Series finale Toronto v Phillies.
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Rolen, Lind, Rios, Overbay, Chavez and Mills hitting and pitching.
Phillies: Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Werth, Feliz, Mayberry jr. Ruiz, Blanton pitching and hitting.
How many innings does Cito want from Mills today? I would guess he would settle for five. Jays have to keep hitting though to give him a chance.
The very good: Jays taking all three from Phillies in Philadelphia, this was an amazing result considering state of Jays pitching and fact that Phillies are top of Eastern division as well as current World Champs playing at home. Not least the facts that Jays had Mills out there and were 0-6 in inter-league play going into this series.
The good: Pinch hit home run by Barajas in the ninth to won. Chavez two run home run. Scutaro on base four times and a great base running play in the 3rd to go to second. Accardo save. Ryan ERA down to .571.
The bad: Hill at bats especially in the fifth with two in scoring position and no outs. Jays same old with runners in scoring position.
Top 1st: Scutaro fly ball to Victorino in centre. Hill strikes out. Wells singles to left. Rolen fly ball to Mayberry in right.
Bottom 1st: Rollins singles to centre. Victorino 3-0 and walks on four pitches, Rollins to second. Utley fly ball to Lind. Howard, Rollins stealing and great throw by Chavez to Rolen gets him at third. Howard strikes out.
Top 2nd: Lind singles to centre. Rios strikes out. Overbay pops up to third base Feliz. Chavez gets hold of one here and into left field seats, Lind scores, Chavez scores and Jays go out 2-0. Mills grounds to first base Howard.
Bottom 2nd: Werth gets hold of this one into left field seats. 2-1 Jays. Feliz, full count, high fly ball to Lind in left. One down but Phillies hitters catching up with Mills now Mayberry jr. over leaping Hill into right. One on one down. Ruiz fly ball to Wells, two down. Blanton the pitcher strikes out.
Top 3rd: Scutaro walks, and now going to second, catches Blanton totally unawares Scutaro could see that no one was covering second and Blanton had his back to him, dives into second easily to beat the throw very smart play by Scutaro. Hill fly ball to shallow left. Not far enough to move him up. Not a good at bat there Aaron. Wells, can he move him? Yes Vernon is getting hot again, doubles into left corner. Scutaro scores easily. 3-1 Jays. Vernon 2-2 today. Rolen with Wells at second. Fly ball to shallow left Rollins makes the catch, two down for Lind. Full count. fly ball to left but Jays have another. Blanton pitch count 70.
Bottom 3rd: Rollins full count and walks. Victorino, will Rollins go? Chavez has a great arm. They may want to test him here. Mills is nibbling, don’t be so fine Brad. Grounder to Rolen could be two, throw to Hill unable to get ball out of glove with Rollins sliding and safe at first. One down. for Utley. Could have been two there. Full count and walks another. Come on Brad. You don’t want to mess with this guy Howard now at bat. 0-2 count. Finish him off. Singles to Wells to load the bases and here comes Werth who unloaded last at bat. Mills in big trouble here, just get the ball in play and let your defence take care of it Brad. 3-1 count. Fly ball to Wells, 3-2 with two down. could have been much, much worse. Feliz now with two on and two down. To be fair to Mills he should have been out of the inning if Hill had turned the double play earlier. Grounds to Rolen, throw to Overbayfor the third out.
Top 4th: Jays need to push Blanton out of the game here at 70 pitches. Rios leading off. 0-1. Grounds to Feliz, throw to Howard at first. Overbay, pops it up to Feliz, two down. Chavez, lines softly to Utley at second and Jays go far too quickly and quietly. 81 pitches.
Bottom 4th: Mayberry lines hard to Rolen throw to Overbay one down. Ruiz fly ball to Lind in left. Blanton, 3-0 count, come on you don’t want to walk the pitcher. Full count now. Walks him. Not good at all Brad. That’s the one thing you never want to do. The only advantage is that longer Blanton is on base the better as he has to pitch next. Rollins, Camp now warming up. I said four, may only be three for Mills. There it goes into left field seats, home run to Rollins. Two runs score 4-3 Phillies. I think Mills may be on next plane back to Vegas. Not what Jays are looking for. He doesn’t have much so far today. Trying to be too fine on almost every at bat. Victorino. Lifts it softly into shallow centre, Cito has had enough. That’s it for Mills four walks, not what Cito is looking for. Also interesting that Cito has not givem up on this one even though he has won the series he wants a sweep. Utley singles into right. Howard with two on. Grounds to Hill throw to Overbay to end this very long inning.
Top 5th: Who will lead off here? Pinch hitter ? or pitcher ?Joe Inglett it is, the expendable Joe, but there he goes singles up the middle. Scutaro now with Joe at first and he can at least run. Doubles off the wall in left, Inglett to third. Hill two in scoring position just a single here Aaron. No. first pitch again pops up to second, another horrible at bat. Wells. Oh boy same play off the end of the bat to second. Two down. Rolen now to loads of boos. He would love to get one here. Lines it hard at third, great catch by Feliz for third out. But that was still a terrible performance by two of three hitters.
Bottom 5th: Hayhurst pitching. Werth at bat, fly ball to Lind in left, one down. Feliz,fly ball first pitch to Wells in centre, has been watching too many Jays hitters, two down for Mayberry, gets hold of this one, into left field. 5-3 Phillies. No disgrace this Mayberry was my rookie of the year choice in Spring training, he is a very, very good hitter. Ruiz Jays can’t complain they had ample chance last inning to score at least two. Full count and walks. Now Blanton or pinch hitter ? Blanton it is. Interesting as he is around 100 pitches already. Manuel does not want his bullpen out there. Grounds to Rolen, throw to Hill at second for the out.
Top 6th: Blanton on 98 pitches facing Lind. Yes Adam, where were you last inning, with the two on, gets hold of this one home run to deep right. Number 14 for Lind. He has such a sweet swing. 5-4 Phillies. Rios now, were you watching that Alex? No, fly ball to Victorino, Alex 0-3 today. One down for Overbay lines first pitch hard up the middle, one on one down for Chavez grounds it hard to Rollins, cannot come up with it and everyone is safe. And that is it for Blanton. Manuel has to go to his bullpen now. Chan Ho Park pitching. Millar pinch hitting, come on Kevin, let’s tie this one up here. Oh boy, takes third strike down the middle, gotta swing at that one Kevin. Two down for Scutaro. Full count. Carlson up in Jays bullpen. Scutaro walks, Bases loaded for Hill who has had two horrible at bats today. Swings over first two pitches, fouling a couple off here, strikes out. Jays are 1/9 with runners in scoring position today, when oh when is someone going to sort them out. This is just like game one when they had so many chances and bases loaded without scoring. Cito you keep saying that there are two hitting coaches yourself and Tenace. What is the solution?
Bottom 6th: Carlson now pitching. Rollins leading off. Strikes out swinging. Victorino strikes out swinging.Two down for Utley. Full count. Strikes out swinging over ball four. Carlson strikes out the side.
Top 7th: Heart of Jays order here. Park still pitching. Wells to leadoff. Strikes out. Rolen with one down. That’s better lines it into right corner and is stretching this into a double, safe on the throw but that was very close as he dives under Rollins glove. Lind now with another guy in scoring position but we have been here before without any joy, eight times in fact today. That’s it for Park. J. C. Romero to Lind singles first pitch to right and Rolen scores and ties this one up 5-5. Lind makes it so easy 3-4 today.. Rios now with Lind at first. Would be nice to see Alex do something here. Thank you Alex, singles into left. Lind to second. Overbay with two on and one down. 3-0 count. Lyle is so patient when he has to be and walks, guess what, bases are loaded yet again. Chavez, base hit will be fine here, don’t need to go for the fences this time. Grounds to third, throw home gets Lind, throw to first almost gets Chavez as he turns at the bag to watch, instead of running through bag. Base running not this team’s strong point. Bases loaded for Bautista. 2-0 count. 3-0. Nowhere to put Bautista here. Full count. Strikes him out looking. This game is eerily like Game 1 with the bases loaded continually and not scoring. Jays 2/12 today with runners in scoring position. Chance after chance after chance. You can’t do this against the Phillies, this team won it all last season.
Bottom 7th: League pitching after his good work last night, this is one reason Jays arms break down, Cito will continually overuse a pitcher. Howard at bat, strikes out. Werth, strikes out swinging at ball in the dirt. Feliz lines it to Rios in right and League does his job.
Top 8th: Jays hitters running out of opportunities. Top of the order again. Hill is the only one hitless today. Condrey pitching. Jays have twelve hits today. Scutaro on base three times today but one hit. Full count singles up the middle. Make that four times. Hill hitless 0-4. Lucky guy, grounds it to third bounces off the glove of Ruiz, instead of double play, two on and no outs. Wells two hit day. Make that three as Vernon opposite (note) field single, Scutaro slides safe 6-5 Jays. Rolen with two on lines first pitch off the wall in left, a double just misses going out, and Hill scores 7-5 Jays. Wells held at third. Two on for Lind, intentional walk and load the bases to get to Rios. That should give you an incentive Alex. Phililes don’t think much of your hitting. Bases loaded no one out. Break this thing open. Tyler Walker pitching. Fly ball to Mayberry in right, great throw gets Wells sliding. Perfect throw. One down Overbay with Rolen at third. 2-0 count. Full count. Is he taking this one? Yes and walks to load bases again. Frasor waiting in bullpen. Chavez two down and bases loaded. Grounds it off leg of Walker but recovers to throw to first for the out. Jays get two but once again leave a lot out there. 4/16 with runners in scoring position. They certainly make it difficult for themselves.
Bottom 8th: League still out there. Mayberry 2-3 today. Strikes out here. One down. Pinch hitter Dobbs for Ruiz. BJ Ryan up in bullpen. Where did Frasor go? Stairs on deck. Full count. Oh boy, this one is out of here high into right field seats. 7-6 Jays. First mistake by League but problem is Jays hitters have had many, many chances to out this away bigtime 16 in fact. Stairs now at bat. Grounds to Hill, throw to Overbay two down for Rollins 2-3 today. Here comes Cito. No, he is leaving League in there. Rollins doubles off the wall in left. Here comes Cito again, Frasor now with two down and Rollins at second. Victorino singles to right and Rollins scores 7-7 game I told you this was like the first game. Utley at bat, Victorino going but Chavez throw in time and slides into the tag for third out.
Top 9th: Jays last chance who will pinch hit for Frasor or does he take it? Decision time for Cito. Barajas to pinch hit. Is Accardo finishing off ? Ryan Madson pitching. Ryan up in bullpen. Good decision Cito, Barajas gets hold of this one high fly ball to centre over the 401 mark. 8-7 Jays. Scutaro at bat, BJ Ryan getting nervous? up in the bullpen. Two hits and two walks today. Full count. and walks for third time. Hill, lucky to get on base last at bat. Strikes out on three pitches, could not even bunt Scutaro over. Wells long, long overdue for a home run come on Vernon. Grounds first pitch to Rollins throw to Utley to get Scutaro.
Bottom 8th: BJ Ryan pitching for save. Was pulled last night, any redemption today? Accardo up in bullpen. Utley 3-1 count and walks. Howard strikes out. Werth but that’s it for BJ. Cito out he really does not like him does he? That’s ok BJ your ERA continues to drop and Cito’s endorsement of a pitcher does not amount to much in my book. I am waiting for the analysis of why so many of the Jays pitchers are blowing up. Accardo lines it to Werth great sliding catch by Wells. Almost gets Utley scrambling back to first. Feliz with two down and one on, singles to left. Mayberry, not the guy I want to see there right now. Pops it up to Hill, Jays win this one 8-7 and sweep Phillies in Philadelphia.
Who would have bet on that?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Jays power returns to win big behind Richmond and great defence but more bad news re pitching staff.
Toronto v Phillies Game two of three.
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Rolen, Lind, Rios, Overbay, Barajas and Richmond hitting and pitching.
Phillies: Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Ibanez, Werth, Feliz, Coaste and Moyer pitching.
Jays win this one going away 7-1.
The very good: On a day when pitching news is all bad Richmond goes eight innings and strikes out ten. Scutaro three hit night. Home runs from Barajas, Hill and Rolen. League finishing it off and getting last two with bases loaded. Have to note tonight the play by Scutaro and Hill. Not only with the bats but in defence. When Hill first made the majors it was anticipated that he and Russ Adams would be the duo, but if all goes well it could be Scutaro and Hill becoming that very impressive infield duo for years to come and also one two leadoff. Jays pick up a game on the Yankees losing tonight to Washington.
The bad: Jays put Halladay Janssen and Downs on disabled list. Rios once again on basepaths getting doubled on a fly ball to right centre in front of him, should never happen Alex. BJ Ryan again not a good one third of an inning loaded them up and only one out, could not throw strikes tonight. His ERA continues to drop though, now .582. It was more than double that a couple of weeks ago.
