Saturday, May 30, 2009

Jays take number two from Boston and give Tallet a win.

Toronto v Boston Game two of three.

Jays on a roll now, can they take a second game from Boston today? Tallet pitching.

Lineups: Boston: Ellsbury, Pedroia, Youkilis, Bay, Lowell, Ortiz, Varitek, Baldelli, Drew, Green and Penny pitching.
Toronto: Second team today with Chavez and Inglett playing. Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Bautista, Overbay, Chavez, Inglett and Tallet pitching.

The good: Tallet and the bullpen. The top five in the lineup with 11/14 hits (finally !). Rios 4-4 including two doubles. Lind a home run to end the drought by Jays players. Tallet (3-3) won for the first time in four starts but not through any fault of his own.
The bad: Nothing today.

Top 1st: Ellsbury fly ball to Inglett in left field. Pedroia walks.Two on. Youkilis strikes out. Bay walks, Pedroia to second. Lowell singles to centre.Pedrioia scires. 1-0 Boston.Bay to third. Ortiz linres out to Overbay at first. Nice catch Lyle.
Bottom 1st: Scutaro fly ball to right field Baldelli. Hill singles to right. Baldelli an error, Hill to second. Rios singles to centre, Hill scores. 1-1. Wells fly ball to centre field Ellsbury. Lind pops up to Bay. Baldelli home run to left. Green strikes out.

Top 2nd: Varitek full count and walks. Baldelli home run to left, Varitek scores. 2-1 Boston. Baldelli Home run to left Varitek scores 3-1 Boston. Come on Brian.. Green strikes out. Ellsbury grounds to Overbay. Pedroia walks and steals second. Youkilis strikes out.

Bottom 2nd: Bautista grounds to Lowell throw to Youkilis at first. Overbay doubles to centre. Chavez strikes out. Inglett singles to left, Overbay to third. Scutaro grounds to shortstop Green to second baseman Pedroia, with Inglett out.

Top 3rd: Bay fly ball to left fielder. Lowell grounds to Chavez throw two down.. Ortiz in number six position today strikes out.
Bottom 3rd: Hill fouls out to catcher Varitek. Rios doubles to centre. Wells grounds to Lowell throw to Youkilis at first base. Lind singles to left, that is good to finally see some production coming from Lind. Rios scores. 3-2 Boston. Bautista strikes out.

Top 4th: Varitek strikes out. Baldelli lines out to center field Wells. Green flied out to left fielder Inglett.
Bottom 4th: Overbay grounds to second base Pedroia throw to first for the out. Chavez fly to right fielder Baldelli. Inglett strikes out.

Top 5th: Ellsbury fly ball to Rios in right field. Pedroia hit by a pitch. Youkilis pops it up to the right. Pedrioa caught stealing popped out to right fielder Rios. Pedroia was caught stealing, pitcher Tallet to first baseman Overbay to second baseman Hill, Pedroia out.
Bottom 5th: Scutaro singles to centre. Drew in as right fielder. Scutaro was caught stealing, catcher Varitek to second baseman Pedroia, Scutaro out. Hill fly ball to left field Bay. Rios doubles to right. Wells fly ball to right field Drew.

Top 6th: Bay lines out to third base Bautista. Lowell fly ball to left fielder Inglett. Ortiz strikes out.
Bottom 6th: Lind gets hold of this one just over bullpen into left field seats. 3-3. Lind breaking out today. Bautista strikes out. Overbay strikes out. Chavez singles to centre. McDonald pinch-running for Chavez. Inglett lines out to Lowell at third base.

Top 7th: Barajas in as catcher. Varitek fouls out to Rios. Drew lines out to right field Rios.
Green doubles to left. Ellsbury grounds to Bautista throw to first baseman Overbay.
Bottom 7th: Ramirez pitching. Scutaro infield single to short. Hill fly ball to center field Ellsbury.
On Ramirez's wild pitch, Scutaro to second. Rios singles to centre, Scutaro scores. 4-3 Jays. Wells doubles to centre, Rios scores. 5-3 Jays. Lind intentional walk. Bautista fly ball to right fieldecr Drew. Okajima pitching. Overbay fouled out to first baseman Youkilis.

Top 8th: League now pitching. Pedroia fly ball to right fielder Rios. Youkilis strikes out. Bay grounds to catcher Barajas great off-balance play and throw to Overbay.
Bottom 8th: Barajas grounds to second base Pedroia flip to first base Youkilis. Inglett fly ball to left field and Bay. Scutaro infield single to short. Delcarmen pitching. Hill pops up to Pedroia at second.

Top 9th: Downs pitching. Lowell singles to right. Ortiz lines out to right fielder Rios. Varitek fly ball to Rios. Drew grounds out to Scutaro throw to first base Overbay.

Jays fans, a convincing win today. Definitely does not hurt to bring Boston back to the crowd.
Fourteen hits today.

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