Jays on the road to the Rays.
Jays 4 Rays 8
The very good: BJ Ryan's first (game) inning since surgery last April 14th . An amazing return before predicted.
Pitches one inning, two strikeouts.
In his words ""We didn't hold anything back. We moved it around both sides of the plate, threw a couple of good breaking balls and a couple of crummy ones. But I figured that's what was going to happen." Great news for Jays. It will be a couple of days before the physical reaction but great to see.
The rest of the game was not too good. Jesse Litsch not a great outing but not bad either.
4 and 2/3 innings 3 unearned runs but control was missing with the three walks.
Scott Downs and Accardo continued their great spring but Tallett was tagged for four earned runs, a hbp and the game.
Doubles from Wells, Overbay and Hisnke ! (for the Rays) and HR from Rios.
Rays phenom third base Evan Longoria hit the two run home run in the eighth and is batting .333 with 7 rbis in 24 at bats this spring.
A game to be remembered for Jays fans for Ryan's return.
Meantime over at Bright Field House... Atlanta hammered the Phillies. 9-1.
Although rain delayed the start and continued throughout the game Atlanta came out hitting.... Grand slam in second by Yunel Escobar and three run homer in third by Scott Thurman put this one away early.
Rosario trying for the fifth spot in rotation did not help matters by two walks and two hit batters.
Very erratic and ineffective but he was followed by equally erratic and ineffective Youman.
The Braves had twelve hits but two of them accounted for seven of the nine runs. It seemed as if every bat was on base. Dobbs relied with his single HR in the second but that was it from the Phillies.
Great disappointment to yet another sell-out crowd at Bright.
The hitter.... a guy named Francouer... Braves RF.
Watch for this guy Jays fans when the Braves hit Toronto later this season.... he is the hardest hitter I have seen this spring. In bp he hit more moonshot home runs than I have seen in bp this spring and I mean moonshots. Didn't miss a hit. Almost every other hit was out of the park, the others merely hit the roof of Frenchys in left field. Watch that fifth deck in left field when this guy gets to Toronto.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
BJ day
Yesterday's game
Toronto 5 - Cleveland 9
Second team playing, no Rios, Wells, Eckstein, Rolen or Thomas.
The good: Zaun's HR and double, he has not been on fire this spring, Overbay single, Coats double, this guy is really pushing for inclusion in the 40, Reed also had double.
Not so good: Marcum and Parrish, but only one outing. I would still put my money on both of them.
Notes: Benitez has signed minor contract for $700,000 if he makes team. He could be the steal of the season...
Correction to yesterday's blog re Yankees and Rays. It was of course Elliot Johnson NOT Crawford who broke Cervelli's wrist with plate collision last week.
Tampa media today continues to still berate Girardi for hypocritical attitude towards Duncan having slammed Johnson last week. I intend to agree the situations are very different, it is very clear that Duncan had his spikes up as he went in, especially as he was already out ten feet from the bag.
Today Jays away again in St. Petersburg but this is the first chance for B J Ryan, all eyes and hopes... Litsch also pitching, he is trying to get that last spot and so far has proven far better than Chacin.
So my money on the April lineup is Halladay, Burnett, McGowan, Marcum and Litsch.
Met a fan yesterday who managed to get Overbay to sign his Brewers ! bobblehead. Said the Brewers fans wore toilet seats over their heads when Lyle was batting. Was a huge favourite in Milwaukee.
Today blogmeister's game is at Bright Field for first glimpse of Atlanta. Game is already sold out. Third sellout at Bright that I have been to, they love their baseball although winning the division title last season might help.
Toronto 5 - Cleveland 9
Second team playing, no Rios, Wells, Eckstein, Rolen or Thomas.
The good: Zaun's HR and double, he has not been on fire this spring, Overbay single, Coats double, this guy is really pushing for inclusion in the 40, Reed also had double.
Not so good: Marcum and Parrish, but only one outing. I would still put my money on both of them.
Notes: Benitez has signed minor contract for $700,000 if he makes team. He could be the steal of the season...
Correction to yesterday's blog re Yankees and Rays. It was of course Elliot Johnson NOT Crawford who broke Cervelli's wrist with plate collision last week.
Tampa media today continues to still berate Girardi for hypocritical attitude towards Duncan having slammed Johnson last week. I intend to agree the situations are very different, it is very clear that Duncan had his spikes up as he went in, especially as he was already out ten feet from the bag.
Today Jays away again in St. Petersburg but this is the first chance for B J Ryan, all eyes and hopes... Litsch also pitching, he is trying to get that last spot and so far has proven far better than Chacin.
So my money on the April lineup is Halladay, Burnett, McGowan, Marcum and Litsch.
Met a fan yesterday who managed to get Overbay to sign his Brewers ! bobblehead. Said the Brewers fans wore toilet seats over their heads when Lyle was batting. Was a huge favourite in Milwaukee.
Today blogmeister's game is at Bright Field for first glimpse of Atlanta. Game is already sold out. Third sellout at Bright that I have been to, they love their baseball although winning the division title last season might help.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Ty Cobb's been gone a long time..
