Toronto v Boston Series finale. Boston tries to avoid sweep.
Lineups: Boston: Pedroia, Drew, Youkilis, Bay, Lowell, Ortiz, Varitek, Ellsbury, Green and Lester pitching.
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Millar, Barajas, Bautista and Romero pitching. Second team in there today for lefty Lester.
Francona made changes today but very interesting to contrast with Cito in the way he handles the lineup.. Boston has dropped four of five, all away from home, and scored just 13 runs during that span. Boston 17-6 at Fenway Park, where they average 6.3 runs per game. On the road, however, Boston is 11-16 and averages 4.2 runs.
It's the first time this season that Ellsbury has started and not batted leadoff, and the first time Pedroia has led off. Pedroia's on base percentage is .419 while Ellsbury's is just .332. Ellsbury is batting .299 with one homer and 15 RBIs.
The good: Two stolen bases Scutaro and Rios.
The bad: 0/4 with runners in scoring position. Jays had a big cance to sweep this team and send big message to Fenway and Yankee land.
Top 1st: Pedroia pops up to Millar at first base. Drew strikes out. Two down for Youkilis home run to centre. 1-0 Boston. Bay doubles to right. Lowell strikes out but Boston strike first.
Bottom 1st: Scutaro infield single to short. Hill strikes out. Rios full count and walks, Scutaro to second. Double steal both safe. Scutaro at third. Rios at second. Wells fly ball to Bay in left run scores 1-1 game. Lind strikes out.
Top 2nd: Ortiz grounds to Scutaro throw to first baseman Millar. Varitek grounds to Rolen throw to Millar. Ellsbury singles to centre. Romero's wild pitch, Ellsbury to second.
Green 3-0 and walks on four pitches. Green caught stealing, catcher Barajas throw to first baseman Millar, Green out.
Bottom 2nd: Rolen full count and walks. Millar, wild pitch, Rolen to second. Millar strikes out. Barajas grounds to Lowell throw to first base Youkilis. Bautista strikes out.
Top 3rd: Pedroia grounds to Rolen throw to Millar. Drew singles to right. Youkilis grounded out, third baseman Rolen to first baseman Millar, Drew to second. Bay walks. Lowell strikes out.
Bottom 3rd: Scutaro infield single to short. Hill grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Green to second baseman Pedroia, Scutaro out. Rios pops up to second base Pedroia. Wells grounds to Lowell at third throw to first base Youkilis.
Top 4th: Ortiz doubles to centre. Varitek walks. Two on and no outs. Ellsbury bunting first baseman Millar to second baseman Hill and moves both runners, Ortiz to third, Varitek to second. Two in scoring position and one down. Green strikes out. Pedroia,home run to left, Ortiz and Varitek and Pedroia score. That’s the way to bring them in. 4-1 Boston. Drew strikes out.
Bottom 4th: Lind strikes out. Rolen infield single to third. Millar strikes out. Barajas strikes out.
Top 5th: Youkilis full count and walks. Bay walks, Youkilis to second. That’s it for Romero, not his greatest outing. Am not sure he is ready for the majors. Richmond pitching with two on and no outs. Lowell doubles to left, Youkilis scores, Bay at third. 5-1 Boston. Ortiz pops up to Rolen. Varitek lines out to first baseman Millar. Ellsbury intentional walk. Green grounds to, Scutaro throw to Hill, Ellsbury out. Richmond did well to get out of this inning without major damage.
Bottom 5th: Bautista strikes out. Scutaro strikes out. Hill walks. Rios strikes out. Jays hitters ina rush to get out on the town tonight. Romero today allowed five runs and six hits in five innings. He has walked five and struck out five.
Top 6th: Pedroia fly ball to Wells. Drew pops up to Bautista. Youkilis strikes out. Bottom 6th: Wells fouls out to catcher Varitek. Lind strikes out. Rolen strikes out. Jays continue to rush.
Top 7th: Camp pitching. Bay strikes out. Lowell doubles to left. Ryan pitching. Ortiz fouls out to Rolen. Varitek intentional walk. Ellsbury fly ball to Bautista in left.
Bottom 7th: Masterson pitching. Millar grounds to third base Lowell throw to first Youkilis. Barajas strikes out. Bautista full count and walks Scutaro lines out to right fielder Drew.
Top 8th: Wolfe pitching. Green doubles to center. Pedroia sacrifices, Hill to first base Millar, Green to third. Drew sac fly to Wells, Green scores. 6-1 Boston.. Youkilis home run to left. 7-1 Boston. Bay home run to left first pitch. 8-1 Boston. Lowell strikes out and Wolfe may be on the next boat to Vegas.
Bottom 8th: Hill grounds to short Green, throw to first base Youkilis. Rios there she goes to left, home run Alex.8-2 Boston. He has been playing much better recently. Wells pops up to first base Youkilis. Lind singles to left. Lind also coming around again. Rolen grounded out, first baseman Youkilis unassisted.
Top 9th: Johnny McDonald in at short. Inglett in for Wells in centre. One of these days these defensive moves will backfire on Cito in the bottom of the ninth when Jays mount a big 5 plus runs comeback. Ortiz strikes out. Varitek full count walks. Ellsbury flied out to left fielder Bautista. Green fly ball to Rios.
Bottom 9th: Ramirez pitching. Millar pops up to Green at short. Barajas pops up to Drew. Bautista walks. McDonald pops up to first base Youkilis. Ramirez allowed only two runs in 22 previous games this season.
What they said: "The players we have, not everybody but a lot of them, are suited for Fenway," manager Terry Francona said. "There's guys on our club who know they can reach out and hook something and hit it off that wall. Some of these road games, you can go out and hook it and fly out. There's a difference. It's been something we've been trying to figure out for a while. Our home and road, there's a lot of disparity. I would like, hopefully, to figure it out by tomorrow."
Re Baldelli and injury sliding in to the wall to make a catch."He bruised his kneecap pretty good," Francona said. "I think everybody involved thought it was worse when he first did it, including himself. We'll certainly stay away from him tomorrow. I think we dodged a bullet there because he hit that wall pretty hard."
Rios "We haven't lost our confidence,". "We've been working hard and we're going to keep working hard. We're going to get out of this and we're going to start winning and everything will be good."
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