Top 1st: Scutaro singles to centre. Hill doubles to centre and here comes Scutaro, 1-0 Jays. That makes a change. Wells walks. Two on for Rolen. Singles to left Hill scores, Wells to second. 2-0 Jays. Lind strikes out. Rios Wells stealing third and safe. Rolen stealing second and safe. Rios grounds to Rollins, throw to Howard at first for the out but Vernon scores. 3-0 Jays. Some aggression here Cito? Two down for Overbay grounds to Howard throw to pitcher Moyer. 24 pitches for Moyer but Jays are off and running.
Bottom 1st: Rollins strikes out. Victorino singles to centre. Utley strikes out. Howard walked, Victorino to second. two on two down full count, Strikes out on ball four, Richmond 23 pitches.
Top 2nd: Barajas 3-0 count takes one. Oh boy Barajas gets hold of this one and it is out of here deep left centre, way over the 387ft mark. 4-0 Jays. Richmond, no chances tonight, takers third strike and that is fine with Cito. No way is he going to lose another pitcher here. Scutaro now broke that 0-6 from last night with single in the first. Grounds another up the middle. 2-2 already. Hill fly ball to left, two down for Vernon. Pulls it down third base line into left corner, Scutaro to second. Two on two down for Rolen. Fly ball to right but Jays have added another.46 pitches for Moyer in two innings. Jays would love to get into that Phillies bullpen again tonight..
Bottom 2nd: Werth, strikes out does not like that call. Feliz singles to centre. Coste singles to left, Feliz to second. Two on and one down. Moyer bunting back to Richmond throw to Rolen to get Feliz, Rolen throws a bullet to Hill at first gets Moyer by a mile, double play ball. Wow what a Gold glove play by Rolen. Richmond 35 pitches.
Top 3rd: Lind grounds to Utley throw to Howard, one down. Rios singles up the middle. Overbay full count, Alex should be going here. Yes he is but Lyle swings and gets an edge. Tries again, Lyle fly ball to centre. Rios on second no chance to get back double play ball. Why is that Alex is always in these baserunning plays? My theory is that Alex has a baserunning weakness, it happens stooo often. Just for some reason cannot get it. Moyer 59 pitches.
Bottom 3rd: Rollins bunting but pops up to Barajas on first pitch. One down for Victorino. Strikes out. Two down for Utley strikes out. Nice inning by Richmond. Six strikeouts for Richmond so far. 45 pitches.
Top 4th: Barajas fly ball out to Werth in right, one down for Richmond. Strikes out but took five pitches for Moyer. Scutaro two down. Full count and walks. Hill with one on and two down. Grounds first pitch to Rollins, throw to Utley for third out. 71 pitches for Moyer.
Bottom 4th: Howard, singles into centre. One on for Ibanez, grounds up the middle, oh boy another highlight reel play,Scutaro scops it up and gloves it to Hill on to Overbay double play ball. Great play by Scutaro. Richmond getting great assistance tonight from his defence.Werth with two down. Fly ball to right centre but just carries out of here. 4-1 Jays. Richmond lucky bases were empty for that blast. Feliz grounds first pitch off glove of Richmond to Hill throw to Overbay for the out. Richmond 56 pitches.
Top 5th: Wells, fly ball to right. One down for Rolen. Fly ball to Victorino in centre. Two down for Lind 0-2 tonight, not this time, singles into right. Rios grounds to Rollins at shirt, throw to Utley to get Rolen. Moyer 78 pitches. Jays not as patient as they were in earlier innings.
Bottom 5th: Coste strikes out. Moyer strikes out, Two down for Rollins 3-0 count. Pops it up to Scutaro in shallow centre. Eight strikeouts for Richmond 71 pitches.
Top 6th: Overbay strikes out one down. Barajas strikes out. Richmond strikes out but no way will be swinging..
Bottom 6th: Victorino grounds to Overbay, one down. Utley pops it up to Rios in shallow right, looks as if he lost that in the lights. Two down for Howard. Strikes out number nine.
Top 7th: Scutaro leading off. Moyer at 93 pitches. 3-0 count. Singles into left. Scutaro third hit tonight after hitless 0-6 last night. Hill. this one is out of here into left field seats, home run number 15 for Hill, Scutaro scores Hill scores, 6-1 Jays. That’s it for Moyer. Durbin pitching Wells, 1-2 tonight to go with two hits last night. He will be happier. Strikes out here on three pitches. Rolen first pitch gets hold of this one a bullet into left seats. No doubts about that one. 7-1 Jays. Lind, can he rub it in? Fly ball to Ibanez in left, two down for Rios, time to join the home run crowd Alex. Lines it hard to centre but run down by Victorino. Jays add three more insurance runs. Crowd thinning even more.
Bottom 7th: Ibanez strikes out. Werth pops up to Rios. Feliz grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay.
Top 8th: Overbay the only Jays (besides Richmond) without a hit tonight. Taschner pitching Overbay fly ball to Victorino in centre. Barajas 3-0 count and walks. Richmond at bat strikes out, no way is he running. Scutaro with Barajas at first and two down. Scutaro grounds to third base Feliz throw to Howard at first.
Bottom 8th: Coste fly ball to Wells. Dobbs pinch-hitting for Taschner, strikes out. Two down for Rollins, fly ball to Lind.
Top 9th: Walker pitching, Hill at bat. Grounds to short but Hill beats out the throw a three hit night for both Aaron and Scutaro. Wells at bat with one on, strikes out. Rolen a two hit night, strikes out. Lind popped out to left fielder Ibanez.
Bottom 9th: And Jays have no Downs. BJ Ryan pitching. Victorino singles to centre. Utley full count Utley fly ball to Rios. One down one on for Howard 3-0 and walks on four pitches, come on BJ don’t blow this one. Two on one down for Ibanez. Ibanez walks bases loaded for Werth. No room here BJ. That’s it for Ryan. Seventeen pitches eleven balls two walks, one out, not his night. Here comes League with bases loaded. Werh strikes out, that is huge. Two down bases still loaded. Feliz grounds to Scutaro flip to Hill, Ibanez out at second.
Jays win this one big and fitting that Scutaro and Hill should end this one. Richmond gets the win.
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Rolen, Lind, Rios, Overbay, Barajas and Richmond hitting and pitching.
Phillies: Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Ibanez, Werth, Feliz, Coaste and Moyer pitching.
Jays win this one going away 7-1.
The very good: On a day when pitching news is all bad Richmond goes eight innings and strikes out ten. Scutaro three hit night. Home runs from Barajas, Hill and Rolen. League finishing it off and getting last two with bases loaded. Have to note tonight the play by Scutaro and Hill. Not only with the bats but in defence. When Hill first made the majors it was anticipated that he and Russ Adams would be the duo, but if all goes well it could be Scutaro and Hill becoming that very impressive infield duo for years to come and also one two leadoff. Jays pick up a game on the Yankees losing tonight to Washington.
The bad: Jays put Halladay Janssen and Downs on disabled list. Rios once again on basepaths getting doubled on a fly ball to right centre in front of him, should never happen Alex. BJ Ryan again not a good one third of an inning loaded them up and only one out, could not throw strikes tonight. His ERA continues to drop though, now .582. It was more than double that a couple of weeks ago.
Top 1st: Scutaro singles to centre. Hill doubles to centre and here comes Scutaro, 1-0 Jays. That makes a change. Wells walks. Two on for Rolen. Singles to left Hill scores, Wells to second. 2-0 Jays. Lind strikes out. Rios Wells stealing third and safe. Rolen stealing second and safe. Rios grounds to Rollins, throw to Howard at first for the out but Vernon scores. 3-0 Jays. Some aggression here Cito? Two down for Overbay grounds to Howard throw to pitcher Moyer. 24 pitches for Moyer but Jays are off and running.
Bottom 1st: Rollins strikes out. Victorino singles to centre. Utley strikes out. Howard walked, Victorino to second. two on two down full count, Strikes out on ball four, Richmond 23 pitches.
Top 2nd: Barajas 3-0 count takes one. Oh boy Barajas gets hold of this one and it is out of here deep left centre, way over the 387ft mark. 4-0 Jays. Richmond, no chances tonight, takers third strike and that is fine with Cito. No way is he going to lose another pitcher here. Scutaro now broke that 0-6 from last night with single in the first. Grounds another up the middle. 2-2 already. Hill fly ball to left, two down for Vernon. Pulls it down third base line into left corner, Scutaro to second. Two on two down for Rolen. Fly ball to right but Jays have added another.46 pitches for Moyer in two innings. Jays would love to get into that Phillies bullpen again tonight..
Bottom 2nd: Werth, strikes out does not like that call. Feliz singles to centre. Coste singles to left, Feliz to second. Two on and one down. Moyer bunting back to Richmond throw to Rolen to get Feliz, Rolen throws a bullet to Hill at first gets Moyer by a mile, double play ball. Wow what a Gold glove play by Rolen. Richmond 35 pitches.
Top 3rd: Lind grounds to Utley throw to Howard, one down. Rios singles up the middle. Overbay full count, Alex should be going here. Yes he is but Lyle swings and gets an edge. Tries again, Lyle fly ball to centre. Rios on second no chance to get back double play ball. Why is that Alex is always in these baserunning plays? My theory is that Alex has a baserunning weakness, it happens stooo often. Just for some reason cannot get it. Moyer 59 pitches.
Bottom 3rd: Rollins bunting but pops up to Barajas on first pitch. One down for Victorino. Strikes out. Two down for Utley strikes out. Nice inning by Richmond. Six strikeouts for Richmond so far. 45 pitches.
Top 4th: Barajas fly ball out to Werth in right, one down for Richmond. Strikes out but took five pitches for Moyer. Scutaro two down. Full count and walks. Hill with one on and two down. Grounds first pitch to Rollins, throw to Utley for third out. 71 pitches for Moyer.
Bottom 4th: Howard, singles into centre. One on for Ibanez, grounds up the middle, oh boy another highlight reel play,Scutaro scops it up and gloves it to Hill on to Overbay double play ball. Great play by Scutaro. Richmond getting great assistance tonight from his defence.Werth with two down. Fly ball to right centre but just carries out of here. 4-1 Jays. Richmond lucky bases were empty for that blast. Feliz grounds first pitch off glove of Richmond to Hill throw to Overbay for the out. Richmond 56 pitches.
Top 5th: Wells, fly ball to right. One down for Rolen. Fly ball to Victorino in centre. Two down for Lind 0-2 tonight, not this time, singles into right. Rios grounds to Rollins at shirt, throw to Utley to get Rolen. Moyer 78 pitches. Jays not as patient as they were in earlier innings.
Bottom 5th: Coste strikes out. Moyer strikes out, Two down for Rollins 3-0 count. Pops it up to Scutaro in shallow centre. Eight strikeouts for Richmond 71 pitches.
Top 6th: Overbay strikes out one down. Barajas strikes out. Richmond strikes out but no way will be swinging..
Bottom 6th: Victorino grounds to Overbay, one down. Utley pops it up to Rios in shallow right, looks as if he lost that in the lights. Two down for Howard. Strikes out number nine.
Top 7th: Scutaro leading off. Moyer at 93 pitches. 3-0 count. Singles into left. Scutaro third hit tonight after hitless 0-6 last night. Hill. this one is out of here into left field seats, home run number 15 for Hill, Scutaro scores Hill scores, 6-1 Jays. That’s it for Moyer. Durbin pitching Wells, 1-2 tonight to go with two hits last night. He will be happier. Strikes out here on three pitches. Rolen first pitch gets hold of this one a bullet into left seats. No doubts about that one. 7-1 Jays. Lind, can he rub it in? Fly ball to Ibanez in left, two down for Rios, time to join the home run crowd Alex. Lines it hard to centre but run down by Victorino. Jays add three more insurance runs. Crowd thinning even more.
Bottom 7th: Ibanez strikes out. Werth pops up to Rios. Feliz grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay.
Top 8th: Overbay the only Jays (besides Richmond) without a hit tonight. Taschner pitching Overbay fly ball to Victorino in centre. Barajas 3-0 count and walks. Richmond at bat strikes out, no way is he running. Scutaro with Barajas at first and two down. Scutaro grounds to third base Feliz throw to Howard at first.
Bottom 8th: Coste fly ball to Wells. Dobbs pinch-hitting for Taschner, strikes out. Two down for Rollins, fly ball to Lind.
Top 9th: Walker pitching, Hill at bat. Grounds to short but Hill beats out the throw a three hit night for both Aaron and Scutaro. Wells at bat with one on, strikes out. Rolen a two hit night, strikes out. Lind popped out to left fielder Ibanez.
Bottom 9th: And Jays have no Downs. BJ Ryan pitching. Victorino singles to centre. Utley full count Utley fly ball to Rios. One down one on for Howard 3-0 and walks on four pitches, come on BJ don’t blow this one. Two on one down for Ibanez. Ibanez walks bases loaded for Werth. No room here BJ. That’s it for Ryan. Seventeen pitches eleven balls two walks, one out, not his night. Here comes League with bases loaded. Werh strikes out, that is huge. Two down bases still loaded. Feliz grounds to Scutaro flip to Hill, Ibanez out at second.