More later on that one..
Yesterday double header for blogmeister.. Day game Jays Pirates at Knology Park and night game Phillies and Reds at Bright Field.
Jays 4- Pirates 1
Lineups:
Pirates: McCloth, Wilson, Sanchez, Bay, LaRoche, Nady, Paulino, Bautitista, Rivas, pitching Duke.
Jays: Eckstein,Rios, wells, Thomas, Rolen, Hill, Johnson, Barajas,Scutaro amd picthing Burnett.
The good. Burnett picthing and all the bullpen support for five scoreless innings, great fielding and Scutaro in particular, Rios bullet from right to catch LaRoche, Lind, Wells HR, Hill on base three times.
The bad: Nothing on this day...
The game: Top of 1st. Lead off double, bunt to third, Burnett settles with two strikeouts to end inning.
Bottom of 1st. Eckstein double left field line, Rios sacrifices him to 3rd. Wells ground to SS Eck scores. good small ball play. Jays 1-0 Thomas grounds to SS.
Top of 2nd : LaRoche into left field corner and tries to run on Rios... nails him... suicide and his father coaches Jays, LaRoche should have known better. Great throw by Rios.
Burnett goes 3-0 on Polino but strikes him out to end inning. Pitching well.
Bottom of 2nd. Rolen grounds to SS, Hill base hit to centre, caught stealing at second, looked to me like delayed steal he was so late leaving, Reed base hit to centre, Barajas strikes out.
Top of 3rd. two doubles and score is 1-1. Burnett walks next batter two one one out, double play to end inning. Burnett has four hits but is getting out of trouble. Still unable to throw all his pitcehs with that broken nail on his index finger, but pitching well with two pitches.
Bottom of 3rd Scutaro lines off pitchers leg, ouch, but still thrown out at first. Eckstein grounds to SS hustles but cannot beat throw, this guy can run.. Rios grounds to SS three up three down.
Top of 4th Burnett still pitching, two strike outs and a fly ball to Reed in left field. Burnett very good outing considering his finger problem.
Bottom of 4th. Wells HR to left, great hit.... 2-1 Jays. Thomas grounds to 3rd, Rolen flies to shallow right,Hill second single off the top of right wall just missing HR. This guy has made a living of that in last two seasons... Reed flies to right.
Top of 5th. Jason Frasor pitching, immediately the speed of game slows. This guy is SO slow.........
Rivas walks. McCloth single to left, Rivas speeds to 3B, two on two out, Frasor srikes out Wilson to end inning.
Bottom of 5th Barajas pops up to 1st, Scutaro pops up to 2nd, Eckstein pops up to 2B.
Top of 6th Brian Wolfe pitching. Scutaro great throw to get runner at first, Base hit to right followed by double play by Hill tagging runner and throwning out at first. Some great fielding by Jays today.
Bottom of 6th. Rios long fly to CF, Vernon grounds to SS, Frank strikes out... not the best of innings for heart of order..
Top of 7th. Lind and Lyden in for Rios and Wells. Pop up to Hill behind 1st, same play to get the second bat, Wolfe strikes out batter to end inning. Nice innings work. Bullpen is strength of this team.
Bottom of 7th. Luna in for Rolen, strikes out on horrible at bat... no threat to take Scott's job. Hill walks, great afternoon for him on base percentage has soared. Inglett pinch runner and steals second, he has redemeemd himself in blogmeisters eyes from his gaffe last week. Reed hit on full count, two on. Coats replaces Reed at first, might also be replacing him one day period. Barajas hits a bullet to SS great catch and doubles up Ingllet off second, great play.
Top of 8th. Wells pitching. First two at bats Scutaro turns two nice plays at SS, ground ball to Diaz at 3B replacing Luna. Very nice inning by Wells.
Bottom of 8th. Scutaro loop ball over 2nd, Josh Kreuzer hit by pitch, two on, Lind again base hit to right, this guy has been money in the bank this spring, 3-1 Jays. Lyden hopper to first throw at plate Kreuzer out. Watson single to centre, where do they get these minors ? Lind scores 4-1 Jays, Diaz at bat double play.
Top of 9th. Banks pitching for Jays.
Grounds to 2nd, pops up to 2nd and fly ball ot centre, this games is in the books for Jays.
Note on Janssen loss for season. I don't believe that this will hurt the Jays at all. From what I have seen to date, the bullpen has been magnificent and there is a lot of depth to cover this loss.
Now to Ty Cobb above.... the big story here in this area is the Rays and Yankees uproar, following Crawford's charge and breaking arm of Yankees catcher. Yesterday payback by Duncan with high slide into 2B drawing blood from his spikes on Iwamaura. Gomes charges from outfield on Duncan already thrown out of game by 2B umpire.
Duncan says his father had always coached him "to knock ball out of 2B glove" ! (hence the spikes on the thigh ?)
Gomes equally inane comment, "we had always been taught since T-ball !!! to watch our teammate's back" ! (sic) and yes, very sick....
