Litsch and Jays bats win this one big.

Series finale Toronto v Oakland. Getaway afternoon game.

Lineups: Toronto. Stewart, Hill, Rios, Rolen, Mench, Scutaro, Barajas, Wilkerson, Eckstein and Litsch pitching.
Oakland: Hannahan, Crosby, Cust, Chavez, Brown, Ellis Barton, Bowen, Davis. and Eveland pitching. Eveland 3-0 here at Coliseum this season and .094 ERA.

Result: 12-0 on 17 hits. Jays run wild in this one.

The very good: Jesse Litsch. Seven shutout innings and wins his fifth straight decision. Scoreless streak now at sixteen innings. The bats bringing in runners in scoring position in the 3rd. Barajas making most of his replacing Zaun with his three doubles.The bats six doubles in the game. Season high hits (17) and runs (12) for Jays. Five players with multi-hit game.
The good: Double steal by Rios and Rolen in third inning. Rios defence in fourth inning throwing assist. Bullpen finishes off Litsch’s shutout. Jays now have six shutouts this season.
The bad: Rolen and Rios both with bases loaded in 4th and both strike out. (a little picky given the twelve run shutout but I think I have to mention it.)

The game: Top 1st: Stewart infield single off the arm of Eveland to second. Hill popped up to Ellis at 2B. Rios grounded into a double play, third baseman Hannahan to Ellis at 2B to first baseman Barton, Stewart out.
Bottom 1st: Litsch pitching. Hannahan singles to CF. Crosby fly ball to Wilkerson in RF.Cust fly ball to Mench in LF. Chavez now at bat returning after disabled list, DH today with Thomas injured. Litsch strikes him out. Hannahan left at 1B after leadoff single.

Top 2nd: Rolen grounds out to 2B. Mench at bat doubles off the bottom of the wall, Scutaro grounds this one off Eveland’s leg and Marco safe at 1B. Mench to 3B. Eveland getting hit today. Two on one down. Barajas 3-0 now, ball four bases loaded. Wilkerson at bat sac fly ball to wall at LF. 1-0 Jays and Scutaro moves to 2B. Eckstein now at bat with two on two down. Lines double over 1B into bullpen in RF. Scutaro scores. 2-0 Jays. Stewart now with runners at 2B and 3B. Can blow this open with a single. Shannon drives this one deep into RF. Brown catches and saves two runs. 29 pitches. Jays already have two doubles makes a change from all the singles they had in first game.
Bottom 2nd: Brown fly ball to Rios over shoulder catch, one down. Ellis fly ball out to LF Mench. Barton grounds to Litsch throw to Overbay at 1B. Nice inning Jesse. 24 pitches.

Top 3rd: Hill single up the middle. Just past Ellis at 2B. Rios grounds to Ellis gets Hill at 2B but no double play ball. Rolen now hit by pitch. Two on. Mench at bat both runners stealing. Double steal twelve now for Rios and four for Rolen. Sac fly ball to LF, Alex scores 3-0 Jays. Rolen holds at 2B. Scutaro now, chance to get another here. Grounds out to 2B. 46 pitches.
Bottom 3rd: Bowen at bat grounds out to Hill at 2B. Davis now at bat, tries to bunt, now swinging pops up to Hill in shallow RF. Hannahan fly ball to shallow LF ball drops in front of Mench. Crosby bunts and Litsch throw gets lead runner at 2B. 37 pitches.

Top 4th: Barajas doubles off the LF wall. Third double for Jays today. Wilkerson at bat fly ball out Davis at CF wall, Barajas holds at 2B. Eckstein at bat. 3-0 now. Eckstein walks. Two on now for Stewart. Lines into LF. Barajas stops at 3B a little slower than some of the other Jays who might have scored. Eckstein at 2B and Stewart at1B. Bases loaded now for Hill with one out. Lines into LF, Barajas scores. 4-0 Jays and bases still loaded for Rios. Big one here Alex. Not good, strikes out. Rolen now strikes out. Leaves bases loaded. More importantly a base hit there would have broken game open and probably seen the last of Eveland and Jays would be into the bullpen early. Now 4/9 with runners in scoring position. 66 pitches for Eveland now.
Bottom 4th: Cust drives one off the wall in CF. Great throw by Alex gets Cust. Cust thought it was going out, and didn’t hustle until it was too late. Chavez grounds to Scutaro at 1B. Two down. Brown doubles off the RF wall. They are hitting Jesse hard today. Ellis at bat. Full count now walks him. Barton strikes him out. Jesse escapes this one thanks to Alex. 60 pitches.

Top 5th: Mench singles to RF. Scutaro strikes out. Barajas doubles to RF corner Mench scores here. 5-0 Jays. Second double today for Barajas and fourth for Jays today. Wilkerson doubles Barajas scores. 6-0 Jays. It’s doubles day in Oakland. Five now and eleven hits for Jays already. That’s it for Eveland. He has been playing with fire all afternoon. 81 pitches. Braden now pitching. Eckstein at bat with Wilkerson at 2B and one out. Singles to CF. Wilkerson held at 3B. Stewart now at bat, walks. Bases loaded now for Hill. 3-0 count. Ball four walks in a run as Wilkerson scores. 7-0 Jays. Good patient at bat by Hill. Bases still loaded now for Rios. Alex you are on stage here. Grounds to 2B, double play ball and that about sums up Rios’s hitting these days.
Bottom 5th: Bowen flies out to Mench. Davis at bat. Grounds out to Hill, two down. Hannahan lifts one to left centre. Crosby at bat with one on, full count, grounds to 3B Rolen nice play throws Crosby out at 1B.

