Jays give this one away with misplays and lack of judgement

Rays v Jays. Game three of four. Jays cannot lose the series but it would be real nice to win. They need one from the last two. Today Alvarez may not be the best chance. Lineups: Rays: Jennings, Upton, Zobrist, Longoria, Joyce, Keppinger, Pena, Roberts, Lobaton, and Niemann pitching. Jays: Davis, Rasmus, Encarnacion, Lind, Torrealba, Johnson, Sierra, Vizquel, Hechavarria and Henderson Alvarez pitching. Top 1st: Jennings, bounces to Hechavarria throw to Edwin. Upton, first pitch high fly ball to Rasmus. Three pitches two down for Zobrist, 3-0 count, grounds to Vizquel throw to Edwin 9 pitch inning. Bottom 1st: Jeff Niemann pitching. Davis, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging, one down for Rasmus, hammers this one hard to Jennings in left but out at the wall. Close but not enough. Two down for Edwin, full count, grounds to Zobrist, throw to Pena to end the inning. Top 2nd: Longoria, 3-1 count, inside ball four. Joyce 2-2 count. Strike three looking, one down one on for Keppinger, perfect, grounds to Hech, flip to Johnson, over to Edwin, double play ball to end the inning. Very nice play. Bottom 2nd: Lind leading off. Full count, grounds to Roberts at second, throw to Pena, one down for Torrealba, full count, takes strike three. Two down for Johnson. 1-2 strikes out swinging to end the inning. Top 3rd: Pena leading off, 3-1 count, bounces to Johnson at second, throw to Edwin one down. Roberts, 0-2 count, oh boy, big mistake here, lines it over the wall in left, 1-0 Rays. BUT that was major mistake by Alvarez. Torrealba called for that one down and away and he left it up and in the middle of the plate. Lobaton, full count. Ball four. One on one one down for Jennings. Singles to left. Two on for Upton. 1-1 count. Grounds to Hech, throw to Johnson over to Edwin, throw high and Upton safe at first. Two down for Zobrist. 1-1 count, lines to Sierra in right, here comes one run, Upton held at 3B as Zobrist has a double. 2-0 Rays. Longoria with two in scoring position. 3-0 count, low ball four to load the bases. Joyce, lines it to Rasmus in centre, two more runs score, 4-0 Rays and Alvarez all over the place with location. Two more in scoring position for Keppinger. Two down. Jenkins warming up in the bullpen. Full count, grounds to Hech at short long throw to Edwin for the out but Alvarez has given Rays a huge lead after only three innings. Bottom 3rd: Sierra leading off. 2-2 count, strikes out swinging for Vizquel, singles to right. One on one down for Hechavarria. Grounds back to Niemann throw to second over to Pena for double play ball. Top 4th: Pena grounds first pitch to Edwin, takes it himself for the out. One down for Roberts, 2-1 count, grounds to Hech, throw to Edwin, two down. Lobaton. Full count, strikes out looking. Bottom 4th: Davis, 2-2 count, fly ball to Joyce in right, one down. Rasmus, problem with Niemann here, here comes Maddon and the trainer. That is it for Niemann. JP Howell now pitching. Rasmus, 3-1 count, outside ball four. One on for Edwin. Full count, there goes Rasmus, THERE SHE GOES as Edwin launches a rocket to left centre, huge rocket, high off the facing by the hotel windows. 4-2 Rays. Lind grounds to Pena takes it himself. Torrealba, 2-1 count, Wade Davis warming up in the Rays bullpen. 2-2 count, singles to left. Johnson, here comes Hickey the pitching coach. 3-0 count, low ball four. Two on two down and that is it for Howell, here comes Joe Maddon. Wade Davis now pitching. Rajai Davis now hitting with two on and two down. Grounds to second, throw to Pena to end the inning. Top 5th: Top of the lineup, Jennings leading off. 1-1 count, grounds to Hech, throw to Edwin, one down. Upton, 1-2 count, goes the other way into right field corner, stand up double. One on, one down for Zobrist. Pick off almost gets Upton. 3-1 count, Loup warming up in Jays bullpen. Low ball four, two on one down for Longoria. 0-2 count, perfect, grounds to Vizquel, over to Johnson, on to Edwin double play ball to end this problem for Alvarez. Bottom 5th: Vizquel, fly ball to Upton in centre, one down. Hechavarria, same again, high fly ball to Upton at the wall, two down. Davis, 2-2 count, almost hit him inside. Full count, ball four inside. Davis walks Davis, have wanted to write that for a three days. Rasmus, will Rajai steal ? Will it be Sunday tomorrow. 1-2 count, there he goes, no throw and steal number 40 for Rajai. 