Angels too strong for Romero. Bautista and Hill go deep.

Game two of three. Jays v Angels. Tuesday May 26, 2010

Lineups: Jays: Reed, Hill, Lind, Wells, Overbay, Gonzalez, Buck, Bautista, Encarnacion.
Angels: Aybar, Kendrick, Abreu, Aybar, Rivera, Matsui, Napoli, Izturis, Willits.

Pitching: Romero v Santana.
Santana an excellent pitcher and Ricky in good form should be good pitching matchup. Ricky also at home and playing in front of huge group of family and friends. Jays would love to take this one and go for the sweep tomorrow, but Angels team is a good one.

Top 1st: Reed leading off for Lewis tonight, fly ball to Abreu in right, one down. .
Hill pops up to Izturis at third. Lind pops up to Aybar at short.
Bottom 1st: Aybar leading off grounds to Encarnacion at third. Safe at first. Kendrick strikes out.One down. Abreu doubles to centre, Aybar scores 1-0 Angels. Morales strikes out, two down. Rivera fly ball to Bautista in right for third out but Ricky gives you the first. Home jitters with those hundreds of family and friends out there.

Top 2nd: Wells leading off grounds to Izturis at third throw to.Morales at first. Overbay fly ball to Rivera in left. Gonzalez grounds to third, error on the throw by Izturis. Bautista 3-0 and walks on four. Gonzalez to second. Jays have two on and two down for Buck. Lines out to Kendrick at second.
Bottom 2nd: Matsui leading off strikes out. Good start, one down. Napoli singles to centre. Izturis singles to centre, Napoli to third. Willits grounds to second, throw by Hill gets away, error on the play. Napoli scores 2-0 Angels. Izturis to second and on the error moves to third. Aybar bunting back to Romero, throw to first to get him but Izturis scores 3-0 Angels. Kendrick doubles to right, here comes Willits, 4-0 Angels. Abreu singles to centre, here comes Kendrick, 5-0 Angels and this game is already almost out of reach Morales singles to right, Abreu to third. Rivera strikes out but damage has been done.
Top 3rd: Encarnacion leading off strikes out. One down for Reed, strikes out. Hill fly ball to left field Rivera for third out. Jays going quietly tonight.
Bottom 3rd: Matsui leading off 3-0 count and walks on four. One on for Napoli full count and walks. Matsui to second.Two on and no outs. Izturis grounds to Encarnacion at third to get Matsui, Napoli to second, Izturis to first. Error by Encarnacion at third, Napoli moves to third. Willits grounds to Encarnacion at third, on to Hill at second on to Overbay at first double play ball to help Ricky here.

Top 4th: Jays need some runs here. Lind leading off lines to Morales at first. One down for Wells strikes out. Overbay with two down strikes out. Thes three are not producing gmuch are hey? Especially when compared with bnottom of the order.
Bottom4th: Aybar leading off strikes out. Kendrick bunting here to Encarnacion at third. Safe at first. Great bunt. How many times have Jays fans wished for some great small ball from the Jays? Especially with such a poor record with runners in scoring position. Well perhaps next year with new Manager. Abreu grounds back to Romero throw to Gonzalez at second on to Overbay double play ball.

Top 5th: Gonzalez leading off, loops it up to shallow centre, great running catch and slide by Willits, that was definitely worthy of Tori Hunter. Bautista , first pitch swing and this one is out of here into Angels bullpen. Home run for Jose. 5-1 Angels. Buck pops up to Morales at first two down for Encarnacion, strikes out. Jays get one back.
Bottom 5th: Morales, leading off, strikes out. Rivera strikes out. Two down for Matsui strikes out. Romero strikes out the side but a little late tonight.

Top 6th: Reed leading off lines to Rivera in left. One down. Aaron 2-27, very sad. Not this time though great short swing here on first pitch and this one is out of here in left, number six for Aaron but none sweeter right now for him. 5-2 Angels. Lind fly ball to Willits in centre. Wells pops it up to Morales at first.
Bottom 6th: Napoli leading off, 2-2 and gets hold of this one into left, home run. 6-2 Angels. Izturis 3-0 and walks on four pitches. Willits bunts back to Romero throw to Overbay, Izturis moves up to second. Aybar with runner at second, doubles to centre, here comes Izturis 7-2 Angels. and that’s it for Ricky tonight. I think far too much pressure on him tonight, returning home and in front of 300 family And friends. There will be many days of success for Romero and he will be learning from this tonight. Roenicke pitching. Kendrick grounds to Gonzalez throw to Overbay. Abreu walks. Morales grounded out, shortstop Ale.Gonzalez to first baseman Overbay
Top 7th: Overbay leading off grounds to Morales at first for the out. Gonzalez strikes out swinging. Two down for Bautista. 2-2 count, full count, grounds to short, throw to Morales at first for third out.
Bottom 7th: Roenicke still in there. Morales leading off. Grounds to Encarnacion, off his glove, recovers for throw not in time lead off guy on base. Not Jays night tonight (yet). Matsui, this is trouble golfs it into centre right Morales to third, no outs for Napoli. Strikes out. Izturis, wild pitch runner scores. As I said not Jays night tonight. 8-2 Angels. Matsui to second. Pitch way high. 2-2. Full count. Purcey warming up in bullpen. Strikes out. Two down for Willits, 2-0, Cito praying for a relief pitcher who can throw strikes. 3-0 this might be his last pitch.3-1. Full count. Walks him two on two down. Aybar, 2-3 already tonight. Cito leaving Roenicke in. Might as well, this team is not coming back tonight. 2-2. Roenicke 41 pitches 21 balls. Strikes out swinging at a ball way high and outside. Jays will take it anyway they can tonight.
Top 8th: Six more outs for Jays hitters to get six runs. Santana going for a complete game here. 88 pitches. Buck leading off. Full count. Strikes out swinging. Encarnacion a rare 0-2 night. Strikes out swinging. Reed 0-3. There we go Jeremy, great swing, long to centre and over the wall, home run. 8-3 Jays. Hill with two down. Was that home run an aberration Aaron? grounds to short throw to first for third out.
Bottom 8th: Purcey now pitching. McCoy at third. Lines to Reed in left, sitting on that pitch, one down. Abreu, grounds to McCoy at third, throw only just gets there in time, that was too close. Two down. Morales, lines out to Bautista, three up and down, but too little too late tonight for the Jays.
Top 9th: Last chance for any fight tonight. Five run deficit. Lind, leading off 0-3 tonight, big swing at first pitch, another and pops it foul, Adam in a hurry. Strikes out, not a great at bat. One down for Wells, doubles to the wall, both outfielders miss the ball. One on one down for Overbay. Pitching coach worried ? out there, come on guy it is a five run lead here. and this guy is 0-3 tonight, Bautista, grounds to third, throw to first to end this one. Complete game and 116 pitches.

Jays lose a big one as it enables Boston to get level with them. They had chance to move up a game on Tampa and now have to hope that Tamp can avoid the sweep tomorrow whilst Jays themselves have to deal with Morrow, Jays will need a few more runs than tonight to get Morrow a win.

The good: Not much tonight. Bautista home run and Hill’s number six.
The bad: Ricky will bounce back. 0-3 with Runners in scoring position. The three errors, the five walks the wild pitch and with Scioscioa successfully pulling the strings every inning, this was a no contest tonight from the first inning. Tomorrow another day and perhaps Morrow can surprise us all.