Sunday, May 10, 2009

Cecil wins his first behind Rios breakout game.

Toronto v Oakland, series finale.

Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Millar, Barajas, Bautista and Cecil pitching.
Oakland: Cabrera, Suzuki, Giambi, Holliday, Cust, Sweeney, Crosby, Kennedy, Hannahan and Braden pitching.

The very good today: Cecil brilliant eight shutout innings to get his first win. Rios two hits including his home run and a sacrifice fly, and run scoring single and three rbis. Everyone in the lineup with at least one hit. Another two hit game for Scutaro and Hill. Bautista also with two.
The not so good: Jays 4-11 with runners in scoring position. Trend continues BUT a win is a win and tonight that will do to keep Jays on top.

Jays win this one 5-0.

Top 1st: Scutaro singles to centre.Hill grounds to third base Hannahan throw to second baseman Kennedy to get Scutaro out. One down. Rios now 2-17 on this road trip, fly ball out to centre field Sweeney. Wells drives this hard off Braden, off his pitching hand and then his shoulder. Vernon infield single to short stands at first. Doesn’t look good as Braden fell to ground. OK now and is continuing. Hill at second. Lind singles to right, Hill to third, Wells to second. Rolen grounds to short Cabrera throw to Kennedy, Lind out.

Bottom 1st: Cabrera strikes out. Suzuki singles to centre. Giambi grounds to Millar, Suzuki to second. Holliday lines out to Rios.

Top 2nd: Millar fly ball out to left .Barajas pops up to short Cabrera. Two down for Bautista singles to centre. Scutaro grounds to Kennedy at second throw to first Crosby for third out..

Bottom 2nd:
Cust grounds to Hill throw to Millar, one down. Sweeney grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar. Crosby singles to left. Kennedy fly ball to Wells for the third out.


Top 3rd: Hill fly ball to left. One down for Rios, gets hold of this one and it is into left field. Home run for Alex. 1-0 Jays. Wells strikes out.Lind grounds to Crosbyat first for the out. Jays have struck first.
Bottom 3rd: - Hannahan grounds back to Cecil throw to Millar for the out. Cabrera lines out to Millar.Two down for Suzuki doubles to centre. Giambi strikes out.

Top 4th: Rolen grounds to Cabrera at short throw to first Crosby. Millar fouls out to Hannahan at third. Two down for Barajas grounds to Hannahan throw to Crosby at first.

Bottom 4th: - Holliday fly ball to Wells. Cust strikes out. Sweeney full count and walks. Crosby full count and walks, Cecil losing some control here. Sweeney to second. Kennedy with two on grounds to Hill throw to Millar. No further damage.

Top 5th: Bautista singles to left. Scutaro singles to left, Bautista to second. Hill infield single to short, Bautista to third, Scutaro to second. Bases loaded and no outs. Rios sac fly to Sweeney in centre, Bautista tags and scores. 2-0 Jays and Alex has both runs tonight. We have all been waiting for this day. Scutaro tags and goes to third. Hill to second. One down for Wells strikes out. Lind with his chance strikes out.
Bottom 5th: Hannahan grounds to Hill throw to Millar.Cabrera grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar, two down. Suzuki fly ball to Wells.

Top 6th: Rolen doubles to left. Millar fly ball to centre Sweeney, Rolen to third. Barajas sacrifice fly to Sweeney, Rolen scores. 3-0 Jays. Bautista fly ball to Cust in right.
Bottom 6th: - Giambi grounds to Hill throw to Millar for first out. Holliday strikes out. Cust singles to left tries to make it two and out on throw by Bautista to Scutaro at second base.

Top 7th: Wuertz pitching. Scutaro fly ball to left Holliday. One down.Hill strikes out. Rios fly ball to Holliday in left.
Bottom 7th: - Sweeney strikes out. Crosby grounds to Rolen throw to Millar, one down. Kennedy singled to right. Hannahan strikes out.

Top 8th: Ziegler now pitching. Wells grounds to Kennedy throw to first Crosby. One down.
Lind, same again, grounds to second baseman Kennedy throw to first base Crosby.Two down.
Rolen strikes out.
Bottom 8th: - Cabrera grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar. Suzuki grounds to Hill throw to Millar. Two down. Giambi grounds to Hill throw to Millar.

Top 9th: Millar singles to centre. Barajas with one on, same again singles to centre, Millar to second. Bautista bunting back to Ziegler throw to third Millar is out, Barajas to second. Scutaro grounds to third throw to second, Barajas to third, Bautista out. Hill with two on, singles to right Barajas scores, Scutaro to second. 4-0 Jays. Rios singles to right, Scutaro scores, Hill to second. 5-0 Jays. Gray now pitching. Wells grounds to Cabrera throw to Kennedy, Rios out. But Jays have two more.

Bottom 9th: Frasor now pitching. Holliday fly ball to Rios. That’s it or Frasor. Carlson pitching. Cust fly ball to Rios. Two down. Sweeney grounds to Hill throw to Millar.
Jays win another series and stay on top of division to come home for a well deserved day off before meeting Yankees on Tuesday. Halladay v Burnett. The crowds will be out in full for that one.

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