2-2 count, will he go to 3B ? Single here Colby will bring him in. Full count. Swing or take? Low ball four. Two on two down for Edwin. Will Rajai go ? Not much point as a base hit will score him. Low ball one. 1-1, that was ball two Edwin. There he goes NO NO NO what was Rasmus doing ???? Throw gets him way off the bag at second as he takes off in double steal. What was the point ???? Even if he had made it they would have walked Edwin with the base open. Plus they took the bat out of Edwin’s hands by the move. With two outs. Someone and it looks as if Rasmus did it himself really made a bonehead play. Top 6th: Aaron Loup now pitching. Joyce leading off, 0-2 count, drives this to shallow left centre and Rasmus makes a nice running catch. One down for Keppinger. Grounds to Hech at short, knocks it down but no chance for a throw. One on one down for Pena. 2-2 count, strikes out swing as his bat ends up in the 1B photographers bay. Two down for Roberts. Full count, grounds to Vizquel at 3B long throw to Edwin to end the inning. Loup does another good job but Jays are running out of time. Bottom 6th: Edwin leading off. Lines first pitch to Upton in centre. Lind, lines to secnd, throw to Pena two down. Torrealba, grounds to second, throw to Pena, Jays go quietly, three up and down. Top 7th: Loup still out there to pitch to Lobaton. 1-2 count, strikes out swinging, one down for Jennings. 2-2 count, great pitch takes strike three. Two down for Upton. Here comes Farrell. That is it for Loup today. Lincoln now pitching. Upton singles to Sierra in right. Zobrist. There goes Upton and throw is dropped at second by Hech. 1-2 count, strikes out swinging, great curve to get him to end the inning. Bottom 7th: Jake McGee now pitching. Johnson, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging. One down for Sierra, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging, two down for Vizquel, 1-2 count, grounds to Keppinger at 3B throw to Pena at first for the out. Jays go quietly and time is running out against Rays bullpen. They had their best chance in the 5th. Top 8th: Lincoln still out there. Longoria, grounds to Vizquel, throw to Edwin, one down. Joyce, first pitch this is trouble high fly ball to right and into second deck seats, 5-2 Rays. Keppinger, fly ball to right but Sierra makes the out, two down for Pena, full count, strikes out swinging, waves at ball off the plate Bottom 8th: Peralta now pitching. Rays locking this one up now. Hechavarria leading off. 0-2 count, hammers this one to left and off the wall, stand up double for Hech. Davis now top of the order. 0-2 count, lines it up the middle, Roberts makes nice play to knock it down and Hech stops at 3B. Maybe could have scored. No aggression here. Runners on the corners, Rasmus chance to make up for the bonehead move last at bat. 2-2 count, strikes out swinging, terrible at bat by Rasmus. one down. Edwin, full count, a double will do Edwin, no need for a home run. Outside ball four, semi intentional Peralta had a base available. Bases loaded for Lind. Again a double will do Adam. This will also do, singles back up the middle, here comes Hech here comes Davis, 5-4 Rays. Edwin at 3B. Lind at 1B. One down for Escobar. That is it for Peralta, now Rodney the closer will have to pitch five outs. But the right decision I think as game could be over. McCoy pinch running for Lind. Torrealba, 3-1 count, outside ball four, bases loaded again. McCoy the go ahead run. Johnson, inside ball one. 2-2 count, strikes out swinging at pitch outside. Two down for Sierra, 2-2, strikes out swinging. Sierra overpowered, not used to seeing 98mph pitching. Learning opportunity. Jays get two back but they needed three. 15 pitches for Rodney however, still has another inning to go. Top 9th: Brandon Lyon now pitching. Roberts leading off. Pops it up to Johnson, one down. Ex-Jay Ben Francisco pinch hitting. Pops it up to Edwin, two down. Top of the order Jennings. 1-2 count, lines it to left field corner but Davis runs it down for third out. Bottom 9th: Last chance for the Jays. Jose Molina now catching. Vizquel leading off. 3-1 count, outside ball four. One on for Hechavarria. Showing bunt. Outside ball one. Good bunt to Rodney and Vizquel to second as throw to first to get Hech. Davis, no pinch runner for Vizquel ? had better not be thrown out at the plate. 2-1 count, fly ball to left for the out. Vizquel has to hold. Rasmus gets another chance to redeem himself. High ball one, lines this one into centre and here comes the throw, out at the plate, Molina blocks the plate and Vizquel could not go around him. Would a faster runner have down it? Of course, another poor call by Farrrell, surely, surely on this squad there is someone who can run faster than Vizquel. Jays give this game away. The very good: Edwin as always, today with another home run bomb to score two. The bad: Alvarez ignoring Torrealba in the 3rd and giving up a home run to Roberts, that run counted in the end. Rasmus ill advised steal attempt, and Farrell no pinch runner for Vizquel with tie run at second. Jays seven hits but nobody with multi hit game today. RISP 3-8 but some wonderful opportunities missed.