Romero walks this one away as Jays lose this in extra innings desoite home run power from Jose and Edwin

Romero walks this one away as Jays lose in extra innings despite home run power from Jose and Edwin. Jays v Rays. Series finale. One game each. Jays went close last night and came back from 6-0 deficit but Crawford could not close down the Rays. The not so good both Lawrie and Escobar now arguing with the umpires. Great chance for Jays to win here and the series, Romero pitching BUT Romero has been terrible the last two games. 14 walks in last three starts. Lineups: Jays: Johnson, Escobar, Bautista, Encarnacion, Arencibia, Thames, lawrie, Rasmus, Gomes and Romero pitching. Rays: Pena, Upton, Joyce, Sutton, Scott, Johnson, Rhymes, Giminez, Thompson and Shields pitching, going for win number 7. Top 1st: Johnson, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging, one down for Escobar. Why would he be bunting ? with his speed. Fortunately misses, 1-2 count, grounds back to Shields, off his leg but throw to Pena at first, two down for Bautista. 3-0 count, there’s a strike. OH WOWEEE Jose, hammers this one, a missile to left centre, way back in the seats, 1-0 Jays. Encarnacion, another 3-0 count. Full count, two down, inside ball four. One on two down for Arencibia. 0-2 count, OH MY almost, lines it to left and just foul inches away from hitting the foul pole, that was rough. Strikes out swinging. Bottom 1st: Pena leading off. Full count, low, high, low, outside, high, ball four, all over the zone and this is the first hitter, leadoff walk. Upton one on, 1-2 count, nice pitch, strikes out swinging, one down for Joyce, 3-1 count, inside ball four, second walk for Romero, his old bugbear. Two on one down for Sutton. 0-2 count, lines to left, Thames no good, late to the ball and dive, need Rajai Davis out there for speed and he would have caught that. two runners score 2-1 Rays. Scott with runner at second, one down. 1-2 count, wild pitch, runner holds at second. Grounds to Gomes at first, takes it himself as runner goes to third, two down for Johnson. Strikes out swinging, but six to the plate, two walks and two runs is not the start we were hoping for from Romero today. Top 2nd: Thames, 0-2 strikes out swinging. One down for Lawrie, grounds to Rhymes throw to Pena at first, two quick outs. Rasmus, singles to centre. Two down one on. 0-2 count,strikes out swinging to end the inning. Bottom 2nd: Rhymes, 3-1 count, low ball four, walk number three. Giminez, there goes Rhymes, 0-2 count, strikes put swinging, one down. Thompson, 0-2 count, grounds to Gomes, throw to second no chance for two. Two down, there goes Thompson, picked off, out at second. Not a smart move by Thompson to end the inning. Top 3rd: Johnson, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging. One down for Escobar, full count, rounds to Johnson at shirt, throw sails over the head of Pena at first. Error on the play.Escobar not quick enough to move up. Bautista, one on one down. NO, they have Escobar picked off at first. That should make Jose furious. Two down. Grounds hard back at Shields, throw to first to get Bautista to end the inning. Bottom 3rd: Pena, oh he hits him, first pitch way inside. One on for Upton. Lines it down the line into right field. Runners at second and third and nobody out. More trouble for Romero. Joyce, grounds to Gomez, run scores, 3-1 Rays. One down one on for Sutton, 2-0 high ball three. Low ball four. Get the bullpen working John. He never will. Two on one down, Scott, grounds to Johnson, throw to Escobar back to Gomes not in time. Upton scores 4-1 Jays. Johnson, with Scott at first. 2-2 strikes out swinging to end this one but Ricky has uphill battle today. Top 4th: Shields cruising so far at least, five strikeouts in first nine hitters. Encarnacion, 1-2 count, lifts this one high to centre for Upton to make the out, just got under it Edwin. Arencibia, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging. Two down. Thames, 2-2 count, grounds to Pena at first, throw to Shields covering for another three up and down inning for Shields. Bottom 4th: Rhymes, grounds to Escobar, throw to Gomes for the out. One down for Giminez, pop it up, almost a collision between Lawrie and Romero as they both go for it, but Lawrie makes good sliding catch. That could have been nasty. Thompson, 1-2 strikes out swinging. Only seven pitches but these innings rare for Ricky these days. 67 pitch count. Top 5th: Lawrie, singles into centre. Rasmus, 2-2 count, grounds to Pena, throw to Johnson at second and ball gets