Halladay wins number twelve and Jays win a series

Jays v Orioles. Series finale.

Halladay pitching but he has little run support recently so even this one is not a given. Rios trying to show that he belongs but this is one fan who hopes that the waiver goes through to Giants and Jays get pitcher in return. Cito now posturing about saving arms for rest of the season a little late now. But I wonder what would happen if Jays were really in this thing? Playing for play off position, would he be resting the arms? He would have no choice. But now he can say as Jays are out of it, he has excuse to rest the arms for the last six weeks ???? Unless of course he can use the arms traded for Rolen and Rios and ? Interesting scenario.

But on to today.

Lineups: Baltimore: Pie, Izturis, Jones, Markakis, Huff, Mora, Scott, Wieters, Andino and Matusz pitching.
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Lind, Millar, Wells, Rios, Encarnacion, Barajas and Bautista, and Halladay pitching.

The very good: Millar three hits and a walk and home run. Too bad he cannot pitch as well. Halladay of course, win number twelve but only his second win in eight starts since his return from injury at the end of June. Scutaro four hit game. Jays 4/7 with runners in scoring position. Jays turn three double plays.
The good: Jays hold a lead for a change. Frasor save. Fourteen hits to support Halladay. Wells three RBIs but oh so late in the season to help Jays, where were all these hits in April, May, June and July?

Top 1st: Pie strikes out. Izturis grounds to Scutaro but safe at first. Jones grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar, double play ball. ball.
Bottom 1st: Scutaro pops up to second base Andino. One down for Hill, singles to right. Lind strikes out. Two down for Millar, there goes Aaron but throw by Wieters is good and gets him at second. Millar left at the plate for next time.

Top 2nd: Markakis grounds to Hill throw to Millar. One down for Huff, full count and walks. Mora grounds to second Huff moves up to third and Mora safe on play at first. Scott, singles to right, Huff scores Mora to third. Wieters grounds to Hill on to Scutaro throw to Millar, another double play to end the inning.
Bottom 2nd: Millar, there she goes, home run to left. This guy has been sitting for too long a time, I wish Cito would play him more. Jays take early lead 1-0. Wells full count and walks. Rios pops up to Andino at second. Encarnacion singles to left, Wells to second. Two on one down for Barajas, chance for more here, grounds to Mora at third throw to second base Andino on to Huff at first, another inning ending double play. The third today.

Top 3rd: Andino grounds to Scutaro, safe at first on error by Marco. Pie, there goes Andino and safe at second. Pie grounds to Hill throw to Millar, one down but Andino moves to third. Izturis doubles to right, here comes Andino and this is all tied up 1-1, Scutaro’s error hurts Halladay here. Jones grounds to Hill throw to Millar for the out but Izturis to third. Two down for Markakis fly ball to Wells.
Bottom 3rd: Jays want to get this back for Halladay here. Bautista singles to right. Good start. Scutaro, there goes Bautista and safe at second. Marco gets hold of this one home run to left, here comes Bautista, two runs score and Scutaro makes up for the error plus one as Jays go ahead 3-1. Hill grounds back to Matusz throw to Huff. One down for Lind, lines out to left field Pie. Two down for Millar, full count and walks. Wells, there it goes, home run to left his second of the series and here comes Millar, 5-1 Jays. Rios singles to centre. That’s it for Matusz today. Bass now pitching. Encarnacion grounds to short Izturis throw to Huff to get Encarnacion but Jays get four more and have given Halladay a nice cushion for a change.

Top 4th: Huff strikes out. Mora pops up to Hill. Scott grounds out to Millar. Halladay making no mistake here with this four run lead.
Bottom 4th: Barajas fly ball to centre field Jones. One down for Bautista, fly ball to left field Pie. Top of the order with two down. Scutaro singles to centre. Hill grounds to short Izturis flip to second base Andino, Scutaro out.

Top 5th: Wieters grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar, one down. Andino singles to centre. Pie grounds to Hill on to Scutaro throw to Millar, a third double play for Halladay, getting lots of help today.
Bottom 5th: Lind back to Bass one down. Millar singles to centre, hit number two today. Wells pops it up to second base Andino. Rios grounds to third base Mora throw to second base Andino, Millar out.

Top 6th: Izturis grounds to Hill throw to Millar. One down. Jones singles to centre. Markakis singles to right, Jones to second.Two on one down for Huff grounds back to Halladay throw to Scutaro, Markakis out. Jones to third, Huff to first. Mora, this is trouble, singles to right. Jones scores, Huff moves to second. 5-2 Jays. Scott, with two down, strikes out.
Bottom 6th: Encarnacion grounds out to first base Huff. One down for Barajas lines out to Markakis in right. Bautista grounds to Mora at third throw to Huff at first for third out. Halladay not getting the help he needs here.

Top 7th: Wieters grounds out to Millar. Andino grounds to Hill throw to Millar. Two down. Pie singles to centre. Izturis grounds to Encarnacion throw to Millar for third out. Halladay 96 pitches but you know he wants to finish this one if he can.
Bottom 7th: Top of Jays order, can they get something going here? Albers now pitching. Scutaro singles to centre. One on for Hill, lines out to Markakis in right. Scutaro holds at first. Lind, hitless tonight. Full count and walks, That’s fine Adam. Scutaro to second Millar now, two hits and walk today. But this is where it counts. One down and two on. There we go Kevin, 3-3 today, singles to right, here comes Scutaro 6-3 Jays. Lind to second but error on Markakis enables Adam to get to third. Overbay now pinch running for Millar at first. Two on still only one down. Wells, singles to centre, Lind scores 7-3 Jays. Overbay to second. That’s it for Albers. Ray now pitching. Rios keeps it going here singles to left, bases loaded for Encarnacion. Chance to put it away here Edwin. Not this time. Encarnacion grounds back to Ray throw home to Wieters on to Huff at first, double play.

Top 8th: Halladay has a 7-3 lead. Jones strikes out. Markakis, fly ball to Bautista. Two down.Huff grounds out to Overbay.107 pitches for Roy, will he be out in the ninth.
Bottom 8th: Barajas, lines out to third base Mora. One down for Bautista grounds to Mora throw to Huff at first, two down. Top of the order Scutaro, 3-4 today, now 4-5 as this one is double to left. Hill with Scutaro in scoring position. Grounds to Mora at third, throw to Huff at first to end the inning.

Top 9th: Frasor now pitching. In his hands to save this one for Halladay. Mora leading off. Full count and walks, come on Jason, you will not get closer role like this. Scott, fly ball to Bautista, one down. Wieters, Wieters fly ball to Bautista. Two down for Andino, no, Reimold pinch-hitting for Andino. Mora takes second, defensive indifference. Reimold strikes out and Jays win this one 7-3. Number twelve win for Halladay.

Jays win a series however it was Baltimore and they should have swept them.

Now a tough road trip into Yankees Stadium tomorrow.