Toronto v Tampa. Game one of three Monday May 31.
Major series here for both teams. Tampa wins can put them further ahead of the pack including the Yankees who have just beaten Cleveland this afternoon. Jays win can put more distance from Boston.
Lineups: Tampa: Zobrist, Crawford,Longoria, Pena, Jaso, Blalock, Upton, Brignac, Rodriguez.
Toronto: Lewis, Hill, Lind, Wells, Gonzalez, Bautista, Overbay, Encarnacion, Molina.
Pitching: Garza v Morrow.
Top 1st: Zobrist leading off lines out to Wells in centre, nice sliding catch Vernon. Crawford fly ball to Wells, busy guy after the last game where he didn’t have one play. Longoria lines out Lewis in left for third out. Nice three up and down by Morrow.
Bottom 1st: Lewis lines to Zobrist in right, one down. Hill singles to centre. Lind gets hold if this one, opposite field into the Jays bullpen, home run for Adam, here comes Aaron here comes Adam, 2-0 Jays. Wells singles to right. Jays getting to Garza early. Bautista with one on, wild pitch, Wells to second. Bautista 3-0 and walks on four pitches. Two on again for Gonzalez fly ball to Zobrist, two down. Overbay with two on, strikes out. But Jays showing up early tonight.
Top of 2: Pena grounds to Gonzalez at short, throw to first base Overbay, one down. Jaso fly ball to Lewis two outs. Blalock same again, fly ball to Lewis in left.
Bottom of 2:Encarnacion strikes out. Molina fouls out to Pena at first. Lewis strikes out. That was quick !
Top of 3:Upton full count and walks. Brignac fly ball to Lewis in left. Rodriguez grounds to, shortstop Gonzalez on to second base Hill on to Overbay, double play ball to get out of this one. Bottom of 3: Hill grounds to Longoria at third, throw to Pena. Lind pops up to Brignac at short. Wells singles to third. Bautista pops up to Brignac. Quick three up and down for Morrow.
Top of 4: Zobrist grounds to Gonzalez at second, throw to Overbay at first. Crawford grounds to Overbay flips to to pitcher Morrow. Longoria pops up to Hill covering second..
Bottom of 4: Gonzalez full count and walks. Overbay lines to Zobrist in right, one down, one on. Encarnacion singles to left, Gonzalez to second. Molina grounds to Longoria at third, throw to second base Rodriguez on to Pena at first, double play ball.
Top of 5th: Pena full count and walks. Jaso grounds back to Morrow throw to Gonzalez at short, throw to Overbay at first, Pena out. Blalock grounds back to Morrow throw to Overbay. Another three up and down for Morrow.
Bottom of 5th: Lewis doubles to right. Wild pitch, Lewis to third. Hill singles to centre, Lewis scores 3-0 Jays. Lind lines to Crawford in left, one down.Wells grounds to Longoria at third, throw to Rodriguez at second on to Pena at first, double play ball.
Top 6th: Upton lines to Gonzalez at short, nice catch Alex, one down for Brignac strikes out. Rodriguez grounds to short safe at first. There goes the no-hitter but Morrow should be delighted with 6 2/3 no hit. Especially against Tampa. Molina throw to first picks him off. Great play, that is why Molina is in there tonight.
Bottom 6th: Bautista.pops it up to Upton in shallow centre for the out. Gonzalez, lines it into left great catch by Crawford. Two down for Overbay, 0-2 tonight.Singles into left. One on two down for Encarnacion.grounds to Brignac at short throw to Rodriguez at second to get Lyle for the third out.
Top 7th: Zobrist, singles into centre. Crawford, bunting ? no way,grounds to Encarnacion at third, throw to Hill to get Zobrist. One down. Longoria fly ball to Wells, two down, Pena fly ball to wells for third out.
Bottom 7th: Molina pops up to Pena at first. Lewis doubles to left, ground rule double into the seat. Hill lines it off glove of Longoria, safe at first. Two on no outs and that’s it for Garza. 99 pitches, ten hits tonight. Choate now pitching facing Lind, strikes him out two down and that’s it for Choate. Wheeler pitching. Vernon grounds first pitch to third, Longoria throw to second to get Hill. Come on Vernon, take a pitch or two.
Top 8th: Morrow on 96 pitches. Might get one more here. Jaso leading off. 3-0 count, come on Brandon, just put ball in play, singles to right, better than walking the guy. That’s it for Brandon, great outing. The bullpen is rested again after Marcum and Romero outings and now a third game. Downs now. Kapler, pinch hitting for Blalock. Strikes out. One down for Upton, lines it to right, over the head of Bautista off the wall, here comes Jaso, Upton to third. 3-1 Jays. Aybar, with runner at third. Here comes Cito again. Camp now pitching. Morrow’s great outing in danger here. Aybar pinch hitting for Brignac, grounds to first here comes the runner, 3-2 Jays and two down. Rodriguez, two down, lines it into right just off the glove of Hill. Need to grow a bit Aaron. Frasor and Purcey warming up in bullpen.2-2 count. Bounces it down to Overbay for third out, arguing the call no luck, here comes Joe Maddon, still no luck..
Bottom 8th: Wheeler pitching. Kapler in as designated hitter. Aybar in at second base. Rodriguez in at short. Jays have to give Morrow some help here and a few runs to put it away. Bautista leading off. That’s the way Jose, doubles it into left corner. Gonzalez, time to hit one out Alex. 2-0 count. That will do it Alex, high fly ball to Upton at the wall in centre, enough for Jose to tag and get to third, one down that’s it for Wheeler, Maddon ringing the changes here, Benoit pitching. lefty-lefty matchup. Overbay grounds to Aybar at second throw to Pena for the out. Encarnacion grounds to Longoria at third, throw to Pena at first.
Top 9th: Gregg pitching. Crawford strikes out. Longoria this is trouble, lines hard to centre and dives into third as ball gets there late. Triple and go ahead run at the plate. to center. Pena 3-0 and walks on four pitches. Jaso grounds to Gonzalez coming home with the throw to catcher Molina, Longoria out as Jose hits him in the chest or actually higher, no slight tap for Jose. Pena to second. Two on for Kapler with two down. Runner in scoring position, no room for error here. Kapler, this should be it, grounds to Gonzalez flip to Hill, Jaso out. Gregg makes it interesting but hangs in there to give Morrow the win and big win by Jays over Tampa. 3-2. Good to get that first win of the series. Tomorrow another day though. Tallet…… Well perhaps he can have a miracle game and the bullpen is still very rested.
The excellent: Has to be Morrow. Jays needed this one tonight for a lot of reasons not least Morrow’s form. Too early for the season but most Jays fans will be happy with today’s outing.
The good: The usual bats Hill, Lind and Wells, and also good fielding.
The poor: What could be wrong with this win and widening gap with idle Boston?
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