Jays blow this one and the series.

Toronto v Cleveland. Series finale.
Jays need this one to win series and make up some ground before Tampa arrives tomorrow.

Cleveland: Sizemore, Cabrera, Choo, Martinez, Peralta, Garko, Francisco, Carroll, Giminez and Huff pitching.
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Lind, Millar, Wells, Rios, Bautista, Barajas, McDonald and Rzepczynski pitching. Probably not the team you want out there to make a statement by winning this series but Cito old school and “resting” Overbay (lefty pitcher) and Rolen, (forget the off day two days ago) and with a rookie pitcher out there ?? He would never do that with Halladay starting.

The good: Rzepczynski had a good outing but no run support. Hill and Millar with their home runs to make it close. And today Alex gets the gold start as well, a couple of stolen bases and taking third in the ninth, heads up play runied by Overbay.
The bad: Let’s start with Overbay and runner at third and full count in bottom of the ninth and taking the strike three. That was rock bottom bad Lyle. Jays all round were very flat today, a great crowd and yet they cannot feed off that support and come through. Lose a series to Cleveland at home is pretty bad baseball.
Cito, well the usual, poor lineup, not taking the game seriously enough, and not settling down Rzepczynski, poor calls in the ninth, no bunt with Alex at second. In other words the usual Cito game. Playing for 2010 evidently according to the media.

Top 1st: Rzepczynski facing Sizemore leadoff. Grounds to Hill throw to Millar for first out. Cabrera, long fly ball out to Rios in right. Two down for Choo, strikes him out, better start than Romero had last night.
Bottom 1st: Can Jays hitters continue from where they left off last night? They really need to get back into that groove. Scutaro playing DH ?? today leading off. Will be interesting to see how Marco adjusts to not being in the flow of the game and trotting out every hour for a hit. I don’t agree with this at all. Lines first pitch to Sizemore in centre. Hill, grounds to second throw to first for second out. Lind on career high twelve game hit streak. Full count and walks. One on two down for Millar. First pitch ! grounds to short Cabrera. Throw to Garko at first for third out. These guys want to go out on the town tonight.

Top 2nd: Martinez, strikes out in two minds on that and guessed wrong Victor, Peralta, full count and walks, come on Marc. Garko, with one on and one down. Very nice, grounds to short , Johnny Mc great sliding save, turning, throw to Hill on to Millar double play ball. Typical Johnny Mc play there to turn a base hit into two outs. .
Bottom 2nd: Wells, grounds to third throw to Garko for first out. (pulling Vernon?) Rios, doubles in to left corner, great stroke, Alex has stepped it up this week. Bautista, can he bring him in ? 3-0 count, there’s a strike, Alex getting antsy is he stealing? Yes, there he goes throw high, and safe at third. Grounds to second, Alex holding, and Bautista out at first. Two down. Barajas, grounds to third, throw to first for third out and Alex left out there. Not good execution. Alex should have been going on contact and would have scored easily. He has no base running smarts.

Top 3rd: Francisco fly ball to Rios in right centre. Carroll, walks, second walk by Rzepcynski today. Giminez, strikes out, two down for Sizemore. Carroll stealing they have him picked off but Millar’s throw, not in time and high. Grounds to Millar takes it himself for third out.
Bottom 3rd: Johnny Mc. Leading off. Grounds to third, throw to first one down. Scutaro has faced one pitch in the last hour. Takes the first two here. Grounds to second Carroll throw to Garko for the out. Hill, awful swing, pops it up to Martinez. Not good so far today.

Top 4th: Great crowd today, looks like all the campers are in the fifth deck. Sections are filled to the foul poles. With the lousy weather outside probably a lot of walkup tourists as well. Cabrera lines first pitch up the middle to Wells, One on for Choo, bunting ?? No. Hits him in the back, come on Marc, you are in trouble here, two on and no outs for Martinez, 2-0 count, settle him down someone, 3-1 danger of loading them up. Ball four. Bases loaded. I don’t understand why no one went out to calm him down, he is just a young kid rookie, Now they do, a bit late. Peralta, full count. Strikes him out, great battle there with Peralta fouling off pitch after pitch. Not out of it yet though Marc. Here comes Garko, need a ground ball Marc. Yes strikes him out on appeal to first base umpire. Two down. Francisco, another 3-1 count. Ball four and walks in the run. 1-0 Indians. He finally ran out of luck. Here comes Arnsberg, after the horse is out of the stable Brad ??? far too late to give advice now. Carroll with bases loaded. Strikes out. Strikes the side out and with bases loaded with no outs, one run is not a bad ending.

Bottom 4th: Can the hitters give this kid some support here? Lind, leading off on twelve game hit streak, lines this one to the wall in centre, leadoff double and thirteen game hit streak. Millar, move him over Kevin. 3-1 count. That will do perfectly, doubles into left corner Lind scores and Kevin at second. 1-1 game. Pops it up to second, one down for Rios. Fouling them off here, pitch after pitch. Can’t resist going after that one head high pitch and strikes out. Two down and Millar getting tired out at second. Bautista, another terrible swing, pops it up to second for third out Jays get one back but could have and should have been more. Now 1/6 with runners in scoring position. Same old, same old.

