Thursday May 22nd 2008. Angels v Jays series closer.
Jays need a win here and some runs… Last two games of the series they have had the hits but not scored the runs when they need them. Santana is very good pitcher tonight.
Tonight: Burnett v Santana (6-1).
Jays win this one 4-3.
Lineups: Angels.Izturis, Mathews, Guerrero, Anderson, Hunter, Kotchman, Mathis, Wood, Napoli and
Jays: Wilkerson, Hill Rios, Rolen, Overbay, Stewart, Barajas, Scutaro, Inglett, and Burnett pitching.
The good: Burnett pitching and the supporting bullpen Carlson, Downs and Ryan the perfect three inning bullpen. Hits tonight again 10 but this time in winning cause. Hits for everyone except Hill. Lyle’s HR and Joe Inglett coming through with triple this time but I think making a case for pinch hitter in the late innings with bases loaded… Holding Geurrero hitless tonight.
The bad: Base running wild tonight obviously people trying to push too hard and stretch those singles.
The game: Top 1st: Burnett pitching. Izturis grounds to Hill. Mathews grounds to Scutaro. Guerrero same play. Nice neat inning for Burnett.
Bottom 1st: Santana pitching. Wilkerson strikes out. Hill fly ball to Anderson in LF. Rios strikes out.
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op 2nd: Anderson infield single to Overbay. Hunter strikes out. Wild pitch moves Anderson to 2B. Kotchman strikes out. Mathis pop up to Rolen.
Bottom 2nd: Rolen singles to LF. Nice start for Scott. But now caught stretching it into a double. Anderson nice throw. Scott is pushing too hard. That’s the problem when not scoring runs.Overbay now grounds out to 2B. Stewart grounds out to SS Izturis.
Top 3rd: Wood grounds out to Hill. Rodriguez strikes out. Third strike out for Burnett. Izturis grounds to Rolen.
Bottom 3rd: Barajas in for Zaun tonight. Scutaro doubles to RF. Inglett in for Stairs tonight. Yes sir… triples to CF. and scores Scutaro. 1-0 Jays. This is the situational hitting that has been missing. Inglett is sending message to Gibbons here. Wilkerson now at bat singles to CF and scores Inglett 2-0 but again as with Rolen not satisfied with RBI single tries to stretch it and Hunter nails him. Hill now with nobody on and two outs instead of one on and one out. Grounds back to pitcher. But bottom of the order showing how it is done. Jays lead this one 2-0.
Top 4th: Mathews walks four pitches, come on AJ, look who is up next. Guerrero at bat grounds out to Overbay cannot turn double play. Mathews at 2B. Anderson fly ball to Stewart in LF. Hunter strikes out, number four for Burnett starting of nicely tonight.
Bottom 4th: Alex at bat, here we go nice single to CF. Rolen now at bat and there goes Alex and steals 2B. Aggressive running tonight by the Jays. Rolen strikes out. Overbay walks, two on but can the bats bring them in ? Stewart at bat, singles to RF. Bases loaded. Only one out. Been here before, many times. Barajas loops one into RF. Alex scores. 3-0 Jays. Still only one out and bases loaded. Scutaro pops up to Kotchman at 1B. Can Inglett repeat here ? Not this time, grounds to Rodriguez at 2B, out at 1B. Not the nest of innings for Jays but another run scores at least.
Top 5th: Kotchman lead off single to RF. Mathis now hit by Burnett, two on, come on AJ you were going so well. Wood grounds to Rolen double play ball but Kotchman to 3B. Rodriguez at bat doubles to LF. Kotchman scores 3-1 Jays. Izturis doubles to LF Rodriguez scores 3-2 Jays. Mathews grounds back to Burnett. Not a good inning for Burnett.
Bottom 5th: Wilkerson strikes out. Hill fly ball to Guerrero in RF. Rios pops up to Rodriguez at 2B.
Top 6th: Guerrero strikes out. You needed that one AJ . Anderson strikes out. Hunter walks four pitches. Kotchman singles to RF. Hunter at 3B. Mathis singles to CF. Hunter scores. This game is all tied up 3-3. Wood pops up to Overbay.
Bottom 6th: Rolen strikes out Overbay now at bat, goes down for one and there she goes… HR to RF. 4-3 Jays. They needed to get one back straight away. Stewart now singles to CF. Barajas at bat there goes Shannon caught at 2B. Not as fast as you used to be Shannon but more aggression by the Jays runners. Barajas strikes out. Jays have lead again but have to hold it.
Top 7th: Burnett is finished and here comes Jesse Carlson. Rodriguez strikes out. Izturis strikes out. Mathews strikes out. What a guy this Carlson. Perfect inning yet again. The Jays hitters love this guy.
Bottom 7th: Can the bats do something now ? Scutaro walks, good start. Santana now finished and Oliver pitching. Mench, good to see him back, pinch hitting for Inglett. Fly ball to Anderson in LF. Wilkerson strikes out. Hill strikes out.
Top 8th: Downs now pitching. Guerrero fly ball to Stewart. Not a good night for Vladdy. But Jays fans will take it. Anderson infield single to Rolen. One on for Hunter. That’s the pitch Scott, ground ball to Scutaro double play ball. Bullpen doing their job for Burnett but it would be good to see another run to help BJ Ryan.
Bottom 8th: Speir pitching to Alex, fly ballot Hunter in CF. Rolen strikes out, not a good series for Scott.Overbay hero last at bat. Doubles this time to CF. Great to see his bat working again. Stewart now chance to add to this run total. Strikes out. It is up to BJ Ryan again.
Top 9th: Ryan pitching Kotchman pops up to Rolen in foul territory. Mathis fly ball to Rios in CF. Two down. Napoli now pinch hitting for Wood. Strikes him out. Jays win 4-3.
Is there a better 7,8,9 combination than Carlson, Downs and Ryan ???
This was a much needed win for Jays with Kansas coming in for four and great chance to get a good win streak going and get way over .500. BUT we all know what Jays can do against weaker teams so no one is getting too excited about a five game win streak here.
More good news Baltimore loses second in a row so Jays gain one. Yankees keep pace but still below Jays.
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