Toronto v Cleveland.
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Barajas, Snider and Purcey pitching.
Cleveland: Sizemore, DeRosa, Martinez, Hafner, Peralta, Choo, Garko, Crowe, Cabrera and Reyes pitching.
Jays lose this one 8-4. Purcey ten strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings but able to keep it close. Jays hitters finally get to Reyes but League blows this one badly. Jays were flirting with disaster all afternoon with 13 walks and lucky to not lose this by a larger score. The hitters could not rescue the bullpen today. Indians get their first season win and Jays leave town with a 5-2 record and having won their first two series which Cito will tell you is a great goal for the season.
Good: Vernon awakes, Rios also plus his steal. Has to do more of that. But that’s it today for the Jays as they lose this one.
Bad: Number of walks by Purcey and the bullpen. League is the goat today and lets game get out of hand in bottom of eighth after Jay hitters get back in it. No control. Sounds familiar after Ryan yesterday but to his credit Cito says he will stay with BJ as he pitches through this control slump. Overbay continues his poor play and probably time to give Millar an extended run at first base.
Top 1st: Scutaro flies out to right fielder Choo. Hill strikes out. Rios walks on a full count. Wells at bat, Alex steal second. I wish he would do more of this. Wells grounds to DeRosa at third base.
Bottom 1st: Purcey walks lead off Sizemore. DeRosa strikes out. Sizemore steals second. Cleveland has been running on Jays in this series. Pitchers have to tighten up. Wild pitch by Purcey and Sizemore to third base, error by Barajas and Sizemore scores. This is not a good start for Purcey. 1-0 Cleveland. Martinez walks on a full count. Second walk this inning. Hafner strikes out. Peralta at bat and strikes out. Purcey still strikes out the side.
Top 2nd: Lind at bat grounds out to Garko at first base. Rolen fouls out to Garko. Two quick outs for Reyes. Overbay at bat and strikes out. Lyle is having a rough start to season.
Bottom 2nd: Choo walks.Third walk for Purcey and second leadoff walk. Garko pops up to Hill.Crowe strikes out. Choo steals second. Second steal in two innings by Indians. Cabrera fly ball to Rios.
Top 3rd: Barajas lines out to Sizemore in centre field. Snider grounds out to Garko flip to reyes for the out. Scutaro at bat grounds to Peralta.
Bottom 3rd: Sizemore another full count and walks number four for Purcey in 2 1/3 innings. DeRosa at bat, gets hold of this one and it is out of here, two run home run. 3-0 Indians. Martinez at bat still no outs fly ball to Wells in centre field. Hafner at bat strikes out. Peralta singles to centre field. Choo doubles to right, Peralta moves to third. Purcey in trouble again with two in scoring position. Garko intentional walk. Number five to go with the five strikeouts.
Crowe strikes out. Indians leave two out there.
Top 4th: Hill doubles to centre field. Rios fouls out to Cabrera. Wells grounds to Cabrera, Hill to third. Wild pitch by Reyes Hill scores. Jays are on the board with first run. 3-1 Indians.Two down for Lind who grounds to first baseman Garko.
Bottom 4th: Cabrera strikes out. Sizemore fly ball to Rios. DeRosa strikes out. First three up and down inning for Purcey.
Top 5th: Rolen grounds to DeRosa. Overbay walks. Barajas fouled out to third baseman DeRosa. Snider fly ball to Sizemore in centre field.
Bottom 5th : Martinez strikes out, Hafner strikes out, number ten for Purcey but 100 pitches now. Peralta, singles to centre, Choo with two out. full count, Purcey needs to finish this off. Camp warming up. Walks him that’s it for Purcey today. 113 pitches. He did his job and has kept it close, the bats are missing today so far at least. Garko full count and walks, Camp has to throw strikes here. Crowe at bat. Lines it into RF two runs score. 5-1 Indians. Cabrera grounds out to Overbay for the third out but damage is done. The bats had better wake up here. One hit is pathetic.
Top 6th: Scutaro walks, good start. Hill wild pitch Scutaro moves to second. Fly ball to shallow centre, one down for Rios. Hitless again today. That’s better long hit to right field dropped by rf Choo in the sun. Scutaro scores and Rios with triple. 5-2 Indians. Wells also hitless Rios in scoring position. Finally Vernon connects on this one, into left field seats. 5-4 great swing Vernon. But more important three rbis from Rios and Wells. Long overdue his first of the season. Lind pops it up to DeRosa. Rolen now high fly ball to Sizemore for the out but Jays are back in this one.
Bottom 6th: Camp still out there has to hold them here. Sizemore at bat, grounds to Overbay. DeRosa at bat, walks. Martinez, need a ground ball here. gets it but into right field for a single. That’s it for Camp. Jesse Carlson in to face Hafner. Has been erratic in last two outings. Full count. Walks him to load the bases. Not what Cito wanted after getting back into this one. Peralta grounds to Rolen throw home and gets him. Two down. Choo with bases loaded. Fly ball to Snider in LF to leave bases loaded. Jesse gets out of this one. But it is not my imagination re number of walks nine today by Jays pitchers, far too many. Purcey had six and why he was over 100 pitches so early.. They are playing with fire.
Top 7th: That’s it for Reyes 96 pitches he did his job. Perez now pitching. Overbay hitless and hanging on to his position in this lineup. Millar is breathing down his neck. Walks here for Barajas. Flares it into shallow right. Overbay to second as he held up for possible catch. Snider now overdiue with two on here. McDonald running for Barajas. Snider bunting? too bad as he could hit one back to Toronto. But does the job and both runners move up. Waste of an at bat though. Scutaro with one down. That’s it for Perez. Jensen Lewis pitching we need a hit here Marco. Strikes out, ignored two good pitches in that count, not a great at bat Marco. Hill now with two in scoring position. Can he bring them in ? Fly ball out to Choo. Terrible… Cito’s ploy backfired, I would rather see young Snider swing away than watch Scutaro and Hill mess this one up.
Bottom 7th: Barrett now catching. Garko facing Carlsson, grounds to Scutaro. Crowe fly ball to Rios in right. Two down. (Asdrubal) Cabrera ( I love that name Asdrubal) full count, come on Jesse this is number nine guy. Singles into centre field. One on two down for Sizemore strikes him out but throw to second also gets Cabrera stealing. Four outs for Jesse.
Top 8th: Rios facing Lewis. Fly ball to Choo. One down for Wells. Vernon singles opposite way into right. He is starting to warm up in last two games. Lind at bat hitless today grounds into double play.
