Jays win this one with power and great pitching.

Toronto v Texas Series finale.

Lineups: Texas: Kinsler, Young, Hamilton, Blalock, Cruz, Davis, Murphy, Teagarden, Andrus and Millwood pitching.
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Barajas, Snider and Richmond pitching.

No play by play tonight. Traffic from the game plus highway construction too much.
Jays win this 5-2 and take another series. They have won all five to start the season. They stay on top of the division and pick up half a game on Boston and the Yankees idle tonight before they match up tomorrow in Boston. Baltimore wins at home against Chicago and Rays lose on the road in Seattle.

Richmond had excellent outing had the Texas hitters for the most part totally confused and this is a very good hitting team. From where I sat at the game his curve and off speed pitches were exceptional. He seemed in control no matter what he threw including his fastball and finished with eight strikeouts but had Texas hitters off balance all night. The bullpen took over and carried this one to the end with Downs excellent ninth.

Rios, Wells and Overbay home runs. Rios a two run shot and Wells and Overbay single shots in the same inning. Scott Rolen had the other rbi in the eighth inning and another two hit night for him.

Tonight Hill did not miss the ground ball play in the ninth. Hill also had another two hit night including a double when the throw by Andrus goes into the luxury seats (next to Curtis Joseph ) turning a possible out into a two baser. Jays could have done a lot more damage with bases loaded in the eighth but it was enough tonight.

Jays lose BJ Ryan and Ricky Romero before the game even starts. Romero a freak chest muscle injury sneezing ! and BJ a muscle in his neck and back. Cito unkind I felt with BJ today, if Hill had had that double play ball in the ninth they would not be all over Ryan the way they are. I didn’t see Cito’s concern with Alex and Vernon for the first 60 at bats this season. If it had been a pitcher he would have been sent to minors two weeks ago. Cito is a hitters manager, no doubt on that.

But enough, both Vernon and Alex alive tonight with their home runs. Alex’ s first !!! since mid September 2008. However it doesn’t matter if they are both now hot. I hope it continues into Chicago for the next series tomorrow. Overbay is hot as well with an eight game hit streak. Tallet starts again on Friday. Brian Bullington is the AAA call up to replace BJ.

Rogers Centre continue to upscale the food…. Harder to find junk now… and more changes coming.
Also found tonight the soccer louts are starting to filter into the games. The group baying tonight behind the Texas dugout were exceptionally boorish. Rogers Centre will have to watch this trend. The security staff were no match.