Jays hitters give one away, 2/12 runners in scoring position

Wednesday June 25,2008. Second game of series. Jays v Reds.

Can Halladay make it two in a row here against the Reds ?

Lineups: Toronto: Scuitaro, Inglett, Rios, Wells, Stairs, Rolen, Overbay, Zaun and Lind, with Halladay pitching.
Cincinnatti: Bruce, Dunn, Phillips, Griffey, Votto,Keppinger, Patterson, Valentin, Ross,and Harang pitching.

Result: Reds 6-5 Toronto on 10 innings.

The good: Inglett, Lind and Scutaro for the bats and Halladay Downs and Ryan for the bullpen.
The bad: Halladay was by no means sharp tonight but hung in there for several more innings with high pitch count. Is he still suffering from the ball in the head last week?
The very bad: 2-13 with runners in scoring position what’s new?

The game: Top 1st: Bruce strikes out. Dunn strikes out. Phillips walks on full count. Good ovation for Griffey, he was quiet last night. Griffey gets hold of this one, and this one is out.HR to RF. Phillips scores. 2-0 Reds. I think many of the Jays fans wanted to see him do it at least once this week, but too bad it was not last night in the blowout. Votto at bat to cheers from his fans, fly ball out to Rios.
Bottom 1st: Scutaro strikes out. Inglett patience at bat, full count and walks. Rios grounds to Keppinger at SS. Inglett out at 2B. on to 1B to get Alex.Double play.

Top 2nd: Keppinger pops out to Inglett. Patterson fly ball to Wells CF. Valentin grounds out, Inglett.
Bottom 2nd: Wells fouls out to Votto at 1B. Stairs walks. Rolen fly ball out to Patterson CF. Overbay fly ball out to Dunn in LF. Jays bats are definitely not like last night.

Top 3rd: Ross singles to CF. Bruce doubles to RF. Two on no outs and both runners in scoring position. Halladay has his hands full here, he is not sharp at all tonight. Dunn singles to RF, Ross scores 3-0 Reds. Bruce at 3B. Phillips singles to RF, Bruce scores,4-0 Reds. Dunn to 2B four consecutive hits and no outs. Here comes guess who ? Griffey fly ball out to Wells, Dunn moves up to 3B, one down. Votto at bat to the cheers of his Etobicoke friends. Grounds out to Inglett. Dunn scores, Phillips out at 2B. 5-0 Reds. Keppinger lined out to shortstop Scutaro.
People are already leaving this one. This is not a good feeling here tonight. The worm has turned tonight and perhaps Jays will get hammered.
Bottom 3rd: Zaun singles to right, looper over 2B head. Lind at bat gets hold of this one and HR to LF, Zaun scores 5-2.That’s the way to reply. Scutaro at bat infield single to SS. Scutaro dives headfirst into 1B beats the throw but he already had it beat, a little dangerous play there Marco. Inglett now at bat gets hold of this one and just hits bottom of the foul pole in RF. Scutaro scores 5-4 and we have a new ball game. Rios doubles to CF. They are getting to Harang here. Still no outs do we have another big inning here like last night?
Wells at bat, big chance Vernon. Fly ball out to Bruce RF, Rios moves to 3B. Still only one out, two chances here. Stairs grounds out, to.Phillips at 2B gets Stairs at 1B. Rios cannot score. Rolen fouls out to Votto at 1B. Cito now you know what gave Gibbons that white hair. It will be interesting to see what Gene Tenace and the brainstrust come up with to break this habit.

Top 4th: Patterson singles to right. Valentin strikes out. Patterson steals 2B. Ross full count here and now walks. Bruce bunts to Halladay gets Ross at 2B. Patterson moves to 3B. Dunn lines out to Rios.
Bottom 4th: Overbay grounds out, to Keppinger. Zaun fly ball out to Patterson CF. Lind fly ball out to Patterson CF.

Top 5th: Phillips grounds out to Scutaro at SS. Here comes Griffey again grounds out to Inglett at 2B. Votto strikes out.
Bottom 5th: Scutaro strikes out. Inglett singles to LF. Rios fly ball out to Bruce RF. Wells singles to CF, Inglett to 3B. Stairs strikes out.