Bottom 8th: League pitching. DeRosa grounds to Scutaro. Martinez at bat, walks number twelve by Jays pitchers today, one reason why this game is so long. Hafner at bat, need a ground ball here. There it goes blast to right centre. two run home run and this game is getting out of reach. 7-4. Peralta doubles into right field corner. League is all over the place. Choo at bat singles into centre field another run scores 8-4 Indians. Garko grounds to Scutaro, great stop and circus backhand flip to Hill on to Overbay for the double play, great play. But League has already put Jays hitters in a deep hole.
Top 9th: Final chance for Jays. Kerry Wood not going to give up four runs. Indians want their first win badly. Rolen hitless like many other Jays today strikes out. Overbay takes first two pitches 0-2 in a hole again Lyle. Takes third strike. Cito Lyle has to sit, and get Millar in there. Lyle is having a very rough stretch.
Fans on their feet for final out. Barrett taking strikes what’s with this crew? Strikes out. Indians get first win of season and Jays give it away.
Not a good performance by this group today.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Ryan makes this one very close but Jays win another for Halladay.
Toronto v Cleveland.
Jays win this one 5-4 but BJ Ryan gives up three runs in the bottom of the ninth to make it a much closer game than it should have been. Frasor finishes it off.
The good: The bats once again and Halladay winning battle with Lee for bragging rights. He would love that especially in Lee’s back garden. Lee is winless so far. Halladay goes to 2-0. Scutaro making a solid start to playing leadoff. Lind continuing his great play. Ditto Rolen, Millar, Hill and half a gold star for Alex today.
The bad: BJ BJ and BJ… what to do ???
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Millar, Barajas, Bautista and Halladay pitching
Cleveland: Sizemore, DeRosa, Martinez, Choo, Peralta, Garko, Shoppach, Francisco, Cabrera and Lee pitching.
Top 1st: Scutaro leads off with walk, he is developing into a good leadoff guy. Hill singles to right, Scutaro to second. Wild pitch now by Lee, Scutaro to third, Hill to second.Not a good start for Lee. Rios now golden chance to continue last night’s wakeup. Yes Alex, Sac fly to CF and Scutaro scores 1-0 Jays just like that. Wells pops it foul to first base. Two down for Lind back to Lee for third out but Jays have a good start.
Bottom 1st: Sizemore grounds to Hill. DeRosa grounds to Rolen. Martinez grounds to Millar playing at first base again. Good inning for Halladay.
Top 2nd. Rolen doubles to left. Scott is starting this season well. Millar now can he move him ? Yes Kevin singles to left, Rolen to third. Two on no outs. Barajas lines out to DeRosa. Bautista strikes out.Two down two on. Scutaro walks on four pitches, Millar to second. Bases loaded for Hill. Aaron singles to right field Rolen and Millar score and Jays are off and running 3-0 Jays. Scutaro to third on the throw. Rios again pops it up to SS Peralta.
Bottom 2nd: Halladay now with good lead to work with. Choo singles to centre field. Peralta doubles to right, Choo moves to third. Halladay in trouble with two in scoring position and no outs. Garko strikes out. Shoppach strikes out. Two down for Francisco. Fly ball to Wells and Halladay is out of that mess without any damage.
Top 3rd: Wells doubles to left. Lind singles to centre, Wells scores 4-0 Jays and Lee looking ordinary today. Rolen grounds to DeRosa,one down and Lind moves to second. Millar strikes out. Barajas lines out to Francisco in left field.
Bottom 3rd: Cabrera grounds to Rolen but error on throw and safe at first. Sizemore strikes out. Cabrera steals second. DeRosa grounds to Scutaro, Cabrera to third on the play. Martinez full count and now walks. Choo grounds back to Halladay.
Top 4th: Bautista singles to centre field. Scutaro full count and walks for third time, he has Lee’s number. Bautista moves to second.Two on no outs for Hill strikes out. Rios strikes out. Wells grounds to DeRosa. That was vintage 2008 Jays. Two on no outs and nothing happens.
Bottom 4th: Peralta singles to centre field. Garko grounds to Rolen on to Hill on to Millar double play ball. Shoppach strikes out.
Top 5th: Lind grounds to Cabrera. Rolen walks. Millar strikes out. Barajas lines out to left fielder Francisco.
Bottom 5th: Francisco grounds to Scutaro. Cabrera walks. Sizemore doubles to centre Cabrera scores and there goes the shutout for Halladay. 4-1 Jays. Sizemore steals third. DeRosa strikes out.
Top 6th: That’s it for Lee, Halladay has seen him off and moral victory at least so far. Ex-Jay Vinnie Chulk pitching. Bautista out. Scutaro now with three walks here singles into left field. Hill grounds to third double play ball.
Bottom 6th: Halladay 79 pitches. Choo grounds out. Peralta strikes out. Garko singles up the middle. Shoppach grounds to Rolen, Garko out on relay to second. Shoppach to first.
Top 7th: Rios grounds to SS, Wells pops up. Lind singles into RF second hit today. Rolen two out one on fly ball to centre.
Bottom 7th: Halladay still out there 96 pitches. Francisco, fly ball to Wells. Cabrera grounds out to Hill. Sizemore strikes out. Number seven today for Roy. 111 pitch count. That could be it for him today. Should be Downs in 8 and BJ Ryan in 9.
Top 8th: Millar singles into LF. Second hit today. Barajas bunt, successful this time and Millar gets to second. Johnny Mc running for Millar. One down for Bautista. Lines it off Cabrera glove, Bautista safe at first but McDonald held at third. That’s it for Chulk. Scutaro at bat. One down two on. Joe Smith pitching. This should do it. Fly ball deep to RF corner Choo makes the catch. McDonald scores 5-1 Jays. Two down for Hill. Walks for Rios. Two on two down. walks him to load bases for Wells. Grounds out to SS. Not good at all Vernon. Another hit would have been game over.
Bottom 8th: Here comes Downs. Overbay now at first. DeRosa at bat, strikes out on three pitches. Martinez fly ball to Rios in RF. Two down. Choo at bat singles into right field. Peralta with one on. Dribbles one up the first base line Downs throws to first for the out.
Top 9th: Lind at bat another multi- hit game, strikes out this time. Rolen grounds to third. Two down for Overbay first at bat today and walks. Barajas hitless today but nice sac bunt last at bat, gives this one a ride high and long to Sizemore at the wall. Almost but not quite.