These two meet twice more this Spring and 18 times in regular season.... I guess the good news is that Clemens at least is not pitching for Yankees to provide paybacks. But seriously this Rays team is young, cocky, agressive and very fast on bases. If they start off well they can provide some early upsets.
Night game at Bright Field... Reds all over Phillies 6-1. Home Runs create most of damage.
Lineups for posterity...
Reds: Hopper, Freel, Patterson, Dickerson, Philips, Hatteberg, Keppinger, Hairston Jr., Colina and pitching Arroyo.
Phillies: Rollins Dobbs,Utley, Howard,Burrell, Jenkins, Feliz, Werth (Jayson), Ruiz and pitching Madson.
Great fielding clinic by Rollins at SS. this guy is so good.
Home runs three of them, great starting pitching by both Arroyo and Madson.
So nice to watch a nigh game, this field is magnificent and had crowd of 9,300 sell-out ! This is larger crowd than some teams get in late September.
Note also: Blogmeister gets third ball of the spring, this one courtesy of Phillies pitchers as I watched warmups... thanks guys...
Yesterday double header for blogmeister.. Day game Jays Pirates at Knology Park and night game Phillies and Reds at Bright Field.
Jays 4- Pirates 1
Lineups:
Pirates: McCloth, Wilson, Sanchez, Bay, LaRoche, Nady, Paulino, Bautitista, Rivas, pitching Duke.
Jays: Eckstein,Rios, wells, Thomas, Rolen, Hill, Johnson, Barajas,Scutaro amd picthing Burnett.
The good. Burnett picthing and all the bullpen support for five scoreless innings, great fielding and Scutaro in particular, Rios bullet from right to catch LaRoche, Lind, Wells HR, Hill on base three times.
The bad: Nothing on this day...
The game: Top of 1st. Lead off double, bunt to third, Burnett settles with two strikeouts to end inning.
Bottom of 1st. Eckstein double left field line, Rios sacrifices him to 3rd. Wells ground to SS Eck scores. good small ball play. Jays 1-0 Thomas grounds to SS.
Top of 2nd : LaRoche into left field corner and tries to run on Rios... nails him... suicide and his father coaches Jays, LaRoche should have known better. Great throw by Rios.
Burnett goes 3-0 on Polino but strikes him out to end inning. Pitching well.
Bottom of 2nd. Rolen grounds to SS, Hill base hit to centre, caught stealing at second, looked to me like delayed steal he was so late leaving, Reed base hit to centre, Barajas strikes out.
Top of 3rd. two doubles and score is 1-1. Burnett walks next batter two one one out, double play to end inning. Burnett has four hits but is getting out of trouble. Still unable to throw all his pitcehs with that broken nail on his index finger, but pitching well with two pitches.
Bottom of 3rd Scutaro lines off pitchers leg, ouch, but still thrown out at first. Eckstein grounds to SS hustles but cannot beat throw, this guy can run.. Rios grounds to SS three up three down.
Top of 4th Burnett still pitching, two strike outs and a fly ball to Reed in left field. Burnett very good outing considering his finger problem.
Bottom of 4th. Wells HR to left, great hit.... 2-1 Jays. Thomas grounds to 3rd, Rolen flies to shallow right,Hill second single off the top of right wall just missing HR. This guy has made a living of that in last two seasons... Reed flies to right.
Top of 5th. Jason Frasor pitching, immediately the speed of game slows. This guy is SO slow.........
Rivas walks. McCloth single to left, Rivas speeds to 3B, two on two out, Frasor srikes out Wilson to end inning.
Bottom of 5th Barajas pops up to 1st, Scutaro pops up to 2nd, Eckstein pops up to 2B.
Top of 6th Brian Wolfe pitching. Scutaro great throw to get runner at first, Base hit to right followed by double play by Hill tagging runner and throwning out at first. Some great fielding by Jays today.
Bottom of 6th. Rios long fly to CF, Vernon grounds to SS, Frank strikes out... not the best of innings for heart of order..
Top of 7th. Lind and Lyden in for Rios and Wells. Pop up to Hill behind 1st, same play to get the second bat, Wolfe strikes out batter to end inning. Nice innings work. Bullpen is strength of this team.
Bottom of 7th. Luna in for Rolen, strikes out on horrible at bat... no threat to take Scott's job. Hill walks, great afternoon for him on base percentage has soared. Inglett pinch runner and steals second, he has redemeemd himself in blogmeisters eyes from his gaffe last week. Reed hit on full count, two on. Coats replaces Reed at first, might also be replacing him one day period. Barajas hits a bullet to SS great catch and doubles up Ingllet off second, great play.
Top of 8th. Wells pitching. First two at bats Scutaro turns two nice plays at SS, ground ball to Diaz at 3B replacing Luna. Very nice inning by Wells.
Bottom of 8th. Scutaro loop ball over 2nd, Josh Kreuzer hit by pitch, two on, Lind again base hit to right, this guy has been money in the bank this spring, 3-1 Jays. Lyden hopper to first throw at plate Kreuzer out. Watson single to centre, where do they get these minors ? Lind scores 4-1 Jays, Diaz at bat double play.
Top of 9th. Banks pitching for Jays.
