Jays win another with Marcum supported by power from Wells (2), Buck and Lind.

Game two Rangers v Jays. Tuesday, September 7.

Jays have owned the Rangers this season but even with Marcum pitching, this is not a given by any means. Rangers are not Division leaders without cause, even without Hamilton and Andrus.

Lineups: Rangers: Kinsler, Young, Murphy, Guerrero, Cruz, Moreland, Treanor, Blanco, Borbon.
Jays: Wise, Escobar, Bautista, Wells, Overbay, Hill, Lind, Buck, Snider. Same for Jays. Cito loves that.
Pitching: Marcum v Feldman. Feldamn has just returned for the DL so who knows what he will be like BUT this guy is a good pitcher and was season opener for Rangers.

Top 1st: Kinsler leading off, pops up to Wells in centre, one down. Young, one down strikes out. Murphy with two down, strikes out. Marcum looking sharp early.
Bottom 1st: Wise leading off strikes out. Escobar singles to centre. Bautista, one on one down, pops up to Young at third. Wells with one and two down, singles to left, Escobar to second. Overbay with two on, grounds to Moreland at first, throw to pitcher Feldman covering at first to end the Jays threat.

Top 2nd: Guerrero leading off, always better to have this guy hitting with nobody on base, grounds to Escobar throw to Overbay. One down. Cruz pops up to Buck catching tonight. Moreland two down, pops up to Wells in centre.
Bottom 2nd: Hill leading off, strikes out. Lind pops up to Murphy. Buck first pitch swinging lines this one into Rangers bullpen, or maybe not, did it hit top of the wall? Umpire does not call it home run. Buck not sure but Cito is out there, video review of the shot, we don’t get many of those, and yes indeed there the umpire goes, waving his hand around his head. Home run it is for Buck and 1-0 lead for Jays. Snider strikes out.

Top 3rd: Treanor leading off singles to right. Blanco one on, strikes out. Borbon grounds to Bautista at third but safe at first, Treanor to second. Two on one down for top of the order again Kinsler, pops up to Overbay at first. Young with two down, strikes out.
Bottom 3rd: Wise leading off pops up to Borbon in centre, one down. Escobar grounds back to pitcher Feldman, throw to Moreland at first two down. Bautista lines it hard to second Kinsler has it no problem.

Top 4th: Murphy leading off, doubles to left. Not a good start with Guerrero behind him. There we go, first pitch Vladdy special, into the left field bullpen Texas gets their first lead here 2-1 Rangers. Still nobody out. Cruz pops up to Wise in right, one down for Moreland grounds to Overbay ,takes it himself for the second out. Treanor, two down, strikes out.
Bottom 4th: Wells leading off. Oh wow Vernon gets hold of this one, this is way up in left, fourth level luxury box, right by that Tom Cheek sign, home run Vernon. This game is all tied up again 2-2. Overbay,strikes out. Hill grounds to Blanco at shirt, throw to Moreland at first, two down. Lind pops up to Cruz in right.

Top 5th: Blanco leading off strikes out. One down for Borbon, gets him, strikes out. Marcum locked in here. Kinsler two down, he strikes out. Marcum strikes out the side, three up and down great inning.
Bottom 5th: Buck leading off, no home run this time but good hit pops up to Borbon in centre. One down for Snider, goes the opposite field, singles to left. Good to see Travis doing that as opposed to pulling everything to right. Wise singles to centre, Snider to second. Two on for Escobar, grounds to Blanco at short, throw to Moreland at first for second out, Snider at third, Wise at second. Here comes Bautista. There you go Jose, doubles to right, here comes Travis, here comes DeWayne and Jays go out ahead 4-2. How often do you see Jose going the opposite field instead of pulling to left? Jays hitters are hitting smart tonight. Wells, with two down and one on, there goes Jose, safe at third. Wow, don’t often see that from Jays, but right now a two run lead is nothing with this Texas lineup just waiting to burst out on somebody. Jose adding on the pressure.
Wells getting the intentional walk, ball four and two on for Overbay. That’s it for Feldman, here comes Washington. Kirkman now pitching. Overbay, patient here not swining, and ball four Kirkman losads the bases for Hiill. Not exactly what Washington had in mind. Bautista at third, Wells to second. Hill, strikes out.

