Jays finally get act together to win one behind Drabek pitching

White Sox v Jays.Game two of four.

Such a terrible game last night with Jays bumbling along in the ninth to throw the game away, literally. Tonight they had better be fired up to do better.

White Sox: Pierre, Ramirez, Quentin, Konerko, Pierzynski, Rios, Dunn, Vizquel, Beckham and Buerlhe pitching.

Jays: Escobar, Patterson, Bautista, Rivera, Arencibia, Hill, Davis, Molina, Nix and Drabek pitching.

Top 1st: Pierre, ball four, leadoff walk. You can’t do that to this guy. Ramirez strikes out. Relief from the crowd. Quentin fly ball to Patterson in left, two down. Konerko fly ball to Davis in centre, Drabek escapes damage from that leadoff walk.

Bottom 1st: Escobar, that s better, singles to left. Patterson fly ball to Rios in centre. One down for Bautista, singles to right, Escobar can only get to second. Rivera that’s better, doubles to the wall in here comes Escobar but Bautista held at third. 1-0 Jays. Two in scoring position with one out, can Jays get a big inning here? Arencibia fly ball but to shallow centre Rios, no chance to score for Bautista.Two down. Hill fly ball to Quentin in right. What is this with Hill going to opposite field in the last few games? He is a pull hitter. Very disappointing start. Jays had two chances to bring them in with just a base hit and could not do it again. They can’t expect to win games like this.

Top 2nd: Pierzynski lines out to Patterson. Rios lots of boos from the Jays faithful, they all remember Alex and his lack of effort. Fly ball to Patterson. Busy guy tonight. Dunn ball four. Second walk for Drabek tonight. Vizquel fly ball to Davis in centre to end the inning.

Bottom 2nd: Davis grounds to Ramirez at shirt, throw to Konerko at first, one down. Molina grounds to Ramirez, safe at first on throw, error to Ramirez. Nix grounds to Vizquel at third, throw to Beckham at second to get Molina. Nix safe at first. Molina out.
Escobar fly ball to Quentin in right.

Top 3rd: Beckham drives it deep to left, Patterson makes great catch at the wall. Wow. Pierre. Drives this one to the wall beats Bautista and Pierre goes to third on the play. Martinez, wow great diving catch by Patterson in left, throw to the plate not in time as Pierre scores 1-1, lines to first. Seven pitch inning for Drabek.

Bottom 3rd: Patterson leading off. Drives it high to right but not far enough, one down for Bautista. Strikes out swinging, two down. Rivera, drives it to left here comes throw to second but bounces and hits Beckham in the face. Rivera safe. hits Beckham in the eye, nasty. McPherson substitute for Beckham, two down for Arencibia, Arencibia takes strike three, have to swing JP. Another runner left in scoring position. And not hard to see why.

Top 4th: Konerko, 3-1 count, lines it to Davis in center, one down for Pierzynski, full count; grounds to Hill throw to Drabek covering first. Boos, must be Rios, grounds back to Drabek throw to Rivera to end the inning. Three up and down.

Bottom 4th: Time Jays hitters get going here. Two runs in thirteen innings is not good enough for anything. Hill, 2-2 count, singles to left, finally he is going to left instead of opposite field outs. Davis, showing bunt, that will do Rajai, triples to the wall here comes Hill chugging in to score, 2-1 Jays. Davis beats the throw to third. Molina with runner at third, chance to bring in another. Nix, one down. Full count, ball four, two on one down for top of the order. Escobar, shows bunt and here comes Davis picked off in run down whilst Nix goes to third on play two down. Escobar grounds to second, throw to first to get Escobar. Leaves yet another at third.

Top 5th: Dunn leading off. 3-0 count, Drabek what is his problem? Ball four, just throw it down the middle Kyle and let your defence help you out. Vizquel, singles into right, Dunn to second, two on nobody out. McPherson, strikes out swinging, one down. Pierre, singles to Davis in centre, bases loaded. Ramirez, pops it up to shallow right, Bautista has it and no chance for a run here. Two down. Quentin, 3-0 count, this is awful pitching by Drabek, full count, ball four and he walks in a run, well Kyle if you go 3-0 what do you expect. Stop pitching so fine, just get it over the plate. 2-2 game and bases still loaded, Konerko good luck Kyle here. 2-0 count, 2-2 count, but you have to finish him off here Kyle. Grounds to Escobar throw to Hill to get the out. BUT a 32 pitch inning. That is NOT good Kyle.