Bottom 9th: Here comes Ryan. Four run lead BJ. Garko walks. Oh BJ. Shoppach full count, grounds to Scutaro to Hill on to Overbay double play ball. Two down for Francisco singles into centre. Cabrera at bat, Francisco takes second. Full count and walks. Sizemore at bat. another full count. Ball four to load the bases. DeRosa with tie run at plate. Lines it to LF wall three runs score. 5-4 game. That’s it for BJ. What a mess all with two outs. Frasor now pitching. Martinez at bat. DeRosa at second as the tying run. Strikes him out and rightly pumps his fist. Jays win another but BJ ???
What to do Cito? Bite the bullet and send BJ down to get rehab help? Persevere and hope he will turn it around? Problem today was location not velocity and that could be a mechanical problem or a mental. Decision time. If BJ goes down for two weeks who will appear ? Accardo ?
Jays win this one 5-4 but BJ Ryan gives up three runs in the bottom of the ninth to make it a much closer game than it should have been. Frasor finishes it off.
The good: The bats once again and Halladay winning battle with Lee for bragging rights. He would love that especially in Lee’s back garden. Lee is winless so far. Halladay goes to 2-0. Scutaro making a solid start to playing leadoff. Lind continuing his great play. Ditto Rolen, Millar, Hill and half a gold star for Alex today.
The bad: BJ BJ and BJ… what to do ???
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Millar, Barajas, Bautista and Halladay pitching
Cleveland: Sizemore, DeRosa, Martinez, Choo, Peralta, Garko, Shoppach, Francisco, Cabrera and Lee pitching.
Top 1st: Scutaro leads off with walk, he is developing into a good leadoff guy. Hill singles to right, Scutaro to second. Wild pitch now by Lee, Scutaro to third, Hill to second.Not a good start for Lee. Rios now golden chance to continue last night’s wakeup. Yes Alex, Sac fly to CF and Scutaro scores 1-0 Jays just like that. Wells pops it foul to first base. Two down for Lind back to Lee for third out but Jays have a good start.
Bottom 1st: Sizemore grounds to Hill. DeRosa grounds to Rolen. Martinez grounds to Millar playing at first base again. Good inning for Halladay.
Top 2nd. Rolen doubles to left. Scott is starting this season well. Millar now can he move him ? Yes Kevin singles to left, Rolen to third. Two on no outs. Barajas lines out to DeRosa. Bautista strikes out.Two down two on. Scutaro walks on four pitches, Millar to second. Bases loaded for Hill. Aaron singles to right field Rolen and Millar score and Jays are off and running 3-0 Jays. Scutaro to third on the throw. Rios again pops it up to SS Peralta.
Bottom 2nd: Halladay now with good lead to work with. Choo singles to centre field. Peralta doubles to right, Choo moves to third. Halladay in trouble with two in scoring position and no outs. Garko strikes out. Shoppach strikes out. Two down for Francisco. Fly ball to Wells and Halladay is out of that mess without any damage.
Top 3rd: Wells doubles to left. Lind singles to centre, Wells scores 4-0 Jays and Lee looking ordinary today. Rolen grounds to DeRosa,one down and Lind moves to second. Millar strikes out. Barajas lines out to Francisco in left field.
Bottom 3rd: Cabrera grounds to Rolen but error on throw and safe at first. Sizemore strikes out. Cabrera steals second. DeRosa grounds to Scutaro, Cabrera to third on the play. Martinez full count and now walks. Choo grounds back to Halladay.
Top 4th: Bautista singles to centre field. Scutaro full count and walks for third time, he has Lee’s number. Bautista moves to second.Two on no outs for Hill strikes out. Rios strikes out. Wells grounds to DeRosa. That was vintage 2008 Jays. Two on no outs and nothing happens.
Bottom 4th: Peralta singles to centre field. Garko grounds to Rolen on to Hill on to Millar double play ball. Shoppach strikes out.
Top 5th: Lind grounds to Cabrera. Rolen walks. Millar strikes out. Barajas lines out to left fielder Francisco.
Bottom 5th: Francisco grounds to Scutaro. Cabrera walks. Sizemore doubles to centre Cabrera scores and there goes the shutout for Halladay. 4-1 Jays. Sizemore steals third. DeRosa strikes out.
Top 6th: That’s it for Lee, Halladay has seen him off and moral victory at least so far. Ex-Jay Vinnie Chulk pitching. Bautista out. Scutaro now with three walks here singles into left field. Hill grounds to third double play ball.
Bottom 6th: Halladay 79 pitches. Choo grounds out. Peralta strikes out. Garko singles up the middle. Shoppach grounds to Rolen, Garko out on relay to second. Shoppach to first.
Top 7th: Rios grounds to SS, Wells pops up. Lind singles into RF second hit today. Rolen two out one on fly ball to centre.
Bottom 7th: Halladay still out there 96 pitches. Francisco, fly ball to Wells. Cabrera grounds out to Hill. Sizemore strikes out. Number seven today for Roy. 111 pitch count. That could be it for him today. Should be Downs in 8 and BJ Ryan in 9.
Top 8th: Millar singles into LF. Second hit today. Barajas bunt, successful this time and Millar gets to second. Johnny Mc running for Millar. One down for Bautista. Lines it off Cabrera glove, Bautista safe at first but McDonald held at third. That’s it for Chulk. Scutaro at bat. One down two on. Joe Smith pitching. This should do it. Fly ball deep to RF corner Choo makes the catch. McDonald scores 5-1 Jays. Two down for Hill. Walks for Rios. Two on two down. walks him to load bases for Wells. Grounds out to SS. Not good at all Vernon. Another hit would have been game over.
Bottom 8th: Here comes Downs. Overbay now at first. DeRosa at bat, strikes out on three pitches. Martinez fly ball to Rios in RF. Two down. Choo at bat singles into right field. Peralta with one on. Dribbles one up the first base line Downs throws to first for the out.
Top 9th: Lind at bat another multi- hit game, strikes out this time. Rolen grounds to third. Two down for Overbay first at bat today and walks. Barajas hitless today but nice sac bunt last at bat, gives this one a ride high and long to Sizemore at the wall. Almost but not quite.
Bottom 9th: Here comes Ryan. Four run lead BJ. Garko walks. Oh BJ. Shoppach full count, grounds to Scutaro to Hill on to Overbay double play ball. Two down for Francisco singles into centre. Cabrera at bat, Francisco takes second. Full count and walks. Sizemore at bat. another full count. Ball four to load the bases. DeRosa with tie run at plate. Lines it to LF wall three runs score. 5-4 game. That’s it for BJ. What a mess all with two outs. Frasor now pitching. Martinez at bat. DeRosa at second as the tying run. Strikes him out and rightly pumps his fist. Jays win another but BJ ???
