Jays bats silent behind poor outing by Morrow as Jays lose Bautista and the game to Baltimore.

Orioles v Jays. Game one of three.

Jays had day off yesterday and now match up with the division doormat, but this is where Jays usually are unable to win games. Watch the over confidence tonight. But this Baltimore line-up has some power. It will be a huge mistake to take them lightly.

Line-ups: Orioles: Hardy, Markakis, Jones, Guerrero, Wieters, Lee, Reynolds, Reimold, Andino and Arrieta pitching.
Jays: Escobar, Thames, Bautista, Lind, Encarnacion, Snider, Hill, Patterson, Molina and Morrow pitching.

Top 1st: Hardy leading off, fly ball to Snider playing in centre tonight. Markakis strikes out. Adam Jones strikes out. Good first inning for Morrow.
Bottom 1st: Escobar singles to centre. Yunel doing very well in that leadoff spot. Thames showing some patience here, ball four and walks, Escobar to second. Two on for Bautista. Pops up to Andino at second. Lind fly ball to Jones in centre. Encarnacion grounds to shortstop Hardy throw to Andino, at second for third out. Thames out. Jays get the first two on and that was it.

Top 2nd: Guerrero singles to centre. One on for Wieters, singles to right, Guerrero to second. Morrow in trouble here. Lee doubles to Snider in centre, Travis males a great dive here but not this time Travis as the ball gets by him and here comes Guerrero, here comes Wieters, 2-0 Baltimore. Reynolds, grounds to Escobar throw to Lind for the first out. Reimold strikes out. Two down. Andino strikes out. Morrow recovers well but Jays are in early catch-up mode.
Bottom 2nd: Snider leading off, grounds back to Arrieta throw to Lee at first base. Hill, singles to left. One down. Patterson grounds to pitcher Arrieta throw to Hardy, at short, Hill out. There goes Patterson and safe on the throw to second. Molina with run in scoring position, strikes out.

Top 3rd: Hardy leading off, gets hold of this one, goodbye, and it is out of here, home run Hardy and Baltimore out ahead 3-0. Markakis full count, ball four and another walk by Morrow. One down and one on for Jones, lines out to Thames. Guerrero pops up to Patterson in left. Wieters, grounds to Lind at first, throw to Morrow, OH dear, Morrow missed the bag with his foot. Error to Morrow and quite rightly so. That was a weird play by Morrow, just waved his foot at the bag and missed it. An easy play, Markakis moves to second. Lee singles to centre, here comes Markakis and Wieters moves up to second. 4-0 Baltimore. Reynolds, strikes out.
Bottom 3rd: Escobar grounds to third, hustles down the line and is safe at first. Thames, error to Arrieta, Escobar moves up to second. Two on and nobody out. Thames strikes out. Bautista, OH NO, Jose hit by a pitch. He is down and holding his head. That hit him on the ear flap. Jays hitters are being pitched inside by most teams and still no Jays has retaliated. Long Overdue. Johnny Mac pinch running for Jose as he walks off the field under his own steam, that is such a scary sight and the sound as it hit the helmet was sickening. McDonald pinch-running for Bautista. Lind, that’s how you do it Adam, drives this one hard to centre, this one is out of there, here comes Escobar, here comes Johnny Mac and Lind brings up the rear, three run home run for Lind and Jays pull within one 4-3, Baltimore. Encarnacion with one down pops up to Reynolds at third. Snider, two down strikes out. Jays lose Bautista but score three.

Top 4th: Johnny Mac stays in at third for Jose. Reimold, OH NO , hammers this one to left on the first pitch left up. 5-3 Baltimore. Andino, singles to left. Morrow off this inning big-time. Hardy, does it again, hammers this one to left, here comes Andino to score and here comes Hardy, 7-3 Baltimore. Markakis, grounds to Hill at second. One down for Jones singles to left. That is it for Manager Farrell he has had enough like the rest of us today. Camp now pitching. Guerrero batting. There goes Jones and takes second.
Guerrero grounds to third, Johnny Mac to first base Lind. Wieters grounds to Hill throw to Lind but the damage has been done as Yankees add on four more, 9-3 Baltimore.
Bottom 4th: Hill, some patience here, full count, OH yes Aaron, there she goes, Hill pulls it in to the left field seats and Jays get one back. 9-4 Baltimore. Patterson grounds to Andino at second, throw to Lee at first, one down. Molina strikes out. Two down for Escobar grounds right back at pitcher Arrieta, off his leg to Lee at first base. Jays get one nut that is it as Arrieta has stymied them tonight.
Top 5th: Camp still out there, Lee singles to centre. One on for Reynolds, strikes out. One down for Reimold, doubles to left here comes Lee. 10-4 Baltimore and this one is a rout tonight by the Orioles. Andino doubles to centre, here comes Reimold, 11-4 Baltimore. Hardy, passed ball, Andino moves up to third. Hardy sac fly to Patterson in left. Here comes Andino 12-4 Baltimore. Markakis, singles to right. And that is it for Camp. Casey Janssen now pitching. He had his own lousy inning last week. Jones with still only one down, singles to centre, Markakis to second. Guerrero, fly ball to Thames in right to end the inning.

