Burnett wins number thirteen.

Game two Toronto v Texas Saturday August 2, 2008

Jays have to rebound tonight after awful giveaway last night. Although BJ was the goat the game had been lost earlier buy the failure once more to bring in the runners in scoring position. AJ has never won 13 games in his career so great incentive tonight.

Tonight: AJ Burnett 12-9 4.50 ERA v Scott Feldman. 4-3 4.97 ERA
Lineups : Toronto: Inglett, Scutaro, Rios, Overbay, Lind, Stairs, Barajas, Rolen, Wilkerson and Burnett pitching.
Texas: KInsler, Catalanatto, Young, Hamilton, Byrd, Murphy, Laird, Davis, Metcalf and Feldman pitching.

Result: Jays win 6-4. Burnett wins number thirteen and Ryan save number twenty one.

The good: Inglett and Scutaro with stolen bases. Sixth inning after giving up lead and Scutaro’s mistake Jays hitters get four Rolen and Barajas heroes. Burnett pitching very well into the sixth. The bullpen holds it for Burnett. Jays come from behind to win. Hitters 3 for 7 with runners in scoring position.
The bad: Barajas terrible throw away in 2nd to give up first Texas run. Scutaro base running mistake in the sixth.

The game: Top 1st: Inglett pops out to Young at SS. Scutaro at bat, hit in the back. Rios now with Scutaro at 1B and one d own. Scutaro running and Feldman’s throw to 2B is wild into CF and Scutaro moves up to 3B. Aggressive play here from the Jays. Full count to Alex now. Walks him, lays off the pitch down and away, Alex is smartening up, he was swinging at that pitch first half of season. Overbay now with two on and only one out. Grounds to 2B Scutaro scores, Overbay out at 1B. 1-0 Jays. Alex moves to 2B. Lind at bat. Two down. Taps it weakly back to Feldman throw to 1B gets Lind. 19 pitches.
Bottom 1st: Kinsler at bat, high fly ball out to Lind in LF. Catalanatto at bat, one down. strikes him out. Young at bat two down. Strikes out, number two for AJ. 12 pitches. Yankees have already beaten Angels this afternoon 8-2. Tampa beating Detroit 7-2 and Boston winning 9-4 so it looks as if Jays have to win tonight just to stay pat.

Top 2nd: Stairs at bat, first pitch fly ball out to CF Byrd. One down. Barajas at bat grounds weakly to Davis at 1B.Two down. Rolen at bat strikes out. Three up and down. 28 pitches.
Bottom 2nd: Hamilton at bat doubles first pitch to right centre wall. Byrd at bat, full count. Grounds to Overbay, flip to Burnett out at 1B, Hamilton to 3B. Murphy at bat, one down. Barajas throw to 3B down third base line, scores Hamilton.1-1. Error on Barajas. That was a terrible giveaway. They can’t afford this. Grounds to Overbay out at 1B two down. Laird fly ball out to shallow CF Rios. 25 pitches.

Top 3rd: Wilkerson at bat, strikes out. Inglett at bat shows bunt, singles into RF. Scutaro at bat, fly ball out to Hamilton in RF. Rios at bat two down. Inglett running and safe on throw. Full count, Inglett will be running. Loops it into shallow RF past Kinsler and with Inglett running easy to score. 2-1 Jays. Overbay at bat, two down and Rios at 1B. Alex stealing and good throw gets him at 2B. 50 pitches.
Bottom 3rd: AJ has the lead again. Davis at bat fly ball out to Lind in LF. One down. Metcalf at bat grounds to Scutaro and throw to Overbay for the out at 1B. KInsler with two down, fly ball out to Lind in LF . Three up and down for AJ. 36 pitches.

Top 4th: Overbay at the plate when Rios was caught stealing last inning is back at bat. Fly ball out to Byrd in CF. One down. Lind strikes out. Stairs with two down. Full count. Grounds it to Davis, throw to Feldman gets Stairs at 1B. Three up and down. 62 pitches.
Bottom 4th: Catalanatto grounds it off Burnett to Inglett throw to Overbay gets him at 1B. Nice play Joe. Young with one down strikes out, number three tonight. Hamilton at bat with two down. Singles under Scutaro’s glove into LF. Johnny Mac would have had that one. Hamilton at 1B. Byrd fly ball out to Wilkerson in RF to end inning. 51 pitches.