away into centre field, Lawrie to third on the play, error to Pena. Gomes, first pitch high and to Upton in centre, sac fly by Gomes and Lawrie scores the Jays second run. Rasmus at first, there he goes and safe at second without a throw. Johnson with runner at second. Strikes out for the third time tonight. Two down for Escobar. Steps out but time not given and strike two. 1-2 count, strikes out swinging, Escobar discussing the time out, he never learns. Umpire is very emphatic, leave it alone Yunel. You are getting a whiner reputation. Bottom 5th: Pena, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging, one down. Upton, full count, strikes out swinging, two down for Joyce, shift right, loops to shallow right for Lawrie to make nice athletic catch. Another good inning for Romero but Jays still have work to do against Shields. Top 6th: Bautista, leading off, grounds to Rhymes, throw to Pena at first, one down for Encarnacion. Singles to centre. Arencibia, one on one down grounds to Johnson, throw to second over to first. Umpire calls Edwin safe but Rhymes came off the bag. Error to Rhymes. Thames with two down and one on. 0-2 count strikes out swinging. Jays have had their chances. Bottom 6th: Sutton 2-0 count, grounds to Escobar, throw to Gomes, one down. Scott, shift right. Bunting foul, full count, outside ball four. Walk number five for Ricky tonight. One on one down. Johnson, bunting foul and again 1-2 count, 2-2 there goes the runner Scott and throw to Johnson, tags him on the helmet as he slides underneath, two down full count. Low ball four. Rhymes, pops it up to left foul, Thames ambling over and now runs and dives far too late. Another example of where Davis would be better. Probably if Thames had not dived he would have had that. 2-2 count, 100 pitches for Ricky. Grounds to Gomes at first, steps on the bag for third out. Top 7th: Lawrie, grounds to third, throw beats him to first, closed but not in time, one down for Rasmus. Bunting great bunt but just rolls foul. Nice bunt though Colby. Full count, lines this one to centre, over the head of Upton and off the wall, Colby legging this one out safe at third, triple for Colby. Gomes, grounds to third, throw to first to get Gomes. Johnson, 1-2 count, strikes out, swinging number four tonight for Kelly. Ouch. Shields will not be getting a Christmas card from Kelly this year. Jays ruin another opportunity to bring in the runner from third. Bottom 7th: Giminez, 3-0 count, high and outside, walk number seven, that is it today Ricky. Fraser now pitching. Thompson, runner at first. Strikes out swinging, one down for Pena. Lines it to right, Jose unable to get that and all the way to the wall. Giminez holds at third. Runners at second and third. Luis Perez warming up. 2-1 count, grounds to Johnson at second, throws home and gets Giminez coming home, two down. That is it for Frasor. Luis Perez now pitching. Joyce two down.Two on. There goes Upton no throw to second. 3-0, not what you were hired for Luis. High ball four to load the bases. Oh dear. Sutton, 2-0 count, six in a row. Here comes Bruce Walton. Strike one, strike two, strike three swinging. Nice pitching Luis. Leaves the bases loaded. Top 8th: Escobar leading off. 0-2 count, grounds to Pena at first, steps on the bag for the out. Bautista, 1-2 count, lines it to left centre, all the way to the wall, leadoff double. That is it for Shields. Jays have out hit Rays 7-3 but trail by two runs. Joel Peralta now pitching. Encarnacion with Jose in scoring position. 2-1 count, drives this one to left centre and YES Edwin this one is out of here, huge hit, two runs score to tie this one up 4-4. Edwin having a great first half of the season. 37 RBIs put him second after Texas Hamilton. Arencibia, 0-2, strikes out swinging. Two down for Thames not a good game for Eric today. 0-3 and a couple of weak plays in the outfield, singles this time into right. Lawrie one on. Bounces to second beats Thames to the bag for third out. Bottom 8th: Cordero now pitching. Scott leading off. Grounds to second, off the glove of Johnson, no chance for an out. One on for Johnson bunting, foul. This time to first base and throw to Gomes for the out. Runner Scott at second, Rhymes, full count, loops it into right centre nice running catch by Rasmus, two down. Stephen Vogt pinch hitting. Full count, loop this one into centre but great running play by Rasmus. This guy is worth his money for defence alone. Top 9th: Rodney pitching. Molina catching, Rasmus, drives first pitch right back at Rodney knocks it down to save a single and throw to Pena at first to rob Colby. Not fair. Gomes. High pop up to left centre for Thompson to make the out. Two down for Johnson 0-4 today. 