Jays lose another with limp hitting display despite home run 17 from Bautista

Jays v Braves Game two of three. Everyone wants Hutchison to end the losing streak here, that is very unfair. He is the young rookie on the rotation and if the others, such as Romero and Drabek cannot get it done why should he get the pressure. Despite that, Hutchison has shown far more poise out there than Drabek ever shows and also Romero who is so intense, never appears relaxed throwing. Lineups: Jays: Rasmus, Bautista, Encarnacion, Johnson, Escobar, Davis, Mathis and of course Hutchison hitting and pitching, as if he did not have enough pressure. Braves: Bourn, Prado, McCann, Uggla, Heyward, Freeman, Simmons, Constanza, and Hanson pitching. Top 1st: Lawrie, grounds to Simmons at short, throw to Freeman at first. Rasmus, one down, full count, strikes out swinging, two down for Bautista. 3-0 count, inside ball four. One on two down for Encarnacion. Ball one outside, 1-2 count, pops up to Simmons at short. 17 pitch count. Bottom 1st: Bourn, full count, singles to Bautista in right. Prado, there goes Bourn, good throw by Mathis but no chance to get Bourn, steal number 16 for Bourn. 2-2 count, grounds to Encarnacion for the out as Bourn goes to third. McCann, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging, two down for Uggla, 2-2 count, pops up to Escobar, nice pitching by Hutchison. 21 pitch count. Top 2nd: Johnson, singles into right. Escobar, there goes Johnson, Escobar lines to Heyward in right but Kelly has to get back fast to avoid doubling up. One down for Davis. There goes Johnson but pitch out and they get Johnson at second, good call by someone. Two down. Davis lines to Heyward in right. 26 pitch count. Bottom 2nd: Heyward, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging, one down for Freeman, singles up the middle. One on for Simmons, high pop up to Rasmus in centre, two down. Constanza, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging to end the inning. 32 pitch count. Top 3rd: Mathis leading off, 2-2 count. Strikes out swinging. One down for Hutchison. First major league at bat, hit it out Drew. 1-2 count. Grounds to Simmons at short, throw to Freeman at first, two down. Lawrie. 2-0 grounds to Simmons, throw to Freeman to end the inning. 38 pitch count. Bottom 3rd: Hanson, strikes out swinging, one down for Bourn, singles up the middle to Rasmus, one on one down. Prado, fly ball to Rasmus for second out. McCann, ball four, two on two down for Uggla, oh boy Uggla gets hold of this one, high to centre and over the wall, three runs score, that hurts, 3-0 Braves. Heyward, got him, strikes out swinging but Hutchison made a big mistake to Uggla. Top 4th: Jays have some catch-up to do help out Hutchison here. Rasmus, who has had a miserable weekend so far. Hanson cruising however through the first three innings. Grounds to second, throw to Freeman for first out. Bautista, high to left but Bourn makes the catch close to the wall. Two down for Encarnacion. Grounds to third Prado nice stop and throw to Freeman. Six pitch !!! inning. This team is playing as if they want out on the town early. Hanson is hardly Cy Young but he is looking like it to the Jays right now. Pitch count 44 after four. Bottom 4th: Freeman, 1-2 count, bounces back to Hutchison, throw to Encarnacion for the out. One down for Simmons, 2-2 count, grounds to Lawrie, quick throw to Encarnacion for the second out. Constanza, grounds hard to Lawrie, knocks it down but fumble and no chance for throw. Hanson, grounds to Lawrie, throw to Encarnacion. 67 pitch count. Lawrie a busy guy that inning. Top 5th: Johnson, full count, grounds to second, throw to first, but that was the best patient at bat by a Jay since Jose first inning. Kelly made him throw more pitches than he pitched the whole last inning. Escobar, 1-1 singles to centre left. Davis, wild pitch, that will do, Escobar moves up to second. 1-2 strikes out swinging. Mathis, two down. First pitch, what is wrong with these guys. Grounds to third, throw to first. Awful. 59 pitch count. The major difference between these two teams ? PATIENCE, how many Braves hitters have been out on first pitch. Bottom 5th: McCoy now in for Davis, another injury. Bourn who has had his way with the Jays today. 