Indians v Jays. Game one of three.
Very tough series for the Jays 31 -19 Indians. Very tough game for Reyes, this could be a blow out for JoJo. However what I really liked about yesterday’s blowout against the White Sox was the contribution by Hill, Encarnacion and Nix who had provided little to date for the team. Great to see someone and especially all three of them take some pressure off Bautista for a change. Tonight Reyes needs all of them to help him, this is one tough opponent.
Line-ups: Indians: Brantley, Asdrubel Cabrera, Choo, Duncan, Orlando Cabrera, Santana, LaPorta, Kearns, Hannahan and Carmona pitching.
Jays: Escobar, Patterson, Bautista, Rivera, Arencibia, Hill, Thames, Davis, Nix and Reyes pitching.
Top 1st: Brantley, singles to Patterson in left, Asdrubel Cabrera, perfect grounds to Nix, throw to Hill over to Rivera, double play ball. Nice. Choo, grounds to Hill throw to Rivera, for third out. Five pitches. Very nice. It is time that the Jays team gave JoJo some help after blowing four of his quality starts. And they know that. He needs their help.
Bottom 1st: Escobar, fly ball to centre, one down. Patterson, powers it to second, great catch by Cabrera, robs Corey of a hit there. Bautista, two down. Lines it back up the middle. One on two down. Rivera, strikes out swinging.
Top 2nd: Duncan, grounds to Nix at third, tough throw by Nix, to Rivera not in time. Runner safe. Orlando Cabrera, singles back up the middle past diving Escobar. Two on for Santana, fly ball to Davis in centre, one down. LaPorta, fly ball to Bautista in right, two down, Duncan moves to third on play. Kearns, two down two on. 1-2 count, very nice JoJo strikes him out to end this one.
Bottom 2nd: Jays need to give Reyes some run support here. It is fine giving Romero a six spot, he probably does not need it but Reyes definitely does. Arencibia, strikes out swinging, one down for Hill, grounds to third, throw to first, two down for Thames. (First pitch) grounds to first for the out. Nine pitch inning for Carmona. Thames has to be far more patient.
Top 3rd: Hannahan, 2-2 count, pops up to Patterson to left, one down for Brantley, 3-1 ball four, one on one down for Asdrubel Cabrera, grounds back to Reyes, throw to Hill on to Rivera, another double play. Second started by Cabrera but Reyes does not mind.
Bottom 3rd: Davis hammers this on at third off the glove for a leadoff double, Nix. Will Davis steal? 2-0 count, 2-2 Nix just misses home run to left. BUT no doubt about this one, hammers it into left second deck home run, 2-0 Jays. Escobar singles into right, Patterson, grounds to short to the bag over to first double play ball. Bautista now with nobody on, and two down. 3-0 count, keeping it away from Jose. Ball four, another walk for Jose number 46 in 51 games. Rivera, 2-2 count, grounds to short, throw to second to get Bautista.
Top 4th: Choo, strikes out looking, nice pitch JoJo. One down for Duncan, WOW gets hold of this one, into fifth deck, bounces back into the field. 2-1 Jays. Cabrera, 2-2 lines it to Patterson in left, two down. Santana, 3-0 count, ball four. LaPorta pops up to Rivera coming across in front of the mound for third out.
Bottom 4th: Arencibia singles into left. Hill, 3-1 count, full count, hits Hill on elbow. Two on for Thames nobody out. Is he bunting? No. 2-0, way outside. Pitching coach out there. Singles in to left, Arencibia held at third. Bases loaded for Davis. Perfect, Rajai doubles into left corner, here comes Arencibia, here comes Hill, 4-1 Jays. Nix with two in scoring position, nobody out. Strikes out swinging. Top of the order one down. Escobar 2-0 count, way outside 3-1. Full count, ball four to load the bases. Patterson, Ohhhhhh grounds to Cabrera at second, here comes one Thames, Cabrera bobbles the ball and here comes Davis never stopped running 6-1 Jays. SPEED. Should have been double play. Bautista with two on one down. 2-2 count. Full count. WHOA!!!! Jose doubles to opposite field here comes Escobar, here comes Patterson, 8-1 Jays. Rivera grounds to third, throw to first Rivera out, Bautista going to third safe on Arencibia drives to left wall here comes Bautista, 9-1 Jays. Hill with runner at second, grounds to third throw to first for third out.
Top 5th: Kearns, full count, outside, ball four. One on for Hannahan singles to centre, two on but nobody out, come on Jo Jo. Brantley, 2-0 count, perfect grounds to Hill to Escobar over to Rivera, double play ball. Two down one on. Cabrera, bounces to Escobar throw to Rivera for third out.
Bottom 5th: New pitcher for Indians Chad Durbin, Thames singles into centre. Davis, Perfect, grounds off Durbin and both runners safe. Love it. Nix, pops up to first, one own. Escobar, 2-2 count, wow even broken bat brings in a run, singles into right, here comes Thames 10-1 Jays. Two on for Patterson. Davis at third. Fly ball to Kearns in left, here comes Davis, 11-1 Jays. Bautista two down one on, grounds to second throw to bag for third out.
Top 6th: Choo singles into right. Duncan, fly ball to Bautista, one down. Cabrera, pops up to Patterson in shallow left two down. Santana, grounds to Nix throw to second to get Choo and final out.
Bottom 6th: Rivera, lines to Kearns in left, one down. Arencibia, fly ball to Choo in right, two down. Hill, grounds to third, throw to first to end the inning. Three up and down for Jays.
Top 7th: LaPorta, pops up to Arencibia, Kearns, strikes out swinging, two down. Hannahan lines it to Davis in centre.
Bottom 7th: Rafael Perez now pitching. Thames leading off. Bounces to Cabrera at second throw to first to get Thames. Davis, pops up to first, two down. Nix, doubles to the wall in left. Good to see Jayson on fire again. Escobar now can he bring him in? Grounds to short, throw to first to tag Escobar as he goes by.
Top 8th: Brantley, 3-0 count, ball four, JoJo tiring here. Cabrera, fly ball to Patterson in left. Choo, grounds to Rivera at first tags runner out, two down. Duncan, 2-2 count, lines to Patterson in left for third out.
Bottom 8th: Patterson, grounds back to Perez, throw to first one down McCoy pinch hitting for Bautista, pops up to right, two down. Rivera the only starter without a hit tonight. Pops up to shallow centre for third out.
Top 9th: Cabrera grounds to Nix, long throw to Rivera tags him out, one down for Santana, full count, grounds to Nix long throw not in time one on, one down for LaPorta, pops up to Arencibia, two down. Kearns, singles to right, two on two down. Hannahan 115 pitch count. 0-2 count, strikes out, well deserved win for JoJo. This could have gone the other way 11-1 and not many fans would have been surprised.
Awesome: JoJo Reyes, not that he won, but that he beat the Indians a team with 31-19 record. Yes he had run support, but he still kept the Indians with the best record in the AL to one run tonight. That IS awesome pitching. And not least he broke that awful run of 28 games without a win but many of those were no-decisions which could have been his wins without the bullpen ruining it for him.
The very good; Jayson Nix home run, Bautista hits in the first to get it going back up the middle and especially the one to opposite field to bring in two. Jose does it all even without hitting the home runs. The bottom of the order, Davis heads up running. But this was an all-round team effort to support Reyes, a well deserved win.
The not so good: Are you kidding, not tonight.
Noteworthy: Green Jay wins the Budweiser baseball trivia contest on Sunday at Rogers Centre, way to go Jessica.
Did anybody note that ex-Jays Brandon League has 14 ??? saves for the Mariners... wow, we miss you Brandon
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