What to do Cito? Bite the bullet and send BJ down to get rehab help? Persevere and hope he will turn it around? Problem today was location not velocity and that could be a mechanical problem or a mental. Decision time. If BJ goes down for two weeks who will appear ? Accardo ?
Friday, April 10, 2009
Jays hammer Cleveland with 13 run 17 hit attack.
Toronto v Cleveland.
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Millar (in for Overbay), Bautista, Barrett and Richmond pitching.
Cleveland: Sizemore, DeRosa, Martinez, Hafner, Peralta, Choo, Garko. Francisco, Cabrera, and Lewis pitching.
Season opener for the Indians having been swept in three in Texas. This one had everything including 3hr 47 minute rain delay but Jays win this one big 13-7 with well balanced attack.
The VERY good: Lind again, two run HR, two doubles and a 3-5 four rbi night after last night’s 3-4 game. This guy is red-hot.
The good: Top seven guys in the lineup have at least two hits tonight. Lind and Rolen have three each. Scutaro HR, and great defensive play in the 6th. Millar, Rios ! yes Alex, a four rbi night at last and Vernon chips in as well with two hit night.
The bad: not today friends.
Bottom of 1st : Cleveland get two off Richmond. 2-0
Top 3rd: Millar first at bat this season, lead off doubles into CF, Bautista in LF today, pops up. Barrett. Grounds to 2B. Millar to third. Scutaro now can he bring him in? walks. Hill with two on and two down. pops up.
Bottom 3rd. HR Martinez into RF corner. 3-0 Indians.
Top 4th Rios. Pop up 2-19 . Wells. finally a base hit… into LF. Lind YES into LF corner… 3-2 Indians. Third HR this week and number 9 rbis. Rolen with one out. doubles into LF corner. Millar at bat with one out and Rolen at 2nd. Keep it going Kevin. Good boy singles into the rf corner, Rolen scores but Kevin is dead meat at 2b trying to stretch it. 3-3 though he will take the rbi. Bautista 80 pitches now for Lewis that was an expensive inning. He may only go five. Not too good as the bullpen was hammered yesterday in the 12-8 loss, four bullpen pitchers used.
Bottom 4th: Back to square one for Richmond. Walks the leadoff terrible.
Top 5th. Scutaro YES Marco… another HR same spot as Lind in the LF corner. Everyone turning on Lewis into the LF corner. 4-3 Jays ahead for first time in the game. Hill singles, yes into LF corner. Rios now, and a perfect time to break his drought. No that’s it for Lewis 94 pitches, here comes Betancourt. No Rain delay friends. With Jays ahead 4-3.
3hr 47 minutes rain delay. Not many fans left here now… a couple of thousand ? Too bad on their opening day now night.
Rios and Wells out to end the inning. Rios and Wells one hit between them in six at bats today to add to their 0-16 last two games. 1-22 is not what any team wants from numbers three and four.
Bottom 5th: Tallet now pitching. De Rosa strikes out. Martinez strikes out Hafner strikes out. Great inning for Tallet.
Top 6th: Lind at bat. Doubles off the CF wall almost another HR. 2-3 tonight. Rolen singles into centre field Lind is held at 3rd Smart call as throw is right on the money and still no outs. Millar 2-2 tonight bounces one to third base, double play but Lind scores. 5-3 Jays and another rbi for Millar. Bautista pops it up.
Btm 6th: Tallet still out there. Peralta grounds it to third Scutaro sensational play to throw Peralta out at first. Off balance and on the grass behind third. Highlight reel play. Choo at bat, gets hold of this one this one has gone. RF HR. 5-4Garko at bat, Walks him. Francisco with one on and one out strikes out. Cabrera grounds out to Scutaro.
Top 7th: Barrett at bat, Joe Smith now pitching. grounds to SS. Scutaro infield hit to SS and beats out the throw, error on the play. Hill at bat, doubles into LF corner, Scutaro holds at third. Rios now. can he finally do something ? Finally… Drives it up the middle to score two. His first ! rbi of the season. 7-4 Jays. Wells now. Can he do something ? Yes he does ! singles into left. Rios at second. That’s it for Smith. Jays now have 12 hits and getting into that bullpen which was already beaten up from the Texas series. Rafael Perez pitching two on one out for Lind 2-3 tonight and two rbis, chance to create some damage here. Great chance for double steal Cito. Dream on. Lind grounds out double play.
Bottom 7th: Tallet still out there. 34 pitches so far in his two innings. Sizemore walks , DeRosa strikes out. Number five for Tallet. Martinez oh dear…. This is out of here left centre. Two runs score. 7-6 Jays. Hafner at bat, one pitch and that’s it for Tallet. Carlson to face Hafner. Jesse pitched yesterday. Ciito is pushing it here, probably hopes for a complete game from Halladay tomorrow. Walks him. Peralta at bat, back to Carlson throw to Hill to get one but Hill’s throw not in time for two. Choo with one on. Walks. Carlson not his usual sharp self here and that’s it. League pitching. Two on and two out for Garko walks on four pitches to load the bases. Francisco hit first pitch and run scores 7-7 game. Cabrera at bat, League cannot find strike zone six balls. Camp in bullpen. Lines one out to Bautista in left field.
Top 8th: This game started at 4.00 6.5 hours ago… Perez still pitching, Rolen at bat loops this one into shallow rf. Third hit tonight. Millar grounds to SS not in time for Rolen at second but Millar stumbles out of box but Garko drops the ball and both safe. For Bautista bunting and gets the job done. Both runners move up. McDonald pinch running for Millar. Intentional walk to Barrett loads the bases for Scutaro. Loops this into shallow rf and two runs score 9-7 Jays. Great running by Johnny Mc. Hill at bat lines out to lf. Two down two on for Rios. Has he come alive ??? another chance here Alex. Balk called on Perez and both runners move up. This game has had everything. YES Alex, finally woken up doubles this one down into LF corner, both runs score. 11-7 Jays and four for Alex tonight… finally. Doing what he should be doing.. That’s it for Perez, Wells at bat. Kobayashi pitching. Walks Vernon. Two on for Lind. Two hit night with HR and double and yet again Adam doubles into right centre, two more rbis for Lind. 13-7 Jays. Rolen again, he started this inning six runs ago. Walks him. Johnny Mc now at bat for Millar. Pops it up to Garko to finally end this inning.
Bottom of 8th: Camp pitching. Overbay at first. Sizemore lines it out to Bautista turns him around but catches it. DeRosa at bat dribbler back to Camp. Two down for Martinez strikes out. Nice pitching by Camp.
