Jays v Royals Game two of four.
Rough night for Jays and Morrow last night, Drabek doing for much better but will need some run support.
Line-ups: Jays: Escobar, Patterson, Bautista, Lind, Arencibia, Hill, Encarnacion, Davis, Nix and Drabek pitching.
Royals: Gordon, Cabrera, Hosmer, Francouer, Butler, Aviles, Getz, Treanor, Escobar, and Mazarro pitching.
Top 1st: Escobar leading off singles to Cabrera in centre. Patterson, there goes Escobar safe at second throw wild and on to third, throw by Cabrera in centre also wild and Escobar comes in to score. 1-0 Jays. I feel sorry for Mazarro. Patterson fly ball to Cabrera, one down for Bautista, singles to left. Lind, 1-2 count, gets hold of this on into right field seats, home run Adam and Jays are up 3-0. Where was this last night? Arencibia, one down fly ball to left field Gordon. Two down for Hill, strikes out but Jays are off and running.
Bottom 1st: Gordon singles to Davis in centre. Cabrera, wild pitch and Gordon moves up to second. Cabrera lines to Patterson in left, one down. Hosmer 3-0 count, ball four. Drabek not good right now. Francouer with two on and one down, singles to Davis in centre here comes Gordon, 3-1 Jays. Hosmer goes to third, still only one down. Butler that’s more like it Kyle, grounds hard back at Drabek takes the pitch great throw to Hill over to Lind, double play ball to rescue Drabek here.
Top 2nd: Encarnacion leading off, doubles to centre. Jays keeping the hits coming tonight. Davis bunting to third base Aviles, throw to Getz, to get Davis, Encarnacion to third. One down for Nix with runner at third, another chance here for Jays to bring him in. Nice hit Jayson, doubles to left, here comes Encarnacion 4-1 Jays. Escobar with runner at second, grounds to short Escobar, throw to first base Hosmer. Two down.
Oh boy, nice play, Nix is picked off pitcher Mazzaro throws to Escobar at short to tag Nix. Manager will not be too happy with that baserunning.
Bottom 2nd: Aviles fly ball to Davis in centre, one down for Getz , doubles to Davis in centre.One down one on for Treanor, pops up to Lind. Two down for Escobar grounds to Hill throw to Lind for third out.
Top 3rd: Patterson fly ball to Francoeur in right, one down. Bautista, ball four yet another walk for Jose. Lind fly ball to Francoeur in right, two down for Arencibia, strikes out.
Bottom 3rd: Gordon grounds to Lind throw to Drabek. One down. Cabrera grounds to short, Escobar throw to Lind. Two down. Hosmer singles to Bautista in right. Francouer, wild pitch by Drabek, Hosmer to second. Another wild pitch, Hosmer to third. Francouer single to left, here comes Hosmer 4-2 Jays. Butler singles to left, Francoeur moves to second. Aviles grounds to Escobar throw to Hill, third out.
Top 4th: Hill grounds to Escobar at short, throw to first base Hosmer. One down. Encarnacion, one down, exactly the same play grounds to Escobar throw to first base Hosmer. Davis with two down, grounds to Getz at second, throw to Hosmer at frst to end this ining.
Bottom 4th: McCoy now playing at short for Escobar, not sure what that is all about. Getz bunting, to Hill, throw to first base Lind. One down. Treanor grounds to Nix throw to first Lind. Two down for Escobar, singles to right. Gordon, there goes Escobar safe at second, Gordon, full count, ball four. Cabrera, with one in scoring position, oh very nice play by Drabek, throw to McCoy to get behind Escobar.
Top 5th: Nix grounds to third. No chance for that throw and Nix safe at first. McCoy, gets hold of this one and into left, her comes Nix, 5-2 Jays. Patterson bunting but throw is to third and not in time, McCoy to third. Bautista pops up to second base Getz. Lind, this should do it, fly ball to Francouer, here comes McCoy 6-2 Jays. Arencibia strikes out.