Jays win this one big and fitting that Scutaro and Hill should end this one. Richmond gets the win.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Jays win a crazy one tonight despite Rios rookie error and Cito gambling.
Jays v (World Champs and Division leaders) Phillies. Game 1 of 3.
Both sides know each other from playing many times in Dunedin. On paper a total mismatch. This could be a long three days for Jays’ underachieving hitters and pitchers.
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Rolen, Lind, Rios, Millar, Barajas, Romero pitching and hitting tonight.
Phillies: Rollins, Utley, Werth, Howard, Ibanez, Victorino, Feliz, Ruiz, and Hamels pitching and hitting.
Jays win this one in extra innings 8-3 in one of the strangest games this season. Cito uses eighteen players tonight. Jays outhit Phillies 13-8.
The very good: Romero seven innings with nine strikeouts. and the bullpen.
The good: Overbay his eye in walking in tying run in the ninth. Lind home run. Jays hitters apart from leaving bases loaded al game long. Wells with two hits tonight breaking an 0-20 slump. 45,000 attendance.
The bad: Definitely Rios in an unbelievable and unforgiveable brain spasm error in the ninth.
Also Cito tonight gambling and leaving Romero to hit in the sixth with bases loaded and one out. Jays hitters 4/19 with runners in scoring position. Leave 16 on base.
Top 1st: Scutaro,strikes out. Hill. High fly ball to left Ibanez. Wells, .238 average ouch bigtime Vernnon. That is horrible apart from total embarrassment. Fly ball to Obanez. 0-18. At least he didn’t strike out swinging or ground to third. 11 pitches for Hamels.
Bottom 1st: Romero pitching. Rollins, average worse than Vernon !!! but then he is leadoff guy. Doubles into left field corner past diving Rolen, Phillies crowd love that on Rolen. One in scoring position for Utley doubles to Wells in centre, Rollins scores 1-0 Phillies. Ex Jay Werth. Cito out not sure why, goes back. Werth grounds to Scutaro fumbles but throws Werth out at first but he does his job as Utley moves to third. Howard strikes out. Ibanez two down full count, strikes out on a great curve, could have been much worse for Romero. He did well to get out of that with only one run. 24 pitches.
Top 2nd: Ex- Philly Rolen full count and walks. Lind grounds to Howard throw to Rollins is wild throw off glove of Rollins and Rolen all the way to third. Rios two on and no outs. Pulling ball and grounds to third, Rolen moving on the hit and out in rundown. Alex unable to go opposite field or get a fly ball, that is why he is number six in lineup..Millar with Lind at second and Rios at first. One down. Millar strikes out. Barajas intentional walk and both runners move up. Bases loaded. Romero strikes out but don’t blame Ricky. Blame is on Alex Rios. 34 pitches.
Bottom 2nd: Victorino 3-0 count and walks on four, Feliz bounces one to Hill throw to Millar, Why didn’t he step on second ?? Ruiz, with Victorino at second, full count. pop up to Scutaro in shallow centre, two down for Hamels he has an average…. Two hits and an rbi. Fly ball to Lind. 41 pitches.
Top 3rd: Scutaro grounds to Utley, throw to Howard one down for Hill fly ball to Ibanez in left, two quick outs for Wells, fly ball to Werth in right. Jays go down whimpering. Wells 0-19 and hitting below his weight now
Bottom 3rd: Rollins, bounces to Scutaro throw to Millar for the out. Utley singles to Wells, one on one down for Werth. High fly ball to 409 sign, deepest part of ground, Wells great catch. Romero thought that one was out. Howard, strikes out on three pitches. Romero has had some very good pitches tonight. But same old story from these sinking Jays no one can hit.
Top 4th: Rolen, full count, good at bat fouling off a few, grounds to Rollins throw to Howard for the first out. Lind, this one is out of here, the moment it left the bat. 1-1. Rios, going the opposite way, which bothers me about that at bat in the second. Singles to left. Millar doubles to left corner, Rios scores. 2-1 Jays. When were they last ahead of anyone ? Barajas walks but misjudges count ooops… full count singles to centre, Millar caught mid base and scrambles back to third to beat the throw. Romero with one down what is he doing? bunting ?? .trying to…strikes out. Up to Scutaro now. Millar still at third and Barajas at first. First pitch grounds to third. Throw to Howard. Marco not very smart with that at bat, Hamels was in a jam there, put some pressure on him Marco. Ah well Jays have a lead and that is worth celebrating if only for an inning.
Bottom 4th: Ibanez strikes out, number four for Romero.. One down for Victorino fly ball to Wells, two down. Feliz grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar for third out.
Top 5th: Hill grounds to Rollins at shirt throw to first base Howard. Wells fouls out to Feliz at third.0-3 tonight and 0-20. Rolen two down. strikes out. 89 pitches for Hamels.
Bottom 5th: Ruiz strikes out. Five for Romero. Hamels strikes out on three pitches. Rollins with two down. Pops up to Hill, nice over shoulder catch. 75 pitches.
Top 6th: Lind, singles past Rollins into left. Lind hits both sides, why can’t Vernon ? but then Vernon would take anyway at all right now. Rios grounds to Rollins difficult play going to his right ad no way will he get either Lind or Rios. Two on for Millar single up the middle knocked down by Rollins but no play there. Bases loaded for Barajas will Cito pinch hit for Romero? Pops it up to Rollins one down for Romero. Bases still loaded. I wonder if he will bunt? No. Cito gambling here. Strikes out. Scutaro with two down. Full count, fly ball to in centre. Cito gambled and lost bigtime. Let’s hope that does not come around to hurt. Romero may only have one more inning anyway. I guess Cito has no faith in either pinch hitters or in bullpen.110 pitches for Hamels, his last inning. Jays 2-10 with runners in scoring position. Same old, same old.
Bottom 6th: Utley, full count and walks. Werth, Utley stealing second and safe. Doesn’t really matter this one is out of here two run home run for Werth. 3-2 Phillies and Cito’s decision last inning really hurts now. You don’t mess around with this Phillies team, they are not the hitless Jays Cito. You take every chance you get. Bases loaded one out, you hit and hit. Another major difference also between Jays and Red Sox, they also make you pay for any chances given. Howard strikes out. Ibanez strikes out. Victorino singles up the middle off glove of Romero. Feliz fly ball to shallow centre, nice sliding catch by Rios. But Jays behind again.
Top 7th: Durbin now pitching, Hill 0-3 tonight. Strikes out. Wells 0-3 and 0-20… Does he need reminding? Fly ball to left centre, good running catch by Victorino. Rolen, has been pressing all night without any luck. You know he wants to do well here against his former team. Walks for second time tonight. Lind with one on and one down. 2-3 tonight. Boston hammering the Marlins in Fenway. Not the same patsies as Jays in Toronto. Full count on Lind. Strikes out.
Bottom 7th: Tampa also beating up on the Rockies 5-0 in the second. Boston 8-2 in the seventh and Yankees losing to Washington 3-2 in the seventh. Romero still out there at 98 pitches. Ruiz at bat, grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar one down. Bruntlett pinch hitting grounds to Rolen throw to Millar for second out. Rollins bunting to third, no chance for Rolen, Utley, throw over to first gets away from Millar, Rollins to second. Where is Overbay Cito ??? Ah well not his night. Utley grounds to Millar for third out. 112 pitches for Romero and you have to ask why ? Day off yesterday bullpen is fresh. Last thing Jays needs is another pitcher on DL.
Top 8th: Not much time left for Jays to do something. They have outhit Phillies but not out managed. JC Romero now pitching for Phillies. Rios 2-3 tonight. Must like that number six spot. 3-0 count. Walks. One on for Millar. Will Alex steal? Yes and safe at second without a throw. Full count and walks. Two on for Barajas. Inglett pinch running for Millar. Bunting ? oh boy. Chance for Alex to steal third as third base Feliz is in for the bunt. Bunt is off and pops up to Utley. Lost your chance there Alex. Bautista now for Romero. Why not earlier Cito? Wild pitch but walk anyway. Bases loaded for Scutaro, another chance here for you Marco.That will do it lines to left. Where is Rios ????? stands there, the moves then starts to run then realizes he has not tagged and goes back too late. That was bush league Alex. I don’t believe I actually saw that from a major leaguer. That was a run and the tying run. Hill with two down and bases still loaded. Grounds to Rollins flip to second for the out. Cito should bench the guy for that. But of course he won’t.We have seen Alex make stupid base running errors before, perhaps he does have a weak spot here.
Bottom 8th: Camp pitching. Werth lines hard back at Camp, throw to Overbay at first. Oh no, here comes Cito. And here comes BJ. And then we wonder why these arms give out in Jays land. Howard a little golf shot to centre. Ibanez great leaping catch by Scutaro as it is lined hard at him, two down for Victorino, walks him. Here comes Cito of course. Frasor now pitching. Feliz grounds first pitch to Scutaro throw to Overbay for third out.
Top 9th: Jays last chance. Good luck against Ryan Madson. Wells leading off, chance to be a hero here Vernon. Grounds off the end of his bat, Madson cannot get there in time and throws away at first Vernon is on base. Welcome to first Vernon. Long time no see. Rolen now. Just foul down the right field line, that would have scored Vernon. Doubles to left, Vernon hustling to third and no outs. Lind intentional walk to load them up for guess who….the goat of the night. Rios., his chance to be a hero. Nick Leyva explaining to Vernon at third why Alex messed up. Swings at first two. Called third strike looking. I guess Alex wishes he had stayed at home tonight. One down for Overbay Jays are 0-7 with bases loaded tonight, full count and walks, Lyle Overbay has THE best eye on this Jays team, that took some doing to take that pitch. This game is all tied up at 3-3 and bases still loaded for Barajas Pops it up to Rolins at short. Two down. That fiasco by Rios in the eighth is huge now. McDonald pinch hitting. Cito could have used him earlier in game for the bunting miscues. Takes ball one. Strikes out. Jays 2-16 with runners in scoring position tonight. Hill and Scutaro both 0-5, will they get another at bat to make amends?
Bottom 9th: Downs pitching. Ruiz lines it softly to Scutaro, one down for pinch hitter Coste strikes out, two down. Rollins 2-4 tonight grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay and this game is going to extra innings and Scutaro and Hill will get a chance to break that o-fer.
Top 10th: Clay Condrey pitching. Scutaro hitless in five. Takes first two for strikes. Grounds to Rollins throw to first, Marco is 0-6 tonight, ouch. But here comes Hill also 0-5. Grounds to Rollins but beats out the throw at first. Great off balance throw but not in time. Wells 1-5, is he on a roll? We would all love him to hit one out here. That will do fine Vernon, lines it hard up the middle past a diving Utley for his second hit tonight, Two on for Rolen, runners at first and second. Full count, Scott singles into shallow right, Hill just beats the throw and Jay go back out ahead. 4-3. Lind can break it open here. Two on one out, another full count and walks. Bases loaded yet again with only one out. How many more chances do Jays need to make Phillies pay? Look who is here? Mr. Rios himself. Chance for redemption Alex. Just don’t take that third strike, full count. Way outside and ball four. Vernon comes in for a run. His first in far too many, many games. 5-3 Jays and bases still loaded. Manager Manuel has seen enough of Condrey. Tyler Walker new pitcher. Overbay at bat fly ball to Victorino in right on first pitch. Lind scores. 6-3 Jays. Rolen to third on the throw. Two down for Barajas A lot of empty seats now. This will do it, fly ball to the wall deepest part of park in left centre, two runs score, Lind and Rios. 8-3 Jays. Downs with Barajas at second grounds to short, throw to first. Oh no… Downs is limping. Our worst nightmare. Did he twist his ankle or spike himself when he came out of the box? Carlson is coming in. Downs could have just swung the bat and struck out, game was not on the line. You can bet Cito will be telling them this tomorrow, not worth sacrificing to injury..
Bottom 10th: This is not over yet although Phillies fans have emptied the stadium. Carlson is given lots of time to warm up here. Utley singles into right. One on for Werth, lines hard to leaping Scutaro one down. Second highlight reel catch for Marco. Makes up for his 0-6 night. Howard with one on and one down. Full count. Fly ball to Vernon in centre. Two down. Ibanez Pops it up to Scutaro and Downs and Jays win one. And win big against World Champs in Philadelphia. This should be a huge morale booster as long as Downs is ok.
Both sides know each other from playing many times in Dunedin. On paper a total mismatch. This could be a long three days for Jays’ underachieving hitters and pitchers.
Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Rolen, Lind, Rios, Millar, Barajas, Romero pitching and hitting tonight.
Phillies: Rollins, Utley, Werth, Howard, Ibanez, Victorino, Feliz, Ruiz, and Hamels pitching and hitting.
Jays win this one in extra innings 8-3 in one of the strangest games this season. Cito uses eighteen players tonight. Jays outhit Phillies 13-8.
The very good: Romero seven innings with nine strikeouts. and the bullpen.
