Another comedy of errors by the hapless Jays, lead by McCoy and Escobar as Jays lose yet another series

Jays v Orioles Game two of three. Morrow back for the first time almost 2.5 months. He has been missed big-time. But I hope the fans give him a break if he is not as sharp as he was earlier in the season. It is a lot to expect him to carry on from where he left off. The point tonight should be will he get any run support? Five or six runs would be a good start. Lineups: Jays: Davis, McCoy, Bautista, Encarnacion, Johnson, Escobar, Sierra, Vizquel, Mathis and Morrow pitching. No Rasmus, and not a bad idea, give him a day off to clear his head. He is really pressing. Nice cornrows though Colby. Escobar also back, he definitely was not missed but he should be fired up as a new father. Hech has gone back down to Vegas. Hurry back. Orioles: Markakis, Hardy, McLouth, Jones, Wieters, Davis, Reynolds, Flaherty, Machado and Steve Johnson pitching. Top 1st: Davis leading off, grounds to Hardy at short, throw to first, one down. McCoy singles to left, Bautista one on one down. 3-1 count. There goes McCoy and throw gets him, oh boy. Why do they do that with Jose on deck? Full count, ball four because first base is open. Thank you Mike McCoy. Took the bat out of his hands. Instead of two on and one down. Edwin, one on two down. 2-2 count, YES Edwin, hammers this one deep to left and this one is in the seats. Here comes Jose, here comes Edwin. 2-0 Jays but McCoy must be feeling very guilty. He had better hope that the one run does not count in the result. Johnson, 2-1 count, lines it to Jones in centre for third out. Pitch count 24. Bottom 1st: Look who is pitching out there. Welcome back Brandon. Markakis leading off. 2-2 count, pops it up to Vizquel at 3B. One down for Hardy, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging, two down for McLouth.1-2 count, strikes out looking. Nice inning for Brandon. Pitch count 13 with 10 strikes. Tampa has already lost and both Yankees and poor Boston are losing. Top 2nd: Escobar leading off. Full count, strikes out swinging. One down for Sierra, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging, two down for Vizquel. 2-2 count, fly ball to left. Quick three up and down for Johnson. Pitch count 37. Bottom 2nd: Heart of the order here for Morrow. Jones leading off. Pops up first pitch to Escobar, one down for Wieters. 1-2 count, strikes out swinging, two down for last night’s hero, Davis. Full count, ouch, hits him on the back foot. That’s fine. One on two down for Reynolds, singles past a diving Vizquel into left, two on two down for Flaherty. Full count, inside ball four. Bases loaded for Machado. 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. No damage done. 39 pitch count, Top 3rd: Mathis, Jays need runs. 0-2 count, grounds to 3B, throw to first, one down. Top of three order Davis. 1-1 count, singles to right centre. One on for McCoy now give him a couple of pitches to give him chance to run. 0-1, there he goes and thrown out at second. Two down full count, pops it up to Jones in centre to end the inning. 49 pitch count. Bottom 3rd: Oh no, Jose is out of the game, Rasmus now playing for him. Not good. Markakis, singles to right. Hardy, 2-2 count, bounces back Morrow knocks it down should have let it go through to the fielders, throw to late both runners safe, instead of double play. McLouth, 1-1 count, pops it up to Mathis, one down. Jones, I don’t believe it, bounces to Escobar and he misses it !!!!! here comes the run, instead of another double play. Error to Escobar. Wieters, fly ball to Rasmus, 2-2 game and Davis, one on two down. 0-2 count, strikes out swinging. Thank you Escobar. Pitiful for a major league short stop. Pitch count 56. Top 4th: Rasmus for Jose. 2-2 count, takes strike three. Encarnacion, 3-1 count, outside ball four. Johnson one on one down. 2-2, high fly ball to right but a long out, two down for Escobar, first pitch of course fly ball to centre for the out. What a player. One error and one pitch, some contribution. 65 pitch count. Bottom 4th: Reynolds leading off, full count, fly ball to Rasmus, Flaherty, Fly ball to Rasmus, two down. Machado, hello Colby again fly ball to Colby for third out. Busy guy for a night off. Pitch count 67. Top 5th: Sierra leading off. 2-2 count, strikes out swinging, one down. Vizquel, 2-2 count, lines it into right, stays at first. Smart decision, long single. Mathis, 2-1 count, I don’t believe it, Vizquel running and picked off, missed signal hit and run. Two down. Mathis strikes out swinging. What a comedy of errors by this Jays team. The list goes on and on. Morrow must wish he were still on the DL. Johnson pitch count 81. Bottom 5th: Markakis. 3-1 count, singles to right, one on for Hardy. 0-1 count, fly ball to right and off the wall. Review and the double stands but runners at second and third and nobody out. Big trouble for Morrow. McLouth, 2-2 count, Jays bullpen working Jenkins. Strikes out swinging, one down but not out of trouble. Jones. 