Jays v Orioles. Series finale.
Series decider but the big attraction today must be the debut of Colby Rasmus signed yesterday from the Cardinals. Hitting number two in the line-up and moving Thames way down tonight. This line-up (on paper) looks so much stronger and with Lawrie still to be added it will get better. Lawrie by the way had two more home runs in Vegas win last night. Surely Alex he is ready, bring the kid up.
Line-ups: Orioles: Hardy, Markakis, Jones, Guerrero, Lee, Wieters, Reynolds, Reimold, Andino and Bergeson pitching.
Jays: Escobar, Rasmus, Bautista, Lind, Encarnacion, Thames, Hill, Snider, Arencibia and Villanueva pitching.
Top 1st: Hardy leading off, oh boy, second pitch this one is out of here into left field bullpen, 1-0 Orioles. Markakis, pulls this one deep into right but wide of the foul pole. Drives this one to right and Thames makes the catch, one down for Jones. 2-2 count, grounds to Bautista at third, throw to Lind, two down. Guerrero, this one WOW what a hit, just misses into the fifth deck just foul, lifts this one high into left another homerun, three great swings by Guerrero, 2-0 Orioles. Lee, high fly ball to Rasmus, for the third out. BUT Orioles light up Villanueva early.
Bottom 1st: Escobar, lines it into right field corner bounces into the crowd, ground rule double, Rasmus, gets a great ovation from the crowd, pops up first pitch to Hardy at short, one down for Bautista, full count, ball four outside, Lind. 2-2 count, bounces to Lee at first and falls over, Lind safe at first and bases loaded one down. Error to Lee. Encarnacion, full count, inside ball four, and here comes Escobar 2-1 Orioles. Bases still loaded for Thames, lines it to Markakis in right, Bautista tags and scores, 2-2 game. Hill, two on two down. Grounds to third, throw to second to get Encarnacion. Jays get two but that could have been a breakout inning.
Top 2nd: Wieters, grounds back to Villanueva, throw to Lind for the out. Reynolds, lines it to Bautista, two down for Reimold grounds to Hill at second, oh no, Hill misses this one and safe at first. That was bad Aaron, easy play. Error to Hill, Andino, singles into centre, two on two down for Hardy. Pops it up to Hill, who fortunately for him makes the catch.
Bottom 2nd: Snider, long overdue, pokes this one down the third base line and Travis safe without a throw by Reynolds. That will help Travis, he will take it any way he can right now. Arencibia, 1-2 count, pops it up to Markakis in shallow right. One down for Escobar, lines it into the right field corner but Markakis runs it down, two down for Rasmus. Pops it up to centre for third out.
Top 3rd: Markakis lines it to Rasmus in shallow centre for the out, one down, Jones, pops it up to Snider in left, two down. Guerrero, lines to Thames in right for third out, three up and down for Villanueva.
Bottom 3rd: Bautista, grounds to third, throw to Lee for the out. Lind one down. Full count, lines this one to the wall in centre but Jones runs it down, Encarnacion, another full count, whoa no doubt about this one Edwin, lines it to left seats, 3-2 Jays. Thames, Oh Wow !!! no doubt about this one either, drives it to right in to the seats. Back to back home runs and Jays 4-2 lead. That was impressive at bat by Thames, the pitch before he went to left field. Hill, 3-0 count, ball four inside, one on two down for Snider, come on Travis. 70 pitch count already. Hendrickson working in Orioles bullpen. Grounds back up the middle, another hit for Snider, Hill going to third just safe, that was too close. Reynolds drops the ball. Arencibia now with two on. 2-2 count, lines it into left corner, here comes Hill, and Snider is coming home, catcher drops the ball and Travis safe to make it 6-2 Jays. Arencibia stops at second. Escobar, bounces to short, throw to Lee for the final out.
Top 4th: Villanueva with a nice four run lead now. Lee, lines to Rasmus in centre, one down. Wieters, pops up to Snider, two down. Reynolds, full count, high ball four. One on for Reimold, 1-2 strikes out swinging. Pitch count 61.
Bottom 4th: Mark Hendrickson now pitching. Rasmus leading off. Full count, bounces to Hardy at short, throw to Lee, one down. Bautista, hits this one hard but pops it up high to left, two down. Lind, two down. Full count, strikes out swinging to end the inning. Hendrickson stops the bleeding for now.
