Jays give this one back.

Toronto v Los Angeles. Final game of three.
Not a great road trip so far for Jays but at least it is not as bad as last season where they lost all nine.

Lineups: Jays: Reed, (getting chance for leadoff, not Bautista Cito ?) Hill, Lind, Wells, Overbay, Gonzalez, Bautista, Buck, Encarnacion.
Angels: Aybar, Kendrick, Abreu, Hunter, Morales, Matsui, Napoli, Izturis, Ryan.

Top 1st: Reed grounds to Morales at first flip to pitcher Pineiro. Hill strikes out. Lind lines to left field Ryan for the third out. Three up and down.
Bottom 1st: Aybar pops up to Gonzalez at short, one down. Kendrick strikes out. Abreu full count and walks, one on. Hunter strikes out. No damage done.

Top 2nd: Wells grounds to Aybar at short, throw to Morales at first. Overbay full count and walks. .Gonzalez strikes out. One down one on for Bautista, he walks, two on and one down. Overbay to second. Buck singles to centre, Overbay to third, Bautista to second. Encarnacion, patience here full count and walks bases loaded. Still only one out, chance here for Jays big inning. Encarnacion walks, not giving Edwin anything to hit. Here comes Overbay, everyone moves up. 1-0 Jays. Bautista at third, Buck at second. Reed singles to centre, here comes Bautista here comes Buck, two runs score 3-0 Jays. Hill grounds to Aybar at short, throw to second on to first, double play ball.
Bottom 2nd: Morales leading off, hit by a pitch. Matsui strikes out. Napoli strikes out
Two down one on for Izturis lines out to Wells in centre.

Top 3rd: Lind grounds to pitcher Pineiro, throw to first baseman Morales, one down. Wells grounds to Izturis throw to Morales at first, two down. Overbay strikes out.
Bottom 3rd: Ryan leading off, walks. Aybar full count and walks, Ryan to second. Morrow in trouble here. Kendrick with two on, doubles to left, here comes Ryan, 3-1 Jays. Aybar moves up to third. Abreu, sac fly to Wells, Aybar scores, 3-2 Jays. Kendrick to third. Hunter grounds to Encarnacion at third, throwing home, to Buck, Kendrick out. Hunter to first. Morales strikes out but Morrow has let them back in this one.

Top 4th: Gonzalez strikes out Bautista grounds to .Aybar at shirt, to first baseman K.Morales. Buck strikes out
Bottom of 4th: Matsui singles to centre. Napoli grounds to third, Encarnacion throw to Hill at second to get Matsui. Izturis, there goes Napoli, Buck’s throw in time to get Napoli. Izturis, full count. Fouling them off here. Walks him. Ryan, doubles into right field corner, here comes Izturis this game is all tied up. Aybar, hammers this to centre, Vernon gets it great catch at the wall. That was trouble. But Morrow not convincing here.

Top 5th: Encarnacion leading off 2-2 count. Grounds to tIzturis at hjrd, throw to first for the out. Reed, one down. Starting to get in the groove. Strikes out. Two down for Hill, grounds to third Izturis throw to Morales at first for the out. 0-3 tonight for Aaron .156 average. Three up and down.
Bottom 5th: Morrow on 86 pitches, those walks will do that to you, could be his last inning. Kendrick leading off grounds to Encarnacion at third throw to Overbay for the first out. Abreu, grounds to Hill , throw to Overbay for second out. Hunter, two down. 0-2 count, strikes out. Nice inning but maybe too late for Morrow tonight.

Top 6th: Pineiro 90 pitches. May be his last inning as well. Lind, also hitless tonight 3-0 count. Walks on four pitches. Wells also hitless, oh boy grounds to third throw to second on to first, double play ball. Overbay, 2-2. Grounds to Morales at first for the out. Hill, Lind and Wells collectively 0-8.
Bottom 6th: That’s it for Morrow, four walks. Rommie Lewis now. Morales leading off. Singles to centre. One on for Matsui, bunting ? Conference on the mound with pitching coach and Buck here. No bunt. NO question though on this hit by Matsui, high fly ball into right field seats. Two runs score. 5-3 Angels. Lewis left that one hanging in the middle of the plate. But not good, Jays have given yup that thrre run lead for five unanswered runs by Angels. Pitching, pitching pitching. Cito vant wait for the rehab guys. Sayonara Rommie, here comes Camp. Jays with off day tomorrow will use the bullpen tonight. Napoli with no outs. Strikes out, one down for Izturis, Oh lady luck, comedy of errors, grounds in front of plate, throw to first is wild by Buck, gong to second throw by Bautista nails him at second, two down. Lucky there. Lines out to Reed in left for third out.

