Jays sweep Royals, head west with five game win streak.

Monday May 26th Series finale Royals v Jays.
Marcum v Tomko

Series finale before Jays fly west for tough road trip. Would be good to go with a five win streak. School day today at Rogers Centre let’s hope Jays use the 10th man and get crowd into the game with some runs. There is nothing louder than school day when Jays give them something to cheer about. Last school day v Tigers however was like a morgue.

Royals lineup: DeJesus, Grudzielanek , Gordon, Guillen, Butler, Teahen, Olivo, Pena, Gathright ,Tomko pitching.
Jays lineup: Stewart, Inglett, Rios, Rolen, Stairs, Overbay, Scutaro, Wilkerson, Zaun,and Marcum pitching.

Result: Jays win this one 7-2 and sweep four game visit by the Royals.

Good: Rolen’s leadoff double in 2nd. Zaun’s HR. Alex’s two run triple. But also here speed of Inglett to score in the 5th from 1B.

Top 1st: DeJesus grounds out to Inglett playing 2B today. Grudzielanek strikes out, Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 1st: Stewart strikes out, Inglett grounds it to 2B. Rios at bat. Full count, fouling off pitches. Making Tomko work here. Grounds to 3B.

Top 2nd: Guillen, grounds to Rolen at 3B. One down. Butler fouls out to Overbay. Teahen strikes out. Three now for Marcum.
Bottom 2nd: Rolen doubles just over the head of leaping Gordon at 3B down the line. Eleventh double this season !!! and that is with his missing April. Stairs at bat. I still prefer Overbay following Rolen. Stairs strikes out, waving at a ball there Matt. Overbay singles into RF between 1B and 2B. Rolen scores. 1-0 Jays. Scutaro hit and run on perfect single into RF by Scutaro. Overbay gets to 3B. Two on one down. Wilkerson now can blow this one open. Crowd getting noisy. Lines hard one into RF but Teahen catches full stretch but run Overbay scores 2-0 Jays. Zaun at bat there goes Scutaro great delayed steal Marco. Runner at 2B come on Gregg WOWEEE HR deep RF into Royals bullpen net. Two runs score. 4-0 Jays. Stewart now 40 pitches for Tomko. Stewart high pop up behind 2B.

Top 3rd: Marcum now with a great lead. Olivo at bat. Singles to CF. Come on Shawn don’t let them get back in this thing. Pena strikes out. Gathright. Olivio stealing throw is wide off bag. Fly ball to Stewart in shallow LF. Two down. DeJesus walks. Come on Shawn. Two on two down. Grudzielanek winging at first pitch grounds out to Rolen. Not a good at bat with two on and DeJesus walking previous batter.
Bottom 3rd: Inglett at bat grounds out to 2B. Rios infield single to SS. Alex will take that. Rolen at bat. 50 pitches now for Tomko. High fly ball to LF too bad he really got hold of that one. Just underneath it. That would have been 5th deck. Stairs at bat Rios now stealing, great jump Alex. Full count now for Matt. Strikes out.

Top 4th: Gordon lines over Scutaro’s head into LF. Guillen lines first pitch into RF Wilkerson’s glove. One down. Butler bounces chopper to 2B but can only get Gordon throw too late for two. Two down. Teahen singles to RF. Gordon at 3B. Olivo at bat. Full count. Strikes him out. Fifth for Marcum today.
Bottom 4th: Tomko at 59 pitches already. Overbay at bat drives it to Gathright in CF. Scutaro high fly ball to Teahen in RF. Jays are connecting but just missing. Wilkerson now at bat, hard liner up the middle but nice stop and throw by Grudzielanek just gets Wilkerson at 1B.

Top 5th: Pena grounds out to Rolen, one down. Gathright, first pitch bunt but straight back to Marcum two down. DeJesus hit by pitch. Grudzielanek grounds to Scutaro gets lead runner Pena at 2B. 62 pitches for Marcum in five innings.
Bottom 5th: Tomko already 70 pitches in four. Interesting trivia, Jays five hits have been spread between five players so far. Zaun now with the big one so far. There he goes doubles to RF corner. Stewart fly ball out to RF. Zaun holds at 2B. Inglett lines hard at Butler 1B cannot hold it and Inglett beats it out. Zaun to 3B. Error on Butler his first of the season that’s a tough error. Inglett hit a bullet. One down now for Alex need a fly ball here Alex. Will Inglett steal here also? Alex showing patience lays off first two. Great hit triples to RF corner. Two runs score, Inglett just beats throw and Alex goes to 3B on throw to plate. 6-0 Jays. Alex loves that. Now has single and triple today. Now Rolen at bat with Alex at 3B.and one down. Rare strike out for Rolen here. Stairs now would love to connect with one. High fly ball to LF leaves Alex at 3B. Tomko now at 90 pitches. Jays should get into that overworked Royals bullpen very soon.

