Rays v Jays. Game two of three.
A tough one today with Price pitching and also Morrow first game back off DL. Jays have yet to beat Price in seven starts against them. McCoy recalled from Vegas.
Line-ups: Rays: Fuld, Damon, Joyce, Zobrist, Upton, Kotchman, Jason, Brignac, Rodriguez, and Price pitching.
Jays: Escobar, Patterson, Bautista, Lind, Molina, Rivera DH again today, Snider. McDonald playing 3B today, and McCoy at 2B. the hot seat with both Hill and Nix on the DL. Morrow pitching.
Last night I think we saw three very different types of leadership. Johnny Damon for the Rays continued his hot start last night leading the attack. Bautista for the Jays showed his brand of leadership with his bat, double, triple, home run and two walks whilst hitting for the cycle twice. Jose does not Twitter or hot dog, just lets his play demonstrated his leadership.
There was one other example that I felt was a great lesson for the younger Twitterers on the Jays team. Rivera who is having a horrible start for his season came to bat at .098 and drew a multi pitch walk. He knows he is having a rough start, but he did everything he could to get on base. He followed up that walk in the next at bat with a single. Maybe just maybe he is getting on track but I thought more importantly he showed the younger Jays a lesson in grind and leadership by example. I don’t see that type of at bat by Arencibia or Patterson yet.
Today Morrow gets into early trouble with leadoff walk to Flud followed by a two run home run to Damon. Jays answer immediately with home run blast by Bautista. Jays go ahead in the bottom of the fourth with another home run by Bautista his number seven on the season. In the top of the sixth Villanueva who replaced Morrow gives up a three run shot to Zobrist and that was it until the Jays try to mount a comeback in the 8th and 9th innings. They manage two more in the ninth but fall short 6-4 today.
The very good: Morrow pitching into the sixth and leaving with only two runs against him. This is as much as could be hoped for after his DL and pitching against Price was a stiff assignment, but you know that Morrow will be ready next time around Price or no. He threw 93 pitches striking out 10 and left with game tied 2-2. Manager Farrell must have been delighted with that start.
Lind gets his fifth double of the season.
As for Juan Rivera after his awakening last night hits an RBI single in the ninth as Jays start the 9th with three hits to pull within two runs. but unable to pull this one out.
Bautista two more home runs. After last night’s three hit, two walk performance, that is what leadership is all about.
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