Grounds to 2nd, pops up to 2nd and fly ball ot centre, this games is in the books for Jays.
Note on Janssen loss for season. I don't believe that this will hurt the Jays at all. From what I have seen to date, the bullpen has been magnificent and there is a lot of depth to cover this loss.
Now to Ty Cobb above.... the big story here in this area is the Rays and Yankees uproar, following Crawford's charge and breaking arm of Yankees catcher. Yesterday payback by Duncan with high slide into 2B drawing blood from his spikes on Iwamaura. Gomes charges from outfield on Duncan already thrown out of game by 2B umpire.
Duncan says his father had always coached him "to knock ball out of 2B glove" ! (hence the spikes on the thigh ?)
Gomes equally inane comment, "we had always been taught since T-ball !!! to watch our teammate's back" ! (sic) and yes, very sick....
These two meet twice more this Spring and 18 times in regular season.... I guess the good news is that Clemens at least is not pitching for Yankees to provide paybacks. But seriously this Rays team is young, cocky, agressive and very fast on bases. If they start off well they can provide some early upsets.
Night game at Bright Field... Reds all over Phillies 6-1. Home Runs create most of damage.
Lineups for posterity...
Reds: Hopper, Freel, Patterson, Dickerson, Philips, Hatteberg, Keppinger, Hairston Jr., Colina and pitching Arroyo.
Phillies: Rollins Dobbs,Utley, Howard,Burrell, Jenkins, Feliz, Werth (Jayson), Ruiz and pitching Madson.
Great fielding clinic by Rollins at SS. this guy is so good.
Home runs three of them, great starting pitching by both Arroyo and Madson.
So nice to watch a nigh game, this field is magnificent and had crowd of 9,300 sell-out ! This is larger crowd than some teams get in late September.
Note also: Blogmeister gets third ball of the spring, this one courtesy of Phillies pitchers as I watched warmups... thanks guys...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Yankees, BJ and Benitez
Yesterday's game in Tampa..
NYY 6-Jays 1
The good: Stewart continues to hit, sorry Reed. Double also from Hill.
The bullpen continues to shine... Davis, Purcey, Carlson and Machi.... !!! one run in 6 innings. Davis 4 strikeouts...
The bad: Chacin continues to disappoint, the second bad outing. gives up four runs, five hits in two innings, game over.
The game:
Yankees get on Chacin immediately. First inning four runs. A-Rod HR at least it was not in Dunedin. Lane ?? (lf) adds 2 hits in 3 abs, scores twice and rbi with HR. Abreu does rest of damage with 2rbis in 2 hits, 3ab.
Wang meantime shows Chacin how with 3 2/3 scoreless innings.
Wells caught stealing. Other hits for Jays all singles. Reed, Wells, Overbay and Thigpen
One to forget...
News of Benitez siging to minor contract.. interesting if he still has it will be good insurance in bullpen. JP maintains Jays can never have enough arms.
But big news is BJ Ryan pitching tomorrow. Unfortunately it will not be at Knology Park but great news. He has pitched simulated games this spring with no ill effects so far... so if all goes well tomorrow maybe we will get to see him pitch at Knology Park later.
Interesting quote from Damon in St. Petersburg Times today. "I think the Jays may be the team to beat in our division" he said in Tampa. "I think their pitching top to bottom, is the best in both leagues, and they've made improvement. You can't predict anything. If the Rays get off to a good start, they can go with a lot of confidence. And it could be a totally different division".
( From what I have seen of Rays this spring I would agree, they could be a scary team this season. Blogmeister)
Today big double header for blogmeister... Jays and Pirates afternoon at Knology Park and Reds and Phillies this evening at Bright Networks Field. Should be an interesting day...
Trivia question. Who is the Jay dude with huge (and I mean huge) black Hummer ??? in Jays parking lot each gameday...
NYY 6-Jays 1
The good: Stewart continues to hit, sorry Reed. Double also from Hill.
The bullpen continues to shine... Davis, Purcey, Carlson and Machi.... !!! one run in 6 innings. Davis 4 strikeouts...
The bad: Chacin continues to disappoint, the second bad outing. gives up four runs, five hits in two innings, game over.
The game:
Yankees get on Chacin immediately. First inning four runs. A-Rod HR at least it was not in Dunedin. Lane ?? (lf) adds 2 hits in 3 abs, scores twice and rbi with HR. Abreu does rest of damage with 2rbis in 2 hits, 3ab.
Wang meantime shows Chacin how with 3 2/3 scoreless innings.
Wells caught stealing. Other hits for Jays all singles. Reed, Wells, Overbay and Thigpen
One to forget...
News of Benitez siging to minor contract.. interesting if he still has it will be good insurance in bullpen. JP maintains Jays can never have enough arms.
But big news is BJ Ryan pitching tomorrow. Unfortunately it will not be at Knology Park but great news. He has pitched simulated games this spring with no ill effects so far... so if all goes well tomorrow maybe we will get to see him pitch at Knology Park later.
