Jays late rally fizzles and Cecil loses another aided by poor baserunning by Arencibia

Jays v Yankees. Game two.

Great game one last night in so many ways. Snider getting load off his shoulders and frustration with his game winning hit after going 0-5. Johnny Mac just an amazing bench player, does everything that he is asked and more. That sac squeeze bunt so perfect as Teixeira himself said it is a beautiful play and no defence against it but it still has to be executed and Johnny Mac did it to perfection. Encarnacion also had a great game with three hits, but overall it was the collective celebration by Jays after such a lousy road trip to win this one was a perfect homecoming. Add in the icing that it was against the Yankees and double icing against Burnett and the perfect Yankees bullpen of Rivera, Soriano, and Chamberlain. Plus add in the Boston loss to Oakland and what a perfect night for Jays and their fans.

Tonight start all over again with Cecil against Colon. Jays would like to get back to .500 tonight.

Lineups: Yankees: Jeter, Swisher, Teixeira, A-Rod, Cano, Jones, Posada, (DH), Martin, Granderson and Colon pitching.
Jays: Escobar, Patterson, Bautista, Lind, Encarnacion (DH again), Arencibia, Snider, Nix playing 2B for Hill, McDonald at 3B and Cecil.

Top 1st: Jeter leading off. Fly ball to Bautista in right centre, one down. Swisher, 3-0 count, ball four, nowhere near. Teixeira, doubles off the wall in centre. Swisher at third. A-Rod, 3-1 count, ball four to load the bases, Cecil has nothing in early going. Bases loaded for Cano one down, grounds to Lind, no chance for two but takes Cano at first Swisher scores 1-0 Yankees two down. Jones with two in scoring position. Strikes out swinging. Cecil very lucky to escape here. 20 pitches.
Bottom 1st: Escobar leading off, singles to centre. Patterson. Bunting up the line at first Patterson past Teixiera throw to first just gets Patterson. Escobar at second, Bautista. 2-2 count. Grounds hard to A-Rod at third, Escobar has to retreat, Throw to first to get Bautista, two down. Lind. 3-0 count, taking ball four, two on for Encarnacion.Gets hold of this one but lines it hard to Jones at the wall in left. 18 pitch count. Jays waste lead off single.

Top 2nd: Posada, strikes out, one down for Martin, lines it off the left field wall but right to Snider and holds Martin to a single. Granderson triples to wall in right corner, Martin scores 2-0 Yankees. One down and runner at third, Cecil in for a long night at this rate. Jeter grounds up the middle to Escobar, here comes Granderson 3-0 Yankees, this is far too easy for them. Jeter out at first on the throw. Swisher pops up to Johnny Mac for third out but two more runs. 33 pitches but three runs.
Bottom 2nd: Jays playing catch up again. The hitters must long for a starter who can actually pitch a few scoreless innings. Arencibia, this one is out of here, JP gets hold of this and drives to left field second level. 3-1 Yankees. Snider now strikes out looking. One down for Nix. Strikes out swinging, two down for Johnny Mac. Fly ball to Granderson in centre. Pitch count 32. Boston has already won 5-3 on the west coast, Tampa and Baltimore both winning.

Top 3rd: Teixeira, strikes out, one down for A-Rod, full count, ball four, his second walk in his two at bats, I guess better than a home run. Cano, there goes A-Rod throw down gets him, two down. Girardi disagrees but no use. Cano singles to left. Jones, 2-2 count, pops up to Nix, no runs but 50 pitch count. Cecil may not go six at this rate.
Bottom 3rd: Top of the order again. Escobar, grounds first pitch to A-Rod, throw to first, one down for Patterson. 2-2 count, strikes out swinging, Bautista. 0-2 count, 2-2, strike three. Very easy inning for Colon. 43 pitch count. Jays have their work cut out tonight.
Top 4th: Posada, pops up to Nix, one down. Martin, 3-1 count, ball four, way off. Walk number four. Granderson with one on and one down, strikes out. Jeter with one and two down, 1-2 count. There goes Martin, Jeter grounds to Escobar throw to Lind for third out. No more runs but pitch count climbing, 67 pitches.

Bottom 4th: Lind, grounds to second, throw to first, one down for Encarnacion, grounds up the middle to Cano throw to first two down. Arencibia, more home runs than last year already. 2-2 count. Takes third strike. Fifth strikeout for Colon. 56 pitch count. Should be able to take them into at least the 8th at this rate which is just what Girradi wants for his bullpen tonight after last night’s extra innings.
Top 5th: Swisher grounds hard to third, diving stop by Johnny Mac throw off target though and safe at first for Teixeira, 3-0 count, full count. Doubles off the glove of Johnny Mac to Snider in left. A-Rod sac fly to Patterson here comes Swisher 4-1 Yankees. One down. Cano fly ball to Snider, here comes Teixeira. 5-1. Jones pops up to Arencibia for third out. Cecil not long for the rotation.