The good: Overbay his eye in walking in tying run in the ninth. Lind home run. Jays hitters apart from leaving bases loaded al game long. Wells with two hits tonight breaking an 0-20 slump. 45,000 attendance.
The bad: Definitely Rios in an unbelievable and unforgiveable brain spasm error in the ninth.
Also Cito tonight gambling and leaving Romero to hit in the sixth with bases loaded and one out. Jays hitters 4/19 with runners in scoring position. Leave 16 on base.
Top 1st: Scutaro,strikes out. Hill. High fly ball to left Ibanez. Wells, .238 average ouch bigtime Vernnon. That is horrible apart from total embarrassment. Fly ball to Obanez. 0-18. At least he didn’t strike out swinging or ground to third. 11 pitches for Hamels.
Bottom 1st: Romero pitching. Rollins, average worse than Vernon !!! but then he is leadoff guy. Doubles into left field corner past diving Rolen, Phillies crowd love that on Rolen. One in scoring position for Utley doubles to Wells in centre, Rollins scores 1-0 Phillies. Ex Jay Werth. Cito out not sure why, goes back. Werth grounds to Scutaro fumbles but throws Werth out at first but he does his job as Utley moves to third. Howard strikes out. Ibanez two down full count, strikes out on a great curve, could have been much worse for Romero. He did well to get out of that with only one run. 24 pitches.
Top 2nd: Ex- Philly Rolen full count and walks. Lind grounds to Howard throw to Rollins is wild throw off glove of Rollins and Rolen all the way to third. Rios two on and no outs. Pulling ball and grounds to third, Rolen moving on the hit and out in rundown. Alex unable to go opposite field or get a fly ball, that is why he is number six in lineup..Millar with Lind at second and Rios at first. One down. Millar strikes out. Barajas intentional walk and both runners move up. Bases loaded. Romero strikes out but don’t blame Ricky. Blame is on Alex Rios. 34 pitches.
Bottom 2nd: Victorino 3-0 count and walks on four, Feliz bounces one to Hill throw to Millar, Why didn’t he step on second ?? Ruiz, with Victorino at second, full count. pop up to Scutaro in shallow centre, two down for Hamels he has an average…. Two hits and an rbi. Fly ball to Lind. 41 pitches.
Top 3rd: Scutaro grounds to Utley, throw to Howard one down for Hill fly ball to Ibanez in left, two quick outs for Wells, fly ball to Werth in right. Jays go down whimpering. Wells 0-19 and hitting below his weight now
Bottom 3rd: Rollins, bounces to Scutaro throw to Millar for the out. Utley singles to Wells, one on one down for Werth. High fly ball to 409 sign, deepest part of ground, Wells great catch. Romero thought that one was out. Howard, strikes out on three pitches. Romero has had some very good pitches tonight. But same old story from these sinking Jays no one can hit.
Top 4th: Rolen, full count, good at bat fouling off a few, grounds to Rollins throw to Howard for the first out. Lind, this one is out of here, the moment it left the bat. 1-1. Rios, going the opposite way, which bothers me about that at bat in the second. Singles to left. Millar doubles to left corner, Rios scores. 2-1 Jays. When were they last ahead of anyone ? Barajas walks but misjudges count ooops… full count singles to centre, Millar caught mid base and scrambles back to third to beat the throw. Romero with one down what is he doing? bunting ?? .trying to…strikes out. Up to Scutaro now. Millar still at third and Barajas at first. First pitch grounds to third. Throw to Howard. Marco not very smart with that at bat, Hamels was in a jam there, put some pressure on him Marco. Ah well Jays have a lead and that is worth celebrating if only for an inning.
Bottom 4th: Ibanez strikes out, number four for Romero.. One down for Victorino fly ball to Wells, two down. Feliz grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar for third out.
Top 5th: Hill grounds to Rollins at shirt throw to first base Howard. Wells fouls out to Feliz at third.0-3 tonight and 0-20. Rolen two down. strikes out. 89 pitches for Hamels.
Bottom 5th: Ruiz strikes out. Five for Romero. Hamels strikes out on three pitches. Rollins with two down. Pops up to Hill, nice over shoulder catch. 75 pitches.
Top 6th: Lind, singles past Rollins into left. Lind hits both sides, why can’t Vernon ? but then Vernon would take anyway at all right now. Rios grounds to Rollins difficult play going to his right ad no way will he get either Lind or Rios. Two on for Millar single up the middle knocked down by Rollins but no play there. Bases loaded for Barajas will Cito pinch hit for Romero? Pops it up to Rollins one down for Romero. Bases still loaded. I wonder if he will bunt? No. Cito gambling here. Strikes out. Scutaro with two down. Full count, fly ball to in centre. Cito gambled and lost bigtime. Let’s hope that does not come around to hurt. Romero may only have one more inning anyway. I guess Cito has no faith in either pinch hitters or in bullpen.110 pitches for Hamels, his last inning. Jays 2-10 with runners in scoring position. Same old, same old.
Bottom 6th: Utley, full count and walks. Werth, Utley stealing second and safe. Doesn’t really matter this one is out of here two run home run for Werth. 3-2 Phillies and Cito’s decision last inning really hurts now. You don’t mess around with this Phillies team, they are not the hitless Jays Cito. You take every chance you get. Bases loaded one out, you hit and hit. Another major difference also between Jays and Red Sox, they also make you pay for any chances given. Howard strikes out. Ibanez strikes out. Victorino singles up the middle off glove of Romero. Feliz fly ball to shallow centre, nice sliding catch by Rios. But Jays behind again.
Top 7th: Durbin now pitching, Hill 0-3 tonight. Strikes out. Wells 0-3 and 0-20… Does he need reminding? Fly ball to left centre, good running catch by Victorino. Rolen, has been pressing all night without any luck. You know he wants to do well here against his former team. Walks for second time tonight. Lind with one on and one down. 2-3 tonight. Boston hammering the Marlins in Fenway. Not the same patsies as Jays in Toronto. Full count on Lind. Strikes out.
Bottom 7th: Tampa also beating up on the Rockies 5-0 in the second. Boston 8-2 in the seventh and Yankees losing to Washington 3-2 in the seventh. Romero still out there at 98 pitches. Ruiz at bat, grounds to Scutaro throw to Millar one down. Bruntlett pinch hitting grounds to Rolen throw to Millar for second out. Rollins bunting to third, no chance for Rolen, Utley, throw over to first gets away from Millar, Rollins to second. Where is Overbay Cito ??? Ah well not his night. Utley grounds to Millar for third out. 112 pitches for Romero and you have to ask why ? Day off yesterday bullpen is fresh. Last thing Jays needs is another pitcher on DL.
Top 8th: Not much time left for Jays to do something. They have outhit Phillies but not out managed. JC Romero now pitching for Phillies. Rios 2-3 tonight. Must like that number six spot. 3-0 count. Walks. One on for Millar. Will Alex steal? Yes and safe at second without a throw. Full count and walks. Two on for Barajas. Inglett pinch running for Millar. Bunting ? oh boy. Chance for Alex to steal third as third base Feliz is in for the bunt. Bunt is off and pops up to Utley. Lost your chance there Alex. Bautista now for Romero. Why not earlier Cito? Wild pitch but walk anyway. Bases loaded for Scutaro, another chance here for you Marco.That will do it lines to left. Where is Rios ????? stands there, the moves then starts to run then realizes he has not tagged and goes back too late. That was bush league Alex. I don’t believe I actually saw that from a major leaguer. That was a run and the tying run. Hill with two down and bases still loaded. Grounds to Rollins flip to second for the out. Cito should bench the guy for that. But of course he won’t.We have seen Alex make stupid base running errors before, perhaps he does have a weak spot here.
Bottom 8th: Camp pitching. Werth lines hard back at Camp, throw to Overbay at first. Oh no, here comes Cito. And here comes BJ. And then we wonder why these arms give out in Jays land. Howard a little golf shot to centre. Ibanez great leaping catch by Scutaro as it is lined hard at him, two down for Victorino, walks him. Here comes Cito of course. Frasor now pitching. Feliz grounds first pitch to Scutaro throw to Overbay for third out.
Top 9th: Jays last chance. Good luck against Ryan Madson. Wells leading off, chance to be a hero here Vernon. Grounds off the end of his bat, Madson cannot get there in time and throws away at first Vernon is on base. Welcome to first Vernon. Long time no see. Rolen now. Just foul down the right field line, that would have scored Vernon. Doubles to left, Vernon hustling to third and no outs. Lind intentional walk to load them up for guess who….the goat of the night. Rios., his chance to be a hero. Nick Leyva explaining to Vernon at third why Alex messed up. Swings at first two. Called third strike looking. I guess Alex wishes he had stayed at home tonight. One down for Overbay Jays are 0-7 with bases loaded tonight, full count and walks, Lyle Overbay has THE best eye on this Jays team, that took some doing to take that pitch. This game is all tied up at 3-3 and bases still loaded for Barajas Pops it up to Rolins at short. Two down. That fiasco by Rios in the eighth is huge now. McDonald pinch hitting. Cito could have used him earlier in game for the bunting miscues. Takes ball one. Strikes out. Jays 2-16 with runners in scoring position tonight. Hill and Scutaro both 0-5, will they get another at bat to make amends?
Bottom 9th: Downs pitching. Ruiz lines it softly to Scutaro, one down for pinch hitter Coste strikes out, two down. Rollins 2-4 tonight grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay and this game is going to extra innings and Scutaro and Hill will get a chance to break that o-fer.
Top 10th: Clay Condrey pitching. Scutaro hitless in five. Takes first two for strikes. Grounds to Rollins throw to first, Marco is 0-6 tonight, ouch. But here comes Hill also 0-5. Grounds to Rollins but beats out the throw at first. Great off balance throw but not in time. Wells 1-5, is he on a roll? We would all love him to hit one out here. That will do fine Vernon, lines it hard up the middle past a diving Utley for his second hit tonight, Two on for Rolen, runners at first and second. Full count, Scott singles into shallow right, Hill just beats the throw and Jay go back out ahead. 4-3. Lind can break it open here. Two on one out, another full count and walks. Bases loaded yet again with only one out. How many more chances do Jays need to make Phillies pay? Look who is here? Mr. Rios himself. Chance for redemption Alex. Just don’t take that third strike, full count. Way outside and ball four. Vernon comes in for a run. His first in far too many, many games. 5-3 Jays and bases still loaded. Manager Manuel has seen enough of Condrey. Tyler Walker new pitcher. Overbay at bat fly ball to Victorino in right on first pitch. Lind scores. 6-3 Jays. Rolen to third on the throw. Two down for Barajas A lot of empty seats now. This will do it, fly ball to the wall deepest part of park in left centre, two runs score, Lind and Rios. 8-3 Jays. Downs with Barajas at second grounds to short, throw to first. Oh no… Downs is limping. Our worst nightmare. Did he twist his ankle or spike himself when he came out of the box? Carlson is coming in. Downs could have just swung the bat and struck out, game was not on the line. You can bet Cito will be telling them this tomorrow, not worth sacrificing to injury..
Bottom 10th: This is not over yet although Phillies fans have emptied the stadium. Carlson is given lots of time to warm up here. Utley singles into right. One on for Werth, lines hard to leaping Scutaro one down. Second highlight reel catch for Marco. Makes up for his 0-6 night. Howard with one on and one down. Full count. Fly ball to Vernon in centre. Two down. Ibanez Pops it up to Scutaro and Downs and Jays win one. And win big against World Champs in Philadelphia. This should be a huge morale booster as long as Downs is ok.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Marlins power too much for Jays team unable to score with runners in scoring position.
Toronto v Florida Marlins Series finale and Jays try to avoid another embarrassing series sweep and at home.
Lineups: Marlins: Coghlan, Bonifaco, Ramirez, Hermida, Uggla, Ross, Helms, Paulino, Carroll, and Johnson 5-1 pitching.
Toronto: Cito stays with his new lineup. Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Rios, Overbay, Millar, Barajas and Tallet pitching.
The good: BJ Ryan, second game in two days and another good inning and that ERA down 40 points to 6.06. Hayhurst continues his 0.0 ERA with 2.1 relief innings after Tallet implodes. Rolen 3-4 day. Jays lose two one run games. Could they have won them and the series ???? Rios and Millar with home runs but….
The bad: Everyone and everything else. The three-game home loss is Toronto's first this season. This team needs a day off badly to regroup from a weekend they want to forget and quick. But they now face a rotation without Halladay this week and starting on the road against the Phillies, but then again this team could easily win them all. There is just no consistency at all right now. Florida sweeps an AL opponent for the first time in over two years since May 18-20, 2007, at Tampa Bay. Jays lose their fourth straight and are now 0-6 in interleague play. This is the third time Marlins have swept Toronto in a three-game series. They did it in Miami in 2006 and at Toronto in 1997. Jays 0-5 with runners in scoring position. AND 0-13 in the last TWO DAYS ???… OUCH, OUCH, OUCH. That is where Cito and coaching staff should be starting. Game after game after game futility with runners in scoring position. They must rank bottom of the heap in that category this season.
