Game one Red Sox v Jays. Tuesday August 10, 2010
Big changes tonight. Three starters missing. Arencibia starts as catcher. Lewis in centre for Vernon with broken toe, late scratch for Escobar and his leg injury form Sunday's game and Johnny Mc. at short. Jays would like to start this series with win.
Lineups: Red Sox: Scutaro, Drew. Martinez, Ortiz, Beltre, Lowell, Hall, Lowrie, Ellsbury.
Jays: Lewis, Snider, Bautista, Hill, Lind, Encarnacion, Overbay, Arencibia, McDonald.
Pitching: Romero v Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Top 1st: Scutaro leading off. 2-1 count. grounds to Encarnacion, throw to Overbay for the first out. Drew, 2-1 count. Pops up to Lewis in shallow centre for Vernon tonight. Two down. Martinez, two down, 0-2 count, pops up to Bautista in shallow right. Three up and down. Pitch count 11.
Bottom 1st: Lewis leading off. 1-2 count. Strikes out swinging. One down for Snider, 1-2 count, showing some patience here. Strikes out swinging. Bautista with two down. Strikes out swinging on three pitches. Pitch count 14.
Top 2nd: Ortiz leading off. 2-1 count. Doubles to the wall in centre. One on for Beltre, Doubles to centre, here comes Ortiz. 1-0 Boston. Lowell, grounds to Hill, throw to Overbay, Beltre to third. Hall, strikes out. Lowrie with two down. Long fly ball to centre, Lewis cannot get there, over the fence, ground rule double.2-0 Boston. Ellsbury, lines it to Lewis in centre, here comes the runner, here comes the throw not in time. 3-0 Boston, runner safe at second. Scutaro, 2-0 count. 3-0, full count. Pops up to Lewis in centre for third out. Pitch count 36.
Bottom 2nd: Hill leading off. 0-2 count. Lines this very hard to left but dies at the wall. Ellsbury makes the catch. One down for Lind. 1-2 count. No doubt about this one. There she goes, into left field Jays bullpen. 3-1 Boston. Encarnacion grounds first pitch to Beltre at third throw to first for the second out. Overbay, two down, 0-2 count. 2-2 count, Full count, doubles into right field corner. Here comes Arencibia. 2-1 count, 2-2, strikes out swinging. Pitch count 34.
Top 3rd: Drew leading off. 2-0 count. Grounds to Hill, throw to Overbay, one down. Martinez, 3-1 count. Singles into left. Ortiz,with one on and one down. 1-2 count, doubles into left. Two in scoring position and only one down. Beltre intentional walk. Bases loaded. Lowell, 1-2 count. Lines it to Snider in left, here comes Martinez 4-1 Boston, runners hold, two down for Hall.0-2 count. 2-2. Grounds back to Romero throw to Overbay for third out. Could have been much worse for Romero. 61 pitch count.
Bottom 3rd: McDonald leading off. 2-0 count. 3-1, ball four. Nice at bat Johnny MC. patience. Lewis with one on. 3-1 count. Ball four, back to back walks, two on for Snider. Here comes pitching coach. 1-0 count, Travis, NO problemo….. HAMMERS this one, into right centre, classic Travis, he has so much power so deceptive, this ball is still travelling up the Don Valley. Take that Boston.Here comes Johnny Mc. here comes Lewis, and here comes Travis. 4-4 game. Bautista, now. 2-1 count. 2-2 hammers this one to left centre, Ellsbury runs it down at the wall, almost but not quite. One down for Hill, 3-0 count. Full count. Strikes out on ball four. Lind now with two down. 1-2 count. Doubles down the left field line. Encarnacion, two down one in scoring position. 2-0 count, Atchison working in Red Sox bullpen. 2-2 count. Pops up to Ellsbury in right centre but Jays have a new ball game. 67 pitch count.
Top 4th: Lowrie leading off. 1-1 count. Fly ball to Lewis in centre at the wall. One down. Ellsbury, 3-1 count. Singles it over head of Johnny Mc.into left. One on one down. Ther goes Ellsbury, great throw by Arencibia, gets him. WOW… Here comes Francona to argue, no luck. Two down. Scutaro grounds first pitch to Johnny Mc. throw to Overbay for third out. 73 pitch count.
Bottom 4th: Overbay, pops up first pitch to Hall in left. Arencibia. 0-2 count. Strikes out swinging. Two down for McDonald. First pitch come on Johnny Mc. grounds to third throw to first, five pitch inning. Three of them were JP Arencibia. That was a lousy at bat by McDonald. 72 pitch count.