Interesting quote from Damon in St. Petersburg Times today. "I think the Jays may be the team to beat in our division" he said in Tampa. "I think their pitching top to bottom, is the best in both leagues, and they've made improvement. You can't predict anything. If the Rays get off to a good start, they can go with a lot of confidence. And it could be a totally different division".
( From what I have seen of Rays this spring I would agree, they could be a scary team this season. Blogmeister)
Today big double header for blogmeister... Jays and Pirates afternoon at Knology Park and Reds and Phillies this evening at Bright Networks Field. Should be an interesting day...
Trivia question. Who is the Jay dude with huge (and I mean huge) black Hummer ??? in Jays parking lot each gameday...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Report card
Yesterday's game was in Kissimee with the Astros, Jays sent a split squad.
Astros 4-Jays 3
A brief summary. Halladay pitching gave up three of the runs but was not unhappy. He used the innings to get used to Barajas, pitching to him for first time. Said some things worked others didn't. The bullpen once again gave a good account. They have been one of highlights in first ten days and augurs well for season in event of any injuries.
Berkman did the damage to Jays HR, triple and double. Would be nice to see a Jay that hot.
However four doubles from Jays including Rios.
A blogmeister report card on the Jays to date based on first ten days....
A+ definitely John Parrish. His three innings with seven strikeouts has been pitching highlight to date. Scott Rolen bat and glove.
A. Adam Lind, Eckstein, Buck Coats, Hill, Jesse Litsch although his last outing on Sunday was a gem with six strikeouts, Matt Stairs, Marcum, Halladay and the bullpen Thorpe, Accardo, League, de Jong.
A- Alex Rios, Joe Inglett, Scutaro, Shannon Stewart, overall base stealing for offence, catchers and throwing out runners.
B + Wells, Thigpen especially his glove,
B. Thomas, Zaun, Barajas, Reed Johnson, Burnett, overall fielding and runners in scoring position.
C. the rest........
If they headed north today I would include Lind, Coats, Stewart, Parrish and Thorpe in the 40.
Will be interesting to do another mid-term report next week.......
Astros 4-Jays 3
A brief summary. Halladay pitching gave up three of the runs but was not unhappy. He used the innings to get used to Barajas, pitching to him for first time. Said some things worked others didn't. The bullpen once again gave a good account. They have been one of highlights in first ten days and augurs well for season in event of any injuries.
Berkman did the damage to Jays HR, triple and double. Would be nice to see a Jay that hot.
However four doubles from Jays including Rios.
A blogmeister report card on the Jays to date based on first ten days....
A+ definitely John Parrish. His three innings with seven strikeouts has been pitching highlight to date. Scott Rolen bat and glove.
A. Adam Lind, Eckstein, Buck Coats, Hill, Jesse Litsch although his last outing on Sunday was a gem with six strikeouts, Matt Stairs, Marcum, Halladay and the bullpen Thorpe, Accardo, League, de Jong.
A- Alex Rios, Joe Inglett, Scutaro, Shannon Stewart, overall base stealing for offence, catchers and throwing out runners.
B + Wells, Thigpen especially his glove,
B. Thomas, Zaun, Barajas, Reed Johnson, Burnett, overall fielding and runners in scoring position.
C. the rest........
If they headed north today I would include Lind, Coats, Stewart, Parrish and Thorpe in the 40.
Will be interesting to do another mid-term report next week.......
Monday, March 10, 2008
Pitching and hitting
Toronto 9 Phillies 4...
Great game for Toronto, perfect pitching and timely hitting. An excellent win over a very good team.
Lineups:
Toronto: Eckstein, Stairs, Wells, Rolen, Thomas, Overbay, Hill, Zaun, Johnson and pitching Litsch
Phillies: Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Feliz, Jenkins, Dobbs, Ruiz, and pitching Kendrick
The good: Jesse great four innings seven strikeouts, great timely hitting all round. Wells four rbis.
Bullpen tremendous after Jesse's four innings. They have been exellent the last three games after blowing 6-0 lead and losing in ninth on wednesday.
Attendance: 9420 sellout.
The bad: nothing today. Jays put it together all round.
The game: Top of first, Eckstein lines to 3B, Stairs base hit through middle, Wells double play ball.
Bottom of first. Rollins strikes out, Victorino strikes out, Utley grounds to Litsch, great first inning by Jesse.
Top of second... The sky falls in on Kendrick....
Rolen (widely booed here at Bright Networks Field) answers with base hit left centre, Thomas flies out to LF, Overbay walks Rolen at 2nd. Hill of the wall double Rolen and Overbay score 2-0 Jays. Zaun walks on four pitches, Reed Johnson base hit to centre, Hill scores. 3-0 Jays. Ecsktein double over 3B, Zaun scores, 4-0 Jays.
Johnson at 3B. Stairs strikes out. Two on two out. Wells single down 3B line, Johnson and Eckstein score. 6-0 Jays,
Full count to Rolen with Wells running, base hit to centre, Wells to 3B. Thomas grounds to 3B.. Jays send 11 men to plate 6 runs on 6 hits. Second time in five days they have scored 6 in an inning also in second... Great start... not for Kendrick...
