Jays are totally embarrassed in a gutless performance.

Toronto v Kansas.

Lineups: Kansas: Crisp, Bloomquist, Teahen, Guillen, Butler, Buck, Callaspo, Aviles, Olivo and Bannister pitching. Watch Canadian Mark Teahen tonight. He played for Canada against Jays in Dunedin and made two great plays.

Toronto: First team lineup tonight. Cito does not believe in changing a lineup if it is working and for once I do agree although I still have concerns about three and four consistency. Alex still has the lowest average at .244but tonight that is better than five of the Royals lineup if that means anything. Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Barajas, Snider and Purcey pitching.

Jays get embarassed on a two hitter and total lack of offence, this was by far their worst game of the season and Purcey showed that he is not yet ready for the majors.

The very good: Nothing tonight from the Jays this was by far their worst game of the season against a team they should be beating easily.
The good: Nothing.
The bad: Jays impatience when Bannister was walking hitter after hitter. Bannister walked six and still won this one easily on one hit.
The very bad: Rolen in the 3rd with two in scoring position out on first pitch. When Bannister had already walked two before him and five in the first three innings. Jays hitters one for seven with runners in scoring position tonight.
The awful: Purcey for every inning he pitched.

Bannister made his second start after being recalled from Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday.

Top 1st: Scutaro walks, nice start Marco. Hill hitting .367 he has been the major difference to this side this season, lines out to Guillen in right, Scutaro tags on throw to second. Rios now what has Alex brought tonight? for the record does not swing at first pitch. 3-0 count. and walks on four, two on for Vernon. Grounds very hard to Teahen playing third gets Rios at second but too late to get Vernon at first, throw is high.. Two down two on for Lind. Alex at third on the play. Singles to right Scutaro scores on the play. 1-0 Jays. Vernon to third. Rolen now with two on and two down. Pops it up to left for third out but Jays strike first.
Bottom 1st: Coco Crisp leading off, 3-0 count Purcey wild to start, full count, fly ball to Rios in right running to his left. Bloomquist 3-0 count and walks on four, Teahen high fly ball out to Snider in left, two down for Guillen, Bloomquist stealing no throw. Gets hold of this one high and fair inside left field pole. 2-1 Royals. Guillen was hitting .176 with no home runs before that at bat. Butler another walk by Purcey, just not on target tonight, Buck with one on. Another full count. strikes out, but Purcey blows the lead and makes heavy weather of that inning. He will not last more than four innings with a pitch count like this.

Top 2nd: I think Jays will need lots of run support tonight with Purcey pitching like this. Overbay strikes out. Barajas fly ball to Crisp. Two down for Snider lines right at Teahen for third out.
Bottom 2nd: Callaspo lines it into left. Avile with one on, strikes out but not before a couple of weird pitches from Purcey one bounced six feet in front of the plate and another high and wide. One down and one out for Olivo pops it up to Rios in shallow right, two down. Crisp for his second at bat gets hold of this one to left, but high and foul, Purcey not fooling many tonight. Golfs this one to Lind in left for third out but this is an adventure tonight.

Top 3rd: Scutaro 3-0 count walks on four pitches for second time tonight. Hill full count, and walks, number four for Bannister tonight already. Two on no outs for Rios. Alex we really need a big one now from you. Gets the hit but high fly to left. Both runners move up on the play. Vernon now with two in scoring position. Strikes out. Not a good at bat for Vernon there. Lind now with two on and two down. Can he do it again? 3-0 count, and walks on four. Walk number five for Bannister but has escaped each time so far. Bases loaded for Rolen. Grounds very weakly to short first pitch (for the second time). Lousy at bat there for Rolen. Especially when Bannister has walked two already this inning. Take a couple Scott.
Bottom 3rd: Bloomquist, full count. walks. Purcey just doesn’t have it. Teahen one on no outs. Grounds to Hill throw to Scutaro on to Overbay, double play ball. If Purcey could get a few more ground balls he would be a lot happier tonight. Guillen, another full count, singles to Lind. Butler strikes out, no damage done in this one. Lets get those Jays bats going.

Top 4th: Overbay lashes one hard at second, what a great catch by Callaspo robbing Lyle of a double. Barajas, gets under another and high fly ball to left. Two quick outs for Bannister. Snider grounds to Callaspo to make third out at first.
Bottom 4th: Buck grounds ball to Scutaro on to Overbay one down, see how easy it is David when you put the ball in play, watch Halladay sometime. Callaspo lines it up the middle. Aviles with one down and one on, singles up the middle. Two on and only one out. Olivo gets hold of this one three run home run, from the number nine hitter. 5-1 Royals. Crisp grounds to Hill throw to Overbay, two down. Bloomquist triples to the wall over head of Vernon. Teahen lines it hard at Hill for third out. But I think it is no secret who will be on the plane to Triple AVegas when Jays get a pitcher healthy. Purcey is just not ready for this level and this is Kansas !

