Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Jays win this one in extra innings.

Toronto v Texas

Lineups: Texas: Kinsler, Vizquel, Young, Jones, Blalock, Byrd, Cruz, Davis, Saltalamacchia and Harrison pitching.
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Millar, Barajas, Baurtista and Purcey pitching.

The very good: Barajas two two run home runs. 17 hit attack. Millar bottom of the eleventh winning run.
The good: Rios 3-5 breakout night. Purcey held Jays in this one for six. Millar three hit night, Bautista 3-4.
The bad: Not turning the double play twice in the ninth to help Ryan save this one.

Top 1st: Kinsler strikes out. Vizquel flies out to Wells. Young strikes out. Good tart for Purcey.

Bottom 1st: Harrison pitching. Scutaro full count and walks. Hill lines out to Byrd in centre. Rios fouls out to Davis at first. Wells grounds to Young at third throw to Davis for third out.

Top 2nd: Jones fly ball out to Bautista. Blalock pops up to Scutaro. Byrd grounds to Scutaro to throw Millar for third out. 28 pitches.
Bottom 2nd Lind bounces to Harrison throw to first for the out. Rolen grounds hard to third out at first. Millar loops it into shallow left. I believe that Millar should be in lineup every day. Barajas gets hold of this one into left field seats two run home run. 2-0 Jays. Bautista doubles into opposite field right centre. Scutaro again full count, and walks him for the second time tonight. Hill with two down and two on.grounds to the throw to second to get Scutaro.44 pitches for Harrison.

Top 3rd: Cruz singles to right centre, there goes the no hitter. Davis doubles to the wall in left. Cruz stops at third. Two on no outs and Purcey in trouble Saltalmacchia singles into centre and just like that the lead has gone 2-2. Three consecutive hits and no outs, Kinsler full count, Purcey is fooling no one this inning, Kinsler strikes out. Vizquel lines it into left. Two on one out for Young. Grounds to Scutaro on to Hill and Overbay double play ball, number twenty for Jays this season already. Purcey escapes this one.
Bottom 3rd: Rios at bat. Golfs this one into left. Wells guess what, grounds to third Young, Kinsler at second and Davis at first double play ball. How many this season Vernon ???? But then perhaps Alex should have been stealing right from first pitch. Lind fly ball out to centre.

Top 4th: Jones strikes out. Blalock fly ball to Bautista. Byrd singles to centre. Cruz walks, Byrd to second. Davis strikes out.
Bottom 4th: Rolen grounds to Kinsler on to.Davis one down. Millar doubles to left. 2-2 tonight. Barajas does it again, this one high ball into left and over the wall. Second home run. Millar scores and Jays are in front 4-2. Bautista singles to left. Scutaro strikes out, two down. Hill singles to centre Bautista to third. Rios, singles to centre Bautista scores 5-2 Jays and Alex has an rbi. Wells with two on fly ball to Jones in left field.

Top 5th: Saltalamacchia fly ball to Rios. Kinsler grounds to Scutaro over to Millar two down. Vizquel singles to center. Young doubles to the wall and Vizquel scores 5-3 Jays. Young fly ball out to Wells.
Bottom 5th: Feldman now pitching. Lind at bat. Strikes out. Rolen pops up to Davis, two down for Millar fly ball to shallow centre for the out.

Top 6th: Blalock strikes out. One down for Byrd, full count, walks him. That’s it for Purcey, here comes Cito. Camp taking over. Cruz with one on and one down 3-0 count but lines out to Scutaro. Two down. Camp only in for one hitter. Here comes Carlson. Davis grounds hard to Millar bounces off his glove to Hill throws out Davis. Good recovery.
Bottom 6th: Barajas 2-2 two home runs and four rbis. Pops up this time to Kinsler, one down for Bautista grounds it to Viquel playing deep at short but beats out the throw. Scutaro grounds it to Young at third out at first n the throw. Bautista at second. Hill 3-0 count and walks on four pitches. Two on and two down for Rios. 2-3 tonight, breaking out. Whoa Alex… singles into left scores Bautista from second and Alex goes 3-4 tonight. This is his night. 6-3 Jays. Wells now with two on and two down. Hill at second. 3-0 count on Vernon. And walks on four pitches to load them up for Lind. Here comes Washington, pitching change. Holland rookie, majorleague debut, spent last season in minors. Lind grounds hard to Young at third great diving play by Young to get it but his throw up the line. Hill scores 7-3 Jays. Rolen with bases loaded. Pops it up to Vizquel.