Jays get seven hits today Rolen three and Hill has two. Where is everyone else ? Everyone with Marlins lineup get at least two hits except for the DH Hermida who remains hitless. Jays drop to fourth spot with Rays. From first to fourth, Cito ????? any ideas ?
Top 1st: Coghlan bunting and pops it up to Tallet. Bonifacio strikes out. Ramirez fly ball to Rios. Good start for Tallet, now for the bats to get going.
Bottom 1st: Scutaro strikes out. Hill singles to centre.Wells grounds to short Ramirez throw to second base Uggla to get Hill. Two down one on. Lind grounds to short Ramirez throw to first base Helms.
Top 2nd: Hermida fly ball flied out to left fielder Lind. Uggla singled to center. Ross doubled to left, Uggla to third. Helms sac fly to Rios, Uggla scores. 2-0 Marlins. Paulino at bat, there it goes, home run to left. Two runs score. 3-0 Marlins. Carroll fly ball to Wells.
Bottom 2nd: Rolen singles to right. Rios fouls out to Paulino behind the plate. Overbay full count and walks, Rolen to second. Millar with two on and one down fly ball to left field Coghlan. Barajas strikes out. Jays leave two more on base.
Top 3rd: Coghlan walks. Cito just loves that with score at 0-3. Bonifacio singles to right, Coghlan to third. Marlins in business again and Tallet just struggling out there. Ramirez singles to right, Coghlan scores and Bonifacio to second. 4-0 Marlins and still not outs with two on. Hermida strikes out. Uggla lines to Rolen throw to Hill, double play ball and Tallet rescued from bigtime blowout.
Bottom 3rd: Scutaro grounds to Ramirez at short throw to first base Helms. Hill fouls out to pitcher Johnson. Wells grounds to second base Uggla throw to first base Helms. Jays go meekly.
Top 4th: Ross singles to left. Helms singles to left, Ross to second. Paulino singles to left, Ross to third, Helms to second. Congratulations Tallet, you have just loaded the bases on three identical hits to Lind and with no outs. Your ERA is about to reach horror proportions. Carroll , singles to center this team, Ross and Helms score Marlins 6-0 and the fans start heading out to visit the beach this afternoon, far less stress. Coghlan grounds to second base Hill throw to Overbay, but runners move up Paulino to third, Carroll to second. Bonifacio singles to centre. Paulino scores Carroll to third. 7-0 Marlins and finally enough to watch from Tallet, Cito spares us more agony. Hayhurst now pitching. Ramirez sac fly to Rios in right, Carroll scores 8-0 Marlins. Hermida hit by pitch, Bonifacio to second. Uggla fly ball to Lind.
Bottom 4th: Lind strikes out. Rolen singles to centre. Alex there she goes Alex, home run to left 8-2. Overbay grounds to second base Uggla throw to first base Helms. Two down for Millar. There she goes, another home run to left. 8-3 Marlins and Jays starting to get to Johnson. Barajas grounds to first base Helms. Jays threaten but long way to go yet.
Top 5th: Ross grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay, one down. Helms fly ball to Wells. Paulino grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay. Three up and down for Hayhurst.
Bottom 6th: Scutaro grounds back to Johnson throw to second base Uggla on to first base Helms.Hill fly ball to centre field Ross. Wells fly ball to centre field Ross.
Top 6th: Carroll grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay. Coghlan doubles to right. Bonifacio grounds to Overbay, Coghlan to third. Ramirez hit by pitch. Carlson now pitching. Ramirez is going and safe at second. Hermida fouls out to Rolen.
Bottom 6th: Lind grounds to first base Helms one down. Rolen fly ball to left field Coghlan. Rios grounds to third base Bonifacio throw to first base Helms for third out.
Top 7th: Uggla singles to centre.Ross strikes out. Helms grounds to Scutaro Uggla to second. Hems safe at first. Paulino singles to left, Uggla to third, Helms to second. Bases loaded and still no outs. Carroll grounds to Rolen throw to Barajas, Uggla out at home plate, Helms to third, Paulino to second. Bases remain loaded with one down. Coghlan walks, Helms scores. Cito has just had apoplectic fit, that is the very worst that a pitcher can do in Cito’s eyes. 9-3 Marlins. Paulino to third and Carroll to second. Base remain loaded. Bonifacio strikes out.
Bottom 7th: Overbay strikes out. Millar strikes out. Barajas fouls out to first base Helms.
Marlins 8th: Ryan pitching.Ramirez singles to centre. Hermida fly ball to Lind. Uggla fly ball to Rios. Ross pops up to Overbay. Good inning BJ.
Bottom 8th: Scutaro pops to second base Uggla. One down for Hill singles to centre. Wells walks, better than an out Vernon. Hill to second. Lind grounds to second base Uggla to shortstop Ramirez on to first base Helms, double play ball. When things are going badly nothing goes right for the Jays at least. Wells went 0 for 3 with a walk and is hitless in 17 at-bats. He has not homered in 137 at-bats, the longest drought of his career. ...
Top 9th: League pitching. Helms strikes out. Paulino 3- 4 today, there it goes first pitch to left field and his second home run today. 10-3 Marlins. Paulino three rbis and three runs today and his first career multihomer game. Carroll singles to centre. Coghlan singles to centre, Carroll to second. League just not sharp at all but Cito will leave him out there now. Bonifacio grounds to Scutaro to first baseman Overbay, Carroll to third, Coghlan to second.Ramirez with two down and two on, wild pitch by League and another run Carroll comes home, 11-3 Marlins. Coghlan to third. Ramirez grounds to Hill throw to Overbay to bring an end to this horrible weekend for the pitchers at least. Marlins have eighteen hits to add to the other 24 in the first two games, Jays pitching in serious trouble this weekend.
Bottom 9th: Eight run deficit and Johnson still out there to torment these Jays underachievers. Rolen singles to left. Rios fouls out to Helms at first. Overbay walks, Rolen to second. Two on and one down. Millar strikes out. Barajas fly ball to Ross in centre to end this agony. Johnson goes to 6-1 on seven hits and wins his third straight decision. He struck out six and walked three. Jays have to watch Marlins celebrate a sweep in Toronto. That IS embarrassing from a team that was 14-14 on the road until they hit Toronto.
Will be interesting to see how Marlins do against Boston followed by Yankees. I don’t think they will be sweeping those teams somehow. Interesting news: Jays announce signing of draft pick Jonathan Fernandez (shortstop), the son of former Jays Tony Fernandez.
Jays now head to Philadelphia need to smarten up or this will be another horrible road trip.
Lineups: Marlins: Coghlan, Bonifaco, Ramirez, Hermida, Uggla, Ross, Helms, Paulino, Carroll, and Johnson 5-1 pitching.
Toronto: Cito stays with his new lineup. Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Rios, Overbay, Millar, Barajas and Tallet pitching.
The good: BJ Ryan, second game in two days and another good inning and that ERA down 40 points to 6.06. Hayhurst continues his 0.0 ERA with 2.1 relief innings after Tallet implodes. Rolen 3-4 day. Jays lose two one run games. Could they have won them and the series ???? Rios and Millar with home runs but….
The bad: Everyone and everything else. The three-game home loss is Toronto's first this season. This team needs a day off badly to regroup from a weekend they want to forget and quick. But they now face a rotation without Halladay this week and starting on the road against the Phillies, but then again this team could easily win them all. There is just no consistency at all right now. Florida sweeps an AL opponent for the first time in over two years since May 18-20, 2007, at Tampa Bay. Jays lose their fourth straight and are now 0-6 in interleague play. This is the third time Marlins have swept Toronto in a three-game series. They did it in Miami in 2006 and at Toronto in 1997. Jays 0-5 with runners in scoring position. AND 0-13 in the last TWO DAYS ???… OUCH, OUCH, OUCH. That is where Cito and coaching staff should be starting. Game after game after game futility with runners in scoring position. They must rank bottom of the heap in that category this season.
Jays get seven hits today Rolen three and Hill has two. Where is everyone else ? Everyone with Marlins lineup get at least two hits except for the DH Hermida who remains hitless. Jays drop to fourth spot with Rays. From first to fourth, Cito ????? any ideas ?
Top 1st: Coghlan bunting and pops it up to Tallet. Bonifacio strikes out. Ramirez fly ball to Rios. Good start for Tallet, now for the bats to get going.
Bottom 1st: Scutaro strikes out. Hill singles to centre.Wells grounds to short Ramirez throw to second base Uggla to get Hill. Two down one on. Lind grounds to short Ramirez throw to first base Helms.
Top 2nd: Hermida fly ball flied out to left fielder Lind. Uggla singled to center. Ross doubled to left, Uggla to third. Helms sac fly to Rios, Uggla scores. 2-0 Marlins. Paulino at bat, there it goes, home run to left. Two runs score. 3-0 Marlins. Carroll fly ball to Wells.
Bottom 2nd: Rolen singles to right. Rios fouls out to Paulino behind the plate. Overbay full count and walks, Rolen to second. Millar with two on and one down fly ball to left field Coghlan. Barajas strikes out. Jays leave two more on base.
Top 3rd: Coghlan walks. Cito just loves that with score at 0-3. Bonifacio singles to right, Coghlan to third. Marlins in business again and Tallet just struggling out there. Ramirez singles to right, Coghlan scores and Bonifacio to second. 4-0 Marlins and still not outs with two on. Hermida strikes out. Uggla lines to Rolen throw to Hill, double play ball and Tallet rescued from bigtime blowout.
Bottom 3rd: Scutaro grounds to Ramirez at short throw to first base Helms. Hill fouls out to pitcher Johnson. Wells grounds to second base Uggla throw to first base Helms. Jays go meekly.
Top 4th: Ross singles to left. Helms singles to left, Ross to second. Paulino singles to left, Ross to third, Helms to second. Congratulations Tallet, you have just loaded the bases on three identical hits to Lind and with no outs. Your ERA is about to reach horror proportions. Carroll , singles to center this team, Ross and Helms score Marlins 6-0 and the fans start heading out to visit the beach this afternoon, far less stress. Coghlan grounds to second base Hill throw to Overbay, but runners move up Paulino to third, Carroll to second. Bonifacio singles to centre. Paulino scores Carroll to third. 7-0 Marlins and finally enough to watch from Tallet, Cito spares us more agony. Hayhurst now pitching. Ramirez sac fly to Rios in right, Carroll scores 8-0 Marlins. Hermida hit by pitch, Bonifacio to second. Uggla fly ball to Lind.
Bottom 4th: Lind strikes out. Rolen singles to centre. Alex there she goes Alex, home run to left 8-2. Overbay grounds to second base Uggla throw to first base Helms. Two down for Millar. There she goes, another home run to left. 8-3 Marlins and Jays starting to get to Johnson. Barajas grounds to first base Helms. Jays threaten but long way to go yet.
Top 5th: Ross grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay, one down. Helms fly ball to Wells. Paulino grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay. Three up and down for Hayhurst.
Bottom 6th: Scutaro grounds back to Johnson throw to second base Uggla on to first base Helms.Hill fly ball to centre field Ross. Wells fly ball to centre field Ross.
Top 6th: Carroll grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay. Coghlan doubles to right. Bonifacio grounds to Overbay, Coghlan to third. Ramirez hit by pitch. Carlson now pitching. Ramirez is going and safe at second. Hermida fouls out to Rolen.
Bottom 6th: Lind grounds to first base Helms one down. Rolen fly ball to left field Coghlan. Rios grounds to third base Bonifacio throw to first base Helms for third out.
Top 7th: Uggla singles to centre.Ross strikes out. Helms grounds to Scutaro Uggla to second. Hems safe at first. Paulino singles to left, Uggla to third, Helms to second. Bases loaded and still no outs. Carroll grounds to Rolen throw to Barajas, Uggla out at home plate, Helms to third, Paulino to second. Bases remain loaded with one down. Coghlan walks, Helms scores. Cito has just had apoplectic fit, that is the very worst that a pitcher can do in Cito’s eyes. 9-3 Marlins. Paulino to third and Carroll to second. Base remain loaded. Bonifacio strikes out.
Bottom 7th: Overbay strikes out. Millar strikes out. Barajas fouls out to first base Helms.
Marlins 8th: Ryan pitching.Ramirez singles to centre. Hermida fly ball to Lind. Uggla fly ball to Rios. Ross pops up to Overbay. Good inning BJ.
Bottom 8th: Scutaro pops to second base Uggla. One down for Hill singles to centre. Wells walks, better than an out Vernon. Hill to second. Lind grounds to second base Uggla to shortstop Ramirez on to first base Helms, double play ball. When things are going badly nothing goes right for the Jays at least. Wells went 0 for 3 with a walk and is hitless in 17 at-bats. He has not homered in 137 at-bats, the longest drought of his career. ...
