Jays bats missing tonight but pitching was excellent in a tough loss.

Toronto v Minnesota.

Jays lose this one in extra innings 3-2, but pitching was more than enough to win. Once again Rios and Wells missing for most of this one although they did combine in the eighth to tie the game.

The very good: Romero eight innings giving up only two runs.
The good: Downs and Carlson in relief.
The bad: The missing bats.

Lineups: Jays: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Millar, Barajas, Bautista and Romero pitching.
Cleveland: Span, Casilla, Morneau, Cuddyer, Crede, Young, Redmond, Punto, Gomez, and Perkins pitching.

Top 1st: Scutaro grounds to shortstop Punto. Hill fly ball out to Young in left field. Rios grounds to Casilla at second.
Bottom 1st: Span grounds to Hill. Casilla grounds to Hill. Morneau pops up to Barajas.

Top 2nd: Wells fouls out to catcher. Lind singles to centre field. Rolen singles to centre, Lind to second. Millar tonight for Overbay fouls out to Young. Barajas singles to left Lind scores 1-0 Jays. Rolen to third. Bautista at bat, in left field tonight, grounds to shortstop Punto. Bautista to first, Barajas out at second.

Bottom 2nd: Cuddyer grounds to Rolen. Crede fly ball to Bautista in left. Young grounds to Scutaro. Romero is keeping ball down four ground outs so far.

Top 3rd: Scutaro grounds to Crede. Hill strikes out. Rios grounds to Crede.
Bottom 3rd: Redmond lines out to.Bautista. Punto grounds to shortstop Scutaro. Gomez fly ball to left field Bautista. This is quite a duel between Romero and Perkins a little different from the Jays slugfests this week.

Top 4th: Wells grounds to Punto Lind strikes out. Rolen singles to centre field. Millar fly ball to left field Young.
Bottom 4th: Span singles to left. Casilla grounds to Hill. Morneau doubles to centre Span scores 1-1. Cuddyer lined into a double play, out to Wells throw to Hill, Morneau is out at second double play gets Romero off the hook here.
Top 5th: Barajas fly ball to Gomez in centre field. Bautista strikes out. Scutaro walks. Hill with one on and two down fouls out to Young.
Bottom 5th: Crede doubles to centre field. Young lines out to Rios. Redmond singles to centre and Crede comes home, 2-1 Twins. Punto grounds to Millar, Redmond to second. Two down for Gomez, fly ball to Rios. Romero is pitching very well tonight and does not deserve the lack of run support from his hitters.

Top 6th: Big guys at bat can they change this ? Rios strikes out. Wells fly ball to Gomez. Two down. Lind grounds to Casilla. Not very impressive three at bats.
Bottom 6th: Span grounds to third and beats out the throw. This guy can run, Jays have no one with this speed. Span steals second. Casilla bunt single to second. Morneau singles to right, Span to third, Casilla to second. Cuddyer strikes out. Crede grounds to Romero throw to Barajas one down on to Millar, double play.

Top 7th: Rolen at bat fly ball to Span. Millar fly ball to Gomez. Barajas doubles to centre field. McDonald pinch-running for Barajas. Bautista grounds to Crede throw to Morneau for third out..
Bottom 7th: Barrett in as catcher. Young singles to centre field. Redmond grounds to Scutaro to Young moves to second. One down. Punto fly ball to left field.Two down for Gomez fly ball ied to right field Rios.

Top 8th: Scutaro fly ball to Span in right field. Hill fly ball to Span. Two down. Rios hitless tonight doubles here to left. Wells also hitless singles to centre Rios scores and this game is tied up again 2-2. If only Alex and Vernon could do this more often. Wells steals second. His second steal of the season. Cito cannot wait until the bats get going. Anything will do here. Lind fly ball to left field Young.Jays have one back at least.
Bottom 8th: Span grounds to Scutaro. Casilla grounds to, shortstop Scutaro. Morneau strikes out.

Top 9th: Nathan pitching. Rolen fly ball out to centre field Gomez. Millar grounds out, shortstop Punto. Barrett grounds out to first baseman Morneau
Bottom 9th: Downs pitching. Cuddyer grounds out to third base Rolen. Crede strikes out, Young strikes out. Can’t fault Jays pitching tonight.

Top 10th: Crain pitching. Bautista strikes out. Scutaro fly ball to right field Span. Hill fly ball to right field Span.
Bottom 10th: Carlson pitching. Redmond walks leadoff. Harris pinch runner. Punto bunting. Harris at second. One down. Gomez at bat great diving catch by Millar, throw to second as Harris dives back. Two down for Span, strikes out. Nice job Jesse.

Top 11th: The big guys have another chance, Rios, Wells and Lind. Can they do it ? Crain still pitching. Rios first pitch swinging. Grounds to first base. Wells at bat, gets hold of this one but not far enough, fly ball out in left centre. Lind now two down.
Bottom 11th: Carlson still pitching. Casilla hard grounder to third, nice defence by Rolen, One down. Morneau singles into right. Cuddyer, one down one on. Fly ball to Rios Two down, here comes Cito. But leaves him in to face Crede that does it, gets hold of this one over Vernon in Centre, throw not in time to get Morneau.

Jays lose this one 3-2. But you can’t fault the pitching tonight, Romero eight great innings, Downs, Carlson almost perfect relief. But not many games are won with only two runs. Bats were very silent tonight.