Jays win big 5-3 in New York with Romero and power from Bautista and Arencibia

Jays v Yankees in New York Game one of three.
Facing the Evil Empire this weekend but at least they are arriving in New York on a high after taking three of four from Texas and almost sweeping. No Snider but Rajai Davis back plus David Cooper who played so well in spring and has continued that in Vegas.

Line-ups: Jays: Davis, Escobar, Bautista, Lind, Rivera in left to replace Travis, Encarnacion, Cooper, (DH tonight) Arencibia, McDonald and Romero pitching. Brand new line-up here. Cooper being thrown in the deep end to make his debut at Yankee Stadium, nervous David?
Yankees: Jeter, Swisher, Teixeira, Rodriguez, Cano, Jones, Granderson, Martin, Gardner and Garcia pitching.

Top 1st: Davis leading off, great to see Rajai back in line-up. Pops up to Swisher in right. Escobar, singles to Gardner in left. Bautista, singles into left, two on one down for Lind. Pulls it to right, Swisher great running catch with his glove outstretched to save two runs there. That was tough break for Jays. Two down. Rivera, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. 14 pitch count.
Bottom 1st: Jeter leading off. Full count, lines it to right, Bautista makes nice catch, one down for Swisher. Another full count, nubber to third, great play by Encarnacion. Two down for Teixeira pulls it past diving Escobar into left. Rodriguez, 2-2 count, fly ball to Bautista in right but 21 pitch count. Ricky has to get that down, this line-up will grind out those at bats.

Top 2nd: Encarnacion, full count, ball four, Cooper first major league at bat. 2-0 count, 2-2 full count, ball four. At least he gets on base. Two on for Arencibia grounds to Teixeira, one down runners at second and third. McDonald with two in scoring position strikes out swinging. Davis, grounds to Jeter throw to first. Here we go again with runners in scoring position, that was awful. Can’t do this with Yankees. 35 pitch count.
Bottom 2nd: Cano, another full count, ball four. Romero struggling early to get his pitch count down. Not what Farrell wanted from him at all. Jones, that’s better strikes out on three pitches. One down. Granderson, nice to have this guy batting number seven in the order !!! already has seven home runs. 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. Martin, off the wall in left, almost out of here. Granderson scores 1-0 Yankees. Martin stops at second. Gardner, almost 50 pitches in two innings?? Ricky not long for this one. 3-0 count, full count, grounds to Escobar throw to Lind for the out. 47 pitch count. Not good at all. Jays did not want to go to bullpen this early in the series. Romero has to tighten up or he will be gone before the 5th at this rate.

Top 3rd: Escobar leading off. Full count, ball four. Jays are getting runners on, five to date, but not much luck doing anything with them so far. Bautista, another full count, YES JOSE, gets hold of this one, this one is out of here into left and Jay get into the lead 2-1 just like that. Home run number nine for Jose. No doubt about that. That was hammered. Lind, singles in to right. Rivera fly ball to Gardner in left, one down. Encarnacion, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging, two down for Cooper. Strikes out swinging over ball. 58 pitches for Garcia.
Bottom 3rd: Can Romero now tighten up here? Jeter leading off. Lines to Bautista in right. One down. Swisher, 3-0 come on Ricky. Ball four. Teixeira, playing with fire Ricky. Need a ground ball here. WOW hammers it back at Romero, sticks in his glove. That almost killed him. Reflex catch in the glove knocks him over but gets the out. Two down for A-Rod. 0-2 count, strikes out, AND 12 pitch inning. Much better. 59 pitch count.

Top 4th: Arencibia first pitch, WOW !! this one is out of here no doubt about that into left field seats. 3-1 Jays. McDonald grounds to Davis, that’s better singles into shallow right centre. Now some speed will he steal. Escobar, there he goes Rajai steals second. Garcia now has to worry about something else here. Plus Bautista on deck. 2-2 count. Strikes out swinging. Bautista 2-0 count, base open, 3-0, intentional ball four. Lind with two on and two down. 2-0 count, may load them up for Rivera. Ball three not giving Adam anything. Two intentional walks wow. Rivera with bases loaded 1-1 count, 1-2, 2-2, strikes out looking, ouch Juan that was huge, surely a swing with two strikes. 83 pitch count for Garcia. Jays have left so many on base (nine) already tonight. This could haunt them later. 0-7 with runners in scoring position
Bottom 4th: Ricky now with a good lead. Cano 2-2 count. Oh dear. Lines this one into right field seats 3-2 Jays. Jones, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. One down for Granderson, does not get any easier. 1-2 count, strikes out, two down. Martin, grounds to Escobar for third out. 77 pitches. May just get into the sixth.