Top 5th: Andino, full count, ball four. Not good for number nine hitter Carlos. Hardy with one on, 2-0 come on Carlos. That’s better full count, Andino running and Hardy lines it to the wall in left corner, Andino at third and throw is off the bag or he would have had Hardy. Two in scoring position and nobody out. Here comes pitching coach Walton. Markakis, 2-0 count, that will do, bounces to third Bautista looks runner back to base and throw to first to get Markakis, one down for Jones singles to Rasmus, Andino scores, on the throw here comes Hardy, 6-4 Jays. Guerrero. Not out of it with this guy. Singles to left, Jones stops at third. Lee lines it at Bautista, wow what a catch, throw to first from his knees Guerrero just safe, two down for Wieters. There goes Guerrero and safe at second. 1-2 count, bounces to Hill, throw to Lind for third out. Pitch count 84.
Bottom 5th: Jays need to put some more on the board. Encarnacion leading off. that will do Edwin, singles to left. One on for Thames, strikes out swinging at one in the dirt. Hill, bunting and a great one safe at first and Edwin at second. Snider, two hit night. 3-1 count, swings at high ball four, full count, grounds to Lee at first throw to second but no chance for double play as Hill slides right at him. Two on two down for Arencibia. Perfect, throw to third and Reynolds drops it and here comes Edwin to score 7-4 Jays. Error to Reynolds. Snider also moves up to second and in scoring position. Full count, ball four, two on for Escobar. Full count, perfect singles into left here comes Travis and Jays have both runs back 8-4 Jays. Rasmus with two on and two down. Full count, strikes out swinging but Jays get the two back.
Top 6th: That is it for Villanueva, new guy P.J. Walters now pitching. Part of the big trade yesterday. Reynolds, full count, nice pitch PJ, strikes him out, one down. Reimold, full count, inside ball four. One on one down. Andino, full count, pops it up to shallow right OH GREAT play by Lind, over the should catch ad throw to first to double up Reimold. Great play.
Bottom 6th: Bautista leading off. Jakubaskas now pitching. Full count, grounds to Hardy at short, throw to Lee for the out. Lind one down. 2-2 count, takes strike three, two down for Encarnacion. Lines it to the wall, stand up double, number 26 this season. Thames, 2-1 count, lines it to left, Reimold up against the wall to make the catch.
Top 7th: Casey Janssen now pitching. Hardy leading off. Grounds to Escobar, throw to Lind, one down. Markakis, lines it right at Hill for second out. Jones, slow roller to Bautista, makes the bare hand throw but not in time. Guerrerro, breaks his bat as it loops to Hill playing straight up the middle. Nice inning by Janssen.
Bottom 7th: Hill leading off. Koji Uehara pitching. Lines it hard at third nice catch by Reynolds. One down for Snider, 0-2 count, takes strike three. Arencibia. 1-2 count, lines this one to the wall in centre, stand up double for Arencibia. Two down on in scoring position for Escobar. First pitch pops up to Markakis. Jays leave another out there in scoring position. 2-10 tonight with runners in scoring position.
Top 8th: Francisco now pitching. Lee, drives it to left but right at Snider, one down. Wieters, same play right to Snider, two down for Reynolds. Pops up first pitch to Lind, six pitch inning. Nice work Frankie.
Bottom 8th: Rasmus leading off. Jim Johnson now pitching. Strikes out swinging, not the debut Colby was hoping for. Bautista, off the end of his bat, rolls slowly up the line, Reynolds had to let it roll and stays just fair, Jose safe at first. Lind, 2-2 count, pops up to Reimold in left, two down for Encarnacion. Grounds it very hard but right at Reynolds at third, throw to Lee for final out of the inning.
Top 9th: Orioles down to their last three at bats. Jon Rauch now pitching. Reimold leading off. Pops it up to Thames in right. Andino, strikes out looking, two down for Hardy. Oh dear, gets hold of this one and lines it over the wall in left, another home run, his fourth of the series. 8-5 Jays. Not over yet friends. Markakis grounds to Hill, throw to Lind for the out and the game and the series.
As the outfield trio celebrate that is the first smile I have seen from Rasmus tonight. must have been tough start for him with the nerves. Tomorrow another game Colby, you will be fine.
The excellent: Defence by Bautista and Lind to make two outstanding catches, Lind to make double play from his over the shoulder catch. Back to back home runs from Encarnacion and Thames. Three hit night for Encarnacion, Escobar and Arencibia two each. Villanueva despite rough two home run first inning managed to settle and get through five and get the win. Bullpen of Walters, Janssen, and Francisco scoreless innings.
The not so good: Error by Hill but did not hurt tonight
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