0-2 count. Does not want five strikeouts. That’s better pulls it to right into the corner, stand up double. Saves some embarrassment at least. Escobar, no, first pitch, grounds to third throw to Pena at first for the out. That was another bonehead play. Take a couple of pitches Yunel, you have Kelly at second in scoring position. Put some pressure on Rodney. Bottom 9th: Casey Janssen now pitching. Vizquel in for Johnson. Thompson, 2-2 count. Grounds back to Casey, nice play and throws a bullet to Gomes for the out. One down for Pena. Full count. High ball four. One on one down. Upton, singles to left, two on one down for Joyce, runner in scoring position. Another full count, nice pitch strikes out swinging. Two down for Sutton, another full count, grounds to right, great diving stop by Vizquel, gets up and throws home to get Pena coming home. What a game saving play. Extra innings today. Top 10th: Bautista, pops it up to third, one down. Encarnacion, 0-2 count, high ball one. Just wide of that foul pole in right, almost. 2-2 count, full count, grounds to first, throw to Rodney covering for the second out. Arencibia, 2-2 count, swings at ball in the dirt to end the inning. Bottom 10th: Darren Oliver now pitching. Scott leading off. Full count, ball four. One on for Johnson. 1-2 count, takes strike three. One down. Rodriguez, 1-2 count, whoa... fly ball to centre, Rasmus takes it right in front of Jose, too close. Two down for Molina. full count, strikes out swinging. Molina not happy. Top 11th: Jake McGee now pitching for the Rays Thames leading off. 1-2 count, lines it off McGee, bounces to Pena gets Thames diving for the bag at first. Lawrie, average dropping these days. One hit today. Pitchers adjusting to him faster than he is to them. 0-2, strikes out swing, on three pitches. Not good Brett. Rasmus, 2-4 today including the triple. 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. Bottom 11th: Oliver out there again. Thompson, thinks he was hit, umpires disagree. This one hits him, Jays say he leaned into the pitch, replay agrees. Thompson, get on any way he can, legal or no. If he can get away with it he will keep on doing it. Pena, one on, strikes out swinging, nice pitch Darren. Upton, one down one on. 2-2 count, need a ground ball here Darren. Lines it into left, here comes Thompson to score. Not a very pleasant taste in the mouth to see Thompson get that run. Rays win 5-4. Jays getting closer to beating Rays in Tampa but they need Romero to win a game one day. He has to be one of the biggest disappointments of the season to date, ever since the California road trip. Definitely not the ace of this staff at the moment. Maybe he never will be and team will have to recognize that. Perhaps if Cecil returns Romero can go down to the minors and find out what is wrong with him. Is it physical or mental? The good today: Definitely Bautista and Encarnacion, they are doing their jobs as is Casey Janssen. Bullpen of Frasor, Perez, Cordero and Janssen did their job to hold the Rays and bail out Romero. Vizquel in defensively for Johnson throw home to get Pena. Gomes a RBI sac fly. Continues his great form. Rasmus two great defensive plays in the eighth inning to save a run and a triple at the top of the eighth. Must be his lucky number. Close extra inning game and only one run off a series win in Tampa, maybe something to feel good about. BUT so frustrating. 15 straight series wins over the Jays. How bad is that record. Jays had their hits today but not when runners were at third. This could have been a very different result. The most unlucky award of the day, definitely Arencibia in the first with a hit to left that missed the foul pole by inches, that would have been a two run home run and of course now made the big difference in the score. A game of inches. The bad: Escobar in the ninth, first pitch out when Johnson had just got on base. Plus being picked off at first. He is also not the ideal guy to have hitting in front of Jose, maybe has to move down and Farrell put someone like Gomes hitting second. If only for one game to make a point to him. Just seems to have too many brain cramps at the wrong times. The very bad: Romero, no control today seven more walks. 21 in the last four starts. WOW! That is definitely not something to brag about despite any number of strikeouts. Control. Jays now fly to Texas, good luck, it definitely does not get any easier