Bottom 5th: Jays have given up the lead twice tonight or rather Drabek has. Patterson, grounds to Konerko, takes it himself for first out. Bautista, strikes out looking. Rivera, pops up to Konerko for third out.

Top 6th: grounds to Nix, throw to Rivera, one down. Rios, grounds to Escobar, throw to first, called out Rios does not agree, here comes manager but no good. Crowd loves it.Two down. Dunn, full count, ball four, Walk number five. Ouch. Not major league stuff yet Kyle. Vizquel. 3-1 count, full count, grounds back to Drabek throw to Rivera for third out. 103 pitches. Probably his last hitter tonight.

Bottom 6th: Hill, pulls to short, throw to first, one down. Hill it deep to left but not far enough for second out. Davis, full count, pulls it to left, second hit tonight for Rajai. Molina, Davis running and picked off by Buerhle to end the inning.

Top 7th: Drabek still out there. McPherson, Casey Janssen warming up. 1-2 count, strikes out swinging. Pierre, fly ball to Davis for out number two. Ramirez, 2-2 count, full count, strikes out wild pitch and Ramirez gets to first. That’s it for Drabek. Gave up only three hits but the walks did him in tonight, you can’t give up six and hope to win the game. Janssen pitching, one on two down. Quentin, another wild pitch, Arencibia gives up far too many, almost every game. Ramirez to second and he has not even hit the ball. 3-1 count, lifts it to Bautista for third out.

Bottom 7th: Molina leading off. Full count. singles into centre, third hit tonight for him. Nix yet to get a hit since off DL. 0-19. grounds to third throw to second to get Molina throw nit in time to get Nix. One on one down. Escobar, there we go speed kills. As Escobar drives it to right centre, here comes Nix all the way from first, 3-2 Jays. Now pile it on, Patterson. Escobar at second. Pops up first pitch to shallow right. Two down for Bautista, Intentional walk number seven this season. Two on. Rivera, 2-3 tonight. 0-2 count, grounds to short, throw to second to get Bautista, seemed to hurt his wrist on that slide. I hope not.

Top 8th: Konerko, grounds to Hill, throw to Rivera, one down. Pierzynski, 2-2 count,. Camp warming up. Full count, grounds to Rivera throw to Janssen for the out, I hear boos guess who? Rios, grounds to Hill off his glove, but no error given. Rios on first. Two down for Dunn, 2-0 count. full count, ball four, has walked four times tonight. Two on two down. That must be it for Casey. Camp now. Vizquel. Grounds t Hill, this time no problem throw to Escobar at second for the out.

Bottom 8th: Tony Pena now pitching, Arencibia, 1-2 count, singles back up the middle. One on for Hill. Pops up to centre, one down, could not move him over. Davis, pulls it into left, Arencibia to second. I think Davis should be moved back to lead off Molina, 2-0 count, 2-2, that will do Jose, singles in to right, Here comes Arencibia chugging along, 4-2 Jays. Still two on base. Nix again, another chance. Oh boy Davis stealing and then stops, Molina going all the way so Davis has to get going both beat the throws, when did Molina last steal, first this season. Meantime Nix, full count pops up to short, two down. Escobar with two in scoring position. 1-2 count. Grounds to short, Escobar unable to bring them in with a base hit.

Top 9th: Jon Rauch in with two run lead. Recently this has not been enough. McPherson, strikes out, one down for Pierre, this is the guy they should worry about. 2-3 with a walk tonight. 0-2 count, lines it off Rauch throw not in time. Ramirez, no, yet another wild pitch, Pierre to second. Arencibia’s weakness. Another one, Pierre to third. Come on. 2-2 count. strikes out swinging, two down. One more Jon, Quentin, that will do it, grounds to Escobar, throw to Rivera. Finally Jays get a win !!!!!!

The good: Drabek pitched well but that 32 pitch inning certainly did not help him. Some good hitting tonight especially by Davis 3-4.Great to see him on fire, he is the spark for this team with his speed.

The not so good: Leaving runners in scoring position, when oh when are they going to improve in this category? The failure of Arencibia on balls in the dirt and giving up too many passed balls. Not least that missed suicide squeeze by Escobar who left Davis out to dry. That is the second time he has done that. Did he miss the signal or is he hotdogging it, not wanting to sacrifice? Something to watch