Top 9th: Bautista hitless tonight but walks here on four pitches, Barrett at bat, also hitless, gets hold of this one but long fly ball to LF. One down for Scutaro for his sixth at bat tonight. Lines it up the middle for his third hit. Hill grounds into double play to end this inning.
Bottom 9th: Hafner at bat, strikes out, Peralta at bat, walks. Choo at bat, double play ball.
Jays win this one big. 17 hits attack 13 runs. Game started at 4.00pm and ends at 11.20pm. No bp in the morning guys. AND you are still Eastern Division leaders 4-1 start. Cleveland falls to 0-4...
Great game tomorrow Lee v Halladay for bragging rights. Haladay will be out to prove Lee is number two.
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Millar (in for Overbay), Bautista, Barrett and Richmond pitching.
Cleveland: Sizemore, DeRosa, Martinez, Hafner, Peralta, Choo, Garko. Francisco, Cabrera, and Lewis pitching.
Season opener for the Indians having been swept in three in Texas. This one had everything including 3hr 47 minute rain delay but Jays win this one big 13-7 with well balanced attack.
The VERY good: Lind again, two run HR, two doubles and a 3-5 four rbi night after last night’s 3-4 game. This guy is red-hot.
The good: Top seven guys in the lineup have at least two hits tonight. Lind and Rolen have three each. Scutaro HR, and great defensive play in the 6th. Millar, Rios ! yes Alex, a four rbi night at last and Vernon chips in as well with two hit night.
The bad: not today friends.
Bottom of 1st : Cleveland get two off Richmond. 2-0
Top 3rd: Millar first at bat this season, lead off doubles into CF, Bautista in LF today, pops up. Barrett. Grounds to 2B. Millar to third. Scutaro now can he bring him in? walks. Hill with two on and two down. pops up.
Bottom 3rd. HR Martinez into RF corner. 3-0 Indians.
Top 4th Rios. Pop up 2-19 . Wells. finally a base hit… into LF. Lind YES into LF corner… 3-2 Indians. Third HR this week and number 9 rbis. Rolen with one out. doubles into LF corner. Millar at bat with one out and Rolen at 2nd. Keep it going Kevin. Good boy singles into the rf corner, Rolen scores but Kevin is dead meat at 2b trying to stretch it. 3-3 though he will take the rbi. Bautista 80 pitches now for Lewis that was an expensive inning. He may only go five. Not too good as the bullpen was hammered yesterday in the 12-8 loss, four bullpen pitchers used.
Bottom 4th: Back to square one for Richmond. Walks the leadoff terrible.
Top 5th. Scutaro YES Marco… another HR same spot as Lind in the LF corner. Everyone turning on Lewis into the LF corner. 4-3 Jays ahead for first time in the game. Hill singles, yes into LF corner. Rios now, and a perfect time to break his drought. No that’s it for Lewis 94 pitches, here comes Betancourt. No Rain delay friends. With Jays ahead 4-3.
3hr 47 minutes rain delay. Not many fans left here now… a couple of thousand ? Too bad on their opening day now night.
Rios and Wells out to end the inning. Rios and Wells one hit between them in six at bats today to add to their 0-16 last two games. 1-22 is not what any team wants from numbers three and four.
Bottom 5th: Tallet now pitching. De Rosa strikes out. Martinez strikes out Hafner strikes out. Great inning for Tallet.
Top 6th: Lind at bat. Doubles off the CF wall almost another HR. 2-3 tonight. Rolen singles into centre field Lind is held at 3rd Smart call as throw is right on the money and still no outs. Millar 2-2 tonight bounces one to third base, double play but Lind scores. 5-3 Jays and another rbi for Millar. Bautista pops it up.
Btm 6th: Tallet still out there. Peralta grounds it to third Scutaro sensational play to throw Peralta out at first. Off balance and on the grass behind third. Highlight reel play. Choo at bat, gets hold of this one this one has gone. RF HR. 5-4Garko at bat, Walks him. Francisco with one on and one out strikes out. Cabrera grounds out to Scutaro.
Top 7th: Barrett at bat, Joe Smith now pitching. grounds to SS. Scutaro infield hit to SS and beats out the throw, error on the play. Hill at bat, doubles into LF corner, Scutaro holds at third. Rios now. can he finally do something ? Finally… Drives it up the middle to score two. His first ! rbi of the season. 7-4 Jays. Wells now. Can he do something ? Yes he does ! singles into left. Rios at second. That’s it for Smith. Jays now have 12 hits and getting into that bullpen which was already beaten up from the Texas series. Rafael Perez pitching two on one out for Lind 2-3 tonight and two rbis, chance to create some damage here. Great chance for double steal Cito. Dream on. Lind grounds out double play.
Bottom 7th: Tallet still out there. 34 pitches so far in his two innings. Sizemore walks , DeRosa strikes out. Number five for Tallet. Martinez oh dear…. This is out of here left centre. Two runs score. 7-6 Jays. Hafner at bat, one pitch and that’s it for Tallet. Carlson to face Hafner. Jesse pitched yesterday. Ciito is pushing it here, probably hopes for a complete game from Halladay tomorrow. Walks him. Peralta at bat, back to Carlson throw to Hill to get one but Hill’s throw not in time for two. Choo with one on. Walks. Carlson not his usual sharp self here and that’s it. League pitching. Two on and two out for Garko walks on four pitches to load the bases. Francisco hit first pitch and run scores 7-7 game. Cabrera at bat, League cannot find strike zone six balls. Camp in bullpen. Lines one out to Bautista in left field.
Top 8th: This game started at 4.00 6.5 hours ago… Perez still pitching, Rolen at bat loops this one into shallow rf. Third hit tonight. Millar grounds to SS not in time for Rolen at second but Millar stumbles out of box but Garko drops the ball and both safe. For Bautista bunting and gets the job done. Both runners move up. McDonald pinch running for Millar. Intentional walk to Barrett loads the bases for Scutaro. Loops this into shallow rf and two runs score 9-7 Jays. Great running by Johnny Mc. Hill at bat lines out to lf. Two down two on for Rios. Has he come alive ??? another chance here Alex. Balk called on Perez and both runners move up. This game has had everything. YES Alex, finally woken up doubles this one down into LF corner, both runs score. 11-7 Jays and four for Alex tonight… finally. Doing what he should be doing.. That’s it for Perez, Wells at bat. Kobayashi pitching. Walks Vernon. Two on for Lind. Two hit night with HR and double and yet again Adam doubles into right centre, two more rbis for Lind. 13-7 Jays. Rolen again, he started this inning six runs ago. Walks him. Johnny Mc now at bat for Millar. Pops it up to Garko to finally end this inning.