Top 5th: Drew leading off. 2-1 count. Lines this one into second deck in right, 5-4 Boston. Martinez, 1-2 count. strikes out swinging. Second strikeout. One down for Ortiz, 3-2 count. Lines it hard at Overbay to make the catch, two down for Beltre. 2-2 count. Strikes out swinging. 95 pitches though for Romero, may only get one more.
Bottom 5th: Lewis leading off. 1-2 count. Grounds to Scutaro at short, no chance, knocks it down but too hard to make a play to get Fred. One on for Snider, 1-2 count. Pitch out Fred not going. Pops up to Scutaro behind pitcher’s mound, just gets under that one. Bautista, one down one on. Grounds to Scutaro flip to Lowrie bobbles the ball, everyone safe. Two on for Hill, gets hold of first pitch lines it into left but right at Hall. Lind with two down, two on. 1-2 count. Lines it down right field line, Lowell has it for the out. Jays threaten but no joy. Pitch count 91.
Top 6th: This might be last inning for Romero. Lowell leading off. 2-1 count.Lines it very hard to third, Encarnacion throw toOverbay for the out. One down. Hall, 0-2 count, strikes out looking on three pitches. Two down for Lowrie. 3-2 count. Ball four. One on two down for Ellsbury. Here comes pitching coach Walton. This is your last guy Ricky. Downs working in bullpen. Grounds to McDonald flip to Hill for the out. 109 pitches.
Bottom 6th: Encarnacion leading off. 3-1 count. Walks him, Doubront and Atchison working in the Red Sox bullpen. Overbay, 1-2 count. 100 pitch count. 2-2. Full count. Strikes out swinging, one down. Arencibia, 0-2 tonight. Pops it up and Martinez drops it in foul territory, pops up to Drew in shallow right, two down for McDonald. Takes this one, learned from his last at bat. 1-1 count. loops a single into shallow centre, two on for Lewis. Here comes Francona. Doubront now pitching. 0-2 count. Grounds to Scutaro throw to second not in time, McDonald beats the throw. Bases loaded for, Travis now. 0-2 count. Strikes out swinging. Here comes Downs.
Top 7th: Scutaro leading off grounds to Encarnacion throw gets past Overbay at first, Error Encarnacion. Drew, 1-2 count. Camp working in Jays bullpen. Grounds to Hill throw to McDonald at second no chance for double play. Martinez with one down and runner at first, grounds to McDonald at short flip to Hill over to Overbay this time two, great double play.
Bottom 7th: Bautista leading off. YES Jose, this one is into left out of here. 5-5 game. Hill pops up to second, one down for Lind, grounds to Lowell throw to Doubront. Two down for Encarnacion. 2-2, takes strike three. Gotta swing there Edwin.
Top 8th: Downs still pitching. Ortiz leading off. Strikes out swinging. One down. Here comes Cito. Camp pitching. Beltre with one down. Grounds first pitch to McDonald at short, two down for Lowell. Hammers this one to left, home run and 6-5 Boston. Cito’s percentages did not work tonight. Kalish pinch hitting. Singles into centre. Lowrie lines it to the wall in centre, here comes runner Kalish. 7-5 Boston. Ellsbury bounces one to Hill, throw to Overbay for third out but damage is done.
Bottom 8th: Jays needs some hits here before Papelbon gets in there. Delcarmen now pitching. Overbay leading off. Strikes out swinging. Arencibia hitless tonight. Back to reality for JP finding that pitchers are making adjustment to him already.. 2-1 count. Pops up to shallow right, two down. McDonald grounds to Beltre, throw to first. Jays will have to face Papelbon.
Top 9th: Frasor now pitching. Scutaro leading off. Pops up to Overbay at first, one down. Drew with one down. full count. Grounds to short, (shift on) Encarnacion makes the play and throw to Overbay two down. Martinez, 1-2 count. Lines it right at Overbay at first. Here comes Papelbon with two run lead.
Bottom 9th: Top of the Jays order. Lewis leading off. Grounds to Lowrie at second throw to Lowell at first. One down for Snider. 2-2 count. Fouling them off here. Lines this on to centre, off the wall, that ball was inches off the ground, just golfs it, just misses going out, Travis is so strong. Bautista now with runner at second. 0-2 count. Check swing, grounds to second, throw to first , two down for Hill, Travis at third. Fly ball to Drew in right, Jays lose this one.
Cito will be questioned on his gamble in the 8th.
The good: Arencibia great throw to get Ellbsury stealing in the 4th
Snider three rbis home run. Bautista another home run,
The bad: Cito gambles and loses the percentages game tonight.
McDonald in the 4th, first pitch out after first two go on four pitches.
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