Toronto v Seattle. Game two of three.
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Rolen, Rios, Overbay, Millar, Bautista, Chavez and Rzepczynski pitching.
Suzuki, Gutierrez, Sweeney, Shelton, Hannahan, Johnson, Woodward, Saunders, Cedeno and Washburn pitching.
The good: Rzepczynski kept Jays in this one without any run support. Camp great relief for three innings. also Rolen three hit night.
The bad: Jays hitters 2/10 with runners in scoring position tells most of the story. The rest was in the very bad.
The very bad: Wells, a terrible game, had no clue at all at bat, first pitch swinging and Washburn was waiting for him. Yes he was robbed of home run in the first inning but his at bats after that were awful. I hope Cito moves him back down the order tomorrow.
Almost as bad, Scott Downs, what has gone wrong with this guy? He loads the bases in the ninth, with no outs before giving up the winning run.
Top 1st: Scutaro, fly ball to Suzuki in right, one down for Hill. Gropund spot Cedeno at short, throw to Shelton at first, two down for Wells, Cito reckons Vernon is due for promotion? Oh Wow…. Vernon clubs this one Saunders great catch to bring this back over the wall in left. Robs Vernon of a home run there. That was heading into the Jays bullpen. Great catch. Tough luck for Vernon he definitely deserved better there. 8 pitches.
Bottom 1st: Suzuki, grounds to Scutaro, throw to first but Ichiro beats it out. Gutierrez, balk called on Rzepczynski, Ichiro to second, bunting, and gets it down, throw to first for the out but Ichiro at third, small ball in Seattle tonight. Sweeney, grounds to Hill, throw to Overbay two down but Ichiro scores. 1-0 Seattle. Shelton, full count. Come on Marc, fly ball to Rios, nice inning, a split second and they had Ichiro at first. A little higher and Vernon’s hit would have been out and the scores reversed. 15 pitches.
Top 2nd: Rolen leading off. Trade rumours for Scott as well, singles into shallow right. Rios, hit it out Alex, fly ball to centre for Gutierrez, Rolen has to hold. Overbay, grounds out to Shelton at first, they have Rolen hung up and tag him out. Double play. 17 pitches.
Bottom 2nd: Hannahan, lines it up the middle for single. Almost takes Rzepczynski’s head off. Johnson with one on. 2-2 count, full count, strikes out swinging, nice pitching. One down for ex-Jay Chris Woodward, 3-0 count, ball four, two on one down for Saunders, Chavez out to settle him down here. Ball gets away from Chavez runners move up despite nice off-balance throw to third by Chavez. But Marc in trouble now, takes away the double play. Full count. Strikes him out, huge pitch. Two down with two on and Cedeno at bat. Showing bunt. 2-0 you don’t want to load them up for Ichiro. 2-2 count, strike three looking, great pitching by young Marc here but so far an adventure to keep score at 1-0. He needs some run support to take the pressure off. 37 pitches. Needs to get that down next inning.
Top 3rd: Millar leading off, Kevin DH tonight, fly ball to Ichiro in right. Bautista, grounds to Hannahan at third, throw to Shelton for the second out. Washburn in a groove here, they need to upset this rhythm. Chavez, full count, high and outside, walks him. One on two down for Scutaro. Nice curve 0-2, 2-2, full count, but Chavez running and easily out at second. Not a good decision by Raul there especially as he is slow as molasses. 37 pitches.
Bottom 3rd: Suzuki leading off. Keep him off base Marc. Pops it up Chavez and Rolen going for it, Chavez should have left it for Scott there as it drops. Nothing going right tonight so far for Jays. Ichiro strikes out swinging. The dropped ball doesn’t hurt here. One down for Gutierrez, 2-2, full count, fly ball to Rios in right, two down for Sweeney, gets hold of this one huge swing but high fly ball to Bautista in left. That looked as if it were heading down the west coast. One two three inning for Rzepczynski. He needed that. 50 pitches though in just three innings, he will not last long unless he cuts pitch count down.
