Friday June 27, 2008.
McGowan v Jurrjens. 7-3 on season. Which McGowan will turn up tonight?
Lineups: Braves: Blanco, Gutay, Johnson, Teixeira, McCann, Norton, Francouer, Brandon Jones, Lillibridge and Jurrjens pitching.
Jays: Scutaro, Inglett, Rios, Wells, Stairs, Rolen, Overbay, Zaun, Lind and McGowan pitching.
Result: Braves shut out Jays 4-0.
The good: Nothing for Jays tonight. Nothing at all. Perhaps a little harsh on McGowan but he did give up the runs.
The bad: Hitters clueless eg fourth inning. Two more double plays. Two base runners including one walk but eliminated by the double plays. Jays could not fathom out rookie Jurrjens tonight.
Top 1st: G.Blanco flied out to center fielder V.Wells. Gotay doubles to LF. One down Kelly Johnson at bat full count here, strikes out on ball four. Teixeira at bat WHOA there it goes huge moon shot to right centre. 2-0 Braves. McCann Singles first pitch to centre. Greg Norton at bat fly ball to Lind in LF. 17 pitches.
Bottom 1st: Scutaro at bat, full count here. Fly ball to Francouer in RF. Inglett at bat one down, grounds to 2B. out at 1B. Rios at bat grounds out to Teixeira. Three up and down.
Top 2nd: Francouer watch this guy Dustin even if he is in a slump, strikes out. Brandon Jones grounds to Inglett throw to Overbay two down. Brent Lillibridge at bat two down strikes him out. Third strikeout for McGowan. 29 pitches.
Bottom 2nd: Wells at bat, wild swing at first pitch. Grounds to SS thrown out at 1B. Stairs at bat one down. Bounces one out to Teixeira. Two down. Rolen now at bat. Fly ball into RF corner. 23 pitches.
Top 3rd: Top of the order again. Blanco at bat singles to LF. Gotay at bat, not bunting. Now he bunts in front of plate. McGowan throw hits Gotay, he is out, interference with play. Cox arguing, does not win this one, that hit his helmet we could hear it... Blanco back to 1B. Johnson fly ball to LF second out but that would have been sac fly if Gotay was safe as Blanco had moved to 3B. Teixeira at bat doubles to CF wall, run scores from 1B. 3-0 Braves. McCann at bat two down. Texeira at 2B. Lines this one hard down 1B line great save by Overbay, saves a run and throw to McGowan for out.
Bottom 3rd: Overbay at bat Jays yet to get a hit Braves have five. Grounds this one out to Texeira. One down for Zaun strikes out looking. Lind at bat two down. Jurrjens mowing Jays down here, no hits yet. Strikes him out. Nine up and down for Jurrjens. An easy night’s work so far. 38 pitches.
Top 4th: Meantime McGowan has given up five hits, including HR and two doubles. Norton at bat singles first pitch to RF. McGowan fooling no one tonight. Francouer fly ball out to Lind in LF. Brandon Jones at bat one down, grounds to Inglett throw to 1B gets Jones no chance for double play. Lillibridge at bat fly ball out to Wells. McGowan at 53 pitches.
Bottom 4th: Top of the order again, Braves have already been through twice. Scutaro at bat full count here grounds out to Teixeira. Inglett at bat, first pitch lines hard at Teixeira. Two down. Rios wild swing, what happened to the new coaches philosophy? Grounds to SS. That was a very bad inning for Jays hitters. Nine pitches. 47 pitches.
Top 5th: Blanco at bat. Fly ball out to Wells. Gotay at bat one down. Full count. Just misses inside and walks him. Johnson at bat first pitch fly ball out to Lind, two down for Teixeira, careful here Dustin. Gotay running, Zaun gets him with throw first base side of bag. Bad news is that Teixeira comes up again in the sixth. 74 pitches also for McGowan.
Bottom 5th: Jurrjens on a no hitter, lets try and jinx this guy. Wells at bat taps it to 2B. One down. Stairs at bat, YES there it goes. Singles to center field. It worked. First hit for Jays. Rolen now at bat, NO Scott. Grounds this one to SS, steps on 2B on to Teixeira at 1B, double play ball and so it goes for these hitters. I wonder how the new coaching staff will deal with this season long problem? 57 pitches.
Top 6th: Texeira fly ball to Rios. One down. McCann fly ball out to Rios in RF. Norton walks. Francouer at bat, fly ball to Lind in LF, quick one for McGowan but Jays hitters have to get going here. 82 pitches.
Bottom 6th: Overbay at bat grounds back to Jurrjens, one down Zaun at bat, full count, walks, second Jays hitter on base tonight, first walk. Lind at bat grounds to Texeira throw to 2B, another double play. This is vintage 2008 Jays tonight and making Jurrjens look like Cy Young. 72 pitches.
Top 7th: Jones doubles to LF wall, Lind struggles with ball, Jones goes to third on the play. Lillibridge at bat grounds to Rolen, perfect throw to 1B gets Lillibridge, one down. Top of order again. Blanco singles to CF. Run scores 4-0 Braves and Jays get another lesson on execution. Gotay at bat, pitch out but no steal attempt. Blanco is going, fly ball out to Lind. Gotay back to 1B did not tag (at 2B) and Inglett throw to Overbay gets him, double play for Jays. What a way to get one !! McGowan escapes here. 96 pitches.
Bottom 7th: Can Jays hitters get something going now? Scutaro strikes out. Inglett at bat. grounds to Teixeira throw to Jurrjens, two down. Rios at bat lines to 3B great stop by Gotay throw not in time. Wells at bat, at least it will not be double play! grounds back to Jurrjens throw to 1B gets Wells.
Top 8th: Johnson at bat strikes out looking. One down. Teixeira walks. Carlson pitching McCann strikes out. Norton at bat walks. Francouer at bat, strikes out.
Bottom 8th: Stairs at bat lines to LF great diving catch by Jones in LF. One down. Rolen at bat, full count. Singles to LF. You had better steal Scott, stay out of another double play with Overbay at bat, pops up to 2B. Not a double play here. Zaun now at bat. Jays have not reached 2B all night. Full count. Rolen will be running at least to 2B, fly ball to RF line Johnson makes the catch. 104 pitches.
Top 9th: Jones at bat, this game is only just over two hours, that’s what happens when you cannot get runners beyond 1B. Frasor now pitching. Full count. Strikes out. Lillibridge doubles to RF. Blanco at bat walks him. Frasor is one of the few pitchers who can suck the energy out of any game, another fifteen minutes and only one out. Someone suggested Frasor could be a starter, I really hope not. It would take forever t o get through game. Gotay at bat strikes out. Johnson at bat with two on and two down. fly ball out to Lind in LF corner. That half inning was 18 minutes.
Bottom 9th: Last chance for Jays bats tonight but they have been outclassed tonight all round, pitching, hitting and defense. Teixeira and Gotay at the corners in particular. Braves new pitcher Gonzalez, Lind at bat grounds to Johnson throw to Teixiera, one down. Scutaro at bat first pitch fly ball to Jones in LF corner. Eckstein getting an at bat. Pops up second pitch to Johnson. Jays were never in this one and never looked like threatening. It must be a long time since they never reached 2B in a game.
Lots of work to do for the hitting coaches still. I don't see Jays threatening Braves in this weekend series. I hope they prove me wrong.
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