Jose home run enough tonight for the win by Hutchison

Jays v Twins. Game three of four. Last night Jose broke out of his some run slump with two, this team still needs his hits. Lind still disappointing and now has Vladdy looming on the horizon and there is no contest for the fans. Vladdy is the man. Alex rumoured to be talking to the Phillies about Cole Hammels, that would be very nice addition. Tonight young Hutchison pitching. Jays need these wins in Minnesota, next week will be a tough week against the eastern teams. Jays: Johnson, Escobar, Bautista, Encarnacion, Thames, Lawrie, Rasmus, Lind, Mathis and Hutchison pitching. Twins: Span, Dozier, Mauer, Willingham, Doumit, Plouffe, Parmelee, Mastroianni, Carroll and Walters pitching. Top 1st: Johnson, full count. Grounds to second over to first, one down for Escobar. Singles to left. One on one down for Jose. 2-2 count, grounds to third, over to second, on to first for double play. 14 pitches. Bottom 1st: Span, grounds to Johnson, throw to Lind, one down. Dozier, lines it to centre, nice catch by Rasmus, fighting that sun. Two down for Mauer. 2-2 count, grounds back up the middle to Escobar, throw to Lind for third out. Pitch count 16. Top 2nd: Encarnacion, oh wow just misses here, high and hard inside the foul pole in left, almost Edwin. 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. One down for Thames. Full count, grounds to second, throw to first for the second out. Lawrie, 2-2 count, fly ball to right. Pitch count 32. Bottom 2nd: Willingham, grounds to Escobar, throw to Lind, one down for Doumit, strikes out swinging, two down. Plouffe, strike three looking, nice pitching by Hutchison. Pitch count 26. Top 3rd: Rasmus leading off, 2-2 count, singles to right, one on for Lind. Strikes out swinging, one down for Mathis. Rasmus running and Mathis pops it up to right, two down. Johnson, grounds to second, throw to first for third out. Pitch count 49. Bottom 3rd: Parmelee, lines it to left centre but Rasmus runs it down for nice catch. Mastroianni, full count, ball four, nine pitch at bat. Carroll, perfect, Mastroianni running as Carroll lines it to right but Bautista has it and throw back to Lind to double up Mastroianni, Nice. Pitch count 41. Top 4th: Escobar, grounds first pitch back to Walters, throw to first, one down. Bautista, grounds to third, throw to first, two down for Encarnacion. 0-2 count, strikes out swinging. 56 pitch count. Bottom 4th: Span, grounds to Escobar, strong throw to Lind, one down. Dozier, singles to Thames in left, first hit for Twins tonight. One on one down for Mauer, singles to Thames, two on for Willingham. 1-2 count, nice, strikes out swinging, two down. Doumit, full count, high ball four to load the bases. Not good. Plouffe, full count, ball four and Twins score first run. Bases still loaded. Parmelee with bases loaded. Grounds to Escobar, throw to Lind for third out, pitch count 68. Hutchison needs some run support here from the hitters. Top 5th: Thames leading off. 0-2 count, strikes out on three pitches. One down for Lawrie. Grounds to short, throw to first beats Lawrie. Rasmus two down. Full count, Perfect lines the other way to left centre wall, stand up double, second hit tonight. Lind, this will do, singles back up the middle, here comes Rasmus to beat the throw, 1-1 game. Mathis with two down and one on. Full count, looks at strike three. 77 pitch count. Bottom 5th: Mastroianni, nice play, lines to Lawrie off his glove to Escobar, throw to Lind for the out. Carroll, grounds to Lawrie, throw to Lind, two down. Span, Lines to left but right at Thames. Nine pitch inning. 77 pitch count. Nice pitching by Hutchison but let’s have some run support here. Top 6th: Top of the order, Johnson leading off. 1-2 count, singles into right centre, one on for Escobar. Oh boy, grounds to second, throw to the bag and over to first, double play ball. Bautista, full count, drives it left and off the wall bounces back in and umpire says double, no way, home run, video replay says yes and Jose has another home run. 2-1 Jays. Encarnacion pops it up to first to end the inning but Jays have taken the lead. 92 pitch count. Bottom 6th: Hutchison still out there, Dozier, lines it to left centre, stand up double, Mauer, 2-2 count, need a ground ball here Drew. Gets it and grounds to Johnson at second, throw to Lind for first out but Dozier moves to third. Willingham, 2-0 put him on, wild pitch but Mathis blocks it close enough to hold runner at third. 3-1 count, that was ball four. Same again and this time does not swing at it. Two on one down for Doumit. Need another ground ball. Luis Perez now warming up. Full count, strikes out, two down, for Plouffe. Whoa, grounds it back to Hutchison, off his glove and bounces to Escobar, throw to Lind for the out. Hutchison escapes major trouble that inning. 98 pitch count. Top 7th: Brian Duensing now pitching. Thames leading off, grounds to second, throw to first for the out. Lawrie, grounds to second, throw just in time to get Lawrie. Rasmus, pops it up to left for the third out. Bottom 7th: Cordero now pitching. Parmelee pops it up pops out Lawrie’s glove but Thames backing up makes the catch. Whoa nice play by Thames. One down for Mastroianni, full count, takes strike three, two down for Carroll. Singles to Bautista in right. Span, wild pitch in front of Mathis, Carroll to second on the play. 3-1 count, high ball four. Two on for Dozier. Full count after 0-2 count, fouling them off, this will do, grounds to short, Escobar, throw to Lind for third out. 10 pitch at bat by Dozier. Made Cordero work for that out. Top 8th: Lind leading off, grounds to short Dozier, throw to first, one down. Mathis strikes out swinging. Two down for Johnson. 1-2 count, strikes out swinging. It took eight pitches to get Johnson. Bottom 8th: Frasor now pitching. Tough top of the order for him. Mauer leading off. Lines it hard to centre, off the wall and leadoff double for Mauer. That was too close. Willingham, crowd really in the game now. Pops it up to Bautista in right. One down, Mauer holds his ground. Doumit, full count, low ball four, two on, one down for Plouffe. Komatsu pinch running for Doumit. Pops up first pitch to Bautista in shallow right centre, both runners hold. Two down. Parmelee. That is it for Frasor. Luis Perez now pitching. Casilla pinch hitting. 0-2 count, strikes out swinging. Perez did his job. Top 9th:Jeff Gray now pitching. Once again the Jays hitters need another run at least. Escobar leading off. 1-2 count. Grounds to short, nice throw by Dozier to first for the out. Bautista, drives it the other way to right centre for a single. Encarnacion, 0-2 count, strikes out. Two down for Thames, strikes out swinging. Gray has lost count of the outs and stays on the mound. Bottom 9th: Casey Janssen pitching. One run game. Mastroianni leading off. Rajai Davis in left for Thames. 2-2 count, grounds to Escobar, throw to Lind for first out. Carroll, 1-2 count, takes strike three, two down but now the top of the order. Span, lines it to left, Davis makes nice catch and Jays have won this one 2-1. Tomorrow Romero goes for the win and after a not so good last outing you know he will be pumped up. Jays played well all round to win tonight. The very good: Lind with his RBI in the 5th to tie it up. Rasmus with two hit night. Jose another home run. and definitely Casey to nail down the save. But let’s not forget the great job done by Hutchison, this guy should probably not even be in the rotation but has done a great job each time and tonight gets his win. Sure he was shaky and also gave up four walks but a great job tonight to keep the Jays in it especially with such a low scoring game. Some highlight reel defensive plays involving Lawrie, Escobar and Thames.