Jays continue their downward spiral and embarrass thenselves with another listless shutout performance. Don't even mention the RAIN in the Rogers Centre.

Orioles v Jays. Game two of three. Jays need someone to step up and show some leadership. Give Escobar his due yesterday at least he hustled his butt. Maybe his dive into first has to be amongst the Top 10 worst but at least the guy was hustling down the line and for him that is a major change. These games count bigtime and Jays should be playing to this. Orioles are out to tie the Yankees tonight so Jays need to bring 110% to the ballpark. Lineups: Orioles: Markakis, Hardy, McLouth, Jones, Wieters, Davis, Reynolds, Machado, Andino and Britton pitching. Jays: Davis, Rasmus, Encarnacion, Lind, Escobar, Johnson, Sierra, Mathis, Hechavarria and Villanueva pitching. Where is everybody? Can you blame them ? Jays are not attractive entertainment right now. However this could be the smallest crowd of the season regardless of back to school day. Lots of fans have given up on this team and not because of the injuries. Top 1st: Markakis,1-2 strikes out swinging, one down. Hardy, full count, takes strike three. Two down for McLouth, 3-1 count, fly ball to Sierra for third out. Nice start for Carlos 14 pitch inning. Bottom 1st: Davis, high bouncer to Hardy at short, safe at 1st. Rasmus, bunting but right back to Britton, throw to Hardy to get Davis at 2nd. Lousy bunt by Rasmus. One down one on for Encarnacion. 2-1 count, fly ball to Markakis right, two down for Lind. Full count, strikes out swinging. Pitch count 17. Top 2nd: Jones 0-2 grounds to Escobar, throw to Lind, one down. Wieters, fly ball to Rasmus, two down. Davis, full count, takes strike three, Davis does not agree, keep walking guy. Pitch count 25. Yankees take early 2-1 lead against the Rays in Tampa. Cano two run home run helps. Bottom 2nd: Escobar, full count, singles into right. One on for Johnson, this is one guy who has been huge disappointment this year. 14 home runs but never seems to get key hits. 1-2 count, takes strike three looking. Ugh. One down. Sierra, bounces to Machado at 3rd, throw to 1st to get Sierra as Escobar moves to 2nd. Two down for Mathis, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging. Much too easy for Britton. Pitch count 32. Top 3rd: Reynolds, shatters his bat as he singles into centre, one on for Machado, hammers this to 3rd Hech makes great save, throw to Johnson over to Lind double play ball. Great play by Hech. Andino, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging to end the inning. Pitch count 33. First pitch double plays really help a guy’s pitch count. Bottom 3rd: Hechavarria leading off. Singles back up the middle. Davis, one on, 1-1 count, off the end of his bat in front of home plate, and Davis out at 1st as Hech moves into scoring position, one down. 2-2 count, pops it up to Andino at second, no chance for Hech to run. Two down for Edwin. Intentional walk. Ok Lind, make them pay for it. But I doubt it. The university students in fifth deck making up for lack of people. 1-2 count, pops it up to Hardy for third out. Lind back to his pre-injury form. Maybe expendable in 2013. Pitch count 50 which is the only plus so far for the Jays besides Carlos. Top 4th: Markakis leading off, fly ball to Sierra in right, one down. Hardy, lines it to Escobar, throw to Lind, two down. McLouth, 2-1 count, pops it up to Lind for third out. Pitch count 42. Bottom 4th: Escobar leading off, with one of the three Jays hits tonight. Full count, strikes out swinging, one down for Johnson. 1-2 count, strikes out swinging at high pitch out of the zone, just totally lost these days. Two down for Sierra. 