Jays win in extra innings, Inglett the hero.

Friday July 25, 2008. Toronto v Seattle first game.

Jays need to start this series off with a win. It will be hard with Parrish pitching tonight.

Pitching: Parrish v Batista.

Lineups:
Toronto: Inglett, Scutaro, Rios, Overbay, Barajas, Rolen, Lind, Wilkerson and Parrish pitching.
Seattle: Suzuki, Bloomquist, Ibanez, Beltre, Lopez, Vidro, Cairo, Johjima, Betancourt and Batista pitching.

The very good: Inglett with winning double 2RBIs bottom of the tenth.
The good: Stairs HR. and three hits tonight. Lind two hits. Bullpen once again.
The bad: Rios and Barajas bottom of sixth. Rios first pitch and Barajas twice swinging at ball four, that at bat had impact on next batters where run could have scored with Barajas on base. Overbay in bottom of ninth watches third strike with runner on 2B. What was he thinking? Nine left in scoring position.

The game:
Top 1st: Suzuki grounds back to Parrish throw to Overbay at 1B. One down for Bloomquist, singles to CF. Ibanez with one on walks, Bloomquist to 2B. Beltre at bat grounds to Rolen throw to Inglett throw to Overbay, Ibanez out. Double play.
Bottom 1st: Inglett strikes out. Scutaro fly ball out to Ichiro.Two down. Rios pops out to Cairo 1B. Batista 12 pitches.

Top 2nd: Lopez fly ball out to Lind in LF. Vidro at bat grounds to Rolen to Overbay at 1B. Cairo singles to CF. Johjima doubles to CF, Cairo scores. 1-0 Seattle. Betancourt lines out to Wilkerson.
Bottom 2nd: Jays need to get going here and support Parrish. Overbay at bat gets hold of one but long fly ball out to CF. One down. Barajas same as Overbay long fly ball out to CF, two down. Stairs oh boy…. Long, long overdue Matt. Full count and fouling them off here, just missing them Matt. THAT’S IT Matt, gets hold of that one. HR to Right centre. 1-1. That is SO good to see Matt hit that one. Rolen at bat two down. 29 pitches.

Top 3rd: Ichiro at bat, grounds to SS throw to Overbay gets him at 1B. One down for Bloomquist. Singles to Rios in CF. Second hit for him tonight. Ibanez hit and run on, grounds back to Parrish great stop and throws him out at 1B. Bllomquist too quick for doubling up. Beltre at bat two down. Full count, Parrish is really struggling tonight again. Lines it over Lind’s head, that was catchable. Bloomquist scores 2-1 Seattle. Bloomquist at 2B. Lopez at bat. Singles to CF, Bloomquist scores. 3-1 Seattle all with two outs. Vidro Grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay finally gets this inning over but two more score. 65 ! pitches for Parrish Ouch. Not what management hoped for tonight. But again some run support might help here.
Bottom 3rd: Lind at bat, doubles to RF, is this guy real ??? High off the wall also just missed going out. Wilkerson at bat one on no outs, gotta bring Adam in friends. Grounds to 1B out on the throw, but moves Lind to 3B. Inglett at bat, grounds to Lopez 2B Lind scores. 3-2 Seattle. Inglett out at 1B. Scutaro with two out. Keeps it going singles to LF. Rios at bat, has to start performing consistently, oh boy, waves at first pitch way outside. What does a coach say to this guy? Lines one right at LF. Hard hit but right at Ibanez. Jays scratch one back, Will need more than that, this is also the team with worst record in the league and playing away from home… Come on. 42 pitches.

Top 4th: Parrish really needs to hold them here. Cairo at bat grounds to Scutaro at SS throw to Overbay, one down. Johjima at bat singles up the middle. One on, one down for Betancourt. Johjima picked off at 1B, Parrish is superb at this, coaches should be noting he has been doing this ever since spring training. Two down. Fly ball out to Lind. Parrish escapes here with no more trouble. Can his hitters help him with a big inning here?
Bottom 4th: Overbay, first pitch grounds it to 1B. That’s what drives me so mad. No thinking about how they can help Parrish out here. Lyle, taking a few pitches would help. Barajas at bat, singles to 2B. two quick outs. Stairs at bat, strikes out looking. Jays hitters look awfully flat tonight. 60 pitches.

Top 5th: Ichiro at bat, grounds again to Scutaro, throw to Overbay, one down. Bloomquist 2-2 tonight. Strikes out on wicked pitch here. His first of game. Two down for Ibanez. Two strikes on him, can he finish him off here? Grounds to Scutaro and three up and down, neat inning for Parrish. But may be his last, 93 pitches.
Bottom 5th: Rolen at bat, grounds to Betancourt throw to Cairo for the out. Lind at bat, can he ??? YES he can. Lines it off the wall in LF just misses a HR. But hit so hard he can only get one base. .448 since the All-Star break. Wilkerson singles to RF. Inglett now with two on and one down. Full count. Walks and loads bases for Scutaro. Oh man, lines it hard at Betancourt throw to Lopez 2B double play ball as Wilkerson was off base.

