Monday March 9, 2009
Jays at Steinbrenner Stadium in Tampa today for Yankees. Win 6-2.
Jays lineup: Adams, Hill, Lind, Overbay, Lane, Snider, Campbell, Chavex and McDonald with Mills pitching.
Yankees: Gardner, Cabrera, Texeira, Posada, Swisher, Molina, Berroa, Leone Pena and Pettite pitching.
I win some and lose some…
Russ Adams determined to prove me wrong continued his torrid steak of the last two games…. His first HR of the spring today off Dan Giese and a great place to do it against those Yankees.
BUT I continue to be right about Brad Mills. His second start and third appearance 3 2/3 innings today, three hits and two runs, both runs coming from the Brett Gardner HR in the fourth inning. Gardner’s third of the spring.
I like Mill's chances for the rotation if he continues this way. Has been impressive in all three appearances. Walked one and struck out four.
Adams had another run in the fifth a sac fly to tie the game and the scoring was all Russ for five innings. Counting last night's game the guy has had double, triple, HR, sac fly in two days. Hot hot....
In the three run sixth though it was the Jays power. Overbay with an rbi double, Jason Lane that guy again, a sac fly and Travis Snider gets his second home run of the spring. Kennedy was the Yankees pitcher.
Casey Janssen pitched two shutout innings, two hits and two strikeouts continuing his own impressive start. Burres and Bauer finished off the last three shutout innings for the Jays.
Pettite in his first Spring start went 1 2/3 innings facing six hitters. Jays outhit the Yankees 9-8. Great win.
Jays on the road today so WarwickJay was at Bright House Field to see Reds play the Phillies an all-red shirted afternoon.
Lineups: Reds: Jones, Kepinger, Bruce, Gomes, Ward, Alonso, Francisco, Hanigan, Jarish, and Arroyo pitching.
Phillies: Bruntlett, Dobbs, (ex-Jay) Werth, Howard, Ibanez, Jenkins, Donald, Cairo, Marson, and Cole Hammels pitching.
Great seats Row 9 behind home plate, but the three rows in front of me were full of those sun bronzed baseball afficiandos, the MLB scouts.
I counted 16 today, most with their radar guns so it was interesting to see Hammels speed and some of the other pitchers.
For the record Hammels was in the low 80’s today at least,
Right in front of me was NYY Card with his panama straw hat trying to block my view I guess but didn’t work as I had a great view. I guess he was also scouting out third basemen as he didn’t get his radar gun out all game. Didn’t seem to be too excited all afternoon but the advantage of having three rows of these guys in front of you is that not one moved from his seat the whole game. That’s what I like…
Also Rob Ducey !!!!! with his baseball Canada identifier, scouting for the Jays. Can you believe this guy is 43 years old ?
To the game. Good pitching matchup with Hammels v Arroyo. Fast Forward Frasor should watch Hamels in action, he had gone through first three hitters in less time than Frasor takes to get one pitch over, great to see. Although wheels fell off in the third it was a good two innings. He is one great pitcher in my book.
The lead went back and forth most of the game until that seventh inning Grand slam by Valaika to put it away for the Reds 8-4.
But we saw lots of power this afternoon, Howard adding another HR, Jenkins, Hanigan and Alonzo but it was Valaika’s hit that sealed this one.
Good game…. 7,292 attending.
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