Top 5th: Encarnacion off the end of his bat in front of the plate, Martin throw Teixeira to get him. Cooper pops up to Cano at second. Two down. Arencibia full count, singles to left. Johnny Mac. Just foul, that was close. 2-2 count, 99 pitch count, Robertson working in bullpen. Full count. Pops up to in Gardner in left.
Bottom 5th: Ricky wants to be careful here with pitch count try to get into the sixth. Garcia is out of game. Gardner leading off. 0-2 count, grounds up the middle great diving save by Johnny Mac, but safe on throw, highlight reel play. One on for Jeter, bunting great bunt safe at first. That was a mess Romero, Arencibia and Encarnacion all three go for the ball. Ricky gets it but probably better for JP. Two on nobody out. Swisher. 1-2 count. 2-2, NO. Lines it at Encarnacion, drops the ball then throws it away bases loaded. Errors on Encarnacion. Teixeira pops up to Escobar, great catch and throw back to keep runner at third. One down for A-Rod bases still loaded. Grounds to Escobar throw to Johnny Mac at second on to Lind at first, double play ball. WOW the great escape for Ricky. 92 pitch count. That was superb with nobody out and bases loaded.

Top 6th: Robertson now pitching, Davis 3-0 ball four. Great. Speed on base again. Escobar, ball one, conference on mound, the usual Yankee timewasters. There goes Rajai grounds to second no chance for double play ball, Escobar out at first, Bautista now with runner at second, there goes Rajai and beats the throw safe at 3rd. 3-1 count, Jose will get nothing to hit here. Full count. There`s ball four, poor guy 28 walks this month in April club record. Lind now. Ball one, 1-2, strikes out swinging high ball. Two down. Rivera, 1-1, OHHHHH no Bautista going, Robertson hesitating thinking Davis going then throws away into centre Davis scores, 4-2 Jays. Jose at second, 2-2 count, full count. Oh Juan, singles into left, here comes Jose and slides past throw 5-2 Jays. Encarnacion, strikes out looking.
Bottom 6th: Cano, 3-0 come on Ricky, you don’t need this`, you have used up your lives last inning. Ball four. Jones 1-2 count. Dotel !!! working in Jays bullpen. Strikes out for third time against Ricky tonight. One down. Granderson. 0-2 count, strikes out for third time also. Martin, 2-2 count. Casey Janssen warming up. Lines to Bautista in right. 109 pitch count.

Top 7th: Cooper leading off, one walk tonight, would love a hit here. Buddy Carlyle now pitching. First pitch lines to centre Granderson. Need to be a bit more patient David. Arencibia, 1-2 count, strikes out looking, two quick outs for Carlyle. Johnny Mac. 0-3 tonight. 3-1 count, wants to get on somehow. Full count, pops up to Gardner in left.
Bottom 7th: Janssen now pitching. Gardner, 3-1 count, careful Casey. Full count, ball four. Jeter 2-2 count. Full count. Grounds to Escobar throw to Lind one down. Gardner was running in play but I don’t think they would have had two. Swisher now, 0-2, Swisher does not like that call. Nice pitch, strike three, two down for Teixeira. Camp up in bullpen. 1-2 count, 2-2, whoa great breaking ball outside to get him swinging and missing and leave two out there. Nice pitching Casey. Boston and Tampa both losing.

Top 8th: Top of the order. Davis who has had a great return tonight, Adds so much to this Jays offense. Chamberlain now pitching. 0-2, grounds to Cano at second, throw to first, one down. Escobar 0-2, Bautista two walks and two hits. 1-2 count this time, grounds to Jeter throw to first.
Bottom 8th: Camp now pitching. Patterson now in for Rivera, and McCoy in for Encarnacion. Cano, OH NO! First pitch line drive into right field seats. 5-3 game. Chavez pinch hitting. Grounds to second throw to Lind for the first out. Granderson, grounds to Johnny Mac bobbles it and Granderson safe. That`s it for Camp. Here comes oh no, Dotel. Dotel gave up that home run last time out. One on one down for Martin. 3-0, does this guy have it anymore. Takes it all the way. Ball four. Gardner, 2-0 Dotel does not have it (again) tonight, 2-2, full count. Ball four. If anyone needs a bus ticket to Vegas it is Dotel. Bases loaded for Jeter. 0-2, 2-2, strikes out swinging, two down but bases still loaded for Swisher. That`s it for Dotel, leaving the mess for Jon Rauch. WHOA grounds first pitch to Lind to take it himself for third out. Jays have been living on the edge all night long. They need more breathing room insurance here.

Top 9th: Boone Logan now pitching. Lind leading off. Strikes out swinging. McCoy, grounds to Jeter, long throw just gets him, two down. Patterson, nice, singles into right. Cooper, what a chance here for him for first hit. Connects, but long fly ball to Granderson in centre.
Bottom 9th: Teixeira, A-Rod and Cano, Jays certainly do it the hard way. Rauch back out there. Tampa and Boston have lost but Baltimore hammer White Sox in Chicago. Teixeira fly ball to Patterson in left. A-Rod, grounds to McCoy at third. But here comes Cano. Two home runs already. This is it, pops up to Davis in centre. Jays win big to knock off the Yankees 5-3.

Some weird and wonderful plays tonight but Jays had so many wasted chances to demolish Yankees.
The very good: Bautista two run home run. Arencibia, home run. Davis single and stolen base. Incredible catch by Romero off Teixeira blast right at him. Romero seven strikeouts but high pitch count early innings. Rauch to finish off the heart of Yankees order last four outs. Swisher, Teixeira, A-Rod and Cano. Three stolen bases two for Davis, welcome back Rajai.
Very bad: 2nd inning two in scoring position and one down, could not score. Dotel two consecutive walks to load bases. 1-10 with runners in scoring position. That is awful.