Top 4th: Scutaro again but no matter lines it to third into Hannahan’s glove, one quick first pitch out. Hill, come on Aaron grounds first pitch to Hannahan at third, throw to first, two pitches two outs. Jays major weakness all season long apart from Overbay. Wells, has to take a couple of strikes now. Pops it up to Shelton at first, five pitches three outs, that is awful…. Don’t tell me Cito that is good aggressive hitting. What it does mean is that Washburn will be pitching tomorrow at this rate. 42 pitches for four innings. He will take that anyday.
Bottom 4th: Shelton, already faced as many pitches as three Jays last inning. Full count, strikes him out on pitch number seven. Hannahan with one down. Strikes out, number six for Rzepczynski but at a cist. Johnson, with two down, 0-2, strikes him out looking. Very nice Marc. 64 pitches though.Now if only your hitters could give you some support here.
Top 5th: Washburn cruising easily here tonight, not threatened at all by Jays hitters who have been wild and undisciplined. Rolen, the only guy with a hit tonight although Vernon was robbed of a home run by Saunders. Full count here, there’s hit number two for Scott, up the middle, leadoff guy is on. Rios, high fly ball but right at Saunders in left. One down for Overbay. Ciot reckon Lyle does not swing early enough. Full count, Lyle’s favourite count. Strikes out on ball four. Two down for Millar. 2-0 count, 3-0, lines it to Ichiro in right for third out. 64 pitches, at least they made Washburn work for this one.
Bottom 5th: Woodward, 2-2 count, grounds up first base line, nice recovery by Rzepczynski to flip to Overbay for the out. Saunders, strikes out, number eight for Marc. Cedeno with two down. Fly ball to Welsl in centre for third out. Another great inning from Rzepczynski. 75 pitches. He has kept Jays close in this one but he will not win any game with run support, he must be wondering where the bats are from last night.
Top 6th: Bautista leading off, first pitch, lashes this one to third, Hannahan knocks it down for Cedeno, throw to first to get Bautista. Chavez, finally another hit. Scutaro now with one down and one on. Hitless tonight. 3-0 count, Chavez no danger to run but a double play candidate. 3-1 count, ball four, two on one down for Hill, also hitless and reckless at bat tonight at his worst. He heard me, takes ball one, ball two, lines out to Shelton but Scutaro holds at first. Wells, fly ball to centre, and yes, first pitch by Vernon. What is the point of getting runners on base? Sometimes this team is oh so frustrating to watch at bat.
Bottom 6th: Rzepczynski, facing Ichiro leading off yet again. 3-1 a little wild here Marc. Walks him. Stealing? I think so with a one run game. Guttierrez, 2-0 count, lines it to left Ichiro to second, Sweeney, grounds up the middle great play by Scutaro flip to Hill to get Guttierrez although ball held up in his glove and no chance for two. Ichiro at third, one down for Shelton, 3-0 count. there’s a strike, and another, doubles over head of Rios to the wall, Ichiro scores, 2-0 Seattle and two in scoring position, Hannahan, Chavez out, calm down Marc. Singles to Rios in right, another run Guttierrez scores, 3-0 Seattle. Here comes Cito. You can’t blame this kid tonight, he has kept them in this game, it is the hitters that have been flat, listless and inept as well as wild and swinging away recklessly. Camp now pitching. One down, two on, Johnson grounds first pitch to Scutaro, flip to Hill, on to Overbay double play ball. That’s more like it, now get some hitting going.
Top 7th: Jays running out of time to wake up here. Washburn enjoying his walk in the park so far tonight, it has been very easy for him. Rolen leading off. Two of the three Jays hits tonight, again singles up the middle, three hit night for Scott, Rios, hitless, finally singles into left, two on no outs for Overbay long fly ball to centre, Rolen tags and moves to third at least. Millar with runner at third, give Alex time to steal Kevin. Full count, but Alex has not moved. Ball four and bases loaded for Bautista, need a base hit here Jose. Lowe up in bullpen for Seattle. If Washburn loses Bautista here he will be his last hitter. 2-2 count, this should be one, high fly ball to centre, Rolen tags and scores 3-1 Jays with two down. Alex tags from second to get to third. Chavez now with two on and two down. Inglett pinch running for Millar. Terrible swing at ball two. 1-2 count. Full count, two down, Inglett will be running. Lines it to Saunders in left leaving two on base. Jays get one but they will need more to win this one tonight. Strange how one night they can get 15 hits 11 runs and tonight one run on five hits three of them to Rolen. .
