Jays v Angels. Sunday April 18. Series finale with Angels already 2-1.
Romero v Santana
Lineups: Angels: Aybar, Kendrick, Abreu, Matsui, Morales, Rivera, Mathis, Wood, Willits.
Jays: Lewis, Gonzalez, Lind, Wells, Overbay, Bautista, Buck, Snider, McDonald.
Top 1st: Aybar fly ball out to Wells in centre. One down for Kendrick grounds to third base Bautista throw to Overbay at first. Abreu strikes out. Good first inning for Ricky
Bottom 1st: Lewis starting for Jays today after his pinch hitting yesterday, grounds to second base Kendrick throw to Morales at first. Gonzalez strikes out. Lind grounds to Aybar at short throw to Morales at first to end the inning.
Top 2nd: Matsui fly ball to Wells in centre, one down. Morales grounds back to Romero throw to first base Overbay. Two down. Rivera fly ball to Snider in right to end the inning. Another fine inning by Romero.
Bottom 2nd: Wells grounds to Aybar at short, throw to Morales at first. Overbay is he happier with that RBI hit yesterday? strikes out. Bautista doubles to centre. Buck grounds to third base Wood throw to Morales at first. Busy guy Morales so far.
Top 3rd: Mathis grounds to Bautista at third throw to Overbay at first, one down.
Wood strikes out. Willits 3-0 and walks on four pitches. One on two down for Aybar. Wild pitch by Romero, Willits moves up to second. Aybar strikes out.
Bottom 3rd: Snider, grounds to Morales at first one down. McDonald, come on Johnny Mc. not first pitch, you of all people. Grounds out to Wood at third, throw to Morales. Lewis doubles down first base line, into the corner, his first hit for the Jays. Gonzalez, Lewis steals second ooooh never make the third out ??? but great to see finally someone who has speed and uses it…… Gonzalez strikes out.
Top 4th: Kendrick, singles to short, long throw not in time. Wild pitch Kendrick moves to second. Come on Ricky settle down here. grounds to Overbay for the out but Kendrick at third. That wild pitch prevented a double play there. Matsui, Wow lines it hard at McDonald, No chance for Kendrick there. Morales strikes out with great curve, Morales still with bat on his shoulder. Great pitching Ricky.
Bottom 4th: Lind, singles up the middle, one on for Wells, off the end of his bat in front of the plate, Lind thrown out at second but no double play. Overbay with one on one down. High fly ball to centre, but not enough for Vernon to tag and get to second. The good from that is that Lyle made great contact with the ball, we have to be optimistic for the guy. Bautista, full count, strikes out looking, not good Jose, gotta swing or at least make contact.
Top 5th: Rivera, singles into left, Mathis with one on first pitch swinging. Very nice, grounds to Gonzalez throw to McDonald over to first double play ball. Nice play. Wood, lines it hard at Gonzalez, knocks it down but fumbles the pick up and falls over, no chance for throw. Error, that was playable, no error called. Home scorer, that was definitely a play. Willits with two down. Full count. Grounds to second McDonald throw to Overbay for the out.
Bottom 5th: Time to get some run support for Romero here Jays. Buck first pitch grounds to short, throw to first one down. Snider his average sinking fast now. It will be interesting to see his playing time when Encarnacion gets back because Bautista and Lewis will be in the outfield. Lines it at first. Two down. McDonald, first pitch fly ball to out. I am getting fed up with this wild swinging by Jays hitters on the first pitch. This was their problem last season. You would think Johnny Mc in particular would want to stay out there as long as he could as he is out of the lineup at the end of the week when Aaron gets back. 57 pitches for Santana. 70 for Romero and he has been helped by a first pitch double play. Santana will go complete game whereas Angels will be into Jays bullpen.
Top 6th: Aybar leading off, doubles into Lewis left centre. Kendrick bunting, Pops it up nice play Lyle. One down. Abreu, Romero starting to lose that sharpness, full count, Angels far more patient than Jays hitters, I wonder if their hitting coach is looking for a new job. Bounces back to Romero, Kendrick back to second throw to Overbay for the second out. Matsui doubles to centre wall. You can’t leave a ball up in the middle of the plate for Matsui. Angels ahead 1-0. Morales, grounds to Gonzalez throw to Overbay for the out but damage is done here and the way the Jays hitters are right now that should be enough for an Angels win today unless there is a big turnaround.
Bottom 6th: Top of the order Lewis, the only one to solve Santana this afternoon. Great swing but just gets under it and pops it up to Abreu in right. Gonzalez with one down, exactly the same play on two pitches. Lind, first pitch, fly ball to centre and Jays go in five pitches, that is bush league, Jays hitters are making it so easy for Santana. This game won’t even last two hours.
