Jays win behind Vernon's power and great bullpen.

Jays v Royals Game two. Tuesday April 20.

Lineups: Royals: De Jesus, Bloomquist, Butler, Guillen, Callaspo, Ankiel, Kendall, Maier, Bettancourt.
Jays: Lewis, Gonzalez, Lind, Wells, Overbay, Bautista, Buck, Snider, McCoy
Pitching: Eveland v Davies.

Top 1st: DeJesus grounds to Overbay at first, throw to Eveland covering, one down. Bloomquist singles to centre. Butler grounds to Gonzalez, very nice play to this right on to McCoy at second on to Overbay, double play ball to end the inning.
Bottom 1st: Lewis doubles to left. Gonzalez fly ball to Ankiel in centre field, Lewis moves up to third. Lind sac fly to Ankiel in centre, Lewis scores. 1-0 Jays. Wells grounds to Callaspo at second, throw to Butler at first to end the inning.

Top 2nd: Guillen singles to centre. Callaspo singles to left, Guillen to second. Ankiel grounds to Overbay throw to Eveland, one down. Guillen to third, Callaspo to second. Kendall singles to right. Guillen scores 1-1 game. Callaspo to third. Maier sac fly to Wells, Callaspo scores. 2-1 Royals. Betancourt singles to centre, Kendall to third. DeJesus strikes out.
Bottom 2nd: Overbay full count and walks. Bautista grounds to Betancourt on to second base Callaspo over to first base Butler, double play ball. Buck walks. Snider fouls out to Bloomquist at third.

Top 3rd: Bloomquist doubles just inside third base bag, into left corner. Butler with runner in scoring position lines it to Lewis in left for first out. Guillen, full count. runner going but Guillen fouls out. Strikes out swinging, two down. Callaspo, doubles off left field wall, run scores 3-1 Royals, Eveland is not dominating tonight. Ankiel, two down and one in scoring position, full count. Walks. Kendall with two on, here comes the pitching coach. Fly ball to Wells in centre for third out, but Royals get another. Time for Jays bats to get moving here.
Bottom 3rd: McCoy first at bat tonight. Full count, Davies obviously did not go to the same school with Frasor, working very quickly. Strikes out looking. Lewis, strikes out. Two down for Gonzalez. Gets hold of it but just a long liner to Maier in left field for third out.

Top 4th: Eveland 62 pitches in first three innings. Maier leading off, strikes out at one in the dirt. One down for Betancourt. Singles up the middle. De Jesus they have Betancourt picked off, Overbay tags him out. Nice move by Eveland which Betancourt misjudged. Full count. Bounces one to McCoy nice play to flip it to Overbay for third out. Eveland at 78 pitches though. Not good. Cito will need some long relief tonight. Eveland can help himself though.
Bottom 4th: Lind, strikes out chasing a ball head high, not a good at bat Adam. Wells, GOODBYE ball, Vernon hammers this high off the facing on third deck in left. 3-2 Kansas. Overbay, strikes out looking. Two down for Bautista, rolls it to short, throw to first and inning is over but Jays get a big one back. 89 pitches, may get another one in.

Top 5th: Bloomquist, singles into right corner Royals hit number eight. Butler, grounds to Bautista throw to McCoy on to Overbay, double play ball to rescue Eveland here. Two down for Guillen. Camp up in Jays bullpen. Poor guy he had an inning last night, but that’s Cito he will go to same pitcher over and over again until they fail him. Guillen fly ball out to Wells.
Bottom 5th: Buck leading off. Fly ball out to right field. One down for Snider, has been working on going to left and centre and not pulling the ball. Not this time. Grounds to Callaspo at second throw to first for the second out. McCoy, fly ball to right and this inning is over.

Top 6th: Eveland out there, Callaspo leading off. 3-0 and walks him on four, just does not have it tonight. Ankiel, bounces one to McCoy at second too shallow for double play throw to first for one out. That’s it for Dana tonight. Camp now pitching. Callaspo at second. Kendall, home run swing and misses it. Fly ball to Snider in shallow right, runner has to hold, two down for Maier. High fly ball to Wells for third out. Camp does his job. Texas beating Boston 5-2. Not a happy time for Red Sox fans.
Bottom 6th: Lewis first pitch lines to centre nice running catch by De Jesus. Gonzalez. Grounds to third, throw to first for second very quick out. It will be good to get Aaron back in the number two spot. Lind, takes one but has no choice with the two quick outs, grounds to first for third out. No problem at all for Davies, Jays hitters making it so easy for him.

