Jays outhit Rangers but fall short in the ninth.

Jays v Rangers. Game three of four.

Sunday evening it looked difficult for Jays to win series in Texas, but they have two chances now and will be trying tonight. Rangers not happy with losing two when they had only lost two at home before Jays arrived.

Line-ups: Jays: Escobar, McCoy, Bautista, Lind, Rivera (DH), Encarnacion, Snider, Arencibia, Patterson and Jo Jo Reyes pitching. No Johnny Mac, too bad when he has been playing so very well. McCoy had better produce tonight. I like Patterson at number nine, will provide Escobar with some better pitches if he gets on.
Rangers: Kinsler, Andrus, Young, Beltre, Cruz, Napoli, Murphy, Torrealba, Moreland and Holland pitching.

Top 1st: Escobar, fly ball to Murphy in centre. McCoy, 2-2 count, good start loops it into shallow centre. Bautista, fly ball to left centre, Murphy. Two down for Lind. Doubles it into left, here comes McCoy, out at home plate. Looked like a good bet but the throw from left comes straight to the plate and misses the cut off which would have helped McCoy. But once again base running mishaps for the Jays. Pitch count 13.
Bottom 1st: Reyes really needs his best stuff tonight against this line-up. Kinsler, fly ball to Bautista in right, one down. Andrus, fly ball to right, Bautista same play. Young grounds to Lind, takes it himself. Eight pitch inning for Reyes, nice start.

Top 2nd: Rivera leading off. His average just below Snider, this last week Juan has started to heat up. He was hitting .098 last Friday. 3-0 count, ball four. Encarnacion back in line-up at 3B. Takes ball one, that is what I like after a four pitch walk, 2-0, count full, lines to Murphy in centre, nine pitch at bat for Edwin. Snider, singles to right and Rivera goes all the way to 3B. Arencibia, am still waiting for this guy to get going. Oh boy, grounds to short, steps on second over to first double play ruins this inning. Pitch count 31.You cannot keep giving the runs away with this Texas line-up.
Bottom 2nd: Beltre, grounds to Escobar at short, throw to Lind, one down. Cruz, grounds to hole between short and third great play by Escobar but throw not in time. One on for Napoli, perfect, grounds to Encarnacion smooth throw to second on to first double play ball. Very nice play. 20 pitches.

Top 3rd: Patterson leading off. Jays have threatened first two innings; can they finish it off this time? Perfect, dribbler past the pitcher and his speed gets him safe. Escobar, with speed at first, and Holland throwing over to keep him there. Jays hidden weapon this season and for many to come with all the speed in the minors. 3-1, Holland distracted here. Grounds to third but no chance for double play with Patterson’s speed, safe at second throw to first for the out. Runner in scoring position for McCoy. Holland can see Bautista on deck... pressure... 3-1 count, has to come to McCoy or face Jose. Ball four, good luck. Bautista with runners at first and second. 2-0 count, this one into the seats but foul in left. 3-1 count. Whoa this IS pressure with Lind on deck. Walk him not with Lind there. Full count. Lucky, fan takes away pop up at third from Beltre. Ball four to load them up. Lind with bases loaded. This will do it though, fly ball to left and Patterson scores 1-0 Jays. Rivera now two down two on. Singles to centre, here comes McCoy, 2-0 Jays. Encarnacion with two on, two down. Pops up to second to end this but Jays finally get to some runs. Pitch count 57. That fan in front row at 3B who took pop up ball away from Cruz will not be popular.
Bottom 3rd: Murphy lines first pitch right at Escobar, thanks very much, one down. Torrealba, grounds to third, great save and throw by Encarnacion, Lind misses it, error to Edwin, that seems unfair from here, runner safe at first. Moreland strikes out two down. Should be three. Kinsler wild pitch, Torrealba to second. Kinsler ball four, two on two down. Andrus singles to left. Torrealba scores, 2-1 game. Two in scoring position as Andrus goes to second on throw. Young doubles to Snider in left, here comes Kinsler and Andrus 3-2 Texas. Beltre, Reyes hits him. Bases loaded. Tough for Reyes he should be out of the game long ago without that throwing error. Cruz singles here comes Young, Beltre to third. 4-2 game. Napoli doubles to left, here comes two more 6-2 Texas. That’s it for Reyes, tough, when he could have been out of it without any runs scored. Murphy grounds to McCoy throw to Lind for final out, very tough for Reyes there. 6-2 game though.

Top 4th: Snider strikes out. Arenciba singles to left. Patterson grounds to second, Arencibia out at second Patterson at first. Two down. Escobar singles to centre, Patterson to third. McCoy singles to right, here comes Patterson. 6-3 game. Bautista with two on and two down, perfect Jose doubles to the wall in left here come two, 6-5 game. It is not always the home runs that do the damage. Lind now with Jose at second, Bullpen working for Rangers. Lines it down first base line great save by Napoli throw to pitcher for the out.
Bottom 4th: Villanueva still out there. Torrealba, full count, pops up to Arencibia, one down. Moreland, 3-1 count, grounds to Lind, throw to Villanueva, nice play Adam. Two down. Kinsler, 3-1 count, ball four, one on for Andrus. Kinsler stealing throw not in time. 2-2 count, full count. Grounds to Lind, throw to Villanueva.