2-2 count, grounds to Encarnacion, throw to Hutchison just gets him on the throw. A big out. One down. Prado, 2-1 count, grounds to Johnson, throw to Encarnacion, two down. McCann, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. 81 pitch count. Jays bullpen will be in this one. Top 6th: Hutchison leading off, 2-1 count, bounces back to Hanson throw to first, one down. Lawrie, has not done much leading off since that first game and maybe time to end the experiment John. Full count. Hanging tough here fouling them off but too little too late today. Pops it up to Freeman at first, ten pitch at bat but ends the same way, two down for Rasmus, also in his own slump since that first game hitting second. 3-0 count. Takes it all the way 3-1, finally a hit, lines it to Heyward in right. One on two down for Bautista. YES JOSE !!!!!! he does it again, hammers this rocket to left field seats, number 16. 3-2 Braves. Encarnacion lines this one very hard to Prado at third, off his glove and Edwin to first on the play, two down one on for here comes the pitching coach. Johnson hammers this one to left but caught at the wall by Constanza. Almost but not quite. Jays bats finally come alive. Pitch count 82. Bottom 6th: Could be the last one for Hutchison, Uggla strikes out swinging. Heyward, pops it up to McCoy in left. Two down for Freeman. Full count, grounds to Lawrie who is plays this to the second bag side of Escobar, great play and throw to Encarnacion for the out. 96 pitches. May get out there for another. Top 7th: Escobar leading off. 2-2 count, lazy pop up to Heyward in right, that was high ball three Yunel. McCoy one down. Full count, soft liner to right centre and Heyward makes great diving catch. Mathis, first pitch, what is wrong with these people, fly ball to Heyward. 97 pitch count for Hanson. He should have been out here a long time ago if Jays hitters had shown some patience. Bottom 7th: Simmons leading off, goes down for the first pitch and lines it to left, into the seats, home run, 4-2 Braves. Constanza bunts to third, Lawrie unable to make the throw and safe at first for Constanza. Hanson, bunting foul. 1-2 count good one up the first base line. Throw to Encarnacion, gets Hutchison, one down one on. That is it for Hutchison. Luis Perez now pitching. Gomes in for McCoy. Bourn, lines this one to left and here comes the runner 5-2, Bourn at second, one down for Prado, grounds to Johnson, throw to Encarnacion for the second out. McCann with runner at third, grounds to Encarnacion, throw to Perez for the tout. But Braves are building bi lead. Top 8th: Gomes leading off, 3-0 count, takes it down the middle, I give up. Full count, strikes out swinging. Gomes has a lot still to learn. One down for Lawrie. Bourn, lines it hard to in centre, two down. Rasmus, 2-2 count, taps it slowly back to pitcher Hanson throw to first for the third out, Bottom 8th: Perez in for a second inning. Uggla ball four, one on for Heyward, strikes out swinging, one down. Freeman, strikes out swinging. Hutchison mowing them down here. Pops it up to Johnson backpedalling into shallow right centre to make the catch and third out. Top 9th: Craig Kimbrell now pitching. Bautista the only hitter with any pride tonight. 20-2 count. Lines it high to the wall in left for Bourn to make the catch at the wall. One down. Encarnacion, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging. Johnson, 1-1 grounds to second, throw to first for the out. Mercy. Jays hitters totally outplayed today. No clue whatsoever, uncontrolled swinging at first pitches. Outs early in the counts and gave little support to Hutchison. Braves go for the sweep tomorrow and the way Romero has been pitching this could be an embarrassing sweep. The good today: Two things only. Jose home run number 17 to get them within one and strange as it sounds young Hutchison kept them in the game after the Uggla three run shot until the 7th and that is all you can ask from your pitcher. The rest is up to the offence which once again was lost in transit. The not so good: Very sad spiritless performance by this team today and highlights the missing links. The 1-2 leadoff experiment at the top has to end. One great game in five is not enough. Tomorrow watch for return to the previous 1-2. Escobar and Johnson. In fact Lawrie could benefit from a much lower position in the order and make him hit his way up. Right now he is a mess. Fortunately his glove is making up for his hitting deficiencies.