Monday, April 12, 2010

Frasor blows second save in a week to ruin home opener.

Jays home opener with Chicago. April 12.

Tallet v Peavy.
Hill on disabled list. Jeremy Reed up from the Minors. I hope he gets chance to play although it will be at expense of Travis.

White Sox: Pierre, Beckham, Quentin, Konerko, Jones, Pierzynsk, Rios, Ramirez, Teahen.
Blue Jays: Bautista, Gonzalez, Lind, Wells, Overbay, Buck, Encarnacion, Snider, McDonald.

Top 1st: Pierre grounds out to McDonald at second throw to first Overbay at first. Beckham lines to Wells in centre. Quentin grounds to third base Encarnacion throw to Overbay.
Bottom 1st: Bautista fly ball to Rios playing centre. Gonzalez strikes out. Lind strikes out.

Top 2nd: Konerko full count and walks. Jones home run to left and Sox go ahead 2- 0.
Pierzynski grounds to Johnny Mc. At second throw to Overbay.One down for bad guy Rios, crowd booing him now cheering as he strikes out. Ramirez fly ball to Wells.
Bottom 2nd: Wells grounds to Beckham at second throw to Konerko at first, one down.Overbay, full count and walks. John Buck, first pitch and there it goes huge home run that hits the Fernandez sign on fourth deck. Jays have tied this one up 2-2. Encarnacion fly ball to Rios in centre. Snider grounds to first base Konerko.

Top 3rd: Tallet has another life. Teahen fly ball to Wells in centre. Pierre singles to centre. There he goes Pierre steals second. Tallet is not very good holding runners on.
Beckham full count and walks. Two on for Quentin singles to centre, Pierre scores 3-2 White Sox, Beckham at third. Konerko pops up to catcher Buck. Runners hold. Jones singles to centre Beckham scores 4-2 White Sox. Quentin moves to second. Pierzynski fly ball to Wells in centre. But Tallet has given back two more. There is no way this guy is a number two pitcher Cito, experience or not.
Bottom 3rd: Johnny Mc. Fly ball to Jones in left field. Bautista singles to left. Gonzalez doubles to left, Bautista to third. Two in scoring position for Lind. Singles to right Bautista and Gonzalez score 4-4 game. Tallet gets another life. Wells with one on and one down. There she goes first pitch home run to centre for Vernon, two more runs and Jays go ahead for first time this game 6-4 Jays. Overbay pops up to Teahen at third base.
Buck singles to centre. Encarnacion fly ball to Jones in left.

Top 4th: Rios leading off to the usual boos he will hear all series singles to left.
Ramirez fly ball to Snider in left. Teahen grounds to McDonald on to Gonzalez to get Rios. Teahen to first. Pierre strikes out.
Bottom 4th: Snider lines out to Konerko at first base. McDonald fly ball to Rios in centre field. Two down for Bautista grounds to third base Teahen throw to Konerko at first.

Top 5th: Beckham grounds to Encarnacion at third, error on the play and Beckham safe at first. Quentin grounds to Johnny Mc on to Gonzalez at second on to Overbay, double play ball. Konerko fly ball to Wells in centre.
Bottom 5th: Gonzalez grounds to Teahen at third base throw to Konerko at first base. Lind doubles to left. Wells lines out to Rios in centre. Overbay full count and walks.
Buck grounds to Teahen at third base, throw to Beckham at second base, Overbay out.

Top 6th: Jones full count and there it goes again, home run to left. 6-5 Jays. Tallet unable to put the hammer down when his team gets a lead. Must drive the hitters crazy. Pierzynski pops up to Gonzalez at short. Bad boy Rios singles to centre. Ramirez strikes out. Rios steals second. Tallet has to hold these guys on, that was a very easy steal. Teahen singles to left and here comes Alex. Just like that, this is tied up again 6-6. Teahen steals second. They are running wild on Tallet. Pierre grounds to Overnay at first to end this but game is all tied up yet again.
Bottom 6th: Encarnacion doubles to right. Snider grounds to short Ramirez to KOnerko at first base, Encarnacion moves to third. McDonald pops up to Ramirez at short.
Bautista 3-0 and walks on four pitches. Gonzalez hit by a pitch, Bautista to second. Williams pitching. Lind walks, Encarnacion scores, that will drive Ozzie Guillen crazy, here he comes swearing to someone, doesn’t even look at pitcher. Santos now pitching. 7-6 Jays with lead again. Wells grounds to short throw to second to get Lind.