Top 9th: League pitching. Helms strikes out. Paulino 3- 4 today, there it goes first pitch to left field and his second home run today. 10-3 Marlins. Paulino three rbis and three runs today and his first career multihomer game. Carroll singles to centre. Coghlan singles to centre, Carroll to second. League just not sharp at all but Cito will leave him out there now. Bonifacio grounds to Scutaro to first baseman Overbay, Carroll to third, Coghlan to second.Ramirez with two down and two on, wild pitch by League and another run Carroll comes home, 11-3 Marlins. Coghlan to third. Ramirez grounds to Hill throw to Overbay to bring an end to this horrible weekend for the pitchers at least. Marlins have eighteen hits to add to the other 24 in the first two games, Jays pitching in serious trouble this weekend.
Bottom 9th: Eight run deficit and Johnson still out there to torment these Jays underachievers. Rolen singles to left. Rios fouls out to Helms at first. Overbay walks, Rolen to second. Two on and one down. Millar strikes out. Barajas fly ball to Ross in centre to end this agony. Johnson goes to 6-1 on seven hits and wins his third straight decision. He struck out six and walked three. Jays have to watch Marlins celebrate a sweep in Toronto. That IS embarrassing from a team that was 14-14 on the road until they hit Toronto.
Will be interesting to see how Marlins do against Boston followed by Yankees. I don’t think they will be sweeping those teams somehow. Interesting news: Jays announce signing of draft pick Jonathan Fernandez (shortstop), the son of former Jays Tony Fernandez.
Jays now head to Philadelphia need to smarten up or this will be another horrible road trip.
Jays fall short in comeback.
Toronto v Marlins. Game two of three.
Lineups: Marlins: Coghlan, Gload, Ramirez, Cantu, Hermida, Uggla, Baker, Ross, Helms, and West pitching.
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Lind, Millar, Rios, Overbay, Bautista, Chavez and Janssen pitching.
The very good: Bullpen relief Camp, Ryan, Frasor and Downs hold Marlins to one run 5.1 innings of relief.
The good: Jays comeback from 5-0 down. Rios 4 !!! hits… Cito may be on to something. More impressive the rest of the team can only get two between them
The bad: How about Jays 0-8 with runners in scoring position today?
Top 1st: Coghlan doubles to centre. Gload grounds to Hill throw to Overbay, Coghlan to third. Ramirez doubles to centre, Coghlan scores, and Marlins take the lead in the first.1-0 Marlins, we have seen this scenario before. Cantu fly ball to Wells. Hermida infield single to third, Ramirez moves to third. Uggla strikes out.
Bottom 1st: Scutaro walks. Hill fly ball to left field Coghlan. Wells pops up to second base Uggla. One again Rios and Wells cannot move the guy up sixty feet. How much longer Ciito do we have to watch this? Lind grounds to short Ramirez throw to first base Gload. Jays pitchers must weep. The fans do.
Top 2nd: Baker grounds to Hill throw to Overbay. Ross doubles to centre. Helms grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay, Ross to third. Coghlan fly ball to Rios.
Bottom 2nd: Millar fly ball to left field Coghlan. Rios singles to centre. Overbay walks, Rios to second. Bautista fly ball to right field Hermida. Chavez fly ball to right field Hermida.
Top 3rd: Gload singles to right.Ramirez grounds to Bautista throw to Hill, Gload out at second. Cantu pops up to Hill. Two down. Hermida gets hold of this one into right field stands, two run home run. 3-0 Marlins. Uggla grounds to Bautista throw to Overbay, but the damage is done.
Bottom 3rd: Scutaro fly ball to centre field Ross.Hill grounds to second base Uggla throw to first base Gload. Wells fly ball to right field Hermida. Vernon cannot buy a hit.
Top 4th: Baker walks. Ross first pitch, there it goes, home run to left, the second two run home run today. 5-0 Marlins. Helms pops up to Scutaro. Coghlan fly ball to Lind. Two down. Gload doubles to right. That’s it for Janssen. Camp pitching Ramirez full count and walks. Cito just loves that. Two on two down for Cantu fly ball to Wells. Camp escapes damage.
Bottom 4th: Lind grounds to first base Gload. Millar walks. Rios swinging at this first pitch and gets it out into left seats quickly. Two runs for Jays for a welcome change. 5-2 Marlins. Overbay grounds to first base Gload flip to pitcher West two down. Bautista fly ball to right field Hermida.
Top 5th: Hermida grounds to Bautista throw to Overbay. Uggla grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay. Baker strikes out.
Bottom 5th: Chavez fly ball to Coghlan in left. Scutaro grounds to third base Helms throw to first base Gload for second out. Hill 3-0 and walks on four pitches.Wells with two down and one on. grounds second base Uggla, Hill out at second.
Top 6th: Ross doubles to left. Helms singles to right, Ross to third. Coghlan grounds to Scutaro on to Hill to Overbay, double play ball but Ross scores. 6-2 Marlins. Gload grounds to Hill throw to Overbay.
Bottom 6th: Lind lines out to left field Coghlan. Millar grounds to third base Helms throw to first base Gload. Rios singles to centre. Overbay gets hold of this one, home run to right, two runs score. 6-4 Marlins. Sanches now pitching. Bautista pops to short Ramirez. Jays are back in this one.
Top 7th: Ramirez fly ball to Wells. Cantu strikes out. Ryan now pitching. Hermida pops to Bautista.
Bottom 7th: Chavez strikes out. Scutaro full count and walks. Hill full count and walks, Scutaro to second. Wells grounds to Helms, error on the play, Vernon safe at first and Scutaro scores 6-5 Marlins and Jays need one more. Meyer now pitching. Lind fly ball to centre field Ross. Nunez pitching. Millar grounds to short Ramirez throw to first base Gload.
Top 8th: Uggla fly ball to Wells. Baker fly ball to Wells. Frasor now pitching. Ross struck out.
Bottom 8th: Rios infield single to second. Alex stealing and safe at second. Overbay strikes out. Alex going for third, caught stealing, Baker’s throw to third base Helms, Rios out. Alex you just threw away the tying run. It is too bad that Jays cannot send both Alex and Vernon back to Dunedin. They are trying aren’t they Cito? The problem with Rios is that he is not a good baseball brain on the bases. Bautista strikes out.
Top 9th: Helms singles to centre. Downs now pitching. Coghlan strikes out. Gload fly ball to Wells. Ramirez strikes out.
Bottom 9th: Carroll in as right fielder. Hermida in as left fielder. Lindstrom pitching. Barajas pinch-hitting for Chavez. Barajas singles to left. Scutaro does his job sacrifices back to pitcher Lindstrom throw to second base Uggla, Barajas moves to second. Hill with tying run at second only one out, pops up to second baseman Uggla. Wells, with tying run at second, opportunity here Vernon to be a hero, crowd groaning and booing, strikes out. Very fitting for Vernon to end like that, reflects his whole season.
Lineups: Marlins: Coghlan, Gload, Ramirez, Cantu, Hermida, Uggla, Baker, Ross, Helms, and West pitching.
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Lind, Millar, Rios, Overbay, Bautista, Chavez and Janssen pitching.
The very good: Bullpen relief Camp, Ryan, Frasor and Downs hold Marlins to one run 5.1 innings of relief.
The good: Jays comeback from 5-0 down. Rios 4 !!! hits… Cito may be on to something. More impressive the rest of the team can only get two between them
The bad: How about Jays 0-8 with runners in scoring position today?
Top 1st: Coghlan doubles to centre. Gload grounds to Hill throw to Overbay, Coghlan to third. Ramirez doubles to centre, Coghlan scores, and Marlins take the lead in the first.1-0 Marlins, we have seen this scenario before. Cantu fly ball to Wells. Hermida infield single to third, Ramirez moves to third. Uggla strikes out.
Bottom 1st: Scutaro walks. Hill fly ball to left field Coghlan. Wells pops up to second base Uggla. One again Rios and Wells cannot move the guy up sixty feet. How much longer Ciito do we have to watch this? Lind grounds to short Ramirez throw to first base Gload. Jays pitchers must weep. The fans do.
Top 2nd: Baker grounds to Hill throw to Overbay. Ross doubles to centre. Helms grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay, Ross to third. Coghlan fly ball to Rios.
Bottom 2nd: Millar fly ball to left field Coghlan. Rios singles to centre. Overbay walks, Rios to second. Bautista fly ball to right field Hermida. Chavez fly ball to right field Hermida.
Top 3rd: Gload singles to right.Ramirez grounds to Bautista throw to Hill, Gload out at second. Cantu pops up to Hill. Two down. Hermida gets hold of this one into right field stands, two run home run. 3-0 Marlins. Uggla grounds to Bautista throw to Overbay, but the damage is done.
Bottom 3rd: Scutaro fly ball to centre field Ross.Hill grounds to second base Uggla throw to first base Gload. Wells fly ball to right field Hermida. Vernon cannot buy a hit.
Top 4th: Baker walks. Ross first pitch, there it goes, home run to left, the second two run home run today. 5-0 Marlins. Helms pops up to Scutaro. Coghlan fly ball to Lind. Two down. Gload doubles to right. That’s it for Janssen. Camp pitching Ramirez full count and walks. Cito just loves that. Two on two down for Cantu fly ball to Wells. Camp escapes damage.
Bottom 4th: Lind grounds to first base Gload. Millar walks. Rios swinging at this first pitch and gets it out into left seats quickly. Two runs for Jays for a welcome change. 5-2 Marlins. Overbay grounds to first base Gload flip to pitcher West two down. Bautista fly ball to right field Hermida.
Top 5th: Hermida grounds to Bautista throw to Overbay. Uggla grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay. Baker strikes out.
Bottom 5th: Chavez fly ball to Coghlan in left. Scutaro grounds to third base Helms throw to first base Gload for second out. Hill 3-0 and walks on four pitches.Wells with two down and one on. grounds second base Uggla, Hill out at second.
Top 6th: Ross doubles to left. Helms singles to right, Ross to third. Coghlan grounds to Scutaro on to Hill to Overbay, double play ball but Ross scores. 6-2 Marlins. Gload grounds to Hill throw to Overbay.
Bottom 6th: Lind lines out to left field Coghlan. Millar grounds to third base Helms throw to first base Gload. Rios singles to centre. Overbay gets hold of this one, home run to right, two runs score. 6-4 Marlins. Sanches now pitching. Bautista pops to short Ramirez. Jays are back in this one.
Top 7th: Ramirez fly ball to Wells. Cantu strikes out. Ryan now pitching. Hermida pops to Bautista.
Bottom 7th: Chavez strikes out. Scutaro full count and walks. Hill full count and walks, Scutaro to second. Wells grounds to Helms, error on the play, Vernon safe at first and Scutaro scores 6-5 Marlins and Jays need one more. Meyer now pitching. Lind fly ball to centre field Ross. Nunez pitching. Millar grounds to short Ramirez throw to first base Gload.
Top 8th: Uggla fly ball to Wells. Baker fly ball to Wells. Frasor now pitching. Ross struck out.
Bottom 8th: Rios infield single to second. Alex stealing and safe at second. Overbay strikes out. Alex going for third, caught stealing, Baker’s throw to third base Helms, Rios out. Alex you just threw away the tying run. It is too bad that Jays cannot send both Alex and Vernon back to Dunedin. They are trying aren’t they Cito? The problem with Rios is that he is not a good baseball brain on the bases. Bautista strikes out.
Top 9th: Helms singles to centre. Downs now pitching. Coghlan strikes out. Gload fly ball to Wells. Ramirez strikes out.
Bottom 9th: Carroll in as right fielder. Hermida in as left fielder. Lindstrom pitching. Barajas pinch-hitting for Chavez. Barajas singles to left. Scutaro does his job sacrifices back to pitcher Lindstrom throw to second base Uggla, Barajas moves to second. Hill with tying run at second only one out, pops up to second baseman Uggla. Wells, with tying run at second, opportunity here Vernon to be a hero, crowd groaning and booing, strikes out. Very fitting for Vernon to end like that, reflects his whole season.
Jays blow this one in the eighth but also lose Halladay to injury.
Jay v Marlins. Series opener of three.
Halladay pitching on his 10-1 record. Jays are 21-10 at home. Marlins are 14-14 on the road.
Lineups: Cito has had enough. Rios drops to number six today. Vernon moves up one to third. The problem is however with Vernon. I don’t agree putting him at third. Scutaro and Hill almost always get one or other on base, what we need at third is someone with more reliability than either Alex or Vernon to bring them in. I would move Lind up to third with Rolen behind him to prevent any semi-intentional pitching around Lind. Then perhaps Wells followed by Overbay and Rios although I might even put Alex at eight or nine. If he gets on then Scutaro or Hill have a chance moving him along. Let’s see what happens today.
Florida Marlins: Coghlan, Gload, Ramirez,Cantu,Hermida,Uggla,Baker, Ross, Bonifacio and Nolasco pitching
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Rios, Overbay,Barajas, Inglett and Halladay pitching.
The good: Nothing much here today. Richmond in relief kept the game 2-2 until Jays self-destruct in the eighth.