Top 7th: Camp still out there. Bettancourt pops up first pitch to Gonzalez, the malaise is spreading to Royals hitters. One down for De Jesus, strikes out looking, two down. Bloomquist 3-0 come on Camp. Walks on four pitches. Butler, singles up the middle. Two on two down for Guillen, be careful here Shawn. Frasor now up in bullpen. Be very careful Shawn…. Guillen bounces grounder to third throw to Overbay for third out leaving two on.
Bottom 7th: Wells, doubles first pitch to left field wall over the head of Maier. Now bring him in Lyle. Action in Royals bullpen. Full count on Lyle. Hammers this one to the wall, Ankiel drops the ball as he turns, Vernon had to hold or he would have scored easily, Lyle at second. Two in scoring position with no outs. Come on Bautista. Singles up the middle here comes Vernon, Lyle scrambles back to third just in to beat the throw. This game is all tied up, 3-3 and Jays have Lyle at third and Jose at first still no outs. Jays have to capitalize here. Buck, perfect, dribbler off the end of the bat up third base line, no chance for throw anywhere, Lyle scores, Buck safe at first and Bautista at second 4-3 Jays. That’s it for Davies, too bad as he pitched so well but Jays finally get to him. Slams his mitt on the bench in dugout. Rupe pitching Snider bunting ?? Come on Cito.. Now swinging. Singles into left, practice paying off evidently. Bases loaded and still no outs for McCoy. Jays have a chance here to blow this game wide open. Called third strike, come on McCoy you have to swing here with bases loaded. Lewis, his chance here one down with bases loaded. Oh no.,…..checks his swing but ball dribbles of the end it up third throw home to get Jose, throw to first to get Lewis and you can tell how fast that play was to double up Lewis. But Jays go empty and that will hurt bigtime. Bases loaded with one out and McCoy and Lewis could not do the job. A mark against Fred there.

Top 8th: Don’t go away, heart medication time. Frasor now out there with a one run lead. Callaspo leading off. Royals will be pleased to get off the hook there. A base hit would have been a three run deficit. Callaspo strikes out. One down. Ankiel, grounds to Overbay throw to Frasor for second out. Kendall singles into left. Maier, one on, two down. full count. Oh boy Maier gets hold of this one JUST and I do mean just foul in right field corner that was a two run shot missed by inches. High fly ball to Vernon for the third out. Relax everyone.
Bottom 8th: Top of Jays order, need to get insurance here. Rupe still pitching. Gonzalez, leading off, 0-3 tonight. Strikes out swinging. Gregg up in Jays bullpen. Lind, with one down, high fly ball to Ankiel. Wells with two down, Vernon 2-3 tonight. Does it again, is this guy hot or what? Doubles into left field corner, his second double of the night. Now Lyle, PLEASE….. That’s it for Rupe. Dusty Hughes Lefty- lefty matchup, Lyle grounds first pitch to first.

Top 9th: Gregg now pitching with one run lead. Here we go….. Bettancourt leading off. Grounds to Bautista at third, throw to Overbay for the out. One down. DeJesus grounds to McCoy throw to Overbay for second out. Bloomquist 2-3 tonight with two singles. Pops it up, to shallow right, McCoy and Snider mess it up and ball drops, off glove of McCoy.. Error on McCoy that was Travis’ ball running in from right. That’s was third out. Royals get reprieve. Butler now with runner on. Pitch bounces away from Buck, runner moves to second, this is not good here friends. Strikes him out, way to go Kevin. This guy is COOL…

Jays win a come from behind game. Tried to give it away in bottom of the ninth but Gregg kept his cool. Eveland struggled early and too many pitches but his bullpen helps him out tonight.

The very good tonight: Vernon with three extra base hits home run and two doubles.

The good two double plays. Bullpen of Camp, Frasor and Gregg 3.2 scoreless innings. Jays turn two double plays. Overbay another double and that average creeping up. Snider hitting opposite field. Royals outhit Jays 10-8 but Jays hits counted.

The bad: Fielding error in the ninth. Runners in scoring position 4/8 but does not show how bases were loaded twice and Jays hitters could not bring run in. Lewis and Bautista both grounding into double plays and of course the bad error by McCoy. BUT friends it is another W and that is what counts at the end of the season.

Jays look for the sweep tomorrow to tie this home stand 5-5. Marcum pitching and school day which means loads of NOISE…. Although the last two school games I have attended the opposing teams have taken the crowd out of the game.