Bottom 5th: Jays have a long haul now to get back into this one.Thames leading off, grounds to first base Lee throw to pitcher Arrieta. One down. Johnny Mac grounds to Hardy at short, throw to Lee at first, two down. Lind, 3-0 ball four, not giving Adam anything to hit. Encarnacion grounds back to pitcher Arrieta throw to Lee for the third out.

Top 6th: Wieters grounds to Lind takes it himself for the out. Lee strikes out. Two down, Reynolds doubles to centre. Reimold one on two down, grounds to Hill throw to Lind at first base.
Bottom 6th: Berken now pitching. Snider singles to right. One on, Hill, pops up to Hardy at short. Patterson, singles to left, Snider to second. Jays getting something going here. Molina fly ball to Markakis in right, Snider tags and gets to third. Escobar, Berken wild pitch, Patterson movers up to second. Jays have two in scoring position. Ball four and bases are loaded for Thames, lines hard to Lee at first base to leave three out there. Jays miss great opportunity to get at least a couple back.

Top 7th: Ledezma getting his Jays debut. Andino strikes out. One down for Hardy, strikes out. Two down for Markakis, pops up to Snider in centre for third out. Nice inning by Ledezma.
Bottom 7th: Lind the only guy to do anything tonight with the three run home run. Bounces to short, throw to first, two down. Encarnacion, hitless tonight. Singles into left. One on one down for Snider strikes out looking. Jays very uninterested in this one.

Top 8th: Ledezma still out there. Jones leading off. Lines to Thames in right makes the catch at the wall, one down. Guerrero, lines right at Hill, two down. Wieters, 3-1 count, ball four high. One on two down for Lee, this is trouble, drives it to centre over the wall, two run home run. 12-4 Orioles. Reynolds, full count, another ball four. Two down and another runner on. Reimold, 2-0 Molina out to settle him down. Definitely not a good inning by Ledezma. Lines to Thames for third out but Jays fall further behind.
Bottom 8th: Jays need eight to tie. Not tonight friends. Hill 2-3 tonight, but not enough. Pops up to Markakis in right. Patterson, grounds back off the pitcher bounces to third, throw in time to get Patterson at first. Two quick outs for Molina, singles into left. One on for Escobar. First pitch, lines to centre to end this one. Jays playing as if they cannot wait to get out on the town.

Top 9th: Francisco now pitching. Will he deliver the payback for Bautista ? Andino, lines it high into right field Thames makes the catch in the first row of the crowd. Hardy, grounds to Escobar, throw to Lind, two down. Markakis, a good one to plunk here Frankie. No, grounds to Escobar, throw to Lind.
Bottom 9th: It will be interesting to see if Jays hitters have any heart or hustle here. So far tonight noting remotely resembling that. Hendrickson pitching. Jays need eight. Thames, hitless tonight. Pops up to shallow centre to Jones, one down. McDonald, grounds to third, throw to Lind, two down. Lind, 3-1 count, grounds to Lee at first, throw to Hendrickson.

Jays management complains about lack of fans, but tonight’s showing is one reason why they stay away. This was one miserable all-round display by the Jays tonight and against the division doormat. It was as if the day off yesterday was still hanging around.
Jays also desperately need some ENERGY out there, some hustle and heart. E.g. Brett Lawrie. Davis, just put him on when Jays get a base hit after the fifth. And Manager Farrell has to start doing what he did so well early in the season and starting runners. Making things happen. Hustle and heart is the slogan but not much to be seen.

The very bad: Bautista hit to the head, that could be very costly for the Jays. When are Jays pitchers going to respond to the intimidation by opposing pitchers? Someone has to protect Bautista. If an opposing pitcher hit Jeter or A-Rod in New York you can wager there would be a response and an immediate one. Ditto in Fenway.
Morrow, no excuse besides lousy pitching and his error at first. Patterson error in left, Snider letting ball get by him as he dives for the out. That cost two runs just on that play.
The good: Let’s look really hard. Perhaps Lind three run home run but that is tonight. Hill home run to left but the season is over for Hill, we needed to see this in April to make sure we would see him in 2012. I am not sure whether a hitting spree for eight weeks will be enough.
And once again then is Brett Lawrie ever going to appear in Toronto? The way this team is playing he may wish to stay in Vegas anyway, but surely there is nothing to lose now, he cannot be worse than Patterson ? How does this guy continue to appear in the line-up unless Alex is trying to trade him and showcase him this week to the many scouts hanging around.