1-1 count, lines this one to the right centre wall, stand up double for Sierra, problem is there are two outs. Mathis, grounds to Hardy at short, throw to 1st for the third out. 66 pitch count. Top 5th: Why did they open the roof tonight? it has not stopped raining all day, now the umbrellas going up. Weird. Jones, lines it into right field corner, bounces into the front row. Ground rule double. Carlos in trouble for first time tonight. I don’t think they will messing up their RBI chances. Wieters, lines to Sierra, throw to Escobar steps on the bag but no time to tag out Jones. That could have been double play. wow. Davis, 3-1 count. Low ball four, base was open anyway. Reynolds, one down two on. Oh dear, this is trouble, high fly ball to left and into the Jays bullpen three run home run. 3-0 Orioles. Machado, grounds to Hech, throw to Lind, two out. Andino.1-2 count, lines it to left but Davis makes the out. Pitch count 62. Bottom 5th: Jays have not scored a run against the Orioles in the first 13 innings. That says it all. Hechavarria leading off. 1-2 count, grounds to Hardy at short, throw to Reynolds at first for the out. Top of the order, Davis. Full count, lines it to Jones in centre, two down. Rasmus, 0-2 tonight. 0-2 count, grounds to Andino, throw to Reynolds at first to end the inning. Just awful performance by Jays hitters so far tonight. Pitch count 79. Top 6th: Markakis, leading off. Singles to right. Hardy, 2-2 count, pulls it into left for stand p double, Markakis to 3rd. Two on nobody out, McLouth, fly ball to Rasmus or the out as Markakis tags and scores, 4-0 one down. Hardy moves to 3rd. Rain is heavy now, roof is jammed, this is embarrassing for Jays and Rogers. Somebody will be looking for a job tomorrow. Jones, 2-2 count. Strikes out swinging, two down. Wieters, 1-2 count, fly ball to shallow right for Sierra to make the out. Pitch count 82, but Villanueva was pitching in the rain with nothing to clean his cleats, and just getting soaked out there in the clay. Bottom 6th: Now what for the grounds crew. They have no equipment to cover anything up. Showalter will not be happy, there he is moaning to the umpire. But this turf is not funny for the players and Orioles have playoffs to worry about re possible injuries. Jays 14 scoreless innings and counting. Encarnacion leading off, they have to pitch him but watch for the pitches down and away. Britton now having to deal with the same conditions Villanueva had. Full count, Takes strike three. Edwin does not agree. Lind, first pitch drives this one to right but Markakis makes the out. Now the fire alarm is going what a fiasco at Rogers Center tonight ! Escobar, 2-2 count, grounds to Hardy, throw to Reynolds at first to end the inning. Pitch count 91. Top 7th: Davis, singles first pitch into centre. One on for Reynolds. 1-2 count, strikes out swinging, that was one horrible swing, totally misjudged that one. Lucky he did not pull a muscle on that swing. Machado, lines it to the wall in left centre, Davis to third. Machado stand up double. Andino, one down two in scoring position. Fly ball to Davis in left, run scores two down. 5-0 Orioles. That is it for Carlos. Rough ending for him but no run support once again for Jays starters. Loup now pitching to Markakis with runner at 3rd. No, balk called and Machado comes into score. 6-0 Orioles. Markakis lines it into left for stand up double. Hardy, lines it up the middle and here comes the throw right on target but bounces off the wet turf over the glove of Mathis and run scores 7-0. McLouth, full count, fly ball to Davis in left. Bottom 7th: Jays in a hopeless position. Not having scored in 15 innings they face scoring 7 in three. Hmm. Let’s see how they approach it. Bottom of the order hardly the big boppers. Johnson 0-2 tonight. Full count, takes ball four, Bronx cheers from the crowd as Jays get a base runner. One on for Sierra. Here comes pitching coach. Come on the guy has a seven run lead. Grounds to Andino at second, throw to Reynolds, one down with Johnson in scoring position for Mathis. 2-2 count, down and away strikes out swinging. Jays hitters have been going after that strikeout pitch all night long. Nobody taking any notice? Hechavarria. 