Top 6th: Young leading off, grounds to Overbay steps on the bag for first out. Murphy singles to left. One on one down but here comes Guerrero. Perfect, grounds to Escobar flip to Hill throw to Overbay double play ball. No problem for Marcum but probably sighing with relief.
Bottom 6th: Lind leading off, grounds to Moreland at first, steps on the bag for the out. Buck singles to right. One on one down for Snider grounds to Kinsler at second, throw to Moreland at first for the out but moves Buck to second. Wise with two down and runner in scoring position. There you go DeWayne, doubles to left, here comes Buck to score easily. 5-2 Jays. Escobar strikes out.

Top 7th: Cruz leading off, full count ball four, lead off walk. Moreland another ball four, Marcum has back to back walks. Cruz at second. Guzman pinch-hitting for Treanor. Two on and nobody out. Perfect, grounds to Escobar, steps on bag and throw to Overbay, another double play ball. Cruz moves to third but two down. Blanco singles to right here comes Cruz. 5-3 Jays. Borbon 1-2 count, two down, pops up to Wells in centre for third out. That will be it for Marcum. Pitch count 95 and only three hits.
Bottom 7th: Darren O Day pitching, Benjie Molina catching. Bautista leading off. 2-1 count, full count, strikes out swinging, one down for Wells, 1-1 count, there she goes again, lines it into left, home run Vernon.6-3 Jays. Home run number 27 for Vernon. Great to see him ending the season on a high. Overbay grounds to second throw to first second out. Hill with two down, 3-0 count, ball four. One on two down for Lind, hitless tonight. Here comes Washington. Pitching change Darren Oliver lefty- lefty match up. 2-2 count. WHOA Adam gets hold of this one bigtime, huge hit, off the restaurant windows in centre above 400ft sign. Here comes Hill, here comes Adam, that was a bullet drive. 8-3 Jays. Buck, 1-2 strikes out.

Top 8th: Jason Frasor now pitching. Kinsler leading off, 0-2 count, drives it to Wise in right, one down. Young, 1-2 count, grounds to Escobar, throw off the line, runner safe, and error to Escobar. Murphy, with one on, singles to left in front of Snider, two on one down. Guerrero, with two on, you don’t want him to get hold of one Jason, better to walk him. 2-0 count. Perfect, grounds to Hill, throw to Escobar over to Overbay double play ball rescues Frasor.
Bottom 8th: Rapada pitching, Snider leading off. 1-2 count, strikes out swinging. One down for Wise. Grounds to Kinsler throw to first for the second out. Escobar, 3-0 count. Ball four. Bautista now with one on. Here comes Washington again. Pitcher number six. Pedro Strop, pops up to Cruz in centre. No home run tonight for Jose.

Top 9th: Camp in to maybe finish this off. Johnny Mc. at second to give Hill an inning off. Cruz leading off. 1-1 count. Bounces it up the middle. One on for Moreland, lines it into left corner and bounces into the seats, ground rule double. Two in scoring position for Molina, 0-2 count. Grounds up the line to third, Bautista throw to first, one down. Blanco, singles up the middle, both runners score, 8-5 Jays. Borbon, 2-1 count, singles into right. Kinsler with two on, and still only one down, tying run here. That’s it for Camp not exactly what Cito had wanted here. Gregg now pitching. 0-1 count. Grounds to Overbay throw to McDonald at second for the out. No chance for double play. Two down for Young. Runners at the corners. Full count. Lines it to Vernon in centre, save number 31 for Gregg. Jays win 8-5.

The excellent: Marcum definitely, Vernon yes gets his dues tonight two home runs, now has homered for third game in a row. September stats are now four home runs and eight RBIs. Lind, hammered that home run to centre off the windows, that was a classic Adam home run and perhaps he too can have a great final month. John Buck also seems to be back in his hitting groove after going through mini-slump at the end of the month.
The good: Give Gregg his due, that was not an easy inning for him but now has 31 saves and almost four weeks to go.
The bad: No not tonight. Maybe the small crowd but this isback to school day plus the noise was more than enough for double this number.