarro at 1B, Haynes strikes out, Zaun throw to 2B and gets Navarro.
Top 3rd: Eckstein lines out to SS, Hill strikes out, Stairs strikes out.
Bottom 3rd: Bartlett strikes out, Iwamura singles to CF, Crawford singles to CF, Upton grounds to SS double play.
Top 4th: Wells fly ball to RF, Overbay first pitch swing grounds to 2B, Stewart single looper into LF, Zaun singles to Scutaro singles to RF, Stewart scores, Zaun to 3B, 3-2 Jays, Inglett grounds to 2B.
Bottom 4th: Pena strikes out, Longoria walks, Hinske triple to RF, Longoria scores, 3-3. Navarro singles scores Hinske 4-3 Rays. Haynes walks on full count, Bartlett singles to RF bounces over Overbay’s glove, run scores 5-3. Litsch is finished. Carlson pitching. Iwamura bunts to Carlson gets runner at home plate. Crawford grounds to 2B.
Top 5th: Eckstein fly ball to RF. Hill singles to LF, Stairs grounds to 1B, double play. Ouch.
Bottom 5th: Carlson still pitching. Upton strikes out. Pena strikes out for third time tonight, Longoria strikes out on three pitches. Carlson really confusing these batters tonight.
Top 6th: Wells HR to LF. 5-4 Rays. Overbay strikes out, Stewart fly ball to CF, Zaun strikes out.
Bottom 6th: Carlson still in there. Hinske HR to RF 6-4. Hinske needs single for cycle next at bat. Navarro pops up to Zaun, Haynes fly ball to RF, Captain Hook out….. Shawn Camp now pitching. Bartlett grounds to Eckstein at SS.
Top 7th: Scutaro strikes out, Inglett grounds out to 2B, Eckstein grounds to 3B.
Bottom 7th: Iwamura fly ball to LF, Crawford singles to LF, steals 2B on first pitch. Upton fly ball to CF, Crawford. That’s it for Camp. Downs now in. Fourth pitcher for Jays whereas Rays still with Shields. Pena strikes out on three pitches.
Top 8th: Wheeler pitching. Hill lines to 2B, Stairs pops up to SS, Wells fly ball to RF.
Bottom 8th: Longoria strikes out. Hinske at bat can he get single to complete cycle? Strikes out. Next time Eric. Navarro lines to RF, Inglett drops ball. Lost in the lights, Wild pitch Navarro moves to 2B, Haynes grounds to Overbay, drops ball, rough night for Lyle. Everyone safe. Haynes steals, defensive indifference, Bartlett strikes out.
Top 9th. Troy Percival to save. Overbay grounds to SS, Stewart strikes out. Zaun fly ball to CF.
This one is over. Rays win 6-4.
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