Top 6th: Camp pitching. Jays will start to miss long relief Wolfe now in Syracuse. Beltre at bat. Strikes him out. Lopez at bat, walks him. Vidro at bat, grounds to Overbay, thinks about going to 2B but holds it and gets Vidro at 1B. Two down for Cairo with Lopez at 2B. fly ball out to Wilkerson.
Bottom 6th: Rios at bat, grounds first pitch to Betancourt SS, nothing from Alex tonight. Overbay walks on four pitches, and this is another reason to doubt these first pitch swingers, Barajas does not swing ball one. Ball two and six in a row. That’s it for Batista and in the middle of an at bat. 83 pitches. Cesar Jiminez pitching. Full count swing on ball four. Same pitch and strikes out. That was ball four again. Barajas and Rios in my bad file tonight. Two down for Stairs. That’s it Matt, doubles into RF corner, two in scoring position now. Overbay holds at 3B. Barajas at bat now is huge, this game could be tied as Overbay would have been at 2B for Stairs, not only that Barajas would have been at 3B and with only one out. These simple things but thinking hitters would take these advantages. Rolen at bat, Roy Corcoran pitching. Scott 0-2 tonight we need a hit here Scott….. two in scoring position. Strikes out. Barajas part in this will not be seen in the stats.

Top 7th: Johjima at bat, strikes out. Betancourt grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay two down. Ichiro at bat, that one gets him strikes out, very nice pitching relief here by Camp. Has done his job. Three up and down.
Bottom 7th: Jays bats have to appear sometime, don’t they? Lind at bat 2-2. His average is now .321 easily leading the team. WOW. Arthur Rhodes pitching. Pitcher number four for Seattle tonight. Lind, full count. Strikes out on this one. Wilkerson at bat 3-0 and walks on four. One on, one down for top of the order. Inglett at bat, hitless tonight but walked, here a soft fly ball out to Ichiro in shallow RF. Two down for Scutaro. Passed ball and Wilkerson at 2B. That’s it for Rhodes . Number five pitcher Sean Green, 3-0 and now ball four, Scutaro walks. Two on for Rios. Way away overdue, 0-3. Do not swing Alex. Does not. Grounds hard to Betancourt at SS gets Scutaro at 2B. Jays big guy leaves them on again. It will be interesting to see what Vernon does when he comes back and how that will affect Alex, not that he having any pressure leading the team right now, if anyone that seems to be Lind.

Top 8th: League now pitching. Bloomquist grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay, one down. Ibanez at bat, strikes out. Beltre at bat, hammers this one up the middle but Inglett great diving stop and throw to Overbay gets Beltre. Three up and down. Nice inning for League. He has good stuff he is just so unpredictable like Frasor.
Bottom 8th: Jays have to get something now. Reed now in CF and Bloomquist in LF. JJ Putz pitching. Coming off disabled list slowly before he goes into closer role. Overbay at bat doubles over head of Reed to CF wall. Nice hit Lyle. Barajas at bat, singles up the middle, Overbay hesitates although coach Layva quite rightly waving him in. That was big error Lyle. Run like the wind and watch your coach. Eckstein pinch running at 1B. Stairs at bat, this one will do Matt, singles to RF, his first hit against Putz and third of the night. Overbay scores and this game is tied. 3-3. Rolen at bat with two on here and no outs. Scotty man you are due big time. Not this time. Grounds to Beltre tags Eckstein throw to 1B gets Rolen double play. Lind at bat. McDonald at 2B running for Stairs, Lind strikes out. Jays get one but oh dear that could have been the game.

Top 9th: BJ Ryan pitching. What does he have tonight? Zaun now catching. Lopez fly ball out to Wilkerson in RF. Vidro at bat, shatters bat as he flies out to Wilkerson, Two down. Cairo at bat singles to RF. Johjima at bat, strikes out. Now it is up the bats.
Bottom 9th: Morrow pitching Wilkerson at bat, full count. Walks him. Inglett at bat. will he be bunting ?? Yes, at least trying to. This time does it to 1B. Inglett out at 1B. Wilkerson at 2B. Scutaro at bat, full count. Walks him for Rios. OK Alex. Hitless tonight 0-4. $65 million?? You have to come through here. Two on, swings and misses, fouls two off into RF crowd. Lines it into RF, hard hit but right at fielder Bloomquist. Two down. Overbay now with two outs. How could he do that, watches ball right down the middle for third strike, that was an awful at bat by Overbay. Not even an attempt at swing. Fast ball Lyle game on the line. Sometimes this team.

Top 10th: Carlson pitching to Betancourt. Pops up to Overbay, one down. Ichiro at bat, grounds to Overbay, throw to Carlson just and only just beats Ichiro. Two down. Bloomquist at bat. Walks him. Come on Jesse. Reed at bat. Bloomquist running on first pitch. Safe at 2B. Lines it to RF Wilkerson, Bloomquist scores. Seattle gets the lead 4-3. Mariners show Jays how it is done with two outs, execution. Beltre fly ball out to Wilkerson.
Bottom 10th: Good news is that neither Rios or Overbay will be at bat this inning. Jays have already left nine in scoring position on base. How can they be so different from the Baltimore series? Fans have left, they have no faith in a comeback. Jays have not won an extra innings game at Rogers this season, are 0-5.Lowe pitching. Zaun at bat, singles into CF. How can a catcher do it when the big bats cannot? McDonald now at bat. Shows bunt. Gets it down and throw to 2B pulls him off the bag, Zaun ruled safe and Johnny Mc safe at 1B. Error on Lowe. two on and no outs. Rolen now can win this here. Showing bunt. So much confidence in him by management. What a waste at bat. Gets it down Cairo throw to 3B gets Zaun, one down. Rolen safe. What a waste of an at bat. He has had one successful bunt in 13 years. One down for Lind takes a strike. High fly ball to CF. two down. Runners do not advance. Wilkerson at bat. 2-12 with runners in scoring position. Full count at least runners will be moving. Walks bases loaded. Excellent at bat by Wilkerson on base four times tonight Inglett YES, YES Joe hits this one very hard to RF and off Ichiro’s glove to the wall, was playing shallow, this is the game……….. two runs score…, WOWEEE Jays improbably win this one 5-4. First extra inning win at home this season in six tries.

Baltimore and Boston both lose.