Top 7th: Tallet end of his outing Camp now pitching Beckham singles up the middle. Quentin with one on grounds to Gonzalez, to Johnny Mac over to Overbay double play Macdonald is upended by Beckham but stayed in there for throw. Konerko strikes out, Nice pitching.
Bottom 7th: Santos still pitching. Overbay leading off with Jays ahead 7-6, grounds ball four to second throw to first for the out. John Buck, strikes out. Encarnacion strikes out.

Top 8th: Jones with two home runs tonight. Camp still out there. Grounds to Gonzalez at short throw to Overbay, one down. That’s it for Camp. Downs now pitching to Pierzynski, hits him. Rios the villain, singles up the middle, 3 hits tonight, that figures. Two on though and only one down. Ramirez, hard to double up Rios. Sorry Alex, Ramirez grounds back hard to Downs, throw to Johnny Mc. on to Overbay, double play ball.
Bottom 8th: JJ Putz pitching. Snider strikes out. McDonald strikes out. Bautista, grounds to third throw to first for final out.

Top 9th: Get your heart pills out friends Frasor pitching. Number nine hitter Teahen leading off. Here we go, home run to left into Jays bullpen and Frasor has blown this one. 7-7. I think Gregg might be pitching tomorrow night. Top of the order Pierre full count, Gregg may be pitching tonight if Frasor continues like this. Fly ball to Bautista in right. One down. Action in Jays bullpen. Beckham singles into right. Quentin fly ball to Baitista. Two down. Beckham steals second Buck appeals that he was blocked for throw but no good, Cito also has a go but no good. Full count runner at second. Pops it up to Overbay but Frasor has put Jays in another hole here.
Bottom 9th: Can Jays pull this one out top of the order Gonzalez, Lind and Wells. Matt Thornton pitching Gonzalez strikes out. Lind , lefty- lefty matchup. Thornton just pouring in the strikes and working very fast. I wonder if Frasor is watching. Strikes out looking. Vernon last chance this inning. You can’t pull this guy Vernon, pops it up to catcher. Here we go, extra innings courtesy of Frasor.

Top 10th: Accardo, hmm. Two home run Jones leading off. Full count. Walks. Pierzynski grounds first pitch hard at Gonzalez turns and throws to Johnny Mc over to Overbay double play ball. Nice play by both. Rios, oh no……last person we want to see hitting a home run, it’s ok fly ball to Vernon in centre right.
Bottom 10th: Jays turn again. Overbay leading off. Thornton still out there Lyle lines out to centre, one down. Buck, 2-4 tonight, strikes out, two down for Gonzalez. They are all trying to pull Thornton and missing. Can no one go the opposite field? Gonzalez called third strike, awful the last six Jays at bats.

Top 11th: Accardo still out there. Kotsay singles up the middle, one on. Pinch runner Omar Vizquel. Teahen does it again triples to the wall in right centre, Vizquel scores 8-7 White Sox. Not over yet, no outs here. Pierre, hit by pitch him and you know he will be going to second. Accardo in deep hole here, takes it uncontested, Beckham with two in scoring position. Grounds to Gonzalez looks runner back at third and throw to Overbay, one down for Quentin. Valdez working in Jays bullpen. Grounds to Encarnacion throw home and Buck chases him down for the tag. Two down for Konerko dribbles it towards first, Accardo himself the throw to Overbay for final out but Jays are in catch-up mode now.
Bottom 11th: Closer for Chicago Bobby Jenks. Good luck Jays getting to this guy. Snider leading off. .130 average for Travis. Lines it hard but great catch by Vizquel to rob Travis here. Randy Ruiz pinch hitting. Grounds to second throw to first for the out. Jays last hope with Bautista 3-0 count. Walks on four pitches. Gonzalez with two down and one on. Bautista takes second. Full count. Fouls off ball four but no one is taking pitches here. Bounces one in the dirt. Two on for Lind. Strikes out.

The good: Buck home run. Wells home run. Camp and Downs scoreless innings. Four double plays by Jays tonight. Saved this game from being a bigger loss. Great crowd at 46,000 but team cannot win for them tonight.

The bad: Jason Frasor blowing another one. Time for Cito to change horses for closer. Watch for Gregg or Downs to take the role. Snider finishes the game 0-5 ouch Travis, and with .120 average. Might be the last we see of him with Jeremy Reed now in Toronto. Reed earned the spot in spring training over Snider but management believe in ability of Travis and will give him a long run this season, playing as much as possible.

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