Bottom of 8th: Camp pitching. Overbay at first. Sizemore lines it out to Bautista turns him around but catches it. DeRosa at bat dribbler back to Camp. Two down for Martinez strikes out. Nice pitching by Camp.
Top 9th: Bautista hitless tonight but walks here on four pitches, Barrett at bat, also hitless, gets hold of this one but long fly ball to LF. One down for Scutaro for his sixth at bat tonight. Lines it up the middle for his third hit. Hill grounds into double play to end this inning.
Bottom 9th: Hafner at bat, strikes out, Peralta at bat, walks. Choo at bat, double play ball.
Jays win this one big. 17 hits attack 13 runs. Game started at 4.00pm and ends at 11.20pm. No bp in the morning guys. AND you are still Eastern Division leaders 4-1 start. Cleveland falls to 0-4...
Great game tomorrow Lee v Halladay for bragging rights. Haladay will be out to prove Lee is number two.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Jays fight back to win this one.
Toronto v Detroit. Getaway day and early start 12.37.
Two rookies Romero and Porcello both with first major league start. Porcello was in high school in 2007. That is young.
Lineups: Jays (Cito makes a change !!) Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Bautista, Overbay, Barrett, Snider and Romero pitching. Rolen and Barajas get a rest. Too bad we can’t see Millar in there.
Tigers: Granderson, Thames, Ordonez, Cabrera, Guillen, Inge, Treanor, Santiago, Everett and Porcello pitching.
The good: Lind and Snider five hits. Bautista and Overbay with two each. Hill and Scutaro home runs and another from Lind. Romero gave six good innings. Downs throwing nothing but strikes in the ninth. Bullpen of Carslon, League and Downs holding this one for Romero. Lind breaks his 0-7 streak with base hit in the 2nd. Lyle looking much better today.
The bad: Twelve innings without a run from Jays hitters. Jays cannot bring in Overbay from third with one out.
The awful: Rios and Wells 0-8 today and only one hit each in last two games. 2-16 OUCH. Come on Cito don’t let this go too far as it did all season long last year.
Overbay 1-12, his problem is far too cautious letting good pitches go, finally singles up the middle. Barrett first at bat this season, with two on and two out leaves his bat on his shoulder. Not good Mike.
Rough third inning for Romero gives up two but an error by Bautista moving in front of Scutaro enabled the run.
Snider finally an hour before his first at bat but singles up the middle to lead off. Scutaro pops it up first pitch (no thought of moving Snider over with a bunt, not Cito’s style). Rios grounds weakly back to pitcher.
Now twelve innings without a run. There is no way Jays are going anywhere with that type of offence. Barrett breaks the drought with an rbi single. First five hits from the bottom five. Nothing from the top four.
Snider does not like that pitch in the dirt. Cannot hold back. That was like his first at bat against Miner yesterday. He will have to work on that this year.
Fifth inning. Finally get to Porcello Hill another HR off LF foul pole. To tie this one up. 2-2. Rios and Wells both strike out . 0-6 today.
Sixth: Romero now on 80 pitches , may be last inning unless he has a quick one. Nice double play helps him. Will get one more inning.
Bottom sixth: Lind at bat, there she goes. Another HR… to CF. Jays take the lead for first time. 3-2. Bautista second hit. That’s it for Porcello 89 pitches. He did a good job. Nate Robertson pitching. Overbay showing bunt ? grounds to second, Bautista out at second. Barrett with Overbay on strikes out. Snider at bat, has he learned anything ? Yes, lays off a couple of low pitches. Doubles off right field wall and Overbay beats throw, great slide by Lyle with his foot under the block at plate. 4-2. Jays. That’s it for Robertson. Rincon pitching to Scutaro 0-3 today, as are Rios and Wells. That’s better Marco, gets hold of this one into LF stands, two runs score. 6-2 Jays. Hill again pops it up but good inning for Jays hitters.
Top seventh: Carlson pitching. gets the first two but now Granderson on. League now finishing off.
Bottom seventh: Rios and Wells hitless 0-4 called third strike. Wells grounds out. 0-8 today between them. Lind another hit his third today.
Eighth: League pitching, Cabrera, this is the guy they need out has been on fire all week. Drives it to Wells. That’s it. Don’t want to see him again. Inge another hot one with HR in each of the three games, fly ball to Wells.
Bottom eighth: Overbay doubles over Granderson’s head, similar hit to last night when Granderson had it at the wall, this time in left centre just wide of Granderson. Lyle getting in the groove now. Barrett fly ball to Grandsrson to move Overbay to third. One down for Snider. Grounds to second not deep enough for Lyle to score. Scutaro now fly ball to CF. Not good team have to bring in the guy at third with one out.
Top ninth: Downs pitching bottom of the order. Treanor, strikes out. Santiago strikes out. Everett hit, Granderson strikes out. Very nice finish Scott.
Jays finish opening home stand 3-1. Cito will take it as they head out of town. All these wins count in September. Orioles are losing right now to Yankees if that holds up Jays are number one. Enjoy.....
Two rookies Romero and Porcello both with first major league start. Porcello was in high school in 2007. That is young.
Lineups: Jays (Cito makes a change !!) Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Bautista, Overbay, Barrett, Snider and Romero pitching. Rolen and Barajas get a rest. Too bad we can’t see Millar in there.
Tigers: Granderson, Thames, Ordonez, Cabrera, Guillen, Inge, Treanor, Santiago, Everett and Porcello pitching.
The good: Lind and Snider five hits. Bautista and Overbay with two each. Hill and Scutaro home runs and another from Lind. Romero gave six good innings. Downs throwing nothing but strikes in the ninth. Bullpen of Carslon, League and Downs holding this one for Romero. Lind breaks his 0-7 streak with base hit in the 2nd. Lyle looking much better today.
The bad: Twelve innings without a run from Jays hitters. Jays cannot bring in Overbay from third with one out.
The awful: Rios and Wells 0-8 today and only one hit each in last two games. 2-16 OUCH. Come on Cito don’t let this go too far as it did all season long last year.
Overbay 1-12, his problem is far too cautious letting good pitches go, finally singles up the middle. Barrett first at bat this season, with two on and two out leaves his bat on his shoulder. Not good Mike.
Rough third inning for Romero gives up two but an error by Bautista moving in front of Scutaro enabled the run.
Snider finally an hour before his first at bat but singles up the middle to lead off. Scutaro pops it up first pitch (no thought of moving Snider over with a bunt, not Cito’s style). Rios grounds weakly back to pitcher.