Top 7th: Pineiro 102 pitches out. Jepsen pitching. Looking at shutting Jays down now. Not that difficult so far tonight. Willits in left. Gonzalez, strikes out looking. One down for Bautista, perfect, grounds one bouncing slowly to third but no chance for throw. One on one down for Buck, strikes out swinging two down. Encarnacion, this should do it lashes one to the wall in centre right, Bautista beats the throw. 5-4 Angels, with Encarnacion at second. Reed, have to bring him in here Jeremy. Base hit is all that is needed don’t try to be a hero. Grounds to first for the out, leaves Edwin out there. Jays get one back, not enough.
Bottom 7th: Frasor now pitching. Aybar, bunting not a good one, back to Frasor throw to first for the out. Kendrick, lines it to Bautista in right, that must be difficult now with the light, half sun and shadow. 6.20 pm. Ball comes out of the shadow into sun in the right outfield. Two down for Abreu. 2-2 count. Strikes out looking. Nice job Jason. Now can the Jays hitters get a couple here and break this open?

Top 8th: Fernando Rodney now pitching 5/6 saves but 14 walks to go with 14 strike outs, some control issues hgere. Will love the free swinging hitters now. Hill 0-3 again tonight. Pops this one up to Willits in left 0-4. Lind, with one down. Opposite field hit into left corner for Willits, two down for Wells. That’s better, Vernon grounds it under diving third base into left field for a double. One on, two down for Overbay. Don’t bet on this one. Strikes out swinging, one day I would love Cito to pinch hit for this guy. But he never will.
Bottom 8th: Should be Downs ? Gregg needs the work for the ninth if these hitters can get two. Yes here comes Scott. Hunter leading off. 3-0 count, come on Scott don’t walk this guy. There’s a strike, full count. Lines it to Wells in centre. Another good catch by Vernon. One down, Morales, 3-0 count, Downs not sharp here, Pops it up to Wells, two down. Matsui, 2-0 behind each hitter this inning. 2-1, lines it to right but this time Bautista has it backed up against the wall. Downs does his job, can the hitters get one?

Top 9th: Fuentes 6/8 saves. This will be very tough. Gonzalez 0-3 tonight so far. 2-2 count. Pops it up to shallow riught oh Abreu, he drops the ball. Off his glove and at second. Big chance here for Jays. Bautista with no outs and runner at second. Oh man strikes out looking how could you Jose? At least swing at the thing, game is on the line here. Buck, you have to get a hit here, they will just walk Encarnacion now on deck. Buck waves at it, strike two, don’t take this one. That’s my boy John, doubles into right corner, here comes Encarnacion this game is all tied up. McCoy pinch running at second, Encarnacion Not walking him. Game is already tied up, Fly ball to Hunter, McCoy tags and gets to third. Two down for Reed. Go ahead runner at third, pulling off the ball Jeremy, go with it to left. 2-2 count, strikes out looking without a swing, even worse.
Bottom 9th: Gregg now warming up but Downs still pitching. Molina now catching. Jays have clawed their way back into this but is it enough? Napoli leading off. Oh dear, doubles into left centre. One on in scoring position no outs. Izturis bunting, yes indeed. Strike one. Strike two. Izturis grounds to first, throw to Downs covering first one down. at third. Napoli to third. Here comes Cito. Leaving Scott in there, that was strategy call for suicide squeeze ? Rivera pinch hitting for Willets, putting him on. Cito strategising big time. Aybar, Ciot is putting him on as well to load the bases. Nowhere to put the next guy. Kendrick, already has a double tonight. 2-0 count. Scotty, come on. grounds back to Gonzalez throws home to get runner go to first not in time. Two down base still loaded. Abreu, who would love to atone for that fielding error. 1-2 count. Low 2-2. Singles into left. 6-5 Angels. Jays have a LONG flight home.

Jays have lost momentum now on this road trip, it was not a disaster by any means, but they lost games they should have won. Boston is on the upsurge beating up on Tampa tonight again and should go past Jays tonight into third place.
Jays have to refocus against Baltimore and I for one do not believe it will be pushover series. Especially the way they are playing right now. Then they have Tampa coming in on Monday, not a good homestand to look forward to.

The good: Bullpen Frasor and Downs stopped the rot and kept Jays in the game. Buck
double in the ninth to tie it up.
The bad: Not necessarily Morrow but he did not pitch that well and could not hold the 3-0 lead although that double past Encarnacion in the third inning was key in the Angels comeback . Hill (once again) not sure there is a solution anymore for Aaron. Reed a couple of poor at bats especially one in the ninth with go ahead runner at third. Not sure he is first team material despite playing well in the minors. Did Cito over-manage in bottom of ninth? Walking two to load them up. Playing the percentages for double play balls which backfired.