The bad: Halladay’s injury. 2/11 RISP. Wells continues his horrible season, I hope he is not going to announce some undisclosed injury in October as he did in 2006 after similar disaster season.
Top 1st: Coghlan doubles to left a very soft liner over head of leaping Rolen at third.. Gload grounds to Overbay, Coghlan to third. Ramirez sac fly to Rios, Coghlan scores. 1-0 Marlins. When was the last time you saw Jays leadoff hitters do that? Long weekend in store for Jays watching this type of ball. Cito will never do this. Cantu grounds to Rolen on to Scutaro on to Overbay double play ball to rescue Halladay.
Bottom 1st: Scutaro singles to right. Hill fly ball to centre field Ross, Scutaro to second. Wells strikes out. Lind strikes out. And that about summaries Jays hitters especially Vernon.
Top 2nd: Hermida singles to centre. Uggla lines out to Inglett in left today. Baker grounds into a double play, pitcher Halladay to shortstop Scutaro to first baseman Overbay, Hermida out.
Bottom 2nd: Rolen fly ball to centre field Ross.Rios pops up to Ross. Overbay strikes out. Jays go very quietly, one, two, three.
Top 3rd: Ross grounds to Overbay flip to Halladay covering first. Bonifacio grounds to Hill throw to Overbay. Coghlan singles to right. Gload infield single to first, Coghlan to second. Ramirez infield single to second, Coghlan to third, Gload to second. Bases loaded with two down. Cantu grounds to Scutaro throw to Hill, Ramirez out at second.
Bottom 3rd: Barajas singles to left. Inglett sacrificing, Nolasco to first base Gload, Barajas to second. Scutaro strikes out. Hill grounds out to first base Gload.
Top 4th: Hermida at bat, Halladay stops and walks to back of mound, we have a problem. Here comes trainer George Poulis and Cito. That’s it for Halladay today, does not look happy at all as he walks off. Let’s hope this is not serious. Richmond now pitching. This should have been Richmond’s start but Jays want to keep Halladay on the five days rotation. Hermida strikes out. Uggla fly ball to Inglett. Baker full count and walks. Ross strikes out.
Bottom 4th: Wells strikes out. Lind fly ball to right field Hermida. Rolen fly ball to right field Hermida.
Top 5th: Bonifacio out bunting to Richmond on to Overbay. Coghlan singles to centre. Gload strikes out. Coghlan stealing, Barajas' throwing error, Coghlan goes all the way to third. Ramirez lines out to Wells.
Bottom 5th: Rios grounds to Ramirez but is able to beat out the throw, good hustle Alex. Overbay strikes out. Rios stealing and safe at second. About time Alex, but hard to steal if you are not on base I guess. Barajas strikes out. Two down. Rios going again stealing third and safe. Oh boy where has he been all season ? If he had been this aggressive he might have stayed out of a few of Vernon’s double plays. Inglett finally a hit, singles to centre, Rios scores.1-1. Scutaro, Inglett stealing and safe at second. 3-0 count to Scutaro, and walks on four pitches. Nolasco's wild pitch, Inglett to third.Nolasco having a rough time right now. Hill singles to left, Inglett scores. 2-1 game. This is Hill’s sixth hit in last eighteen at bats. Scutaro moves to second. Wells strikes out. Sorry Marco. But good to see some aggression here by Jays runners. Cito has to start to do this when hitters are in their collective depression.
Top 6th: Cantu pops up to Scutaro. Hermida walks. Uggla fly ball to right field Rios.Baker grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay.
Bottom 6th: Lind fly ball to Ross in centre. Rolen fly ball to Ross. Two down for Rios, strikes out.
Top 7th: Ross fly ball to Inglett. Bonifacio bunting, Richmond to Overbay. Coghlan singles to centre. Carlson now pitching. Gload singles to right, Coghlan to third. That’s it for Carlson, one guy only. Not sure whether Cito thinks that helps the relief pitchers but seems to forget they have to warm up each time and throw many pitches, and for two or three pitches in the game ?? League now pitching to Ramirez with two down. Ramirez singles to right, Coghlan scores, Gload to second. 2-2 Marlins. Cantu strikes out.
Bottom 7th: Meyer now pitching. Overbay grounds to first base Gload.Barajas fouls out to catcher Baker. Inglett strikes out.
Top 8th: Hermida doubles to centre off the glove of a leaping Wells, Vernon has no luck right now at all. Uggla full count and walks. Baker hit by a pitch on the knee as he tries to bunt. League not having much fun here. Needs to settle down. Hermida to third, Uggla to second. Bases loaded for Ross, there she goes home run to centre field, grand slam to Ross. 6-2 Marlins. Bonifacio grounds to Hill throw to Overbay, first out. Coghlan strikes out. Two down for Gload doubles to right.That’s it for League. Hayhurst pitching.Ramirez singleto right,Gload scores, 7-2 Marlins. Ramirez to second. Hayhurst wild pitch, Ramirez to third. Cantu grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay. How to blow a game quickly.
Bottom 8th: Carroll in as right fielder. Hermida in as left fielder. Calero now pitching. Scutaro fly ball to left field Hermida. Hill singles to centre. Continues to have a great season. Wells pops up to Ross in centre, he must wish to have half the season that Hill is having. Lind grounds to first base Gload.
Top 9th: Hermida grounds to Hill throw to Overbay. Uggla pops up to Hill. Two down for Baker, strikes out.
Bottom 9th: Martinez pitching. Rolen singles to left. Rios doubles to left, Rolen to third. Two on and no outs, can they pull this out of the fire? Overbay strikes out. One down. Barajas grounds to Ramirez at short throw to Gload at first for the out. Two down but Rolen scores.7-3. Inglett pops to short Ramirez.
Jays lose another. But more importantly how is Halladay? Jays will be in deep trouble if he is lost. He is 10-1 and Jays are 10-3 in his starts and 24-25 with everyone else. He is first in the league in wins, and innings pitched. And in the top five with ERA, strikeouts, complete games and win percentage.
Halladay pitching on his 10-1 record. Jays are 21-10 at home. Marlins are 14-14 on the road.
Lineups: Cito has had enough. Rios drops to number six today. Vernon moves up one to third. The problem is however with Vernon. I don’t agree putting him at third. Scutaro and Hill almost always get one or other on base, what we need at third is someone with more reliability than either Alex or Vernon to bring them in. I would move Lind up to third with Rolen behind him to prevent any semi-intentional pitching around Lind. Then perhaps Wells followed by Overbay and Rios although I might even put Alex at eight or nine. If he gets on then Scutaro or Hill have a chance moving him along. Let’s see what happens today.
Florida Marlins: Coghlan, Gload, Ramirez,Cantu,Hermida,Uggla,Baker, Ross, Bonifacio and Nolasco pitching
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Rios, Overbay,Barajas, Inglett and Halladay pitching.
The good: Nothing much here today. Richmond in relief kept the game 2-2 until Jays self-destruct in the eighth.
The bad: Halladay’s injury. 2/11 RISP. Wells continues his horrible season, I hope he is not going to announce some undisclosed injury in October as he did in 2006 after similar disaster season.
Top 1st: Coghlan doubles to left a very soft liner over head of leaping Rolen at third.. Gload grounds to Overbay, Coghlan to third. Ramirez sac fly to Rios, Coghlan scores. 1-0 Marlins. When was the last time you saw Jays leadoff hitters do that? Long weekend in store for Jays watching this type of ball. Cito will never do this. Cantu grounds to Rolen on to Scutaro on to Overbay double play ball to rescue Halladay.
Bottom 1st: Scutaro singles to right. Hill fly ball to centre field Ross, Scutaro to second. Wells strikes out. Lind strikes out. And that about summaries Jays hitters especially Vernon.
Top 2nd: Hermida singles to centre. Uggla lines out to Inglett in left today. Baker grounds into a double play, pitcher Halladay to shortstop Scutaro to first baseman Overbay, Hermida out.
Bottom 2nd: Rolen fly ball to centre field Ross.Rios pops up to Ross. Overbay strikes out. Jays go very quietly, one, two, three.
Top 3rd: Ross grounds to Overbay flip to Halladay covering first. Bonifacio grounds to Hill throw to Overbay. Coghlan singles to right. Gload infield single to first, Coghlan to second. Ramirez infield single to second, Coghlan to third, Gload to second. Bases loaded with two down. Cantu grounds to Scutaro throw to Hill, Ramirez out at second.
Bottom 3rd: Barajas singles to left. Inglett sacrificing, Nolasco to first base Gload, Barajas to second. Scutaro strikes out. Hill grounds out to first base Gload.
Top 4th: Hermida at bat, Halladay stops and walks to back of mound, we have a problem. Here comes trainer George Poulis and Cito. That’s it for Halladay today, does not look happy at all as he walks off. Let’s hope this is not serious. Richmond now pitching. This should have been Richmond’s start but Jays want to keep Halladay on the five days rotation. Hermida strikes out. Uggla fly ball to Inglett. Baker full count and walks. Ross strikes out.
Bottom 4th: Wells strikes out. Lind fly ball to right field Hermida. Rolen fly ball to right field Hermida.
Top 5th: Bonifacio out bunting to Richmond on to Overbay. Coghlan singles to centre. Gload strikes out. Coghlan stealing, Barajas' throwing error, Coghlan goes all the way to third. Ramirez lines out to Wells.
Bottom 5th: Rios grounds to Ramirez but is able to beat out the throw, good hustle Alex. Overbay strikes out. Rios stealing and safe at second. About time Alex, but hard to steal if you are not on base I guess. Barajas strikes out. Two down. Rios going again stealing third and safe. Oh boy where has he been all season ? If he had been this aggressive he might have stayed out of a few of Vernon’s double plays. Inglett finally a hit, singles to centre, Rios scores.1-1. Scutaro, Inglett stealing and safe at second. 3-0 count to Scutaro, and walks on four pitches. Nolasco's wild pitch, Inglett to third.Nolasco having a rough time right now. Hill singles to left, Inglett scores. 2-1 game. This is Hill’s sixth hit in last eighteen at bats. Scutaro moves to second. Wells strikes out. Sorry Marco. But good to see some aggression here by Jays runners. Cito has to start to do this when hitters are in their collective depression.
Top 6th: Cantu pops up to Scutaro. Hermida walks. Uggla fly ball to right field Rios.Baker grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay.
Bottom 6th: Lind fly ball to Ross in centre. Rolen fly ball to Ross. Two down for Rios, strikes out.
Top 7th: Ross fly ball to Inglett. Bonifacio bunting, Richmond to Overbay. Coghlan singles to centre. Carlson now pitching. Gload singles to right, Coghlan to third. That’s it for Carlson, one guy only. Not sure whether Cito thinks that helps the relief pitchers but seems to forget they have to warm up each time and throw many pitches, and for two or three pitches in the game ?? League now pitching to Ramirez with two down. Ramirez singles to right, Coghlan scores, Gload to second. 2-2 Marlins. Cantu strikes out.
Bottom 7th: Meyer now pitching. Overbay grounds to first base Gload.Barajas fouls out to catcher Baker. Inglett strikes out.
Top 8th: Hermida doubles to centre off the glove of a leaping Wells, Vernon has no luck right now at all. Uggla full count and walks. Baker hit by a pitch on the knee as he tries to bunt. League not having much fun here. Needs to settle down. Hermida to third, Uggla to second. Bases loaded for Ross, there she goes home run to centre field, grand slam to Ross. 6-2 Marlins. Bonifacio grounds to Hill throw to Overbay, first out. Coghlan strikes out. Two down for Gload doubles to right.That’s it for League. Hayhurst pitching.Ramirez singleto right,Gload scores, 7-2 Marlins. Ramirez to second. Hayhurst wild pitch, Ramirez to third. Cantu grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay. How to blow a game quickly.
Bottom 8th: Carroll in as right fielder. Hermida in as left fielder. Calero now pitching. Scutaro fly ball to left field Hermida. Hill singles to centre. Continues to have a great season. Wells pops up to Ross in centre, he must wish to have half the season that Hill is having. Lind grounds to first base Gload.
Top 9th: Hermida grounds to Hill throw to Overbay. Uggla pops up to Hill. Two down for Baker, strikes out.
Bottom 9th: Martinez pitching. Rolen singles to left. Rios doubles to left, Rolen to third. Two on and no outs, can they pull this out of the fire? Overbay strikes out. One down. Barajas grounds to Ramirez at short throw to Gload at first for the out. Two down but Rolen scores.7-3. Inglett pops to short Ramirez.
Jays lose another. But more importantly how is Halladay? Jays will be in deep trouble if he is lost. He is 10-1 and Jays are 10-3 in his starts and 24-25 with everyone else. He is first in the league in wins, and innings pitched. And in the top five with ERA, strikeouts, complete games and win percentage.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Jays hitters on vacation when it really matters and deny Romero a deserved win , 0-9 with runners in scoring position
Series finale Texas v Toronto in Arlington.
Texas opened the series Monday leading the AL West standings with a 33-25 record and a league-leading 89 home runs, but has lost six of its last nine games and been held to two hits in two of the past four games.