Bottom 7th: Woodward grounds to Rolen, throw to Overbay for first out. Saunders, grounds out to Overbay for second out. Cedeno, grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay for third out, great quick inning by Camp.
Top 8th: That’s it for Washburn, His line was much better as a result of Jays poor hitting tonight, Lowe now pitching to Scutaro, hitless tonight. 3-1 count. There you go Marco, doubles into the right field corner. Hill also hitless tonight now has one in scoring position. Way to go Aaron, you are forgivem drives this one dep to thewall in centre Scutaro scores easily, Hill at second for Well,s Donlt bet n Vernon, pops up to second and yes no bets, first pitch. Awful, awful. Rolen, one down, 3-3 tonight but this is a big at bat if he can bring Hill in from second to tie this one up. 2-0 count, 3-0, no pops it up to Hannahan at third, two down for Rios. Well done Alex, lines it very hard over third base into left corner, Hill scores and this one is all tied up 3-3. Alex at second for Overbay. Strikes out. Jays however have tied this one up. No decision for Rzepczynski, which is much fairer than a loss tonight on his performance.
Bottom 8th: Suzuki leading off again, Camp still pitching, grounds it up the middle. This guy is a pain. Just gets the bat on the ball somehow. Gutierrez, Camp has been getting the ground balls, needs one here. Grounds to Rolen, tyhrw to Overbay, no chance to trun two there with Ichiro’s speed. Sweeney with Ichiro at second. Grounds to Hill throw to Overbay, two down Ichiro moves to third. Shelton takes a strike, 2-2, whoa , strikes out, swinging over that one. Camp has done a great job, now over to the hitters.
Top 9th: Aardsma now pitching for Seattle. Inglett leading off. Hey Joe, alright, singles up the middle. You are making me a believer of you last two games.One on for Bautista, hitless tonight, bunting back to Aardsma, out at first but Inglett to second. Lind pinch hitting for Chavez. Bring him in Adam. Downs up in Jays bullpen, fly ball to Saunders in left corner. Inglett stays at second. Scutaro two down, pitching him inside, almost hits him twice here, 2-2 count. Pops it up Shelton makes a great catch at the tarp in right leaning into the crowd. Not good hitting here by Jays with lead guy on base and in scoring position with one down. Tonight Jays 2/10 with runners in scoring position.
Bottom 9th: Downs is out there anyway. Hannahan singles to left centre, Johnson, is he bunting ? No, pitch out and wild pitch come on Scott, 2-0, Whoa this one was very close lines it into left field seats just hooking foul past that foul pole, far too close, 2-2 count. Downs is nowhere near here. Full count. Ball four and he had three almost hit Johnson’s feet. Woodward with two on and no outs. Now bunting? Yes and Downs fumbles an easy out at third, Bases loaded no outs, What is wrong with this guy? Saunders swinging away, 0-2, Lopez pinch hitting grounds to Rolen, throw home one down but no chance for two. Cedeno with bases loaded and one down. 0-2 count, strikes out on three pitches two down but look who is here? Mr. Ichiro Suzuki very fitting. Bases loaded two down, and 2-3 tonight. Strike one, strike two, just reaches out and gets bat on the ball and lifts it over the infield, Johnson scores. Jays lose this one 4-3, but have only themselves to blame for this one. Downs gave himself too big a hole with bases loaded and no outs.
Both Boston and Yankees lose tonight so Jays do not fall further behind but on the other hand they lose golden opportunity to pull one back.
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