Top 6th: Rolen doubles ! to left centre number six double for Jays. Mench with this single to RF now 3-3 and sac fly. Two on here for Scutaro. Rolen holds at 3B. Singles to RF, Rolen scores, 8-0 Jays. Long time since Jays scored eight. Barajas doubles again for third time today two runs Mench and Scutaro score. 10-0 Jays. Number seven double. Wilkerson at bat strikes out sarcastic applause from crowd first out. Eckstein fly ball out. Two down. Stewart at bat grounds out to SS.
Bottom 6th: Cust grounds out to Scutaro at 1B. Chavez grounds back to Litsch. Brown now triples to CF. Careful Jesse bear down here. Ellis at bat grounds to Rolen throw to 1B. Jesse escapes and preserves his shutout.

Top 7th: Hill at bat, patience here full count. Hill walks. Good at bat. Alex now not having a good game at bat. Grounds this one to Hannnahan at 3B on to Ellis and on to Barton, yes Alex a double play. Thigpen now pinch-hitting for Rolen. I guess Gibbons thinks this one is over, he better be right but this Oakland not Kansas and can score big runs. Thigpen first major league at bat although we saw him in Spring training. (Also saw his father pitching in the Legends game at Bright House Field.) Thigpen very patient here no first pitch swinging and walks. Braden is still in there despite his wildness his job now is to eat up those innings today. Mench at bat with two on again. Pops it up to Hannahan at 3B.
Bottom 7th: Thigpen in at 1B. Scutaro moves to 3B. Jesse still pitching and why not he still has shutout although I hope Gibbons doesn’t pitch his arm off with 130 pitches like Francona did with Lester. This is only a shutout not a no-hitter or perfect game. Barton strikes out. Litsch is so precise with his pitches. Bowen now pops this one up to shallow right centre Hill going for it. NO. Eckstein also running for this one and inevitable collision. Hill is down injured. Looks as if Eckstein’s elbow hits Hill in the face. OK standing up now. Bruise appearing under the eye as he walks off. Joe Inglett replaces Hill. Eckstein was way over on Hill’s side for that, Hill didn’t see him coming and probably didn’t even expect him. Plus Hill had that covered. Eckstein has done that before and is going to have to realize that Hill is a very good fielder. Bowen on now with one out. I hope this doesn’t mess up the shutout for Jesse. Infield now Thigpen, Inglett, Eckstein and Scutaro. Who would have thought this lineup? Davis at bat grounds this one to DScutaro at 3B gets lead runner Bowen at 2B. Two down Jesse. Hannahan at bat pops up to Eckstein. A long inning but another for Litsch. No word on Hill yet but he did walk off on his own and is a tough guy so he may be ok.

Top 8th: DiNardo now pitching. Scutaro fly ball to Brown in RF. Barajas who has had great game and making most of his replacing Zaun. Three doubles so far, grounds this one to Barton. Wilkerson grounds out to Ellis. Three up and down for a change for the Jays but this one should be over now.
Bottom 8th: That’s it for Jesse Litsch and in comes Jesse Carlson. Good decision Litsch has done so well no need to stretch him any further. Get ready for New York Jesse. Crosby at bat pops up to Inglett. Cust walks. Don’t see many of those on Carlson. Chavez fly ball out to RF Wilkerson. Brown at bat now full count, Carlson not as sharp as usual, walks him. Come on Jesse backpack.Two on. Ellis at bat, YES, that’s what you need Jesse ground ball to Scutaro Cust out at 3B.

Top 9th: Pelit in at SS. Eckstein at bat, patient also full count and now walks. One on for Stewart. There she goes Shannon gets hold of this one. HR to LF. Two more runs. 12-0 Jays. That is Shannon’s first of the season. This is Toronto hit number seventeen today. Inglett strikes out. Rios not a good game with his bat but has had good defence. Flies to Cust in LF messes up this one and Alex gets two bases on Cust’s error. I guess you deserve it Alex. Thigpen now at bat chance to get an RBI himself. Grounds to Barton at 1B. Ros moves to 3B. Mench now with three hits on the day. Can he make it 13 runs here? Fly ball to CF but Davis gets it. Thus ends great afternoon for the Jays bats. Season high runs.
Bottom 9th: Camp now pitching, Carlson preserves Litsch’s shutout and also helps his own ERA. Barton doubles this one to LF. I spoke too soon. Camp needs to bear down here. Bowen at bat strikes him out. That’s better. Davis grounds out to Eckstein Barton moves to 3B. Top of the order now Hannahan at bat. Has had three of the Oakland eight hits today. Strikes him out. Very nice. Camp has also been a find this season in that bullpen.

This one is over. Jays have a blowout for once. Season high twelve runs and great shutout for Litsch and the bullpen. Gives the team confidence as they head to the Angels.