Top 6th: Gordon at bat hit again one on.. Guillen hit now on the ribs. Two on no outs. Butler grounds it to Inglett gets Guillen at 2B but return throw by Scutaro pulls Marcum off bag, safe. Runners at 1B and 3B. One down. Butler grounds it again to Inglett throw to Scutaro wide and runner scores,6-1 Jays. error Inglett and still two on and one out. Marcum should have been out of this. Weird inning, two hit players and two missed easy chances. Wild pitch now and both runners move up. Sac Fly ball to CF runner scores 6-2 Jays. Teahen moves to 3B. Pena at bat fly ball to Rios in CF. But very strange inning. Marcum now at 80 pitches.
Bottom 6th: Can Jays get those runs back for Marcum? they owe him. Tomko still in there . Overbay at bat. High fly ball to Gathright in shallow CF. Scutaro now, he definitely owes Marcum one after that missed play. AND believe it or NOT he gets one, he heard me. High HR to LF over Jays bullpen. 7-2 Jays and when was the last time Jays had seven ? Much too long. Wilkerson now first pitch swing, why oh why do they do this ? bounces straight to Tomko. Dumb at bat. Zaun now pops out to Butler in front of photographers bay. 106 pitches for Tomko.

Top 7th: Gathright at bat. Marcum still pitching but we might see Frasor or Tallet today with this score. Fly ball to Rios in CF. DeJesus grounds to Inglett, makes no error here with throw to Overbay. Two down. Grudzielanek strikes out, Marcum number six today. Much better inning than his last. 90 pitches for Marcum.
Bottom 7th: Tomko gone. Peralta now pitching, Stewart at bat. Singles up the middle. One on. Inglett at bat, watch the bunt ? No, not with this score. Inglett is swinging, fly ball pout to LF, Stewart holds at 1B. Rios now, two hit afternoon two RBIs. Ouch on this swing, grounds to SS, double play ball here Alex.

Top 8th: Marcum still pitching, Hill also in defensively for Inglett. Gordon singles to RF. Guillen first pitch swinging high fly ball to Rios right at the wall at the Nikon sign. Just missed going out there Shawn. Butler singles to RF. Two on one out, here is Captain Hook, Marcum at the 99 pitches. Jesse Carlson now pitching.Teahen at bat singles to CF, Gordon coming home but YES, Alex GETS him at home plate. What a great one hop throw by Alex, Zaun had plate blocked but Gordon could not slide past. That’s it also for Jesse, just in for Teahen. Teahen at 1B and Butler at 2B. Two outs. Frasor now pitching. Olivo at bat grounds to Hill gets Olivo at 1B. Three Jays pitchers there for the three outs but they need the work after Halladay, Litsch and McGowan pitched 25 innings out of the last 27.
Bottom 8th: Big bats. Rolen, Stairs and Overbay. Joakim Soria now pitching. Rolen at bat strikes out. Stairs long overdue here 0-3 today. Walks. Overbay at bat. Bounces one to Soria throw to 2B anfd basck to get Overbay at 1B double play ball.

Top 9th: Tallet maybe ? or stay with Frasor ? No BJ today. Frasor it is. German pinch hitting for Pena. Strikes out. Gathright at bat, I don’t think he will be bunting this time. Slices one down third base line for a single. One on one down. DeJesus at bat, Frasor labouring here as always. Full count. Jason you have a five run lead don’t try to be so fine, just throw it and let them make contact. Takes my advice, DeJesus grounds out to Overbay. Two down. Grudzielanek at bat, Gathright at 2B. Crowd are NOISY. Strikes him out. This game is over. Jays win 7-2.

Now for the West coast with a five game win streak. It will not be an easy road trip as Boston found out in Oakland at the weekend and Jays have a score to settle with the Angels.