Bottom 5th: Cabrera singles to left. Hosmer one on, singles to right, Cabrera to second. Wild pitch by Drabek. Cabrera moves to third, Hosmer to second. Two in scoring position, Drabek in huge trouble right now. Francouer grounds to short throw to Lind but runner scores, trading a run for an out. 6-3 Jays. Hosmer is at third, only one out. Butler grounds to Hill, throw tlo Lind to get second out. Run Hosmer scores 6-4 Jays. Aviles flied out to left fielder C.Patterson.
Top 6th: Hill singles to left. That’s it for Mazarro. Coleman pi
Coleman now pitching Encarnacion, 0-2 count, fly ball to right, one down. Davis one on one down, 1-2 count, grounds to third throw to second gets Hill sliding in to the bag, two down. Davis at first, he had better be stealing now. Nix, two hit night, 0-2 count, there goes Davis, throw to second gets him.
Bottom 6th: Drabek still out there, struggled last inning. 3-1 if he walks him it could be his last hitter. Full count, grounds to Lind throw to Drabek. One down. Treanor, full count, ball four, here comes Manager, had enough. 99 pitch count. Stops Drabek to talk to him before he lets him go. Probably no histrionics on the bench when you get back in the dugout. Perez, now pitching, Escobar at bat, singles to left, two on one down for Gordon. Nice pitch strikes him out looking, two down. Singles to right, here cmes the run and throw to third not in time. 6-5 Jays. Strikes out swinging to end the inning but this is a one run game. Deja vu last night, you can feel this one slipping away.
Top 7th: Nix who was left on base last inning. 1-2 count, strikes out, one down for McCoy, strikes out swinging, two down for Patterson. Thats it for Coleman. Tim Collins now pitching. Strikes out swinging.
Bottom 7th: Francouer, fly ball to Bautista in right, one down for Butler, grounds hard to Nix at third, long throw to Lind, two down. Aviles, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging. Number three for Lopez, good inning. He has done his job.
Top 8th: Now for the Jays hitters, time once again to break out here with the power guys. Bautista leading off. 2-0 way out of the zone, 3-1, ball four, wild guy. Lind, ball one, another 3-1 count, full count, grounds to second throw to second base for the out no chance for two as Bautista slides into him. Arencibia, one down one on. 0-3 tonight. 3-0 count, full count, gets hold of this one, high to left, this one is out of here, home run JP into the bullpen in left. 8-5 Jays. Hill, pops up to right, two down. Encarnacion, 3-0 count, ball four. That is it for Collins. Davis, one on two down. Blake Wood now pitching, 3-0 count, full count, off the end of the bat back to the pitcher, throw to first.
Bottom 8th: Jays need to hold this lead here. And their record has not been that good recently. Getz, 1-2 count, grounds to McCoy at short, throw to Lind, one down for Treanor, full count, ball four. Escobar, fly ball to Patterson in left, two down for Gordon. Full count, strikes out swinging. Very nice relief by Perez.
Top 9th: Nix leading off. 2-2 count. Grounds to Escobar at short, throw to first, one down. Top of the order McCoy. Lines to Cabrera in centre, two down for Patterson. First pitch fly ball to left, leaves Bautista on the on deck circle. I hope they don’t need him in extra innings.
Bottom 9th: No Francisco tonight, here comes Jon Rauch. Cabrera leading off. Grounds to McCoy, throw to Lind, one down. Hosmer, pops up to Nix at third, two down for Francouer, 3-1 count, fly ball to Davis in centre. Jays in 8-5. Drabek gets win number four.
The very good: Lind and Arencibia both their home runs at crucial times in the game. One to lead off first inning and get Jays going and Arencibia in the eighth to give the three run cushion. Bullpen Perez and Rauch do great job keeping Royals scoreless. Drabek to get win number four.
Not so good: High pitch count for Drabek, like Morrow last
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