Top 6th: Keppinger singles to RF. Patterson fly ball out to Rios. Valentin singles to RF, Keppinger to 2B. Ross lines out to Rios. Bruce strikes out.
Bottom 6th: Rolen fly ball out to Bruce RF. Overbay walks. Zaun pops out to Keppinger. That’s it for Harang. Dusty Baker thinks that’s enough here. Pitch count over the 100. Bray now pitching. Lind walks on a full count, Overbay to 2B. Keppinger in at 3B. Janish in at SS. Baker out again Weathers now pitching. Scutaro at bat singles to LF, Overbay scores, Lind to 3B. This game is all tied up, Jays have come back from 5-0 down. 5-5. Chance here to do more damage.Two down two on. Scutaro at 2B. Inglett at bat grounds out to Janish. But we have a new game here.

Top 7th: Dunn strikes out. Phillips strikes out. Griffey walks on four pitches. Votto doubles to CF, Griffey to 3B. Halladay in trouble here Gaston is out there but leaves him in to the cheers of crowd. Keppinger walks bases loaded. That’s it Roy for tonight. Something was wrong with you definitely not as sharp as he usually is but he battled through that very bad start and 0-5 deficit. The guy never gives up..Downs now pitching. Hopper pinch-hitting for Patterson. Hopper strikes out. Leaves the bases loaded. That was huge. Now perhaps Jays can do something with the big bats coming to bat.
Bottom 7th: Hopper in at CF. Rios leading off singles to CF first pitch..Wells swinging singles to left, Rios to 2B. Stairs singles to CF, Rios is running but held up at 3B I think he could have scored there, throw is off home plate. BUT bases are loaded just like that with three successive hits. NO one out. Rolen at bat, we need a fly ball here Scott at minimum single will do as well. NO pops this one up to.Phillips at 2B no chance for Rios to come in. One down. Overbay at bat, shatters bat right back to pitcher Weathers comes home to get Alex and on to 1B to get Overbay. Double play ball. Overbay is now leading the league in double plays. That is big momentum killer. No excuse for that, bases loaded no outs ??? Well Cito and staff have a problem.


Top 8th: Janish singles to CF. Ross strikes out. Bruce grounds to Inglett Janish out at 2B. Dunn walks on a full count, Bruce to 2B. Phillips grounds out to Rolen. Jays have another life here.
Bottom 8th: Burton pitching. Zaun patient here, full count, Zaun knows they need runners now. walks on a full count. McDonald pinch-running for Zaun gets a nice ovation. Lind is bunting, no, this kid is hitting well, let him swing away here. Cito has other ideas. Sac bunt, catcher Ross to second baseman B. Phillips, McDonald to second. Scutaro at bat on down one on.strikes out. Inglett at bat. Try again here to get Johhn Mc in from 2B. . Strikes out.

Top 9th: Barajas in as catcher. BJ Ryan pitching. To face the big guy. Griffey strikes out on three pitches. BJ is blowing them past him. Votto at bat, strikes out. Keppinger pops out to Inglett at 2B. Great inning by Ryan, he has done all that he had to do.
Bottom 9th: Final chance here for Jays. Rios singles to CF. Wells at bat fly ball to Dunn LF. Vernon wants that hit back.Stairs now, can he do something? Fly ball to Hopper CF. Rios stealing beats the throw. Rolen at bat, just need a single here strikes out.

Top 10th: Wolfe pitching. Hopper walks. Janish walks, Wolfe is nowhere near strikes. Hopper to 2B. Ross sac bunt back to Wolfe to Inglett, Hopper to third, Janish to second Carlson pitching. Bruce hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Lind, Hopper scored. 6-5 Reds.That’s called execution. Jays don’t know how to do this. Dunn at bat strikes out.
Bottom 10th: Cordero pitching. Is this lights out for Jays hitters now?
Overbay strikes out. Barajas fly ball out to Hopper CF. Two down. Lind at bat, too much to expect him to go deep again. Grounds out, to Janish at SS. This game is finally over. Jays give it away.