Top 5th: Holland still out there on 81 pitches. Rivera fly ball to centre, one down for Encarnacion. 3-0, full count. Doubles over the head of Cruz, another seven pitch at bat for Edwin, Snider, awful grounds to first Napoli, runner to third. Two down. Now Arencibia, can he bring him in and tie this one up. Just a single will do JP. 0-2 strikes out looking, have to swing there boyo. Jays leave yet another at third.
Bottom 5th: Young leading off. Grounds to McCoy at second, throw to Lind for the out. Beltre, grounds to Escobar at short, long throw to Lind to get him, two down. Cruz, fly ball to Patterson in centre. Nice inning for Villanueva.

Top 6th: 97 pitches for Holland, Patterson leading off. Bounces up the middle and once again his speed saves him safe at first. That didn’t get out of the infield, Corey is FAST. But that’s it for Holland. 100 pitches. Cody Eppley now pitching, Escobar now with runner at first. There goes Patterson throw down and out at second. But definitely the right move to run. Full count, pulls it to third, throw to first two down for McCoy. On base three times with walk and two singles. 2-2 count, grounds to second throw just beats him at first. Boston has lost to Baltimore, Tampa beating the Twins and Yankees have won. Jays need a win tonight.
Bottom 6th: Napoli, 2-2 count, full count, nubber six feet away, Arencibia throw gets him at first, one down. Murphy, they are stretching out Villanueva here 45 pitches grounds to second throw to first for second out. Torrealba, 1-2 count. Fly ball to Bautista in right. Villanueva has done great job here but that might be his last inning.

Top 7th: Bautista leading off. Grounds back to pitcher Eppley, throw to first one down for Lind. 2-2 count, fly ball to centre, two down for Rivera. YESSSSSS Juan, this one is way out of here in left, hoe run Juan, and this game is all tied up again 6-6. Encarnacion can he go back to back? Same place but Edwin gets under it for the fly ball out to Cruz in left.
Bottom 7th: Dotel now pitching. Sorry Jim. Moreland leading off, lines this one to centre, this one is out of here onto that grass. Home run Moreland. He was sitting on that pitch. 7-6 Texas. I hear you Jim. Kinsler, pops up to Escobar. Andrus, pops up to McCoy in shallow centre, two down. Young, 3-1 count, ball four. Beltre, pops it up shallow right Bautista has it to end the inning but Jays playing catch up again.

Top 8th: Arthur Rhodes now pitching. Snider leading off. 2-0 count, long time since Travis had a home run. Not this time long fly ball out to centre. One down for Arencibia, 2-2 count, ball three, fly ball to left, two down. Patterson, 2-3 tonight. 3-1 count, ball four. Escobar now with one on. Grounds weakly to short force at second to get Patterson. Jays running out of at bats.
Bottom 8th: Dotel still pitching. Cruz off the end of his bat in front of the plate, throw by Arencibia to Lind, one down. Napoli, 2-2 count, strikes out on high fast ball. Two down for Murphy, that’s it for Dotel. Rzepczynski now pitching. Poor guy he is being overworked these days. 3-1 count. Grounds to Lind takes it himself for third out. Last chance for Jays now.

Top 9th: McCoy leading off. He has certainly been getting good pitches with Bautista behind him. Darren Oliver now pitching. Strikes out swinging. Pressure now on Jose. Mound conference. Pops up to Beltre at 3B, two down Adam you are the last chance here. Pitching him away, singles into right. Adam has done his part. Johnny Mac pinch running. Rivera now. 5-10 this series. That will do, lines it to left Murphy unable to hold on to it, runners at the corners for Encarnacion. Woodward pinch running for Rivera. 2-2, Encarnacion strikes out, that was another nine pitch at bat by Edwin, but just short this time.
The error cost Jays bigtime tonight.

The good: SPEED... Patterson in particular tonight. Villanueva 3.1 scoreless innings and 51 pitches to keep Jays in this one after that six run third. Reyes had good two and two thirds innings, not his fault with the error, he would have been out of that inning with no runs scored. Rivera three hit game and average now .210 !!! 6-11 in the series 2 hr five rbis. Encarnacion at bats, wore them down each at bat fouling so many off each time. All the starters get a hit tonight.

The bad: Arencibia double play ball in second ruins Jays inning. Dotel home run when Jays had clawed their way back to tie it up. And of course the big error on throw by Encarnacion which lead to six runs.

Jays played Rangers tough one again this game and should be pleased with that.

One more chance for the series tomorrow with Morrow pitching.