Series finale. Toronto v Baltimore Sunday May 30.
Romero out to provide something today, that his last outing was nerves with his family and friends all around. He has that perfect game to aim for… Halladay’s game was welcomed by so many Jays fans. I remember that one hit game in Toronto where he lost it with two out in top of the ninth at the (old Skydome) That was heartbreaker so well done Doc.
Lineups: Baltimore: Patterson, Lugo, Markakis, Wigginton, Tejada, Scott, Jones, Wieters, Izturis.
Toronto: Lewis, Hill, Lind, Wells, Gonzalez, Bautista, Overbay, Buck and Encarnacion.
Top 1st: Patterson singles to right. Lugo, balk by Romero, Patterson to second. Bunting? you bet. Sac bunt by Lugo, Romero to Overbay for the out. Patterson to third. Markakis singles to left. Here comes Patterson to score first run, 1-0 Baltimore.Wigginton grounds to Gonzalez throw to second base Hill to first baseman Overbay, to get third out Markakis.
Bottom 1st: Lewis leading off doubles to left. One on for Hill, fly ball to left field Patterson. Lind fly ball to Patterson in left. Two down one on for Wells, that’s better, Vernon doubles to centre, here comes Lewis. Game is tied 1-1. Bautista full count and walks.Two on for Gonzalez, singles to left, here comes Vernon to score 2-1 Jays. Bautista to third all with two outs. Overbay, hot off his two home run day yesterday. Singles to right. Here comes Bautista, 3-1 Jays. Buck, with Gonzalez at third, strikes out but Jays have taken the lead.
Top 2nd: Tejada leading off grounds to Gonzalez throw to Overbay for first out. Scott fly ball to Bautista. Two down. Jones grounded out, third baseman Encarnacion to first baseman Overbay
Bottom 2nd: Encarnacion leading off, grounds to Izturis at short throw to Wigginton.One down. Lewis lines out to centre field Jones. Hill 3-0 and walks. Lind fly ball to left field Patterson for third out.
Top 3rd: Wieters leading off strikes out. Izturis 3-0 and walks on four pitches.
Patterson, ohhh pickoff by Romero perfect just as Izturis was going, a milli-second too soon, Romero to Overbay to Gonzalez. Two down. Patterson strikes out.
Bottom 3rd: Wells leading off fly ball to Jones in centre. Bautista fly ball to Markakis in right. Two down for Gonzalez, singles to left. Overbay full count and walks, Gonzalez to second. Buck with two on, grounds to Izturis throw to Lugo to get Overbay and end this rally.
Top 4th: Lugo leading off strikes out. One down for Markakis strikes out. Wigginton grounds to Gonzalez at short, throw to Overbay at first for third out. Three up and down for Romero.
Bottom 4th: Encarnacion leading off grounds to Tejada at third, throw to Wigginton for out at first. One down for Lewis, pops up to Izturis. Hill fly ball to Jones in centre to end the inning. Jays go quietly.
Top 5th: Tejada leading off grounds to Romero throw to Overbay, one down. Scott grounds to Overbay, two down. Jones grounds to Gonzalez, off balance throw goes wide of first into crowd Jones to second on the error Alex should probably not have tried that he was off-balance when he had the ball. Wieters grounds to Gonzalez throw to Overbay, no damage done on the error.
Bottom 5th: Lind leading off singles to right. Lind has not had the season he had last year and seems to be under the radar compared to the others in the lineup. Wells with one on lines to Tejada at third. Bautista fly ball to Markakis in right. Gonzalez fly ball to Jones in centre to end this inning and leave Lind out there.
Top 6th:Izturis leading off grounds to Hill throw to Overbay. One down for Patterson strikes out. Lugo singles to left. Markakis grounds to Hill throw Overbay to end this inning.
Bottom 6th: Overbay leading off, 3-0 count, gets hold of this one nice swing Lyle, to right field Home run Lyle. 4-1 Jays and gives Romero a bit more breathing room here. Lyle’s third !! home run in two games, that’s more like it Lyle and getting hot for Tampa and Yankees series. Buck fly ball to Jones in centre field. Encarnacion strikes out. Two down for Lewis, lines out to Jones in centre field, busy guy today.
Top 7th: Wigginton leading off grounds to short, ball bounces out of glove as Gonzalez tries to throw, runner safe with no throw. Tejada strikes out. Scott grounds to Encarnacion at third, throw to Hill to get Wigginton. Two down for Jones, strikes out to end this inning.
Bottom 7th: Ex-Jay Hendrickson now pitching. Hill leading off grounds to Izturis at short, throw to Wigginton for the out at first. Lind strikes out. Two down for Wells, pops up to Lugo at second.
Top 8th: Wieters leading off grounds back to Romero, throw to Overbay for the out at first. Izturis grounds to Gonzalez throw to Overbay. Patterson singles to centre. One on two down for Lugo, fly ball out to Lewis in left.
Bottom 8th: Ohman now pitching. Bautista leading off, ohhhh first pitch this one is out of here, home run to centre and the home run parade continues for these Jays. Thatis number sixteen for Bautista to lead the league. Number two today and another to add to the May franchise record of 53. 5-1 Jays. Gonzalez, 3-1 count and here goes another this one is almost an excuse me golf shot into the Jays bullpen. Back to back home runs and Jays are out ahead 6-1 Jays. Overbay can he make it three, no, not this time, pops it up weakly to Izturis. One down. Buck strikes out, two down. Encarnacion fly ball to Patterson in left. Will Ricky finish this one off ? I think so and a second complete game for him this season. Cito will love getting the bullpen a rest here with three big series starting tomorrow.
Top 9th: Romero still out there, he will finish this unless he gets into trouble. This game is still only just over two hours. Markakis leading off grounds to Overbay flip to Romero. One gone. Wigginton 3-0 and walks on four pitches. Come on Ricky you don’t need this. Tejada with one and one down, perfect, grounds to Gonzalez throw to Hill over to Overbay, double play ball to end this one and give Romero a well-deserved complete game win.
Jays win this one 6-1 and sweep the Orioles. This is what they should do to Baltimore but it has been known for them more often than not to blow these types of series.
The excellent: Romero complete game, not more one could ask for. Ricky is really settling in that number two rotation position. Remember Burnett ??? Who would you rather have right now?
The good: The home run club of Overbay, Gonzalez and Bautista increasing that franchise record for May. Who would have thought?
The bad: I can’t think of much today. Maybe the small crowd. Exciting wining baseball and great weather, what more do they want? It will be interesting to compare today with next Sunday visit by Yankees.
Now for next series, Tampa in Toronto. Tough series for Jays, they have to keep the Rays speedsters off the bases. First game though is Morrow followed by Tallet back in the rotation. I don’t like that but perhaps Tallet can confound everyone and pitch his heart out.
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