0-2 count, loops it into shallow left, both runners score, 4-2 Orioles. Wieters, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging two down. Davis, oh dear Farrell changing pitchers, always trouble, plus Morrow had handled Davis twice already. 88 pitch count for Brandon. Farrell rolling the dice again. Loup now, lefty lefty, 1-1 count, Davis singles to left, two on. Here he comes, sorry Aaron you were only in for the one guy. Chad Jenkins now pitching. Reynolds, two on two down. 3-1 count, inside ball four, nowhere near, Jenkins wild to load the bases. Flaherty, pops it up to Vizquel for the third out, but this team is painful to watch. Now they have to try to score runs. Top 6th: Top of the order. Davis, 1-2 count, fly ball to left. One down for McCoy, just get on base McCoy, no funny stuff. 1-2 count, trying to bunt, oh boy. 2-2 count, takes strike three, pitiful but then by all rights he should be in Vegas not in Baltimore but for the injuries. Rasmus, full count, strikes out swinging. Bottom 6th: Machado, 1-1 count, singles to Rasmus in centre, one on for top of the order Markakis. Wild pitch to the wall, the obligatory wild pitch with runner on, Machado to second. Fly ball to Davis for the out. One down for Hardy. 2-1 count, fly ball and into the crowd in left, Davis goes up, make nice try but not high enough for this one, 6-2 Orioles. McLouth, 3-0 count, low ball four. Throw out the white flag someone. Jones with runner on first. Fly ball this one stays in, to Rasmus in centre two down. Wieters, I don’t believe it, Jones stealing and Mathis throw into centrefield, this is ridiculous. Jones to 3B. 1-2 count, lines it to centre, Coby dives for it but no way was e going to get it, run scores 7-2 Orioles. Davis, I think they had better walk this guy. No pitching to him, fly ball to left and Davis makes the out at the wall, but Jays are finding new ways to throw this one away every inning. Top 7th: No white flag on the field but this team is playing like it. Every error in the book tonight. Encarnacion, even he cannot score 5 in one swing. Luis Ayala now pitching. 2-1 count, grounds back to Ayala, throw to first, one down. Johnson, grounds to short, throw to first, two down. Escobar, lines it to the wall in right centre. Stand up double but much too little too late Yunel. Sierra, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging. Bottom 7th: Jenkins out there to take it for the bullpen and eat up the innings because he is certainly not pitching well tonight, Reynolds grounds it into left. Flaherty, pulls it into right, OH throw by McCoy to second gets him, greedy Flaherty. One down runner at 3B. Machado. 2-2 count, singles to centre, run scores 8-2 Orioles. Markakis, with runner at first. One down. Pops it up to Escobar for second out, Hardy. 2-1 count, umpire gives him that strike, that was HIGH. 2-2 count, grounds to Vizquel at third and a great play and throw to second to get the surprised Machado to end the inning. That was highlight reel play. Top 8th: Vizquel to lead it off, that is fitting after that great play. Ayala still pitching. Lines it into left centre and a stand up double, lucky the throw was off. Mathis, did it yesterday can he do it again? No, pops it up to second, one down for Davis. Grounds first pitch to short, throw to first, two down. McCoy, full count, grounds to short, throw to first, three players unable to move a lead off guy one base. That sums up Jays hitting right now. Bottom 8th: The good news is that this is their last at bats for the Orioles. Jenkins has the honour, McLouth lines to Rasmus in centre for the out. Jones pops up the first pitch to Escobar, two down. Wieters, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging. Three up and down. Orioles want on the town to celebrate. Top 9th: Rasmus leading off. Can he at least get something out of this debacle. Ex Jay Kevin Gregg now pitching. This should be interesting. Colby, 1-2 count, strikes out, third time tonight, four last night. Edwin, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. Two down for Johnson, 2-2 count, takes strike three, well that about sums up this one. Jays lose big 8-2 and yet another series and the losing streak gets longer and longer. Rough outing for Jose who may be out yet again with that wrist, not looking good right now for this team. Missed signs, poor fielding, poor base running, lousy hitting, wild pitches, wild throws, what more could this team do to lose a game? The good: Morrow? Yes, he did but was sandbagged by his defense behind him. Not least Escobar. Vizquel two hits and a defensive gem. Edwin for his two run home run. And that was it. The not so good: McCoy in the 1st inning, with Jose on deck. Took the bat out of his hands. Instead of two on and one down, and then with Edwin home run took at least one run away. Escobar gave up another run. Three Jays caught stealing. Jenkins, just didn’t have it but had to stay in and soak it up for the team, a lousy outing. 53 pitches in his 3.1 innings and the four runs put this out of reach. Six hits for the Jays tonight Vizquel had two of them, that is how bad this team was tonight. Runners in scoring position? 0-4.