Jays give this one away and BJ blows save

Toronto v Texas. Friday August 1, 2008.

This could be a blowout series. Texas has five hitters with average over .300. Toronto has one. Texas has four players with more RBIs than leading Jay Rios with 47That is twelve less than the fourth Texas player and 57 !! less than Hamilton burning up the league with 104. This Texas side can hit bigtime. Jays need their pitchers in this series.

Lineups Toronto: Inglett, Scutaro, Rios, Overbay, Lind, Stairs, Barajas, Rolen, Eckstein and Marcum pitching.
Texas: Kinsler, Catalanotto, Young, Hamilton, Byrd, Murphy, Laird, Davis, Vazquez and Hunter pitching.

The good: HR’s by Rolen with two on, Overbay with one on. Lind triple in the 9th to go ahead.
The bad: Same old, same old, double play balls, two of them tonight and 1 for 8 with runners left in scoring position. BJ blown save.

The game: Top 1st: Inglett at bat, grounds out second pitch to Kinsler 2B throw to Davis 1B. one down. If Inglett is going to be leradoff he has t take a few more pitches here. Scutaro which game has be brought tonight? Full count here much more patient than Inglett’s at bat. Pops it up to Kinsler two down for Rios. Grounds weakly here to `1B but Hunter blocks Rios Davis pushes Hunter out of the way but into Rios. Weird play but Rios will take it Overbay now with Alex on, has to steal here. Put some pressure on Hunter. There he goes but Overbay fouls off. No he doesn’t catcher interference and Overbay to 1B, Alex at 2B. Full moon tonight in Texas ??? Lind now at bat, strikes out on three pitches. Strange first inning with the two interference calls. 17 pitches.
Bottom 1st: Kinsler grounds to Rolen on first pitch, throw to Overbay, one down. Catalanotto at bat, grounds back to Marcum, throw to Overbay, two down. Young at bat, full count. Fly ball out to Inglett in RF. Three up and down for Marcum. 11 pitches.

Top 2nd: Stairs at bat would love to welcome Hunter to the big leagues here. Walks here. Barajas at bat, singles first pitch up the middle, two on no outs. Rolen at bat with two on, 0-17 slump for Scott. Full count. YES Scotty… gets hold of this one into CF. THREE run HR. 3-0 Jays. First since June 22. Eckstein at bat, still no outs. Strikes out for the first out of inning. Inglett at bat, first pitch grounds to SS Young. Two down for Scutaro lines it out to Hamilton in CF. That was a very poor series of at bats by Jays hitters. 36 pitches.
Bottom 2nd: Marcum now with a lead to work with. Hamilton at bat, full count, strikes out. Byrd at bat, full count, fly ball out to Rios in CF. Murphy at bat, pops it up falls in by Scutaro and Rolen. Murphy to 2B, Another strange play. That was probably Scutaro’s error, he had the best read on it but left it for Rolen who veered off leaving it for Scutaro. Lind ends up throwing it in to 2B but Murphy is in there safe. Where is Johnny Mac? No error given. Laird at bat. Strikes out on three pitches. 31 pitches.

Top 3rd: Rios at bat, singles into LF. Overbay at bat, Alex stealing, Overbay gets hold of it, lines it into RF seats. Two runs score, Rios and Overbay, 5-0 Jays. Lind at bat, no outs, grounds to Young, throw to Davis one down. Stairs at bat, full count, loops it into RF. Barajas at bat, hammers this first pitch off the wall in LF, Stairs to 3B Barajas at 2B. Rolen pops up to 2B. Two down. Eckstein at bat, fly ball out to Hamilton. 55 pitches for Hunter, could have been much, much worse.
Bottom 3rd: Davis at bat, long fly ball to Rios right at the wall. Vazquez at bat one down. same play fly ball to Rios in CF. Two down. Kinsler at bat grounds to Eckstein playing at 2B tonight. Three up and down. 40 pitches.

Top 4th: Inglett at bat, singles into LF. Scutaro at bat, singles up the middle off Hunter’s glove and off the bat at 2B. Inglett up to 3B. Rios now with two on and no outs. Can he join in the HR fun tonight? 3-0 count. Grounds up the middle, Young great save and throw to Kinsler gets Scutaro out at 2B Inglett scores 6-0 Jays. Overbay first pitch fly out to Murphy LF. Two down. Lind at bat lines out to Hamilton in CF. 70 pitches.
Bottom 4th: Catalanotto at bat doubles to Lind in LF. Young grounds to Rolen, looks Catalanotto back throw to Overbay, one down. Hamilton at bat, yes this one has gone. High into CF grass. 6-2 Jays. Byrd at bat, walks on four pitches. Murphy with one on and one down. Pops it up to Lind in shallow LF. Two down. Laird at bat, grounds it back to Marcum, throw to Overbay to end the inning. 60 pitches.

