Toronto v Chicago
This will be tough one with Burres pitching. Could be a blowout as he has not been pitching well in Triple A Vegas. It will be interesting to see how far he can go tonight but with Halladay tomorrow Cito should be able to use most of his bullpen.
Lineups: Chicago: Lillibridge, Fields, Quentin, Dye, Konerko, Miller, Anderson, Ramirez, Owens and Buehrle pitching.
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Millar, Bautista, Chavez and Burres pitching.
Jays lose this one 10-2. Not unexpected with Burres pitching. Chicago much too good a team to send out Triple A pitcher.
The good: Not much in this one for Jays. I think Burres managed to hold the score down for five which was probably as much as we could expect from him, but given the Jays offence he could still give them a chance in the game. Bullington strikes out Konerko and Miller with bases loaded in the eighth.
The bad: Cito giving up in the sixth inning. Down 10-2. Throws in the towel. Not good Cito. You would be no good managing in Fenway, score tonight is 16-11. Not only that I think it also sends negative message to his team that he does not believe they can come back, thanks Cito for the vote of confidence.
Top 1st: Scutaro strikes out.Hill singles to left. Rios singles to centre.Hill to second. Wells fly ball to center fielder Owens. Lind grounds to second base Lillibridge on to first base Konerko for third out.
Bottom 1st: Lillibridge strikes out. Fields fly ball to Wells. Quentin fly ball to Wells.
Top 2nd: Rolen full count and walks.Millar singles to right, Rolen to third. Bautista singles to centre, Rolen scores, 1-0 Jays. Millar to second. Chavez bunting to Konerko on to Lillibridge for the out. Millar to third, Bautista to second. Scutaro with two on and one down sac fly to Quentin in left field. Millar scores 2-0 Jays. Hill full count and walks, two on for Rios. Lines out to Fields at third.
Bottom 2nd: Dye strikes out. Konerko singles to left. Miller doubles to left, Konerko to third. Anderson singles to centre, Konerko scores, 2-1 Jays. Miller to third. Ramirez singles to left, Miller scores, 2-2. Anderson to second. Owens flies out to Rolen. Lillibridge lines out to Rios. This is what I expected with Burres tonight, but if he can keep it close then hitters could make the difference but do they have anything left after last night?
Top 3rd: Wells grounds to Buehrle on to Lillibridge to Konerko for the out. Lind strikes out. Rolen fly ball to Anderson in right.
Bottom 3rd: Fields singles to left. Quentin fly ball to Bautista. Dye pops up to Hill. Konerko full count and walks, Fields to second. Miller grounds out to Rolen steps on the bag for the thord out.
Top 4th: Millar strikes out. Bautista walks on four pitches. Chavez lines out to right field Anderson. Scutaro singles to right, J.Bautista to second.
- A.Hill grounded out, second baseman Lillibridge to first baseman Konerko.
Bottom 4th: Anderson grounds to Rolen, throw to Millar one down. Ramirez fly ball to Lind, two down. Owens singles to Rios. Lillibridge grounds to Burres throw to Millar for third out. That's a better inning for Burres, could be settling down.
Top 5th: Rios strikes out. Wells lines to left centre Owens makes an incredible highlight reel catch to rob Vernon of at least a double. Great catch running hard and diving full length to get it on the track. Wow… Lind pops up to Ramirez.
Bottom 5th: Fields walks Quentin with one on, grounds to Burres throw to Millar for the out. Dye, walks on four pitches. Konerko with two on and one down. grounds it up the middle Fields scores 3-2 White Sox. Miller with two on, walks him bases loaded and that’s it for Burres. Camp now pitching. Cito can use his bullpen now Halladay is pitching tomorrow. Anderson singles just through the infield past Rolen run scores 4-2 Sox. Ramirez with bases loaded. Full count. There it goes high into left field corner, grand slam and Sox break it open 8-2. Owens strikes out. Lillibridge two down, grounds to Hill throw to Millar for third out. Jays hitters have to start getting going.
Top 6th: Rolen that’s the way singles to right. Millar grounds back to Buehrle on to Konerko for the first out, Rolen to second. Bautista grounds to Ramirez on to Konerko, Rolen to third. Two down for Chavez fly ball to Anderson in right leaving Rolen at third. Have to do better than that to get back into this one.
Bottom 6th: Can Camp hold them here? Fields leading off grounds to Scutaro on to Millar, one down. Quentin,grounds to Rolen error on throw by Scott and safe at first. Dye gets hold of this one into left field HR, two runs score and Jays are facing a blowout, 10-2 White Sox
Top 7th: We shall see what Jays hitters can do now with backs to the wall. That is as important as being on the other side. Dotel now pitching Scutaro full count and walks. Johnny Mc pinch hitting for Hill, Cito has already given up. That is too bad, sending the wrong signal Cito. This is a team that can score six in an inning remember. Johnny Mc strikes out. Rios fly ball to right field Anderson. Wells grounds to Ramirez on to second Lillibridge to get Scutaro for third out.
Bottom 7th: Scutaro at second for Hill. McDonald at short. Snider in left for Bautista. Bautista in at third for Rolen. League pitching. Anderson full count and walks. Ramirez grounds to Scutaro on to Johnny Mc for the out. Ramirez at first.
Top 8th: Thornton pitching. Lind strikes out. Snider flied out to left fielder Quentin. Millar at bat two down. Singles to centre, someone is still fighting Cito you will never get Kevin rolling over until the very last at bat. Bautista strikes out.
Bottom 8th: Bullington pitching, Lillibridge singles to centre. Fields at bat with one on strikes out. Quentin at bat singles to left, two on for Dye. 3-0 and walks on four pitches. Bases loaded for Konerko strikes out, Miller strikes out. Very nice Bullington.
Top 9th: Linebrink pitching, Chavez at bat lines out to Owens. Scutaro at bat, pops it up to Konerko. Johnny Mc with two down, pops it up to Anderson in shallow right for third out.
Jays lose this one 10-2. Remain one ahead of Boston who have won the slugging contest with Yankees in Fenway 16-11.
The good news: Marcum scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. That would be very good to get him back.
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