Bottom of second. Howard replies with moon shot home run 10 feet from your blogmeister in right centre out of park into the river. 6-1 Jays.. settle down Jesse.
Feliz, good bat protecting Howard this season, double off the wall, Dobbs grounds to short, Jenkins out, Taguchi strikes out. Jesse escapes damage, kept his cool...and is throwing strikes.
Top of third. Overbay base hit to centre, Hill base hit to LF, Zaun walks, bases loaded. Reed pops up to 3B, Eckstein walks (this guy is going to be huge for Jays this season.. patient,and great obp.) Overbay scores, 7-1 Jays.
Bases still loaded, Stairs pops up, runners hold. Wells base hit his second of the game, Hill and Zaun score, 9-1 Jays. Rolen at bat, booed again and hit by pitcher... bases loaded again.. Thomas flies to RF... leaves bases loaded.
End of inning 9-1 Jays..10 hits in two innings. Could have been much higher if Frank had connected but enough for Jesse to hold.
Botom of third. Ruiz strikes out, Rolins strikes out, Victorino grounds to second.... Great pitching by Jesse... he is doing sufficient to hold that fifth spot in rotation.
Top of fourth. Overbay walks, Hills pops up to 1B. Zaun flies out to RF fence almost but not quite Gregg, Reed grounds to 3B.
Bottom of fourth Jesse still pitching and throwing strikes. Utley flies out to CF, Howard strikes out a huge strikeout for Jesse after the HR in first by Howard, Feliz pops up to 2B. Great pitching by Jesse against the heart of a strong batting order that could hurt any pitcher.
Top of fifth. Johnny Mac.in for Eckstein. strikes out, Stewart in for Stairs base hit to centre, Shannon has been hot the last couple of games and is seeing ball well, it will be tough to leave him behind if he maintains this form, Coats for Wells, double play ball inning over.
Bottom of fifth. Jenkins strikes out Dobbs double down RF, Taguchi double to centre runner scores, 9-2 Jays. Ruiz base hit and Santos in for Rolen, error at 3B, the boo birds are unhappy that Scott is not in there, Rollins grounds to 2B runner scores 9-3 Jays. Victorino huge hit to RF and Reed great catch against the wall to end inning.
Top of sixth. Santos grounds out, Sinder in for Reed grounds out, Overbay hit to centre, Inglett in for Hill paased ball, Overbay to 2B, Inglett on base with bobbled ball, Overbay to 3B, Zaun pops up on full count and leaves two on.
Bottom of sixth. Uttley strikes out, Howard pops up a mile high, (fortunately not a line drive into the river again) Feliz HR to left, this guy is very good.... 9-4... Jenkins pops up to SS.
Top of seventh. Three up three down Snider, Macdonald, and Stewart.
Bottom of seventh. Bull pen continues to hold lead for Jays.
Top of eighth. Coats grounds to 1B, Santos off left feld wall for long single, Snider and Thigpen quick outs,
Bottom of eighth. Wells pitching. Bohn grounds to Thigpen at, Brunlett strikes out, Snelling great hit down 1B huge dive by Thigpen to save at least a double, King strikes out.
Top of ninth. Inglett pops up to 3B, Robinzon Diaz in for Zaun, grounds to SS. Lind base hit to right, Lind is very hot this week, Macdonald first hit of game base hit to right, two on. Watson grounds to 1B.
Bottom of ninth. Three up three down, De Jong pitching. Jenkins strikes out, Dobbs striks out, Taguchi flies out to Coats at CF.
Jays win 9-4, 15 hits to Phillies 6 hits with 1 error each.
Great game for Toronto, perfect pitching and timely hitting. An excellent win over a very good team.
Lineups:
Toronto: Eckstein, Stairs, Wells, Rolen, Thomas, Overbay, Hill, Zaun, Johnson and pitching Litsch
Phillies: Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Feliz, Jenkins, Dobbs, Ruiz, and pitching Kendrick
The good: Jesse great four innings seven strikeouts, great timely hitting all round. Wells four rbis.
Bullpen tremendous after Jesse's four innings. They have been exellent the last three games after blowing 6-0 lead and losing in ninth on wednesday.
Attendance: 9420 sellout.
The bad: nothing today. Jays put it together all round.
The game: Top of first, Eckstein lines to 3B, Stairs base hit through middle, Wells double play ball.
Bottom of first. Rollins strikes out, Victorino strikes out, Utley grounds to Litsch, great first inning by Jesse.
Top of second... The sky falls in on Kendrick....
Rolen (widely booed here at Bright Networks Field) answers with base hit left centre, Thomas flies out to LF, Overbay walks Rolen at 2nd. Hill of the wall double Rolen and Overbay score 2-0 Jays. Zaun walks on four pitches, Reed Johnson base hit to centre, Hill scores. 3-0 Jays. Ecsktein double over 3B, Zaun scores, 4-0 Jays.
Johnson at 3B. Stairs strikes out. Two on two out. Wells single down 3B line, Johnson and Eckstein score. 6-0 Jays,
Full count to Rolen with Wells running, base hit to centre, Wells to 3B. Thomas grounds to 3B.. Jays send 11 men to plate 6 runs on 6 hits. Second time in five days they have scored 6 in an inning also in second... Great start... not for Kendrick...