Top 7th: Carlson still in there, Saltalamachia fly ball to Wells, one down. Kinsler pops up first pitch to Wells two down. Vizquel strikes out looking. Another very good inning from Carlson.
Bottom 7th: Millar grounds to Young throw to Davis who tags Millar up the line sliding under. One down for Barajas,full count and pops it up to Byrd in shallow centre. Bautista 3-3 tonight, lines out to Byrd on first pitch. Bottom third of the order, Millar, Barajas and Bautista have seven of twelve Jays hits tonight.

Top 8th: Downs now in for the eighth. Young doubles into right corner to Rios. Bounces it in forn to plate Downs gets there but throw to Millar low and Millar takes evasive action to avoid accident with Jones as he stumbles over Millar. Two on Young to third. Blalock strikes out. One down. Byrd grounds to Rolen on to Hill and Millar not in time and run scores 7-4 . Jones out at second. Two down for Cruz with runner at first. Grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar for third out.
Bottom 8th: Murphy in left field for Jones. Scutaro at bat. Pops it up to Cruz in shallow right. Hill at bat one down, strikes out. Rios singles into left, 4-5 tonight. Major breakout for Alex compared to rest of season. Good to see finally and long may it last. Wells now, Holland throws away at first, and Rios gets to second. Error on rookie. Strike three Vernon looking.Time for him also to have a breakout night saving it for Boston and Yankees.

Top 9th: Ryan now pitching. Davis hit on the hand. One on for Saltalamachia 3-0 here control BJ. There’s a strike, NO walks him. Not good. Kinsler with two on and no outs, grounds to Scutaro flip to Hill throw to Millar wide and runner safe at first. Run scores one down. 7-5. Hamilton pinch hitting for Vizquel, Kinsler steals third. Grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar for the second out but runs scores 7-6. That was a double play for Aaron. Young at bat two down. There it goes HR to centre. 7-7 game. Murphy strikes out. BUT friends you can’t blame BJ on this one, Hill not turning two chances at double play lead to this.
Bottom 9th: Lind singles into right. One on for Rolen 0-4 tonight. Here comes Washington. Another change Willie Eyre pitching. Snider pinch running for Lind. Rolen lines out hard to right. One down for Millar. 3-0 count. Grounds it to short, on to second on to first, double play ball. That’s was the play Jays defence couldn’t give BJ.This is going to extra innings.

Top 10th: Frasor pitching. Blalock at bat, pops it up shallow right to Scutaro. One down for Byrd grounds to Scutaro long throw to Millar to get him. Two down for Cruz, lines out to Rios at the wall in right.
Bottom 10th: Bottom of Jays order, can they do it again here? Barajas 2-1 count and Eyre is hurt, calls trainer and walks off mound. Wilson now pitching was in last night’s game. I told you Washington might regret using all those pitchers last night. Barajas strikes out. One down. Bautista singles up the middle. One on one down. Scutaro strikes out. Two down for Hill. Grounds to short, throw not in time and two on for Alex, is he the man tonight? 4-5 tonight. Gets a life as he grounds just foul at third. Grounds to second throw to first for the out. Not the hero tonight Alex.

Top 11th: Frasor still out there. Davis strikes out. Saltalamacchia, strikes out, two down for Kinsler. Pops it up high to Hill for third out.
Bottom 11th: Chance here for Vernon, hitless tonight 0-4. No double play to worry about. Just get on base. Full count and walks. That will do Vernon. Funny how no one looks to Vernon anymore to lead this team. Snider at bat, bunting, what a waste. Gets it down and Wells to second but…. Rolen now intentional walk. Millar but that’s it for Wilson. New pitcher Darren O’ Day claimed off waivers from the Mets has only just arrived at stadium from landing at airport at 9.45. Most of he players have not even met him. Wearing Gabbard’s uniform as there is not one for him. Millar golfs this one over the head of Murphy in left field, way to go Kevin… Wells scores Jays win this one 8-7.

I feel sorry for O’Day, what a welcome. Strange manager Washington. BUT as I said last night he was flirting with trouble using that many pitchers in first game of the series and it came back to bite him tonight.

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