Top 5th: Jays hitters need to say goodbye to Hunter this inning. Stairs at bat walks on four pitches. Barajas at bat 2-2 tonight. Fly ball out to RF Byrd, one down. Rolen with one on, strikes out on three pitches. Two down for Eckstein. Grounds to Kinsler at 2B, fumbles it, Eckstein safe at 1B. Error to Kinsler. Two on for Inglett. Strikes out. 87 pitches.
Bottom 5th: Davis at bat, grounds to Eckstein at 2B throw to Overbay,one down. Vazquez at bat loops it into LF in front of Lind. Kinsler with one on and one down, singles to LF, two on for Catalanotto. Full count but that pitch was very close. Frank singles to LF, Lind’s throw not in time. Vazquez scores. 6-3 Jays. Young at bat with two on and only one out. Doubles it into CF past Rios. Kinsler scores 6-4. Jays. Here comes Cito. That’s it for Marcum, Carlson now pitching to Hamilton. Young at 2B Catalanotto at 3B and one down. 1B is open though. Nice pitching Jesse, strikes him out. Two down. Byrd intentional walk to load bases. Murphy at bat. Singles up the middle two runs score, Byrd caught in run down and tagged out but this game is tied 6-6. Jays have given up a 6-0 lead. That is NOT good.

Top 6th: Jays have had runners in scoring position and not brought them in and it is coming back to haunt them. Josh Rupe now pitching. Scutaro at bat singles into LF. Rios now at bat, fly ball out to Byrd in RF. Overbay at bat. Singles into CF. Two on one down for Lind who has been very quiet tonight. Grounds it back to Rupe, throw to Young throw to Davis at 1B and yes indeed, yet another double play.
Bottom 6th: Angels have already beaten Yankees once again. Boston tied with Oakland in extra innings and Tampa beating Detroit. Laird at bat full count, grounds it very hard to Rolen at 3B throw to Overbay but Overbay cannot hold it and Laird safe. Error to Rolen but Lyle should have had that one. Davis at bat pops it up to Rolen, one down. Vazquez at bat, Laird running, caught in run down two down. Walks Vazquez and here is Cito. That’s it for Jesse, Carlson says something to umpire on his way out and is thrown out of game. League now pitching. Hang on friends and hope that he has brought his A game tonight. Kinsler at bat, taps first pitch back to League throw to Overbay ends the inning without any damage.

Top 7th: Texas changes here, Murphy in RF, Byrd in CF, Boggs in LF, Frank Francisco pitching. No Hamilton. Report that he is sick. Stairs at bat. Full count and strikes out. Barajas at bat, one down. Loops it over Kinsler but nice catch over his head. Rolen at bat lines it out to Murphy right at the RF wall.
Bottom 7th: Catalanotto pitching, League hits him on the foot. Young at bat, grounds it to Scutaro throw to Eckstein 2B one down. Boggs at bat, high fly ball out to Rios in CF, two down. Byrd at bat, singles up the middle Scutaro and Eckstein get tied up here and both miss the ball. Two on for Murphy. Grounds it hartd to Overbay at 1B throw to League for the third out. No damage done but Jays hitters have to make another appearance here and produce.

Top 8th: Eckstein at bat. Eddie Guardado pitching. Eckstein doubles down RF line. Inglett sac bunt here and Eckstein to 3B. Joe out at 1B. Scutaro at bat with runner at 3B. Déjà vu 100 times this season. Fly ball out to shallow LF Boggs. Eckstein tags and is thrown out at the plate. Double play. It was much too shallow to run on. Plus Rios was next at bat, some faith in Alex.
Bottom 8th: Tampa has beaten Detroit. Boston still in extra innings. Laird at bat grounds to Scutaro, throw to Overbay one down, here comes Cito. Downs now pitching. Davis at bat, strikes him out. Vazquez at bat with two down. Full count grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay for the out. No damage here but Jays have to score some runs to win this one.

Top 9th: Rios at bat, CJ Wilson the Texas closer with 24 saves. Jays have outhit Texas 11-9 so far. Grounds it to 3B Vazquez knocks v ball down but hurt his wrist and is out of game, Travis Metcalf replaces him. Alex at 1B. Overbay at bat, will Alex steal here? Fly ball out to RF. Lind at bat. Triples into RF corner this time and Alex is running hard all the way and scores 7-6 Jays. Mench pinch-hitting for Stairs now with runner at 3B, one down. Mench bounces this to Young but only one play Lind going on contact and scores, Mench out at 1B. 8-6 Jays. Barajas at bat with two outs and no one on base. High fly ball out to Murphy in shallow RF. Boston wins 2-1 in twelve innings.
Bottom 9th: BJ Ryan pitching. Johnny Mac in at SS, Scutaro to 2B and Wilkerson in LF for Lind. Top of the order for BJ. Kinsler at bat, grounds to Johnny Mac and great play and throw to Overbay, one down. Saltalamacchia pinch hitting for Catalanotto, full count. Walks. Young at bat, singles to Inglett in RF. Two on one down for Boggs doubles it to CF. Run Saltalamacchia scores. 8-7 Jays. Young held at 3B. Byrd intentional walk to load bases. Murphy at bat singles to LF two runs score and Jays lose this one 9-8.
This is a very tough one to lose. Jays had this one 6-0 watch Texas come back to tie and then go ahead only to see them lose in bottom of the ninth.