Toronto v Minnesota.
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Barrett, Snider and Richmond pitching. Jays lineup selects itself with Cito. like the WAMCO of yesteryear.
Minnesota: Span, Casilla, Morneau, Kubel, Cuddyer, Crede, Redmond, Punto, Gomez and Baker pitching.
Boston and Yankees have already played and both won. Baltimore losing badly in Texas.
Jays 16 hit 12 run, four home run attack. Everyone in the action except for Alex. Home runs from Hill, Wells, Rolen and Barrett. Multi hit games from Hill 4-5. Wells, Overbay and Barrett.
Everyone wearing 42 for Jackie Robinson day.
The very good: Richmond seven innings and shut Twins down after the first inning. Hill 4-5.
The good: Fielding by outfielders to back up Richmond tonight. Bullpen to provide 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of Richmond.
The bad: Rios the only guy hitless tonight. 0-2 night ouch Alex…. Plus his double play in first inning, a night to forget.
Top 1st: Scutaro fly ball to right fielder Cuddyer. Hill singles to left. Rios grounds to shortstop Punto on to second baseman Casilla on to first baseman Morneau double play ball.
Bottom 1st: Span flied out on a bunt to Richmond. One down. Casilla infield single to second.Morneau doubles to right, Casilla to third and Twins are threatening early.Kubel grounds to Overbay flip to Richmond for first out but concede run. 1-0 Twins. Morneau to third. Passed ball and Morneau scores. 2-0 Twins. Not the start Richmond wanted. Cuddyer fly ball to Wells.
Top 2nd: Wells fly ball to Gomez. Lind walks on full count. Rolen gets hold of this one, and home run into left field seats, Lind scores and game is tied 2-2. Rolen has such a sweet swing on that ball. Overbay grounds to second baseman Casilla. Barrett strikes out.
Bottom 2nd: Crede strikes out. Redmond strikes out. Punto grounds to shortstop Scutaro on to Overbay to end the inning. Three up and down for Richmond. Settling down now.
Top 3rd: Snider strikes out. Scutaro walks. Hill gets hold of this one and it is out of here in left field seats. 4-2 Jays. Rios grounds to third baseman Crede throw to Morneau for second out. Wells lines this one out of here in left field same place as the other. 5-2 Jays. Lind fly ball to centre field Gomez.
Bottom 3rd: Gomez bunting but up the line to Overbay. One down. Span singles to centre field. Casilla walks. Two on for Morneau, careful here Scott. Morneau grounds to Hill throw to Scutaro for one out. Span to third. Two down for Kubel ground ball to Hill throw to Overbay for third out. Richmond escapes trouble.
Top 4th: Rolen who got it going in the second with two run home run lines softly to second. Overbay lines out to centre. Two down for Barrett. Lifts this one into right field and carries out of here. HR to Barrett kept on going. 6-2 and all runs on four hrs by Jays. Snider Humber up in Twins bullpen. Snider strikes out for second time but Richmond now has a four run cushion.
Bottom 4th: Cuddyer at bat, grounds to Scutaro one down. Crede grounds weakly to Rolen two down. Redmond with two down. Grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay for third out. 67 pitches.
Top 5th: That’s it for Baker at 61 pitches. Humber now pitching. Scutaro fly ball out to Cuddyer in right field. Hill 2-2 now another with his single to right centre. Rios hitless so far. Lines into right field gap but great running catch by Cuddyer robs Alex there of an rbi but it would be good to see him getting going. Wells 3-0 count, grounds to third throw to second to get Hill.
Bottom 5th: Punto at bat, walks. Gomez with one on. Fly ball to shallow centre, Vernon runs it down for first out. Span strikes out. Casilla at bat two down, loops one into shallow left but Snider is playing in and makes nice catch. Richmond pitch count getting high and may only get one more inning.