Bottom of second. Howard replies with moon shot home run 10 feet from your blogmeister in right centre out of park into the river. 6-1 Jays.. settle down Jesse.
Feliz, good bat protecting Howard this season, double off the wall, Dobbs grounds to short, Jenkins out, Taguchi strikes out. Jesse escapes damage, kept his cool...and is throwing strikes.
Top of third. Overbay base hit to centre, Hill base hit to LF, Zaun walks, bases loaded. Reed pops up to 3B, Eckstein walks (this guy is going to be huge for Jays this season.. patient,and great obp.) Overbay scores, 7-1 Jays.
Bases still loaded, Stairs pops up, runners hold. Wells base hit his second of the game, Hill and Zaun score, 9-1 Jays. Rolen at bat, booed again and hit by pitcher... bases loaded again.. Thomas flies to RF... leaves bases loaded.
End of inning 9-1 Jays..10 hits in two innings. Could have been much higher if Frank had connected but enough for Jesse to hold.
Botom of third. Ruiz strikes out, Rolins strikes out, Victorino grounds to second.... Great pitching by Jesse... he is doing sufficient to hold that fifth spot in rotation.
Top of fourth. Overbay walks, Hills pops up to 1B. Zaun flies out to RF fence almost but not quite Gregg, Reed grounds to 3B.
Bottom of fourth Jesse still pitching and throwing strikes. Utley flies out to CF, Howard strikes out a huge strikeout for Jesse after the HR in first by Howard, Feliz pops up to 2B. Great pitching by Jesse against the heart of a strong batting order that could hurt any pitcher.
Top of fifth. Johnny Mac.in for Eckstein. strikes out, Stewart in for Stairs base hit to centre, Shannon has been hot the last couple of games and is seeing ball well, it will be tough to leave him behind if he maintains this form, Coats for Wells, double play ball inning over.
Bottom of fifth. Jenkins strikes out Dobbs double down RF, Taguchi double to centre runner scores, 9-2 Jays. Ruiz base hit and Santos in for Rolen, error at 3B, the boo birds are unhappy that Scott is not in there, Rollins grounds to 2B runner scores 9-3 Jays. Victorino huge hit to RF and Reed great catch against the wall to end inning.
Top of sixth. Santos grounds out, Sinder in for Reed grounds out, Overbay hit to centre, Inglett in for Hill paased ball, Overbay to 2B, Inglett on base with bobbled ball, Overbay to 3B, Zaun pops up on full count and leaves two on.
Bottom of sixth. Uttley strikes out, Howard pops up a mile high, (fortunately not a line drive into the river again) Feliz HR to left, this guy is very good.... 9-4... Jenkins pops up to SS.
Top of seventh. Three up three down Snider, Macdonald, and Stewart.
Bottom of seventh. Bull pen continues to hold lead for Jays.
Top of eighth. Coats grounds to 1B, Santos off left feld wall for long single, Snider and Thigpen quick outs,
Bottom of eighth. Wells pitching. Bohn grounds to Thigpen at, Brunlett strikes out, Snelling great hit down 1B huge dive by Thigpen to save at least a double, King strikes out.
Top of ninth. Inglett pops up to 3B, Robinzon Diaz in for Zaun, grounds to SS. Lind base hit to right, Lind is very hot this week, Macdonald first hit of game base hit to right, two on. Watson grounds to 1B.
Bottom of ninth. Three up three down, De Jong pitching. Jenkins strikes out, Dobbs striks out, Taguchi flies out to Coats at CF.
Jays win 9-4, 15 hits to Phillies 6 hits with 1 error each.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Great win
Toronto 4 Detroit 3
Very entertaining and well played game, the best for the Jays this Spring. Weather could have been a factor with wind again but did not interfere. The home runs were all moon shots.
Lineups. Detroit: Granderson, Polanco, Jones, Carbrera,Thames, Hessman, Skelton, St. Pierre, Santiago, and pitching Bonderman.
Toronto: Eckstein, Rios, Wells, Rolen, Stairs, Overbay, Stewart, Hill, Fasano and Marcum pitching.
The very good: Pitching today by Jays. Marcum three good innings, Parris exceptional three innings 7 strikeouts of a very good batting team.
Frasor, Chacin and Romero complete the game.
Good: Rolen home run and Stewart two base hits.
Bad: Defence and the big guys hitless... Wells, Rios, Overbay. and base running two caught stealing.
The game: Top of the 1st. Three up three down.. Marcum pitching very well.
Botom of 1st 3 up 3 down, Bonedrman equally impressive.
2nd Marcum two quick outs but then Hessman moonshot home run to left into the trees.
Tigers 1-0.
Bottom of second Rolen leadoff home run... into left field same area as Hessman's 1-1.
Stairs hit batsman, Overbay base hit two on no outs, Stewart moves them both over with dribbler down first base line, Hill triple... Stairs and Overbay score 3-1 Jays. Fasano hit batsman, Bonderman's second hbp in the inning. Eckstein grounds into double play.
