Game suspended but Rios, Overbay and Burnett combine to get ahead.

Toronto v Baltimore Game 3 of series Wednesday July 23, 2008.
Series 1-1. Jays have Burnett and Halladay to finish off but they don’t want to split last two. They need these games to move. Yankees have already won today as have Tampa. Boston all tied up in Seattle in the eighth inning.

Pitching Burnett. 10-9 4.84 ERA v Guthrie. 6-7 3.60 ERA
Lineups: Toronto: Inglett, Scutaro, Rios, Overbay, Barajas, Stairs, Rolen, Lind, McDonald and Burnett pitching.
Baltimore: Roberts, Jones, Markakis, Huff, Mora, Scott, Millar, Hernandez, Fahey and Guthrie pitching.

The game:
Top 1st: Inglett leading off tonight. Jays wearing their retro powder blue outfit to support Baltimore wearing their own retro outfit to celebrate 25th anniversary of last World Series championship. There are 23 players from that team here tonight. Inglett walks on five pitches. Scutaro at bat, had an awful night last night. 0-5. But never looked confident at all. Grounds to 3B throw to Roberts gets Inglett but Scutaro too fast for doubling up. But this is the third game in a row Jays get a runner on and then next guy gets him out. Rios good night last night. Strikes out here, nowhere near the pitch. Two down for Overbay moving up in the order but deservedly so. Feeble roller to Millar 1B and Jays go very quietly. Wouldn’t it be nice one day to have a three or four run inning to start off the game for the Jays pitchers? We dream, we hope. 15 pitches.
Bottom 1st: Roberts lead off. Wicked breaking ball to strike him out. One down for Jones. Strikes out on three pitches another wicked curve gets him swinging way off the ball. Markakis at bat, two down. First ball here in the first ten pitches by AJ. Singles up the middle. One on. Huff at bat. Singles to Rios in CF. Two on two down. Mora at bat, grounds to Rolen. Throw to Overbay to get him. 17 pitches.

Top 2nd: Barajas at bat not a good night either last night. Strikes out on three pitches. Swings wildly off plate. Stairs at bat, strikes out, number three for Guthrie. Rolen at bat, gets hold of this one but lines out to Jones in CF. 29 pitches.
Bottom 2nd: Scott at bat, doubles off LF wall. Millar bat one on, full count. Very nice breaking ball to strike him out. One down one on. Hernandez at bat. Full count, grounds to Scutaro, throw to Overbay, two down. Scott moves to 3B. Fahey with two down and one on. Strikes him out 37 pitches.

Top 3rd: Adam Lind at bat. Singles into LF, continuing on from last night’s great 4-5 game at bat. McDonald at bat, one on and no outs. Lind stealing and safe at 2B. Hit and run was on but Johnny Mc could not get it. Now lifts it into no-man’s land in shallow CF. Lind to 3B and Johnny Mc safe. Inglett at bat, no outs and runner at 3B. Inglett taps it to 3B Guthrie fields it himself and throws out Inglett at 1B but McDonald gets to 2B and two in scoring position now for Scutaro, definitely needs a hit about now. Grounds it to Roberts at 2B scores Lind McDonald to 3B. 1-0 Jays. Two down for Rios now with Johnny Mc at 3B. Bounces it to 3B throw to Millar at1B gets Alex. Jays do get one but …. This could have been big inning with Lind at 2B and no one out. 53 pitches.
Bottom 3rd: Roberts at bat. Grounds to McDonald at SS, throw to Overbay and one down. Jones at bat Markakis, 3-0 count. Bounces it to McDonald throw to Overbay, two down. Markakis first pitch fly ball out to Rios. Great inning for AJ. 48 pitches.
Top 4th: Overbay first pitch fly ball out to Scott in LF. Barajas at bat one down. Singles into LF. One on one down for Stairs, would love to see Matt get big one here. Strikes out. Two down for Rolen. Singles to LF. Barajas moves to 2B. Two on two down. Lind at bat, not this time Adam, lines it to Roberts at 2B throw to Millar to get Lind. 66 pitches.

Bottom 4th: Huff at bat, triples off the wall in left centre. Mora grounds to McDonald throw late at 1B. Mora safe and Huff scores 1-1. Scott at bat. Fly ball out to Rios. One down. Mora tags but holds on Rios throw. Millar at bat, first pitch pops it up to Overbay at 1B. Two down. Hernandez at bat, one on two down. Rain threatening, grounds crew ready at the tarp. They have Mora picked off here and tagged out at 2B. 63 pitches.

Top 5th: McDonald leading off. Grounds to SS Fahey, throws him out at 1B. One down. Inglett at bat, pops it up to Fahey, two down. Scutaro at bat. Grounds up the middle to Roberts gets Scutaro at 1B. But a much better at bat by Marco there. Fouling off several pitches. 80 pitches.
Bottom 5th: Hernandez at bat. Strikes him out. One down. Number five for AJ. Fahey at bat, strikes him out, number six. Leads the league at 138 strike outs. Roberts at bat, doubles down the 3B line. Jones with one on and two down. Strikes him out and the side. Seven on the night. Important also to hold the Orioles at 1-1 as game would be official and with rain imminent Jays don’t want to default this one. 80 pitches.

Top 6th: Rios now high ball goes after it and hammers it to CF. Overbay at bat, same reasoning also applies to Jays scoring here. Get that leading run before the monsoons. Alex stealing and safe with number 26 for the year. Cito wants this run. Now can they bring him in. Full count to Lyle. Here it comes, Lyle doubles into CF Alex scores easily and Lyle at 2B. Jays are ahead now 2-1. Barajas at bat, no outs. That is huge run if this game is called. Hernandez injured on his unprotected hand. Rain is falling. Grounds to Fahey at SS, throws out Barajas at 1B Barajas to 3B. One down for Stairs, grounds out to Mora. Throw to Millar at 1B gets Stairs, Barajas holds at 3B. Rolen now with two down, takes one pitch. Umpire calls play…. Jays are ahead 2-1.

Game is supended with Jays leading.