Romero pitches a gem but no decision as Jays win extra innings walk off.

Angels v Jays. Game one of four.

This afternoon Yankees win and Boston lose first of double header against Baltimore, poor Boston Jays fans crying crocodile tears for them. Jays will be catching them next. Tonight Angels in for four and they are also in playoff race and will be in no mood for gimmes given the situation happening in Boston. Plus you know that Wells will be out to send a message. But this Jays team is coming off a great series win over the Yankees and want to continue.

Line-ups: Angels: Izturis, Abreu, Kendrick, Hunter, Trumbo, Wells, Bourjos, and Jerome Williams pitching.
Jays: McCoy, Thames, Bautista, Lind, Encarnacion, Johnson, Lawrie, Rasmus, Arencibia and Romero pitching. Farrell still doesn’t get it re Encarnacion. I feel sorry for the guys hitting ahead of him, he has already cost them five runs in his last two games and that does not include his feeble attempt at a steal, yes Edwin trying to steal yesterday. Thanks for nothing Edwin.

Great to see Thames in the line-up after that nasty foul off the face yesterday.

Top 1st: Izturis, grounds first pitch to Lawrie, throw to Encarnacion, one down. Abreu, grounds up the middle to McCoy, nice play Mikey, throw to Encarnacion two down. Kendrick, 0-2 grounds to Lawrie, throw to Encarnacion. Nine pitches.
Bottom1st: McCoy, grounds to Izturis at third, throw to Trumbo, one down for Thames. Singles back up the middle. One on one down for Bautista. 0-2 count, singles to Bourjos in centre, two on for Lind. Grounds to Trumbo throw to Aybar at second, Aybar back to Williams at first, drops the ball. Lind safe at first. Two down Thames at third. Encarnacion, grounds to second, throw to first for the out. Encarnacion leaves another two on base. Pathetic. But you have to question the judgement now of Farrell. He is the one who puts this guy in the line-up with a host of other options sitting n the bench, this is September John. Give Cooper a shot at first. Pitch count 15.

Top 2nd: Hunter leading off, full count, whoa, gets hold of this one and drives it into centre, over the wall and Angels go out ahead 1-0. Trumbo, grounds first pitch to McCoy, throw to Encarnacion for the out. One down for Wells.1-2 count, grounds to Lawrie, throw to Encarnacion at first, two down. Bourjos, grounds first pitch to McCoy, great play and long throw to get him at first. Very nice play Mikey. Pitch count 23.
Bottom 2nd: Johnson, singles to Wells in left. Lawrie, there goes Johnson, that was very slow takeoff Kelly, must have been hit and run. One down. Fly ball to Hunter in right, two down for Rasmus strikes out swinging. 28 pitch count.

Top 3rd: Aybar, grounds to McCoy throw to Encarnacion, one down. Wilson, 2-2 count, grounds back to Romero, throw to Encarnacion, two down. Izturis 1-2 count, grounds to Johnson at second, throw to Encarnacion, three up and down for Ricky. 34 pitch count.
Bottom 3rd: Arencibia leading off. Lines it into left field corner, stand up double. McCoy, bunting ? yes. 0-2, sign is off, pitch outside and strikes out swinging. What a waste of an at bat. Thames. 2-2 count, looked high from here. Grounds to Aybar at short, throw to first for second out as Arencibia moves to third. Bautista, will they pitch to him? Outside ball one, outside ball two, outside but Jose swings at it, that was ball three. Outside even further, ball three. Outside ball four. Poor Jose. Guinness Book of records for intentional walks this season. Lind, 1-1 count, 3-1 count, Oh boy look who is on deck. Pops it up to Wilson for third out, they did not want Edwin with bases loaded. 50 pitch count.

Top 4th: Abreu, grounds to Johnson at second, throw to Encarnacion, one down. Kendrick grounds to Lawrie, nice play as he throws to first for the second out. Hunter, two down. High fly ball to Rasmus in centre. 42 pitches.
Bottom 4th: Encarnacion leading off fortunately for everyone. He will probably hit a home run but most of his teammates will take that chance. Full count, ball four inside. Johnson, grounds back to Williams, great play to bare hand it but throw is wild at second both runners safe. Error to Williams. Two on nobody out for Lawrie, 3-0 count, ball four, all the pitches were way outside. Bases loaded nobody out for Rasmus. 1-0 count, grounds to Trumbo at first, throw home to get Encarnacion back to Trumbo to get Rasmus. Double play, ouch, not good. Arencibia with two in scoring position. That will do it, singles into right, here comes Johnson, with Lawrie breathing down his neck, 2-1 Jays. McCoy,2-2 count, there goes Arencibia but Williams had not thrown the pitch and picks him off at second for third out. Pitch count 73.

Top 5th: Trumbo, 1-2 count, this one is trouble, high fly ball to centre, keeps on carrying her and into the seats, 2-2 game. Wells, singles to Bautista in right. Bourjos, grounds to McCoy, flip to Johnson throw to Encarnacion double play ball. Nice play. Two down for Aybar, 1-2 count, bounces to McCoy throw is wild at first. Great play to get to it. Just off balance throw. Wilson, bounces to McCoy takes it to second himself to get Aybar. Pitch count 54.
Bottom 5th: Jays need to make better use of their chances than they have so far. McCoy lines first pitch at Izturis at third, great catch. One down. Thames, lines it into right, Thames going for two foolish on Hunter, thrown out at second. Two down. That was not good play by Thames he should realise this outfield three is one of the best in the league. Bautista 0-2 strikes out swinging on three pitches, some frustration there by Jose. Jays are wasting their opportunities. 82 pitch count.