Now twelve innings without a run. There is no way Jays are going anywhere with that type of offence. Barrett breaks the drought with an rbi single. First five hits from the bottom five. Nothing from the top four.
Snider does not like that pitch in the dirt. Cannot hold back. That was like his first at bat against Miner yesterday. He will have to work on that this year.
Fifth inning. Finally get to Porcello Hill another HR off LF foul pole. To tie this one up. 2-2. Rios and Wells both strike out . 0-6 today.
Sixth: Romero now on 80 pitches , may be last inning unless he has a quick one. Nice double play helps him. Will get one more inning.
Bottom sixth: Lind at bat, there she goes. Another HR… to CF. Jays take the lead for first time. 3-2. Bautista second hit. That’s it for Porcello 89 pitches. He did a good job. Nate Robertson pitching. Overbay showing bunt ? grounds to second, Bautista out at second. Barrett with Overbay on strikes out. Snider at bat, has he learned anything ? Yes, lays off a couple of low pitches. Doubles off right field wall and Overbay beats throw, great slide by Lyle with his foot under the block at plate. 4-2. Jays. That’s it for Robertson. Rincon pitching to Scutaro 0-3 today, as are Rios and Wells. That’s better Marco, gets hold of this one into LF stands, two runs score. 6-2 Jays. Hill again pops it up but good inning for Jays hitters.
Top seventh: Carlson pitching. gets the first two but now Granderson on. League now finishing off.
Bottom seventh: Rios and Wells hitless 0-4 called third strike. Wells grounds out. 0-8 today between them. Lind another hit his third today.
Eighth: League pitching, Cabrera, this is the guy they need out has been on fire all week. Drives it to Wells. That’s it. Don’t want to see him again. Inge another hot one with HR in each of the three games, fly ball to Wells.
Bottom eighth: Overbay doubles over Granderson’s head, similar hit to last night when Granderson had it at the wall, this time in left centre just wide of Granderson. Lyle getting in the groove now. Barrett fly ball to Grandsrson to move Overbay to third. One down for Snider. Grounds to second not deep enough for Lyle to score. Scutaro now fly ball to CF. Not good team have to bring in the guy at third with one out.
Top ninth: Downs pitching bottom of the order. Treanor, strikes out. Santiago strikes out. Everett hit, Granderson strikes out. Very nice finish Scott.
Jays finish opening home stand 3-1. Cito will take it as they head out of town. All these wins count in September. Orioles are losing right now to Yankees if that holds up Jays are number one. Enjoy.....
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Pathetic display by Litsch and the bats tonight.
Toronto v Detroit. Jays lose this one 5-1.
Lineups: Jays same, same and same again no changes from opening day lineup. Cito’s trademark.
Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Barajas, Snider and Litsch pitching.
Tigers: Granderson, Polanco, Ordonez, Cabrera, Guillen, Laird, Inge, Santiago, Anderson and Miner pitching.
However I think Cito may make (forecd) changes tomorrow. My opinion ? get Barajas and Overbay out of there. Overbay now 1-12. Looking awful, tentative and not good swing although his last at bat good swing but long fly out to centre. Barajas is not much better. Put Millar and Barrett in tomorrow Cito….. And if Rios and Wells are going to continue to walk you will need to put somebody in their power spots. OR at least split them up in the order.
The good: first inning back to back doubles by Scutaro and Hill to get run, Rolen. Pitching Frasor and Tallet. And that was it tonight. Although Yankees losing again in Baltimore was good news....
The bad: Litsch giving up three home runs (two by Cabrera who had four rbis night and is now 7-10 in Rogers Centre this week plus two walks), far too many pitches by Litsch, even though he settled his hitters did not have anything tonight. Vernon grounding into double play, continuing his tale of last season ? I hope not.
Snider still has a lot to learn about major league pitchers, he was totally embarrassed in his first at bat, on all pitches in his strikeout… Not the first time you will hear this, that perhaps another year in AAA playing every day would be kinder on this kid.
By the way friends, if you are going down to stadium, the food vendors have been upscaled and “up priced”. Even the water is now $4. My advice, eat before you go…. Why would a team increase their food prices in this recession ?
The attendance was around 12,000 tonight. Tomorrow is school day should be good noisy crowd but can the Jays hitters give them anything to get excited about ?
Interesting trivia. Tomorrow Jays Romero and Porcello for Detroit are both first round picks, 2005 and 2007 respectively.. This is the first time since draft began in 1965 that two first round picks will face each other in their major league debuts.
Lineups: Jays same, same and same again no changes from opening day lineup. Cito’s trademark.
Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Barajas, Snider and Litsch pitching.
Tigers: Granderson, Polanco, Ordonez, Cabrera, Guillen, Laird, Inge, Santiago, Anderson and Miner pitching.
However I think Cito may make (forecd) changes tomorrow. My opinion ? get Barajas and Overbay out of there. Overbay now 1-12. Looking awful, tentative and not good swing although his last at bat good swing but long fly out to centre. Barajas is not much better. Put Millar and Barrett in tomorrow Cito….. And if Rios and Wells are going to continue to walk you will need to put somebody in their power spots. OR at least split them up in the order.
The good: first inning back to back doubles by Scutaro and Hill to get run, Rolen. Pitching Frasor and Tallet. And that was it tonight. Although Yankees losing again in Baltimore was good news....
The bad: Litsch giving up three home runs (two by Cabrera who had four rbis night and is now 7-10 in Rogers Centre this week plus two walks), far too many pitches by Litsch, even though he settled his hitters did not have anything tonight. Vernon grounding into double play, continuing his tale of last season ? I hope not.
Snider still has a lot to learn about major league pitchers, he was totally embarrassed in his first at bat, on all pitches in his strikeout… Not the first time you will hear this, that perhaps another year in AAA playing every day would be kinder on this kid.
By the way friends, if you are going down to stadium, the food vendors have been upscaled and “up priced”. Even the water is now $4. My advice, eat before you go…. Why would a team increase their food prices in this recession ?
The attendance was around 12,000 tonight. Tomorrow is school day should be good noisy crowd but can the Jays hitters give them anything to get excited about ?
Interesting trivia. Tomorrow Jays Romero and Porcello for Detroit are both first round picks, 2005 and 2007 respectively.. This is the first time since draft began in 1965 that two first round picks will face each other in their major league debuts.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Jays steal this one from Tigers in strong fight back.
Jays v Tigers in Toronto. Jays win 5-4.
