Jays six double plays and suspect fielding hurt in vain attempt to come back.

Toronto v Kansas. Series finale and afternoon get away game, in rain delay. Start 45 minutes late.

Lineups: Kansas: Crisp, Bloomquist, Teahen, Guillen, Butler, Jacobs, Callaspo, Buck, Aviles and Davies pitching.
Toronto: Changes today and some I agree with….Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Millar, Bautista, Chavez, Snider and Burres pitching.
I agree re Millar and Bautista. Chavez great arm but not as good as Barajas with the bat but Rod needs a break after night game. Jays have a tough one today as Burres is very suspect in my book since recall. Jays hitters will need to really find their bats today.

The good: Not much. Scutaro leadoff home run. Lind breaks out of his slump with his home run. Relief pitching. Bullington 2 runs in three innings, League kept them quiet after Jays get one back. Carlson finishing off.
The bad: three double plays by Jays hitters in first three innings. Six in the game to match AL record. Rios two plays one in the corner a catchable ball foul that he lets drop and on another almost colliding with Vernon causing a bobbled ball and another run.

Jay lose this one 8-6 despite valiant fight back. Jays also lose first series this season to end April.

Top 1st: Scutaro leading off, YES Marco second pitch lines it into left centre over the wall, leadoff home run and that’s the way to start, 1-0 Jays. Hill .376 average, what a great month. Fly ball out to centre Crisp. One down for Rios. Alex full count. lines it past a diving Aviles at short into left centre. Wells, will Alex be running today to get some pressure on? grounds it to Aviles on to second and first double play ball. Everyone still waiting to see Alex and Vernon get going on a consistent basis. The power has been from the rest of the lineup for the most part.
Bottom 1st: Crisp, full count, fly ball to right corner, foul, but that was catchable but Alex backs off, triple for Crisp he can really run. Has four triples already to lead the league. Bloomquist, another full count, grounds to Hill Crisp scores and game is tied 1-1. Teahen, with one down. grounds to Burres flip to Millar, two down for Guillen. Grounds to Burres, throw to Millar for third out. 20 pitches.

Top 2nd: Lind in his own slump. 1-11 this series but here lines it into left centre. Millar first at bat this series. No waiting around for Kevin, lines it up the middle. He has been so good off the bench. Bautista with two on and no outs, is he bunting? No. Grounds back to Davies over to second on to first double play ball. Lind at third but with two outs. Chavez lines it into centre, Lind scores and Jays go back ahead 2-1 Jays. Snider also in his slump. 1-11. Jays getting their hits today but two double plays don’t help. Full count, Snider still can’t hit that change up. Loops next pitch into shallow left and Bloomquist great running diving catch to rob Travis.
Bottom 2nd: Burres has to hold them here. Butler to lead off. 3-0 Brian semi-intentional walk? Butler walks on four pitches. Jacobs, with one on, strikes out on three pitches, nice pitching Brian. Callaspo with one on and one down, doubles to right centre. Butler at third. Buck off the left field wall two runs score, and Buck in at third 3-2 Kansas. Cito can’t wait to get some real pitching out there. Aviles with Bullington up in bullpen. I think Burres might be on the Vegas plane tonight. Jays were checking out Mills and Cecile earlier in the week. Aviles strikes out, Two down for Crisp. Grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar but damage is done.

Top 3rd: Can the hitters get a big inning, the last two games have been droughts. The two double plays have not helped today. Scutaro tries a bunt, foul. Singles up the middle, 2-2 today. Hill, grounds to short on to second on to first another double play, the third in three innings. Rios with two down pops up to third. The hitters are not giving Burres much help today.
Bottom 3rd: Bloomquist singles into shallow left. Teahen grounds to Millar, fumbles the ball, throw to Burres not in time. That’s the knock on Kevin. Great bat but not glove.Two on instead of two down. Guillen, 3-0 count, if he walks him expect to see Bullington. Full count. singles into left. Run scores 4-2 Royals. Still no outs and two on. and with runner at third. That’s it for Brian. No messing about today. Bullington now pitching. With a bit of luck Brian would have had two outs and guy at first. And if his hitters were even in this game they would be way ahead. But that’s baseball and Burres will probably be on his way to Vegas in a few hours. Butler doubles to right centre run scores 5-2 Royals. Jacobs with two in scoring position and still no outs. Not pretty. Pops it up to Chavez for first out this inning. Callaspo intentional walk. Buck with bases loaded. Cito rolling the doces. Fly ball to Wells, Rios gets in his way and Vernon bobbles the ball, run scores. 6-2 Royals. Alex is becoming a liability in the outfield. Two down. Cito questions umpire that runner left before catch completed, he did, but rule is that any contact with the body is the go ahead to leave base. Aviles fly ball to Wells.