Top 6th: Lind at bat, singles up the middle. Rolen must love hitting behind this guy. Freezes him on that pitch and strikes out. Nice pitch. One down one on. for Overbay. Hitless in two at bats. Grounds it into the hole and hits Lind. Adam gotta look. Tow down for Barrett. 1-2 tonight. That’s in the hole in right centre and Overbay on his way to third and safe. Ball hits him but he dives thinks about coming home but gets back in safe. Snider now with two in scoring position great chance to break this one open. 3-0 Humber not close. Now intentional walk to load bases for Scutaro and two down. Lines it up the middle Overbay and Barrett score 8-2 Jays. Snider at third and that’s it for Humber. Hill now 3-3 night. Dickey the knuckleballer in now, this is going to mess up the swing timing. Not this time, Hill singles into right and Snider scores 9-2 Jays. Hill 4-4 tonight. Alex now hitless and with two runners on. Grounds to second. 0-4 night for Alex but Jays are having a great night so far.
Bottom 6th: Richmond on 85 pitches. Morneau at bat. Grounds down the line to Overbay throw to Richmond for the first out. Kubel at bat ground ball same play two down. Cuddyer lines it into right centre gap great running catch by Rios makes up for his bat tonight. Three up and down inning for Richmond and may get one more.
Top 7th: Wells singles first pitch into left. Lind strikes out looking. Rolen lines out first pitch to the wall in right. Overbay with two down and one on. Wild pitch Vernon moves up. Lyle singles over head of third base down the line Vernon scores 10-2 Jays. Barrett two hits tonight including his home run. Strikes out but Jays have added another.
Bottom 7th: McDonald at short. Bautista at third. Richmond on 95 pitches. Crede at bat and walks. Camp up in bullpen. Redmond singles to right that should be it for Richmond. No stays in there. Punto at bat full count, Richmond tiring here. Fly ball to Wells in shallow centre. Here comes Cito. One down two on. Great outing by Richmond. Cito will be happy with last two games and pitching of Romero and Richmond. Camp pitching full count, Gomez grounds to McDonald throw to second for the out. Two down for Span. Grounds to Hill throw to Overbay for third out.
Top 8th: Snider at bat, Dickey still in there. Full count and walks, good knuckleball experience for Snider. Johnn Mc first at bat. lines up the middle off Dickey and both runners safe. Hill 4-4 night two on and no outs. Bounces one off the plate and out at first but moves both runners into scoring position. Rios now 0-4 he does not want an 0-5 night. Strikes out, sorry Alex. Vernon two hit night now with two in scoring position. Gets hold of it high fly ball out at the wall in left field. Almost but not quite.
Bottom 8th: Bill Murphy, left hander just in from AAA Vegas for injury to Litsch. Great time to pitch with an eight run lead. Tallet will be starting on Saturday in Litsch’s spot. Jesse cannot even pick up a ball for two weeks. Casilla grounds to Hill one down. Buscher for Morneau grounds to McDonald two down. Kubel first pitch grounds out to Overbay for third out.
Top 9th: Morales catching Ayala pitching. Lind happy to see back of Dickey. Walks. Fifth walk tonight. Bautista doubles into right field corner. Lind held at third. Overbay 2-4 tonight. Pops this one up shallow centre right but not deep enough for Lind to try to score from third. One down for Barrett also 2-4. Similar play and still not deep enough to score. Snider 0-2 but two walks, would love to connect here, 3-1 Ayala keeping it outside. This will do it, lines it into left field corner two runs score and he has a double. 12-2 Jays. Scutaro pops it up.for third out.
Bottom 9th: League in for last inning I would have kept Murphy in there. Interesting, insurance for BJ ? Cuddyer grounds to Bautista at third, one down. Harris at bat for Crede same play. Two down. Morales for his first bat tonight strikes out.
Very impressive win tonight by Jays. Richmond and the power hitters.
Baltimore losing badly tonight 16-4 in the eighth. Jays are back on top.
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