Jays win with the home runs behind great pitching Marcum and bullpen

Game two of three Jays v Phillies. Saturday June 26.
Jays want to win this one to even up the series and they have Marcum their best pitcher this afternoon.

Lineups: Phillies: Rollins, Victorino. Utley, Howard, Werth, Ibanez, Gload, Schneider, Castro.
Jays: Lewis, Gonzalez, Bautista, Wells, Lind, Hill, Overbay, Buck, Hoffpauir.

Top 1st: Rollins leading off. Grounds to Hill, throw to Overbay one down, Victorino, 2-2 count. strikes out swinging. Two down, Utley, singles to right. Howard, full count. walks him. Two on for Werth. Long inning for Marcum 24 pitches already. Strikes out. He needed that.
Bottom 1st: Hamels pitching. Lewis leading off, 3-0 count, full count, ball four. Lewis on first. Will Cito get something going here with a steal? Gonzalez, bunting? ha, no way. 2-0 count. 3-1, ball four, Hamels cannot find the strike zone, that’s fine with me. Bautista, great time to hit one out Jose. Conference on the mound. Pops it up to first, one down for Wells. Pops up to Werth in right. Two down for Lind. Awful, strikes out swinging on three pitches. That is not good to get first two on and then not move them ninety feet with three at bats. 20 pitch inning for Hamels.

Top 2nd: Ibanez, One down. Gload, Fly ball to Lewis in left two down. Schneider grounds to Overbay 31 pitches, Marcum needed that six pitch inning to get back on track. But can his teammates get their bats going?
Bottom 2nd: Hill, 0-2 pops it up to second for first out. Overbay, bounces slow roller to third and beats out the throw, well any way they can get on is fine with me. Buck, one on one down. That’s better connects on this one no doubt high into left field seats 2-0 Jays, finally a run in this place. Hoffpauir joining the party singles into gap in centre, Lewis again with one on this time. Singles to left, two on, four hits in a row. Gonzalez, strikes out swinging. Well I guess we were told about his bat. Two down, Bautista, 2-0 count. 3-0, full count, strikes out.

Top 3rd: Castro, grounds to Hoffpauir, throw to Overbay one down. Rollins, 3-0 count, singles into centre. One on one down. Victorino, golfs it to Bautista in right. Two down for Utley. There goes Rollins hit and run as Utley singles into right. Rollins moves to third. Howard with two on. 0-2 count, I feel sorry for Marcum with Hoffpauir playing way back off third Rollins is halfway home here. 2-2 count. Marcum being cautious with Howard. Grounds up the line, Marcum makes it himself and flips to Overbay for third out. No damage this inning.
Bottom 3rd: Wells leading off pops up to Gload at first. One down for Lind, grounds to Utley throw to Gload at first. Two down for Hill, that’s better Aaron, great swing, gets hold of this one high fly ball into left corner for home run, listen to those Jays fans.3-0 Jays. Overbay walks. Two down one on for Buck. Pitch high and outside, now down in the dirt, Hamels all over the place now. Pops up to Ibanez in left.

Top 4th: Werth leading off, 2-2 count. Strikes out long Werth disagrees but he would. Ibanez, 0-2 and strikes out swinging on three pitches, two down. Gload, doubles to the wall in centre right. Schneider lines out to Hill at second.
Bottom 4th: Hoffpauir fly ball to Werth in right. Lewis, grounds to Utley at second wild throw and Fred moves to second. Gonzalez, FINALLY gets hold of one and this one is out of here into left seats. 5-0 Jays. Bautista pops up first pitch to left. Wells, pops up to Utley at second.

Top 5th: Castro, grounds to Hoffpauir, throw to Overbay. One down for Rollins. Strikes out swinging, two down. Victorino. Grounds to Overbay throw to Marcum for the out at first.
Bottom 5th: Figueroa now pitching. Overbay leading off. Grounds to Utley at second throw to first, one down. Hill, 2-2 count. Strikes out swinging. Two down for Overbay, grounds to second throw to first for the out.

Top 6th: Utley grounds to Overbay, flip to Marcum to make the out at first. One down for Howard. Full count. This one is out of here lines it to centre over the fence 5-1 Phillies. Werth 0-2 count. Strikes out swinging, third time today for Werth. Two down for Ibanez. Jays bullpen working. Fly ball to Bautista in right for third out.
Bottom 6th: Buck leading off. Full count. Strikes out swinging. One down for Hoffpauir, full count, strike three looked low from here. But good at bat by Hoffpauir. Two down for Lewis. 2-0 count, now full count. Ball four. On base every at bat today. Gonzalez, should be hot now. Pops up to Victorino in shallow centre.

Top 7th: Downs pitching. Gload grounds to Hill, throw to Overbay, one down. Sardinha pinch hitting for Schneider, strikes out. Castro, fly ball to Bautista for third out, eight pitches nice Scott.
Bottom 7th: Danys Baez now pitching. Bautista leading off. Pops it up to catcher, one down. Wells, it would be nice to see this guy get in a good groove, this will do singles the opposite field in to right. One on one down for Lind. Lind strikes out. Hill, there goes Vernon, steals second. Hill hit by a pitch. Two on, two down for Overbay, fly ball to Victorino.

Top 8th: Rollins leading off, grounds to Gonzalez at shirt, throw to Overbay. One down. Victorino grounds to Hoffpauir throw to Overbay. Utley with two down. 2-2 count. Lifts it into shallow left for Gonzalez to make nice running catch for third out. Who will do the ninth? Frasor ?
Bottom 8th: Zagurski pitching. Crowd emptying out. Ye of little faith. Buck leading off. Full count. Ball four to get on base. Hoffpauir, loads of empty blue seats now. Fly ball to centre for first out. Lewis. Grounds to second, run down but get them both. To end the inning.

Top 9th: Shawn Camp pitching. Howard leading off. Full count. Fly ball to Lewis in left for one down. Werth, will he strikeout four times? No grounds first pitch to Gonzalez throw to Overbay and 0-4 night for him. Ibanez, with two down. 0-2 count. Pops up to Wells in shallow centre, Jays win big today. 5-1. Tomorrow Cecil pitching.

The excellent: Has to be Marcum today, produced big outing when it was needed the most after last night’s drubbing. But let’s give Buck, Hill and Gonzalez stars also with their home runs and of course the bullpen of Downs and camp- three scoreless innings to close this one out.
The bad: No, not today.