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Millar, Chavez and Romero pitching.
Texas: Kinsler, Young, Jones, Cruz, Murphy,Byrd, Saltalamacchia, Davis, Andrus and Millwood pitching. Millwood (5-4, 2.96) is a good pitcher and in his last game held the Boston to one unearned run in just over seven innings to lead Rangers to a 5-1 victory in Fenway. Millwood is 1-4 with a 6.25 ERA in eight career starts against Toronto. Rolen has two homers and six doubles in his career against Millwood. Scott has three hits in each of his last two games to boost his batting average to .314.
The very good: Romero, very good. 6 1/3 inning s with six strikeouts and 2 walks. A game very tough to lose but the good news is that Romero still has something which I was beginning to doubt.
The bad: Hitting and hitting and hitting with runners in scoring position. Wells 0-4. Jays outhit Texas 6-5 except when it matters. Rios .261 now Wells .250. How much longer Cito ?
Top 1st: Scutaro has played in every one of Toronto's 61 games this season, committing just one error in the field and averaging .306 at the plate with five home runs and 29 runs batted in.
grounds to shortstop Andrus throw to first base Davis.One down for Hill singles to left. One on for Rios singles to left. Good start Alex. Wells with Hill at second, Rios at first and one down, chance for something here Vernon. Full count. Lines to Young at third. Hill dives back in time. Vernon continues his hitting woes. Lind now with two on and two down. Fly ball to Murphy in left corner and Jays leave two stranded. Millwood escapes damage this time. 15 pitch inning.
Bottom 1st: Romero pitching, Kinsler high pop up to Scutaro at short, one down for Young grounds to Overbay, flip to Romero two down. Andruw Jones lines this one very hard but right at Lind in left for first pitch out. Nine pitch inning. Now Romero needs some run support here.
Top 2nd: Rolen first pitch lines it hard to Byrd in centre, one down for Overbay, Grounds it to Kinsler at second, slips but just recovers in time to get Lyle by half a step. Millar pulls it to short. Andrus throw to Davis at first and Jays go very quietly here three up and down. Why is that so many Jays try to pull the ball instead of going to opposite field? or up the middle ? I can see Boston players in Fenway but why the Jays? 27 pitches for Millwood.
Bottom 2nd: Cruz, broken bat single up the middle. Murphy, bunting? No. Manager Ron Washington not rolling the dice here, this is a good hitting team.This is trouble, doubles into right field corner. Two on no outs and both in scoring position. Infield in. Byrd swinging away. Lines out to Lind in left, Cruz tags and scores easily on the throw. Byrd out. 1-0 Texas. Murphy stays at second. Saltalamacchia strikes out on three pitches, very nice Ricky. Two down Davis 3-0 count. Come on Ricky one more out here. Davis full count and walks. Andrus fly ball to Wells.
Top 3rd: Chavez playing for Barajas tonight, not sure why as they all had a night off last night, fly ball to right field Cruz. Scutaro grounds back to Millwood throw to first base Davis. Hill doubles to left. 2-2 tonight. Rios now, fly ball to centre field Byrd.
Bottom 3rd: Kinsler fly ball to Wells. Young strikes out. Jones fly ball to Rios. Great catch by Alex using his height at the wall.
Top 4th: Wells grounds back to Millwood throw to first base Davis. Lind fly ball to centre field Byrd. Two down. Rolen grounds to Saltalamacchia throw to first base Davis
Bottom 4th: Cruz grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay. One down for Murphy, strikes out. Byrd strikes out.
Top 5th: Overbay grounds to second base Kinsler throw to first base Davis. Millar with one down, pops this one up Andrus dives into the third base seats to get this, great play. Chavez fly ball to Cruz in right field.
Bottom 5th: - Saltalamacchia singles to left Davis grounds to Overbay throw to Scutaro to get Saltalamacchia. Andrus walks, Davis to second. Kinsler strikes out. Young grounds to Scutaro throw to Hill, Andrus out at second.
Top 6th: Scutaro grounds back to Millwood throw to first base Davis. One down for Hill, lines out to right field Cruz. Rios grounds very hard to third base Young, great play by Young to save and throw Alex out at first. Gold Glove play.
Bottom 6th: Jones strikes out. Cruz grounds to Hill throw to Overbay. One down. Murphy singles to centre. Byrd pops up to Overbay. Another very good inning by Romero, he just has no run support.
Top 7th: Wells grounds to Andrus throw to Davis at first base. Lind hit by a pitch. Rolen singles to right, Lind to second. This is more like it. Overbay grounds to Young throw to first base Davis, Lind to third, Rolen to second. Millar fly ball to left field Murphy. Ends that rally.
Bottom 7th: - Saltalamacchia fly ball to Lind. Davis doubles to left. That is it for Romero, he did his job and more than expected. But he cannot win a game without any runs. Frasor now pitching. Andrus grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay. Two down for Kinsler, strikes out.
Top 8th: Inglett pinch-hitting for Chavez, not sure this guy should be leading off in a one run game, if he is the best of the bench then Cito needs help, grounds out to Davis at first. Scutaro singles to left. This is why so important to get someone on base for the top of the order.
Wild pitch by Millwood, Scutaro to second. Hill strikes out. That is it for Millwood , as if Romero he would have appreciated a few more runs to make his job easier tonight. O'Day now pitching.
Rios grounds to Andrus throw to Davis at first base.
Bottom 8th: Barajas in as catcher. Young strikes out. Jones fly ball to Rios. Cruz hit by pitch. Cruz stealing and safe at second. Murphy strikes out.
Top 9th: Wells leading off another inning but this time important to get on base here Vernon, pops up to second base Kinsler. Vernon 0-4 tonight. Wilson now pitching. Lind doubles to right. That’s more like it. We have seen more leadership from Lind this season than both Vernon and Alex combined. Too bad they are not paid for performance. Rolen with Lind at second strikes out. Overbay last chance here for Jays, Lyle we need a double so badly here. Grounds to Andrus at short throw to first base Davis to end a very disappointing game here for Jays hitters and waste a great outing by Romero.
Jays hitters 0-9 with runners in scoring position. Awful, awful awful.
Travis Snider not returning from Vegas anytime soon. Travis has lower back pain the past two weeks Gaston said he wouldn't see game action with the triple-A Las Vegas 51s until July.
"He's had trouble with his back the whole year," said the manager. "He's had x-rays and they can't find anything wrong with it."
Wednesday's rained out game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sept. 1.
Texas opened the series Monday leading the AL West standings with a 33-25 record and a league-leading 89 home runs, but has lost six of its last nine games and been held to two hits in two of the past four games.
Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Rios, Wells, Lind, Rolen, Overbay, Millar, Chavez and Romero pitching.
Texas: Kinsler, Young, Jones, Cruz, Murphy,Byrd, Saltalamacchia, Davis, Andrus and Millwood pitching. Millwood (5-4, 2.96) is a good pitcher and in his last game held the Boston to one unearned run in just over seven innings to lead Rangers to a 5-1 victory in Fenway. Millwood is 1-4 with a 6.25 ERA in eight career starts against Toronto. Rolen has two homers and six doubles in his career against Millwood. Scott has three hits in each of his last two games to boost his batting average to .314.
The very good: Romero, very good. 6 1/3 inning s with six strikeouts and 2 walks. A game very tough to lose but the good news is that Romero still has something which I was beginning to doubt.
The bad: Hitting and hitting and hitting with runners in scoring position. Wells 0-4. Jays outhit Texas 6-5 except when it matters. Rios .261 now Wells .250. How much longer Cito ?
Top 1st: Scutaro has played in every one of Toronto's 61 games this season, committing just one error in the field and averaging .306 at the plate with five home runs and 29 runs batted in.
grounds to shortstop Andrus throw to first base Davis.One down for Hill singles to left. One on for Rios singles to left. Good start Alex. Wells with Hill at second, Rios at first and one down, chance for something here Vernon. Full count. Lines to Young at third. Hill dives back in time. Vernon continues his hitting woes. Lind now with two on and two down. Fly ball to Murphy in left corner and Jays leave two stranded. Millwood escapes damage this time. 15 pitch inning.
Bottom 1st: Romero pitching, Kinsler high pop up to Scutaro at short, one down for Young grounds to Overbay, flip to Romero two down. Andruw Jones lines this one very hard but right at Lind in left for first pitch out. Nine pitch inning. Now Romero needs some run support here.
Top 2nd: Rolen first pitch lines it hard to Byrd in centre, one down for Overbay, Grounds it to Kinsler at second, slips but just recovers in time to get Lyle by half a step. Millar pulls it to short. Andrus throw to Davis at first and Jays go very quietly here three up and down. Why is that so many Jays try to pull the ball instead of going to opposite field? or up the middle ? I can see Boston players in Fenway but why the Jays? 27 pitches for Millwood.
Bottom 2nd: Cruz, broken bat single up the middle. Murphy, bunting? No. Manager Ron Washington not rolling the dice here, this is a good hitting team.This is trouble, doubles into right field corner. Two on no outs and both in scoring position. Infield in. Byrd swinging away. Lines out to Lind in left, Cruz tags and scores easily on the throw. Byrd out. 1-0 Texas. Murphy stays at second. Saltalamacchia strikes out on three pitches, very nice Ricky. Two down Davis 3-0 count. Come on Ricky one more out here. Davis full count and walks. Andrus fly ball to Wells.
Top 3rd: Chavez playing for Barajas tonight, not sure why as they all had a night off last night, fly ball to right field Cruz. Scutaro grounds back to Millwood throw to first base Davis. Hill doubles to left. 2-2 tonight. Rios now, fly ball to centre field Byrd.
Bottom 3rd: Kinsler fly ball to Wells. Young strikes out. Jones fly ball to Rios. Great catch by Alex using his height at the wall.
Top 4th: Wells grounds back to Millwood throw to first base Davis. Lind fly ball to centre field Byrd. Two down. Rolen grounds to Saltalamacchia throw to first base Davis
Bottom 4th: Cruz grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay. One down for Murphy, strikes out. Byrd strikes out.
Top 5th: Overbay grounds to second base Kinsler throw to first base Davis. Millar with one down, pops this one up Andrus dives into the third base seats to get this, great play. Chavez fly ball to Cruz in right field.
Bottom 5th: - Saltalamacchia singles to left Davis grounds to Overbay throw to Scutaro to get Saltalamacchia. Andrus walks, Davis to second. Kinsler strikes out. Young grounds to Scutaro throw to Hill, Andrus out at second.
Top 6th: Scutaro grounds back to Millwood throw to first base Davis. One down for Hill, lines out to right field Cruz. Rios grounds very hard to third base Young, great play by Young to save and throw Alex out at first. Gold Glove play.
Bottom 6th: Jones strikes out. Cruz grounds to Hill throw to Overbay. One down. Murphy singles to centre. Byrd pops up to Overbay. Another very good inning by Romero, he just has no run support.
Top 7th: Wells grounds to Andrus throw to Davis at first base. Lind hit by a pitch. Rolen singles to right, Lind to second. This is more like it. Overbay grounds to Young throw to first base Davis, Lind to third, Rolen to second. Millar fly ball to left field Murphy. Ends that rally.
Bottom 7th: - Saltalamacchia fly ball to Lind. Davis doubles to left. That is it for Romero, he did his job and more than expected. But he cannot win a game without any runs. Frasor now pitching. Andrus grounds to Rolen throw to Overbay. Two down for Kinsler, strikes out.
Top 8th: Inglett pinch-hitting for Chavez, not sure this guy should be leading off in a one run game, if he is the best of the bench then Cito needs help, grounds out to Davis at first. Scutaro singles to left. This is why so important to get someone on base for the top of the order.
Wild pitch by Millwood, Scutaro to second. Hill strikes out. That is it for Millwood , as if Romero he would have appreciated a few more runs to make his job easier tonight. O'Day now pitching.
Rios grounds to Andrus throw to Davis at first base.
Bottom 8th: Barajas in as catcher. Young strikes out. Jones fly ball to Rios. Cruz hit by pitch. Cruz stealing and safe at second. Murphy strikes out.
Top 9th: Wells leading off another inning but this time important to get on base here Vernon, pops up to second base Kinsler. Vernon 0-4 tonight. Wilson now pitching. Lind doubles to right. That’s more like it. We have seen more leadership from Lind this season than both Vernon and Alex combined. Too bad they are not paid for performance. Rolen with Lind at second strikes out. Overbay last chance here for Jays, Lyle we need a double so badly here. Grounds to Andrus at short throw to first base Davis to end a very disappointing game here for Jays hitters and waste a great outing by Romero.
Jays hitters 0-9 with runners in scoring position. Awful, awful awful.
Travis Snider not returning from Vegas anytime soon. Travis has lower back pain the past two weeks Gaston said he wouldn't see game action with the triple-A Las Vegas 51s until July.
"He's had trouble with his back the whole year," said the manager. "He's had x-rays and they can't find anything wrong with it."
Wednesday's rained out game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sept. 1.
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