Lineups: Jays: Same as last night, Cito doing his usual stay with the same until they start to falter. Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Barajas, Snider and Purcey pitching.
Tigers: Granderson, Polanco, Ordonez, Cabrera, Guillen, Laird, Thames, Inge, Everett and Jackson pitching.
Jays lucky to win this one after Tigers lead through to eighth inning 3-0. Jackson pitched very well for Detroit and deserved a win. However Jays bats come alive in the last two innings to score five.
In the eighth down 3-0 Rolen gets them on the scoreboard with a solo home run his first, and followed by a three run shot by Aaron Hill who lofted one just into the Jays bull-pen.
BJ Ryan gives up a blast to Inge in the ninth but in the bottom Jays load them up again for Barajas to provide sacrifice fly into deep centrefield to bring in the winning run without a throw by Granderson.
Tough loss for Jackson who had a one hitter going into the eighth.
The good: Purcey hung in there although high pitch count in early innings but settled to fionish seven with 101 pitch count. Hill, Rolen and Barajas heroes tonight. Rolen two hits tonight. Barajas throwing out Polanco trying to steal second.
The bad: Jays unable to play small ball in the second with Vernon on second base and no outs. Purcey throwing ball away on an intentional walk and again on same play throwing into centre field to give up a run. BJ Ryan giving up HR, but he will be pleased with the radar gun hitting 89 and probably didn’t have that much time to get ready in the bullpen as Hill’s shot was with two out.
Second game of the season crowd at 16,000. Ouch.
BUT if the team continues to play like this the crowds will be back. May also have been as it was an enforced “dry” no alcohol night at the stadium. Nothing related to last night activities but a penalty imposed for previous infraction.
Jesse Litsch starts tomorrow.
Lineups: Jays: Same as last night, Cito doing his usual stay with the same until they start to falter. Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Barajas, Snider and Purcey pitching.
Tigers: Granderson, Polanco, Ordonez, Cabrera, Guillen, Laird, Thames, Inge, Everett and Jackson pitching.
Jays lucky to win this one after Tigers lead through to eighth inning 3-0. Jackson pitched very well for Detroit and deserved a win. However Jays bats come alive in the last two innings to score five.
In the eighth down 3-0 Rolen gets them on the scoreboard with a solo home run his first, and followed by a three run shot by Aaron Hill who lofted one just into the Jays bull-pen.
BJ Ryan gives up a blast to Inge in the ninth but in the bottom Jays load them up again for Barajas to provide sacrifice fly into deep centrefield to bring in the winning run without a throw by Granderson.
Tough loss for Jackson who had a one hitter going into the eighth.
The good: Purcey hung in there although high pitch count in early innings but settled to fionish seven with 101 pitch count. Hill, Rolen and Barajas heroes tonight. Rolen two hits tonight. Barajas throwing out Polanco trying to steal second.
The bad: Jays unable to play small ball in the second with Vernon on second base and no outs. Purcey throwing ball away on an intentional walk and again on same play throwing into centre field to give up a run. BJ Ryan giving up HR, but he will be pleased with the radar gun hitting 89 and probably didn’t have that much time to get ready in the bullpen as Hill’s shot was with two out.
Second game of the season crowd at 16,000. Ouch.
BUT if the team continues to play like this the crowds will be back. May also have been as it was an enforced “dry” no alcohol night at the stadium. Nothing related to last night activities but a penalty imposed for previous infraction.
Jesse Litsch starts tomorrow.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Lind and Snider power Jays to win behind Halladay.
Jays season opener. Toronto v Detroit. Jays win this one 12-5.
Lineups: Jays: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Barajas, Snider and Halladay pitching.
Tigers: Granderson, Polanco, Ordonez, Cabrera, Guillen, Laird, Inge, Everett, Anderson and Verlander pitching.
This is what Jays need this season to stand any chance of finishing in the top three. Power, power and more power.
Tonight they get it from Lind 4-5 night with career high six rbis night including HR. Snider also adds his first. Fifteen hits by Jays hitters tonight everyone in lineup with two each from Snider, Wells and Rios.
Great start to the game as Jays score four in the first inning with two out.
Jays get their runs in batches with 4 in first 5 in 4th and 3 in 8th
Jays good season starter but will need lots more hitting from the big bats if they are going to stay in this season.
The good: Halladay six good innings and hitless until the fourth. Great play by Hill doing a Johnny Mc impersonation. Rios making nice catch to end this one. One pitch outing from Downs to get out of rally by Tigers in the eighth.
Four doubles from Jays tonight and no errors.
Opening day crowd of 48,000.
The bad: the fans, delaying start with garbage on the field, and also throwing balls onto field and almost causing a forfeit of the game as Leyland pulls his players in the eighth. That would have been very tough to take tonight.
Sorry to see Matt Clement retire. He would have been a great addition to Jays rotation but obviously feels he cannot get back from injury.
From the injury scene rumours of Marcum returning earlier than expected, that would be huge lift for this team.
Other good news Yankees lose opener in Baltimore with Sabathia pitching and giving up six in four innings. Not what they were hoping for from Sabathia.
Lineups: Jays: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Barajas, Snider and Halladay pitching.
Tigers: Granderson, Polanco, Ordonez, Cabrera, Guillen, Laird, Inge, Everett, Anderson and Verlander pitching.
This is what Jays need this season to stand any chance of finishing in the top three. Power, power and more power.
Tonight they get it from Lind 4-5 night with career high six rbis night including HR. Snider also adds his first. Fifteen hits by Jays hitters tonight everyone in lineup with two each from Snider, Wells and Rios.
Great start to the game as Jays score four in the first inning with two out.
Jays get their runs in batches with 4 in first 5 in 4th and 3 in 8th
Jays good season starter but will need lots more hitting from the big bats if they are going to stay in this season.
The good: Halladay six good innings and hitless until the fourth. Great play by Hill doing a Johnny Mc impersonation. Rios making nice catch to end this one. One pitch outing from Downs to get out of rally by Tigers in the eighth.
Four doubles from Jays tonight and no errors.
Opening day crowd of 48,000.
The bad: the fans, delaying start with garbage on the field, and also throwing balls onto field and almost causing a forfeit of the game as Leyland pulls his players in the eighth. That would have been very tough to take tonight.
Sorry to see Matt Clement retire. He would have been a great addition to Jays rotation but obviously feels he cannot get back from injury.
From the injury scene rumours of Marcum returning earlier than expected, that would be huge lift for this team.
Other good news Yankees lose opener in Baltimore with Sabathia pitching and giving up six in four innings. Not what they were hoping for from Sabathia.
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