Top of third Marcum in trouble. Walk, base hit, hbp, bases loaded. One out and Rolen misses hopper, Tigers score error to Rolen. 3-2 Jays.
Bottom of third. 3 up 3 down, Rios, Wells and Rolen... Bonderman ptching better.
Top of 4th Parrish pitching. Very well.. great inning 3 up 3 down. throwing strikes.
Bottom of 4th Stairs grounds out , Overbay flies out, Stewart double of wall, Hill strikes out leaving Stewart at second.
Top of 5th. Parrish another great inning strikes out the side but Polanco hits home run 3-3.
Bottom of 5th. Eckstein hit, leaves game, Wells walks on 4 pitches, Rolen strike out to end inning.
Top of 6th Parrish out for third inning. Two more strikeouts to end with 7 for 3 innings relief..
Bottom of 6th. Barajas ph for Stairs pops up to SS. Overbay pops to 3B, Stewart another double to centre, his second of game. Hill ab. Scutaro caught stealing third, broke too late for ball in dirt.
Top of 7th. Jason Frasor pitching. 3 up 3 down, very good inning.
Bottom of 7th. Hill continues bat from 6th. bloop single to centre, Inglett pinch runer, caught stealing. Scutaro walks. Reed Johnson pops up.
Top of 8th. Chacin pitching...double of wall maybe catchable by Vernon but Coats in. Two on but Chacin strikes out Thames.
Bottom of 8th. Coats base hit single but error on to 2nd. Luna a double Coats beats very good throw, perfect slide. Jays 4 Tigers 3. Barajas moves Luna to 3rd. Thigpen gorunds to SS. Matt Watson ground to 2nd
Top of 9th Romero puitching. Hessman base hit to left, next batter double play ball. Bse hit bobled by SS. next batter flies out to left. Jays win.
Very entertaining and well played game, the best for the Jays this Spring. Weather could have been a factor with wind again but did not interfere. The home runs were all moon shots.
Lineups. Detroit: Granderson, Polanco, Jones, Carbrera,Thames, Hessman, Skelton, St. Pierre, Santiago, and pitching Bonderman.
Toronto: Eckstein, Rios, Wells, Rolen, Stairs, Overbay, Stewart, Hill, Fasano and Marcum pitching.
The very good: Pitching today by Jays. Marcum three good innings, Parris exceptional three innings 7 strikeouts of a very good batting team.
Frasor, Chacin and Romero complete the game.
Good: Rolen home run and Stewart two base hits.
Bad: Defence and the big guys hitless... Wells, Rios, Overbay. and base running two caught stealing.
The game: Top of the 1st. Three up three down.. Marcum pitching very well.
Botom of 1st 3 up 3 down, Bonedrman equally impressive.
2nd Marcum two quick outs but then Hessman moonshot home run to left into the trees.
Tigers 1-0.
Bottom of second Rolen leadoff home run... into left field same area as Hessman's 1-1.
Stairs hit batsman, Overbay base hit two on no outs, Stewart moves them both over with dribbler down first base line, Hill triple... Stairs and Overbay score 3-1 Jays. Fasano hit batsman, Bonderman's second hbp in the inning. Eckstein grounds into double play.
Top of third Marcum in trouble. Walk, base hit, hbp, bases loaded. One out and Rolen misses hopper, Tigers score error to Rolen. 3-2 Jays.
Bottom of third. 3 up 3 down, Rios, Wells and Rolen... Bonderman ptching better.
Top of 4th Parrish pitching. Very well.. great inning 3 up 3 down. throwing strikes.
Bottom of 4th Stairs grounds out , Overbay flies out, Stewart double of wall, Hill strikes out leaving Stewart at second.
Top of 5th. Parrish another great inning strikes out the side but Polanco hits home run 3-3.
Bottom of 5th. Eckstein hit, leaves game, Wells walks on 4 pitches, Rolen strike out to end inning.
Top of 6th Parrish out for third inning. Two more strikeouts to end with 7 for 3 innings relief..
Bottom of 6th. Barajas ph for Stairs pops up to SS. Overbay pops to 3B, Stewart another double to centre, his second of game. Hill ab. Scutaro caught stealing third, broke too late for ball in dirt.
Top of 7th. Jason Frasor pitching. 3 up 3 down, very good inning.
Bottom of 7th. Hill continues bat from 6th. bloop single to centre, Inglett pinch runer, caught stealing. Scutaro walks. Reed Johnson pops up.
Top of 8th. Chacin pitching...double of wall maybe catchable by Vernon but Coats in. Two on but Chacin strikes out Thames.
Bottom of 8th. Coats base hit single but error on to 2nd. Luna a double Coats beats very good throw, perfect slide. Jays 4 Tigers 3. Barajas moves Luna to 3rd. Thigpen gorunds to SS. Matt Watson ground to 2nd
Top of 9th Romero puitching. Hessman base hit to left, next batter double play ball. Bse hit bobled by SS. next batter flies out to left. Jays win.
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