Top 5th: 81 pitches for Rzepczynski, four walks and six strikeouts will do that for you Marc. Try some grounds balls and get that pitch count down. Giminez, leadoff single into left. This is probably Marc’s last inning. Where is Camp Cito? Sizemore fly ball to Lind in left, one down. Cabrera, now Camp gets up, Cito was listening. Tallet is no longer available in long relief as he makes his last start for a while at least on Saturday and will then ho back to bullpen. Camp is it for a couple of innings. Doubles to left, through Bautista, no Rolen out there today, he would have had that one and probably turned two. Giminez held at third. Choo with two in scoring position. This is big trouble, triples to the wall in left and both runners score. 3-1 Indians. Choo at third. But that’s it for Marc, played with fire all afternoon and was getting no help at all from the hitters. Can’t blame the kid, this team has had chances to get three or four runs on the board already. Martinez with Choo at third, and only one out. Camp pitching. grounds to Hill , Choo running on t he play and scores. 4-1 Indians. Martinez out at first. Two down for Peralta, strikes out but lack of runs has hurt them today.
Bottom 5th: Huff can cruise the rest of the way now the way Jays hitters have been so far today. Barajas leading off, strikes out. McDonald, pops it up nice running over shoulder catch by Cabrera at short, these guys are fired up now to win, you can see it in their energy level compared to the very flat and lethargic Jays. Scutaro, poor guy, has spent two minutes out there today, don’t tell me that does not affect his at bats. There you go Marco get to run a bit, doubles to left corner. Hill with runner in scoring position but with two down, Oh YES ! MY ! Aaron another home run. That is awesome. In to left field seats. Number 22. Wow and 4-3 Cleveland game. That gets the kids screaming. Lind, chance to tie this up. Not like that though, strikes out.

Top 6th: We have a game again. Camp still in there facing Garko to leadoff. I don’t believe it hits him on the elbow. Come on Shawn. Bear down. Francisco singles into left, two on no outs, can you believe it ? Carroll at bat, bunting, 2-0, great play by Millar playing way in and throws to third to get Garko. Millar was in front of Camp when he made that play. One down. No no no…. Camp throw to second gets away into centre, both runners move up. This is awful. Second error by Jays today, Giminez bounces one back to camp runners scores from third. 5-3 Indians. Two down. Runner at third again for Sizemore. 3-0 count. Accardo up in bullpen. . full count and strikes him out. But Camp should not be pleased with that, he messed up badly that inning and was lucky to get away with only one run.
Bottom 6th: Jays hitters have to get that one back. Millar, Huff still out there on 79 pitches, Millar lifts it softly over head of Huff but great play by Cabrera to get him at first. Now the big guys, Vernon going the other way, I told you Vernon, opposite field hitting, and ground rule double into the crowd in right field corner, we need more of that Vernon. Rios, first pitch of course, grounds back to Huff throw to Garko for the out. Bautista two down. pops it up to shallow right, Jays are missing Rolen and Overbay today bigtime. Cito please note.

Top 7th: Accardo, Cabrera leading off. Fly ball to Wells, one down for Choo, two rbis last at bat, not this time grounds to Bautista at third, throw to Millar for the second out. Martinez grounds to Johnny Mc throw to Millar, low but Kevin gets it.
Bottom 7th: Can Jays hitters retrieve this one? Barajas, grounds to third base Peralta throw to first base Garko. one down McDonald grounds to short beats out the throw great hustle Johnny Mc. Scutaro, grounds to second throw to back to Garko double play ball.

Top 8th: Peralta, Accardo still out there singles into right. Garko, swings at pitch way outside, one down for Francisco. There we go, grounds to Hill, over to Johnny Mc to Millar double play ball to end the inning.
Bottom 8th: Jays need to get ahead here if they want Downs out there, Huff on 95 pitches, going the distance at this rate. Hill, grounds to second throw to first one down for Lind. Oh boy, strikes out on three pitches, horrible at bat for Lind. Millar, that’s the way Kevin my boy, home run Millar into left field Jays bullpen. 5-4 game. And that’s the end of Huff. Wells at bat, can Vernon and Alex do some magic here? Joe Smith pitching. One run game. Off the end of bat for Vernon throw by Smith to get him at first. Don’t go away here.

Top 9th: Frasor out there second day in a row. Cito rolling the dice or is JP showcasing him for trade? Carroll, grounds to Bautista throw to Millar, one down. Gimenez fly ball to Rios in right, two down for Sizemore, singles to centre, one on two down for Cabrera, 0-2 count, grounds to Hill, throw to Millar. Nice pitching Jason but can your hitters pull this one off?
Bottom 9th: Rios leading off, don’t try to be a hero Alex, base runners here. Kerry Wood pitching 12/16 saves/opportunities. Oh man, hits him on the helmet, nasty. Right behind the left ear, that got away from Wood. Alex is ok. Bautista now with one on. Alex running and throw hits him in the back. Can’t get away form the ball today Alex… !!! Fly ball to shallow right, not enough for Alex to get to third. Barajas, Overbay on deck for McDonald. Pops it up to Garko, pretty bad hitting here by both Bautista and Barajas, have to wonder why Bautista did not bunt with Alex at second. Overbay will they walk him? No, Alex takes third anyway. Full count to Lyle, don’t take this one. Come on Lyle that was pretty bad, takes strike three !!!!! with tie run at third ????