Top 4th: Vernon to lead off. Hits this one out of stadium but foul. Walks him. That’s what we need friends. Lind now, lines to first Wells running but run down and gets back safe. First piece of luck for Jays today. Millar with one down. Grounds to second on to first, yes friends another double play number, four in four innings. Is it a full moon today? This game gets stranger as it goes on.
Bottom 4th: Crisp (again?) for third time today. Walk number two. Bloomquist bunting, Chavez throw to Millar for the out. Crisp at second for Teahen. Fly ball out to Lind. Crisp stays at second. Two down for Guillen, that second strike was favourable for Bullington, look ed high and inside Guillen also thinks so, but today Jays need all the help they can get. Lines it right at Scutaro. That’s must be the first inning in the last two games, since the first inning last night at least, where Kansas has not scored. Royals have only six hits same as the Jays but those four double plays by Jays hitters are the major difference today plus poor fielding by Rios.

Top 5th: Try again. Bautista fly ball to Bloomquist in left, one down. Chavez, grounds to short. Snider, at least he can’t hit into a double play… grounds back to Davies throw to first for third out. Jays hitters giving up here? thinking about home cooking in Toronto ?
Bottom 5th: Butler, one man wrecking crew the last two games. Singles into right. On base seven of his last eight at bats. Jacobs, 3-0 count. 3-2, pops it up to Hill one down. Callaspo, how about a double play ball guys. Another full count, and walks. Buck with two on and only one out.triple to the wall in right centre. Two more runs score 8-2 Kansas. Another laugher for the Royals today. Aviles fly ball to Rios, runner holds, two down. Crisp, Royals hitters now swinging at every pitch. Fly ball to Wells for third out.

Top 6th: Jays have to play this out. Twelve more at bats but the way they are today no chance. Awful all round, no hitting no fielding and no pitching. Scutaro to leadoff, the only bright light today. 2-2. Grounds to second throw to first one down. Hill, hitless today. walks, Davies getting wild here, is he tiring ? Rios with one on. Can he redeem himself with a hit? Yes, Alex doubles to left, Hill stops at third. Wells now, would be nice to hit one out Vernon. Manager doesn’t like this out to talk to Davies. Mahay up in bullpen. Davies stays. Vernon grounds to second throw to first and concede the run, 8-3. Two down. Rios at third. Lind at bat, seems to have lost all his power since his great start. Full count. Fouls off ball four. Another ball outside. Two on for Millar. That’s it for Davies. Royals getting worried here that Jays can come back. Mahay with two outs. Millar at bat. Come on Kevin we need a huge one here. Fly ball to Crisp. Jays leave two out there.
Bottom 6th: League pitching. Bloomquist grounds to Hill nice play to first for out. Teahen strikes out. Two down for Guillen, pops it up to Scutaro. Good inning for League.

Top 7th: Bautista facing Mahay. Need base runners Jose. Full count, and walks, lays off the last three pitches. Good at bat. Chavez one on, here comes coach. Just throw strikes at these guys we have a five run lead. 2-0 he didn’t listen. Chavez singles into centre, Bautista at third two on for Snider, hitless for so long. If we ever need a big one it is now Travis. Singles into centre, that will do, Bautista scores 8-4. Still two on and no outs, Bullpen busy again. Jamey Wright now pitching to Scutaro. With runners at first and second and no outs. Scutaro 2-3 today and on base nine times this series. Grounds to second on to first double play number five. Chavez at third. Hill at bat, bring him in Aaron. 3-0 count and walks. Rios 2-3 today. Not the guy I want there right now though. This is crunch time not Alex’s speciality. Grounds to Aviles, steps on second to get Hill. Cito please, next time get a pinch hitter for Rios. Another great opportunity lost. Jays have out hit Royals today9-8 and are four runs behind. Five double plays will do that.
Bottom 7th: Butler lines out at Hill for the first time this week it seems, big out for Brandon. Jacobs, full count. Strikes out. Two down for Callaspo, strikes out on three pitches, Great stuff Brandon. Now can your hitters get a couple back and make this interesting ?

Top 8th: Six more outs. Vernon to leadoff. 0-2 today so due. There he goes singles into centre. Good boy Vernon, too bad you didn’t get the chance last inning. Lind now 1-2 today. Full count. YES, YES Adam, gets hold of this one into right centre, Home run all the way off the bat and two runs score. 8-6. Millar with no outs. 2-0 count. Here comes the coach. Not listening, walks Millar. Bautista the tying run !!!! strikes out, the first out of the inning. Chavez now another chance. Showing bunt ? Not this time. NO….. grounds to short, Aviles steps on second throw to first, number six double play for the Jays today. That one definitely hurts the most. Also ties AL record.
Bottom 8th: Carlson pitching to Buck, two triples today and five rbis. Doubles into left. Aviles bunting gets it down and Buck to third on out at first, Crisp full count. Come on Jesse. Pops it up to shallow right to Alex. Runner holds two down. Bloomquist intentional walk. Teahen 0-4 today. Bloomquist takes second. Fly ball to centre, Vernon pulls it in. Great pitching Jesse.

Top 9th: Last chance for Jays. Cruz pitching. Snider chance to be a hero. Pops it up to second. Scutaro at bat, need base runners Marco. Scutaro pops up to first base Butler. Hill last chance strikes out.

Jays gave this one away but not helped by Burres or some of the fielding by Rios AND those six double plays. Cito has to do something about those. Perhaps some stolen bases ???