Sunday July 26,2008. Toronto v Seattle.

Toronto going for the sweep today and a season high six game win streak. Jays need this one to go into the Tampa series tomorrow on a real high. However it is Washburn pitching and Mariners are not as bad as their record and have already won four against the Jays. You know that Ichiro is due to break out of his mini-slump.

Lineups: Toronto: Eckstein, Scutaro, Rios, Overbay, Barajas, Lind, Rolen, Mench, McDonald and Marcum pitching.
Seattle: Suzuki, Vidro, Ibanez, Beltre, Lopez, Reed, LaHair, Cairo, Betancourt and Washburn pitching.

The result: Jays lose 5-1. Nothing like yesterday’s effort.

The good: Johnny Mc. HR his first since May 2007. Mench throw to get Lopez in the fourth. Bullpen to hold Mariners again.
The bad: Rolen, Rios, Barajas hitless today. Not much help to the pitchers at all.

The game:
Top 1st: Suzuki fly ball out to Rios. Vidro grounds out to Overbay two down. Ibanez doubles to RF. One on two down. Beltre at bat grounds to Rolen, Ibanez out at 3B.
Bottom 1st: No Inglett today, Eckstein grounds back to Washburn throw to LaHair. Scutaro grounds to Beltre to LaHair at 1B. Rios after his big day yesterday is he finally breaking out? pops out to Lopez. Jays go quietly.

Top 2nd: Lopez fly ball out to Lind in LF. Reed grounds to Scutaro at 2B, throw to Overbay for the second out. Johjima at bat two down, fly ball out to Mench in RF. Neat inning for Marcum, two good innings so far.
Bottom 2nd: Overbay at bat, full count, and now walks. Barajas at bat with one on, fly ball out to Reed in CF. Lind at bat, on very hot steak since the All-Star break. Not this time. Lines out to Lopez at 2B. Rolen with two down but Overbay at 1B lines out to Betancourt SS. Washburn sailing through Jays hitters so far.

Top 3rd: LaHair strikes out. Betancourt grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay. Suzuki singles to RF only his second hit off the series her in Toronto. Vidro lines out to Rios. Another good inning from Marcum.
Bottom 3rd: Mench first at bat, doubles to LF. First hit by Jays hitters today. McDonald at bat fly ball out Suzuki.One down for Eckstein pops out to Betancourt. Mench still at 1B. Scutaro full count, now walks. Jays have something going finally against Washburn. Two on and two outs for the two home run guy from yesterday, Rios, need one here Alex. Rios fouls out to LaHair at 1B and leaves two on.

Top 4th: Ibanez strikes out. Beltre grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay, two down. Lopez full count and now walks. Reed at bat doubles to RF, Lopez is coming home but Mench throw gets him, great throw by Mench. Marcum, escapes trouble here.
Bottom 4th: Overbay singles to CF. Lead runner on. Barajas at bat fouls out to LaHair at 1B. Barajas is really not hitting well right now, maybe Cito will get Zaun back in there. Lind at bat with on one strikes out. Rolen at bat, fly ball out to Reed in CF. Rolen also needs to breakout soon.

Top 5th: Johjima lines out to Mench, one down. LaHair grounds to Overbay throw to Marcum for the out at 1B. Betancourt pops up to Scutaro. Three up and down for Marcum but this is a pitcher’s duel here.
Bottom 5th: Mench grounds to Beltre throw to LaHair, one down. Johnny Mc here swinging at first pitch and gets hold of one to LF, this one is out, HR to Johnny Mc only his second of the season. Jays 1-0. Eckstein fly ball out to Ibanez LF. Scutaro lines out to Betancourt. Jays get the lead and if McDonald can hit Washburn what about the eight guys in front of him???

Top 6th: Suzuki full count and now walks. That is the last thing Marcum wanted to put Ichiro on and with no outs. Ichiro not going but Vidro gets hold of this one and home run to RF, two runs score and just like that Jays lead has gone. 2-1 Mariners. Ibanez singles to CF. This is not the start Marcum wanted. Beltre grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay, Ibanez moves to 2B. Lopez walks. Two on and Marcum is definitely not sharp here. Reed grounds to Scutaro, Lopez out and Ibanez to 3B. Johjima doubles to CF, Ibanez and Reed score 4-1 Mariners and Marcum losing control here and that is it for him today. Camp now pitching. LaHair singles to LF, Johjima to 3B. Betancourt strikes out.
Bottom 6th: Jays hitters need to get some back here. Rios fly ball out to Suzuki. Alex 0-3 today.Overbay grounds to Betancourt throw to LaHair, two down. Barajas at bat grounds to Betancourt throw to LaHair. Jays go awfully quietly. Need some more punch if they want to get to Washburn.

Top 7th: Suzuki fly ball out to Rios. Vidro singles to CF.Ibanez doubles to center, Vidro to 3B. .Beltre at bat, intentional walk with 1B open. Lopez singles to RF, Vidro scores, Ibanez to 3B, Beltre to 2B and Mariners leading this one 5-1. Reed grounds back to Camp throw to catcher Barajas throw to Overbay, Ibanez out at home plate but more damage done.

Bottom 7th: Lind fly ball out to Ibanez. Rolen fly ball out to Suzuki. Mench strikes out. That about sums up Jays hitters today apart from SupeMac.

Top 8th: Frasor now pitching.Johjima pops up to McDonald at SS. LaHair strikes out. Two down.
Betancourt lines out to Mench in RF. A good inning from Frasor.
Bottom 8th: Cairo in now at 1B. McDonald fly ball out to Ibanez in LF. Eckstein singles to RF. Jays first base runner since the fourth inning. Scutaro at bat grounds to Lopez throw to Cairo for the out, Eckstein to 2B. Rios at bat, hitless tonight. Grounds to Lopez throw to Cairo and Jays leave Eckstein at in scoring position at 2B.

Top 9th: Suzuki at bat lines this one to RF and look at him running, a triple. I guess the good news is that he cannot steal or can he ??? Vidro grounds to McDonald throw to Overbay. Two down.Ibanez intentionally walk. Bloomquist now pinch-running for Ibanez. Beltre strikes out.Lopez grounds back to Frasor throw to Overbay and no more run damage.
Bottom 9th: Bloomquist in as left fielder. Putz pitching. Last very slim chance for Jays to get back in this one. Overbay grounds to Betancourt throw to Cairo. One down. Barajas at bat pops out to Betancourt. Lind at bat, hitless tonight singles to CF. Rolen at bat, last chance for Jays grounds back to Putz throw to Cairo for the last out.
This game is over Mariners win easily today 5-1 and take the season series 5-4. Jays are the only AL team that Seattle has a winning season.

What they said:
Cito : "If we go two out of three the rest of the way, I'll be real happy,"
Marcum: "I wasn't locating my fastball today and I didn't do it in Baltimore, either. It's tough to pitch when you can't throw that over for a strike because they can sit on everything else."