1-2 count, down and away, strikes him out. Pathetic hitting by Jays hitters tonight. Top 8th: Loup still out there. Jones, singles back up the middle. Hit number 10. One on for Wieters. Singles first pitch to Davis in left, two on and nobody out and the beat continues. Walters out there to calm Loup down. Beck warming up in the Jays bullpen. Davis, not the guy Loup wants to see here. 3-1 count, doubles to left, Jones scores 8-0 and still nobody out. Not Loup’s night tonight. Orioles taking batting practice off him tonight. Definitely his worst outing of the season. Beck now pitching. Nobody out and two in scoring position. Reynolds, 2-1 count, singles to right, run number 9. Still nobody out and two on for Machado. 0-2 count, singles to right, 10-0 Orioles, still nobody out and two on. Andino, pops it up to Lind, big jeers for the first out. Markakis, lines it into left and bounces into the seats, ground rule double, run scores 11-0 Orioles with two more in scoring position. Hardy, 2-2 count, I don’t believe it bounces back to Beck who fumbles it, runner safe, bases loaded. Error on Beck. Wow. What a circus. McLouth, 1-2 count. Singles to Sierra in right, another run scores 12-0. Walton out there a little too late Bruce this kid has nothing tonight. He is shell shocked. Lyon warming up. Jones, That’s better grounds to Hech to Johnson to Lind double play to rescue Beck here but he is obviously not ready for the bigtime with that inning. Bottom 8th: Jays still have to go through two innings. Let’s see how they do. Ex-Jay Gregg now pitching. Gose now pinch hitting for Davis, pops it up to shallow left for the out, one down. Rasmus, this guy needs a hit, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging, two down. Encarnacion. Grounds first pitch to short, throw to first. Seven pitch inning and that friends is what your team thinks of this game. 17 yes 17 scoreless innings. That is totally unacceptable in any league. What will they do about it? Top 9th: Brandon Lyon now pitching, Teagarden pinch hitting for Wieters, full count, grounds to Escobar, throw to Lind, one down. Davis, singles to right. Betemit pinch hitting for Reynolds, 2-0 count, fly ball to Gose in left for second out. Machado, 2-0 count, singles to left. Andino, two on two down. Fly ball to Rasmus for the third out. Major jeers and rightly so, this team has embarrassed themselves tonight. Bottom 9th: Can Jays hitters get a run and break the two game scoreless drought. Seven pitches last inning. Lind leading off. Zach Phillips called up today, with a 27.0 ERA he will love this inning to get that down. No not Lind, Torrealba getting an at bat. Full count. Strikes out swinging. Escobar, grounds first pitch to Flaherty at second. Last at bat for Jays to end our agony tonight. Kelly Johnson. 2-2 count, making a fight at least fouling them off, grounds to Flaherty at second, throw to first to end this one. Jays lose again to Orioles.This time 12-0. I don’t think Beck will be pitching much in the next week or so. The good: Hech at 3rd, great play in the third inning to start the double play. And I give Villanueva full credit for shutting out Baltimore for four innings hoping that his offense would give him some support. The university students chants all game long providing the only life signs by Toronto. The very bad: Jays hitters all night long going after the pitch down and away for strike three by Britton. Loup balk with runner at 3rd. Loup 1/3 of an inning, five hits four runs. Beck easy out fumble. One inning four hits two runs. Loup and Beck between them give up six runs in 1.1 inning.That is NOT good at all. The embarrassing: Along with the starting lineup, Rogers Centre gets a black eye for public relations with the roof open for the rain. This is on a day when it has hardly stopped raining buckets in the area. And then unable to close it. The grounds crew without anything to cover the infield anyway. Nothing for the pitchers to get the clay out of their cleats. Then the fire alarm! Mickey Mouse evening in Toronto tonight. And you know those pictures of rain in a dome stadium are going to be shown over and over again, you can’t buy that type of publicity, the problem is that I don’t quite think it is the type that Rogers wants. The very smart: The many thousands who stayed away tonight.