Top 6th: Angels gradually getting on top here. Romero needs a good inning to shut them down. Izturis, grounds to Encarnacion throw to Romero to get the out at first, one down for Abreu, full count, singles back up the middle to Rasmus. Kendrick 2-0 count, Romero losing it here. Strikes out swinging, two down. Hunter first pitch grounds to Johnson takes it himself to the bag to get Abreu. 73 pitch count.

Bottom 6th: Lind, grounds to Trumbo throw to first, one down. Encarnacion grounds to Aybar at short, throw to Trumbo two down. Johnson first pitch high fly ball to Wells in left, three up and down. 88 pitch count for Williams.

Top 7th: Trumbo leading off, strikes out swinging. Wells, 3-1 count, fly ball to Rasmus in centre, two down. Bourjos, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging, ball gets away, Arencibia throw to first for the out. 85 pitches.
Bottom 7th: Lawrie leading off pops up first pitch very high to Trumbo at the pitcher’s mound, Rasmus, one down, that is it for Williams. Change of pitchers, Takahashi now pitching. Rasmus lines first pitch to Kendrick at second two down. Arencibia, 1-2 count, pops up to Wells in left for third out. Jays go quietly here. Too much first pitch swinging for my liking.

Top 8th: Aybar, 1-1 grounds to Johnson, throw to Lind, Wilson 0-2, strikes out swinging, two down. Izturis, grounds first pitch back to Romero, throw to Encarnacion for third out. 93 pitch count.
Bottom 8th: McCoy, 2-2 count, strikes out looking, one down for Thames. Full count, outside ball four. Cassevah now pitching. One on one down for Bautista, 1-2 count, lines to second, great diving stop by Kendrick and throw to Aybar gets Thames at second, no chance for two but Kendrick arguing that Thames headfirst slide was interference. Out comes Scioscia, no joy. Bautista at first, two down for Lind, grounds to Trumbo at first, diving stop, another nice save and Trumbo steps on bag for third out. Some great defensive plays by both teams tonight.

Top 9th: Abreu leading off. Full count, bounces slowly to Johnson, throw to Encarnacion, one down. Kendrick, 3-1 count, grounds to McCoy, long throw, gets him at first. two down. Hunter singles to Rasmus in centre, one on two down for Trumbo, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging. Great reception from the crowd for Ricky. Now can the hitters get one here?
Bottom 9th: Cassevah pitching. Encarnacion leading off. Singles into centre, that figures with Edwin there was nobody on base. Johnson and here comes ex-Jay Scott Downs. Look at ERA 1.29. Wise pinch running for Encarnacion. Bunting, PERFECT off the end of the bat slow roll up first base line, and stays fair, Downs was waiting for it to go foul. Two safe. Lawrie, bunting in front of home plate, and gets it down, nice bunt and runners at second and third, one down. Scioscia conference ever the strategist. Hunter now in a five man infield. Molina now pinch hitting. 1-2 count, strikes out looking. Jose thought that was high and outside, umpire disagrees. Arencibia, 2-3 tonight. Drives it to right but right at Hunter for third out. This is going to extra innings.

Top 10th: Wise stays in game in centre. Cooper in at first for Edwin. Casey Janssen now pitching. Wells leading off. 1-2 count. Drives this one off the wall in centre, stand up double for Vernon. Bourjos, bunting Janssen throw to Cooper at first, looks like he had chance for Wells at third but goes the sure out. One down for Aybar, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging, wow great pitch. Two down for Callaspo, pinch hitting for Wilson. 2-1 count, here comes Bruce Walton to talk. Bounces to Lawrie, careful throw to Cooper for third out. Nice pitching Casey.
Bottom 10th: Jays get another shot at this. Top of the order. Downs still out there, McCoy, 2-2 count, grounds to Aybar at short, bobbles the ball and throw gets away at first, error on Aybar. McCoy safe at first. Thames, 2-3 tonight. Perfect, Thames singles into centre, two on for Bautista. Outside ball one, grounds to short, throw to Kendrick at second and drops the ball, Bautista safe at first, McCoy at third. One down for Lind. Hunter in again to five person infield. Lind 0-4 tonight. 2-0 count, grounds to first Hunter makes throw home, McCoy safe at home. Jays win 3-2. Great finish.
Once again Jays win extra innings game to keep perfect record at home in extra innings wins.

The excellent: Has to be the pitching tonight. Romero nine innings no decision, just two mistakes for the home runs. Janssen shutout inning to steal the win. Thames three hit night. Johnson and Arencibia both with two hits. JP with two RBIs. Defensive plays behind Romero, McCoy in particular had a great night.
The not so good: Encarnacion first inning leaves two on. Runners in scoring position 1-11. Thames in the fifth running against arm of Hunter perennial Gold Glove.