Top 5th: Do Jays have any fight tonight? Scutaro leading off, Bannister cruising now. Marco two walks tonight pops this one up to Crisp in centre, one down for Hill. Bannister working much quicker now he has a great lead. Grounds to Teahen at third, two down. Rios at bat, 3-0 count.and walks on four. Boston has just scored three in top of the ninth in Cleveland to break open scoreless game, they must be watching this game ! They will be leading division tonight. Wells first pitch, fly ball out to left. Answered my question.
Bottom 5th: Purcey still out there ??? Cito wants him to eat this one. Guillen another home run, to left, 6-1 Royals. Embarassing but only for Purcey. Butler almost out in right but Alex gets it in the corner, one down. Buck, Royals hitters are swinging away now whilst Purcey is still out there, grounds to Scutaro, throw to Overbay, two down. Callaspo at bat, Purcey bounces another six feet in front of the plate, another high fly ball to Rios in right for the out. Yankees have lost in Detroit.

Top 6th: Lind full count, pops it up to catcher Olivo for first out. Rolen, does NOT swing. Well not on first pitch, grounds second pitch to Teahen, throw to first for second out. Overbay, fly ball to left. Jays have ONE hit tonight (from Lind) and five walks. This is against a Triple A player in his second game in majors. Has the bubble finally burst?
Bottom 6th: Purcey is out of there and our agony watching him is over, he had nothing tonight. Murphy now pitching Aviles at bat and walks, one on no outs. Olivo 3-0 count, Cito is seething. Walks. Two on no outs, numbers eight and nine. Crisp grounds to Rolen throw to Hill to get Olivo no chance for double play. One down but runners at first and thjrd. Rain is coming miugh save us further, Bloomquist fly ball to Rios throw up the line and another run scores Aviles from third on the sacrifice 7-1 Royals two out. Teahen wild pitch and Crisp moves to second, full count. walks, the third one for Murphy this inning. Guillen at bat pops it up to Rios to end another horrible pitching inning.

Top 7th: Maier in right, Crowd on their way home already. Barajas grounds to Aviles at short, one down. Snider 0-2 tonight, grounds to Callaspo at second throw to first for the second out. Scutaro fly ball to Maier in right and Jays hitters toothless tonight. The worst of this is that Bannister has thrown more balls than strikes and is still Cy Young to these Jays hitters tonight.
Bottom 7th: Chavez now batting and pinch hitting, grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay for one out. Buck 3-0 count on another wild pitch. Walks. Murphy’s fourth in 1 and 1/3 innings. Callaspo grounds back to Murphy throw to Scutaro on to Overbay double play ball.

Top 8th: Bannister is out of there, Jays have a chance !!! Jamey Wright pitching. Hill at bat after that hit streak, last chance Aaron, no, fly ball to right centre for the out. Rios grounds first ball to second, throw to first for second out. Wells takes first two for strikes. Strikes out looking.
Bottom 8th: Bullington pitching. Aviles a nubber in front of plate and Chavez now catching great throw to first to get him by a step. Olivo first pitch grounds to Rolen throw to first for second out. Crisp walks, Bloomquist grounds to Hill throw to first for third out. Nice stop by Hill but that’s all he can take home tonight.

Top 9th: Final chance for Jays hitters to avoid total embarrassment tonight. Lind with the only Jays hit tonight, Kyle Farnsworth pitching fly ball to Maier in right one down. Rolen awful tonight, full count, singles into right, too little too late. Overbay another underachiever tonight, full count, strikes out. Two down for Chavez first at bat, wild pitch and Rolen to second, wild swing at ball way outside. Pops it up to third to end our anguish.

Jays lose big tonight and also their position at the top of the division. It looked as if Jays took the Royals far too easily and a pitcher barely out of Triple A. They could not score DESPITE Bannister walking six. Bannister in his 103 pitches had only 53 strikes but more than enough tonight. It was not that he pitched brilliantly but that Jays hitters were so bad. This was against a team that they had beaten the last five games.

Perhaps a wakeup call to a club that might have been getting a little too cocky ? Let’s see how they play tomorrow night but now they are chasing the Red Sox who continue their 11 win streak in Cleveland.