Top 5th: Barajas, tonight’s goat so far with his error in the second inning to give up run to Texas. Wilkerson full count and walks. Rolen grounds to Metcalf3B throw to Kinsler 2B on to Davis 1B and another double play, 113 this season. Wilkerson at bat, singles into LF. Inglett at bat with Wilkerson on base and two down. Strikes out. 80 pitches.
Bottom 5th: Murphy at bat, singles to CF. Laird at bat, doubles into LF corner. Murphy slow runner stops at 3B even with Lind weak throwing arm. Davis with two in scoring position and no outs. 3-0 count. Walks to load bases. Metcalf and no outs.Strikes out. One down. Kinsler at bat. 3-1 count. Pops it up to Inglett. Murphy has to hold at 3B. Two down. Catalanatto, 3-0 count. Full count. Doubles into LF, two runs score, Davis trying for three is thrown out at the plate. Texas ahead 3-2. BUT AJ pitched very well to limit that, he was in big trouble with bases loaded and no outs and was one strike away from getting out of inning without a run. 79 pitches.

Top 6th: Scutaro at bat singles into CF. Rios now at bat singles into RF. Scutaro trying for 3B thrown out by Hamilton in RF. Rios goes to 2B on the throw. One down one on. Overbay at bat, full count. Walks. This would be bases loaded without Scutaro’s error. That’s it for Feldman. Jamey Wright pitching. Lind at bat, not a good night at bat for him tonight. Full count. Taps it in front of plate throw to 1B to get Lind, two out but runners on 2B and 3B. Stairs at bat two down. 1 for 3 with runners in scoring position. Intentional walk to Stairs. Barajas at bat bases loaded. Base hit is all you need here Rod. YES Rod… singles down the LF line. Alex and Lyle score Jays take the lead again 4-3. Rolen at bat with Stairs at 3B. Barajas at 2B, doubles to right centre, two runs score Stairs and Barajas. 6-3 Jays. Wilkerson grounds back to Wright, throw to Davis at 1B gets Wilkerson.
Bottom 6th: Young at bat, lines high fly ball into RF corner, OH MY, what a catch by Wilkerson off the top of the wall. One down for Hamilton at bat, hits him on the foot. Byrd at bat, AJ needs a ground ball here. Fly ball out to Rios in CF. Two down. Murphy at bat. Full count. Walks. Laird at bat. Singles to LF Hamilton scores. 6-4 Jays. That’s it for Burnett. Downs now pitching. Davis at bat Murphy at 2B. Laird at 1B. grounds it to Overbay flip to Downs for the out at 1B and to give Burnett the chance to win this one.

Top 7th: It would be nice for Jays to get a big inning here and blow this one open. Josh Rupe pitching to top of Jays order. Inglett at bat. Full count now after 0-2 count. Fly ball out to Byrd in CF. Scutaro the goat tonight, needs some redemption, one down. Fly ball out to Hamilton in RF. Rios at bat, grounds to Young and throw to Davis at 1B. Three up and down. Not quite the big inning we wanted.
Bottom 7th: Downs still pitching. Metcalf at bat, grounds to Rolen, drops ball and too late with throw to 1B. Error on play. Metcalf picked off by Downs. Great move. That helps Rolen feel better. Kinsler at bat taps in front on plate Downs throws him out at 1B. Two down. . Boggs pinch hitting for Catalanotto. First pitch lineout to Scutaro at SS. Nice catch Marco. Good inning for Downs. Eight pitches.

Top 8th: Overbay grounds to Davis throw to Rupe for the out at 1B. Lind now needs a hit here to keep his streak going. Not this at bat, grounds out to Kinsler. Two down for Stairs, strikes out.
Bottom 8th: Inglett now in LF for Lind, Johnny Mac at SS and Scutaro at 2B. Downs pitching to Young. Strikes out on full count. One down for Hamilton. Grounds to Overbay flip to Downs, two down. Byrd at bat, grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay for the third out. 17 pitch total for Downs to date.

Top 9th: Can Jays get a couple more here? Bottom of the order. Barajas at bat, strikes out. Rolen at bat grounds to Young at SS, two down. Wilkerson at bat, singles into CF. Inglett at bat with one on and two down. Full count. Strikes out.
Bottom 9th: BJ Ryan trying to save this one and forget last night’s loss. Facing Murphy, Laird and Davis. Murphy at bat who scored the winning run last night. Singles first pitch to RF. Laird at bat. Fly ball out to Wilkerson one down. Davis at bat one down and one on. Strikes out looking. Metcalf at bat two down, grounds it to Scutaro throw to Overbay for the out and Jays win this one. Ryan saves and Burnett has career high win number thirteen.

BUT this is one the Jays had to win just to stay with the rest of the division all winners tonight.

Tampa beat Detroit 9-3, Yankees beat Angels 8-2, Boston beat Oakland 12-2. Balltiore still playing in Seattle.