Top 7th: Rivera, more pitches already than three Jays players. Strikes out. Mathis, grounds to Gonzalez, throw to Overbay, two down. Wood, high fly ball to Wells in centre at the wall makes the catch. Romero is doing more than enough to keep this team in this one but he can’t hit for them as well, someone has to get going and soon before this game is over.
Bottom 7th: Santana with 63 pitches….That is ridiculous. Sorry Cito but that is not good. Wells to lead off, what are the odds of first pitch out. Easy, first pitch grounds to third throw to first and there he goes. Vernon is so predictable. One down. Overbay, can’t afford a one pitch out. and of course he has to take and the pitcher knows that strike right down the middle. Grounds to first two down. Oh boy. Bautista, full count, where did this patience come from??? Looks at third strike though (again). Angels pitchers will be sorry to leave Toronto, these Jays hitters are making them all look like Cy Young.
Top 8th: Romero over the 100 pitches about 30 !!! more than Santana, Willits leading off. Downs up in bullpen. Walks him, Aybar with one on, bunting? Yes. Romero takes it looks at second but no chance and throw to first for the out. Willits at second. Kendrick, strikes out. Two down. grounds to McDonald throw to Overbay for third out leaving lead off single on base.
Bottom 8th: Rock bottom hitting today by Jays, have six more chances but I am not betting on them doing it today. It looks as it will they will have to wait for Hill to give them a kick start on Friday. It will be interesting to see Lewis and Hill leading off at the top. Buck leading off. Santana at 75 yes 75 pitch count. Buck grounds to third, throw to first one down. Snider, average at .111 fly ball to centre, perhaps it is time to end this experiment with Travis and send him back to AAA he is really doing nothing here. Ruiz for McDonald, thank you Cito. High fly ball out to centre and Jays go not quietly but meekly. This game is not even two hours.
Top 9th: McCoy in for Johnny Mc and I for one am happy with that today. Downs now pitching, Romero gave it everything in his 111 pitches but if his team can’t even score one run then it is all for naught. Matsui leading off. Doubles to the wall in centre ground rule double as it bounces over the wall. Napoli pinch running for Matsui at second. Nobody out. Morales, doubles into right through Lyle’s legs, oh boy, error on that one, “annus horribulus” for Lyle right now. Run scores 2-0 Angels. Rivera, strikes out looking. Mathis, doubles to the wall in left centre, run scores 3-0 Angels. That will clear the crowd out. Wood, Mathis stealing third and safe with no throw. Grounds to Gonzalez, Mathis coming home that was stupid. Out easily. Jays get a break for a change today. Two down. Wood at first. Willits, grounds to Overbay steps on first, that would have been easier play for Mathis but that’s fine with the Jays, now all they need is three runs off Santana. Don’t bet the house on that.
Bottom 9th: Jays shut out today but Santana only half the story, the undisciplined hitting once again a huge contributor, until they get that under control there will be lots more complete games pitched against them and Lewis leading off. Santana starts at 84 pitches. Ridiculous. Just needs to throw strikes here. Full count, perhaps Lewis might just be the guy to teach this lot some patience, Strikes out. Angels bullpen up but I don’t think they need it today. Gonzalez, pops it up to second, two down, Lind. Fouling a few off here nut too little too late, where was this earlier? Another full count. Finally gets hold of one, home run to right centre but consolation run I am afraid, 3-1 Angels. Wells and does not swing at first pitch. This team must be so difficult to coach, lines it to centre, This game is over, Complete game for Santana but if every Jays player had taken just one more pitch he would have been out of the game a lot earlier.
Angels sweep the Jay in three here at home, how bad is that?
The good: Romero, did everything expected from him and more, and should have had a win but it is very difficult to win a game without run support. Jays four hits and two for Lind so maybe that’s a plus, someone I don’t care who it is has to start hitting. I like debut of Lewis and his speed and finally someone stealing.
The bad: Every Jays hitter except for Lewis, yes even Lind with his home run. Undisciplined every one of them. Wild swings, first pitch outs and leading to Santana going the distance with such a low pitch count. Downs awful, 25 pitches for one inning and two runs which put the game out of reach. He may have been due for this but not a great game to choose to give up runs and as it turned out important runs with Lind’s home run in the ninth.
Major changes needed Cito…. This is not the way to get fans into Rogers Centre. Jays have now lost five out of seven home games on this stand including the sweep today by the Angels. If they think Kansas will be a pushover, forget it, the Royals must be really looking forward to getting some cheap wins against this Jays team. Jays will have to play a whole lot better to even get a win from Kansas.
Snider now at .108 and I am now thinking it would be better for everyone to move him to AAA. Overbay hitless today and now at .080. We can’t have two hitters with averages like that. Time for change Cito.
Jays pitchers 136 pitches. Santana 106 and therein lies one of the differences on this one.
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