Bottom 5th: Snider strikes out swinging, one down for 65 pitches. Nix grounds out to A-Rod at third throw to first two quick outs. MacDonald strikes out looking. No heart and hustle for Jays tonight they look very lethargic.
Top 6th: Janssen now pitching Posada, hit on the foot. Martin, singles first pitch to Patterson in centre. Two on Granderson, lines to Snider in left, one down for Jeter, perfect grounds to Nix, to Escobar jumping over Martin to get Jeter at first, hot dog play but double play counts. Casey did his job holding Yankees. Now the hitters turn.
Bottom 6th: Escobar grounds to short, Jeter diving to stop ball but cannot throw, Escobar safe at first. Patterson, grounds to Cano, tags Escobar, throw to first to get Patterson. two down. Escobar called safe, first base umpire calls him out, Farrell out to get explanation but ruling stands. Two down. Bautista pops up first pitch to Martin. Jays messy game here.

Top 7th: Swisher again Janssen still pitching. Fly ball to Snider, one down is that the first time Jays have had the leadoff hitter? No, just seems like it as Cecil was behind all night. Teixeira ground rule double into right field seats. A-Rod, wild pitch, Teixeira to third. Sac fly will do it again. 3-0 count. Full count. Strikes out swinging. Nice pitch. That’s it for Janssen. Luis Perez to face Cano. Grounds to Nix, throw to Lind for third out and leave Teixeira out at third.
Bottom 7th: Colon seven strike outs tonight. Lind, 3-1 count, full count, fly ball to Jones in left. One down for Encarnacion, doubles to centre, Edwin hot, hot right now. Arencibia, love to have a big one here JP. 2-2 count. Ball four. Two on one down for Snider. Girardi out but leaving Colon in there. Travis would love to connect here. 2-0 count. Singles to right. Encarnacion holds at third NO NO Arencibia running to third not looking awful and second out. Had his head down when he went round second, awful baserunning by Arencibia. Mental mental. That should never happen. That’s it for Colon though. Two on two down for Nix. Should be bases loaded one down. Robertson pitching. Snider takes second. Singles into centre, here comes Edwin. 5-2. MacDonald, with two on and two down. But for that error by Arencibia Johnny Mac could be bunting again here with runner at third. Strikes out. Little things not noticed on the scoresheet. Home runs are fine JOP but you had better hit them for every major error also.

Top 8th: Dotel out there. Jones pops up to Escobar. One down. Posada, strikes out. Martin, pops up to Lind, great three up and down by Dotel.
Bottom 8th: Escobar leading off. Robertson still out there. Fly ball to Granderson in centre, one down. Patterson, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging, two down for Bautista. 2-2 count. Full count. Singles up the middle, great at bat by Jose, eight pitches. That`s it for Robertson, Boone Logan now pitching. Lind, lefty lefty. Lines to left for the out.

Top 9th: Frank Francisco now pitching, his first game in Toronto.Granderson leading off. Whoa... first pitch there it goes right field second deck 6-2 Yankees. First pitch by Francisco, he will remember his debut. Jeter now. Grounds to Nix, throw to Lind for the first out. Swisher, 3-0 count. Ball four. This is not how Francisco imagined he would be starting. Teixeira. Three doubles tonight. 3-1 count, strikes out. Swisher was running on the pitch and safe without a throw. A-Rod. Strikes out.
Bottom 9th: Pendleton pitching. Encarnacion leading off. 3-1 count. Ball four. Arencibia needs to redeem himself here bigtime for that base running error. Lines it at Jeter, not a night JP wants to remember. Snider with one on and one down. 3-1 count. Whoa.... late call, full count. Doubles off the wall in right, almost out there. Nine pitch at bat by Travis. Girardi out there. That`s it for Pendleton. Soriano pitching. Nix just a base hit will do Jayson. 3-1 count, ball four to load the bases. McDonald. No pinch hitter here. Need a base hit John here, no bunting. Pops up to Martin, two down for Escobar. Fly ball to Granderson to end this one.

Late rally fizzles but they get the run to the plate.
This looked like one tired Jays side ready for their day off tomorrow but on Friday they will be facing a very hot Rays side on a 3 game win streak and 8-2 over the last ten.

The good: Nothing much in this one, all Yankees, pitching and hitting. Snider nine pitch at bat in bottom of ninth before double off the wall and getting tying run on deck. Nix walk in the ninth to load the bases.
The bad, the very bad: Cecil had nothing from first inning. Wild walks. Arencibia baserunning error was huge and a game changer. Cost at least one run if not more and changed the momentum.
The worst is that Jays bullpen is getting overworked without the rotation going deep in so many games.