Texas Rangers starter Matt Harrison came in with a 1.88 ERA and got ballooned to 3.69 by the time he left after 3 innings and the only thing that showed he was a tiny bit wild is that he came into the game with 9 walks and no strike outs. It started in the top of the first inning with the Jays batting around as the Jays Yunel Escobar lead off both the first and second innings and in the first the Jays got 4 singles and Harrison gave them 3 walks including Juan Rivera and J.P. getting back-to-back RBI walks and the Jays ended up 5 runs and third run scored on a double ball by Travis Snider and no extra base hits so Harrison was his own worst enemy. The Jays got 2 runs in the third when Adam Lind homered and Travis Snider singled in Juan Rivera but they really went to work in the 4 inning when they got 3 more runs with a Cory Patterson doubled and Jose Bautista walked for the second time in the game and then Adam Lind came to the plate again and he said whats batter than a solo homer I tell U a 3 run Jack as he hit his 2Nd of the game and 3Rd of the season to give the Jays 10 runs through 4 innings.
So the Jay's Adam Lind had come into the game with his career high in RBIs @ the stadium in Arlington with 8 RBIs in a game 2 years ago so he did not break that career high but with a RBI single in the first, the sole shot, and the three run Jack gave him a 3 for 5 game with 5 RBIs to lead the Jays attack. Adam Lind boosted his batting average up to .256 from .235 coming into the game which can happen with a great game early in the season.
Juan Rivera with a 3 for 6 beginning to the series with a homer and 3 RBIs and his batting average has gone from .137 coming into the series to now hitting .172 and just like Lind U can only hope for a constant performances from the DH and first baseman @ the plate.
Also it was the return of Jesse Litsch from Las Vegas and got lite up in the bottom of the second inning with 2 outs as David Murphy doubled, Yorvit Torrealba singled, Chris Davis doubled, and Julio Borbon singled and the Rangers got their only 3 runs in the game but it felt like Litsch was constantly working from the stretch as he basically had a runner on base at least 4 of his 6 innings pitched. In the end he worked through it and gave up 3 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks and a K in 6 innings pitched so he got the job done and thats all that matters because Matt Harrison gave up 7 runs on 8 hits with 3 walks in 3 innings pitched.
The Jays Bullpen of Casey Janssen, Frank Francisco, and Shawn Camp pitched 3 shutout innings and gave up 3 hits to close out a 10-3 Blue Jays win and the Jays are 2-0 in Arlington this season which is awesome because the Rangers came into the series with a 10-2 home record and 14-7 record overall and was leading the american league and the Jays were not hitting anything coming into the series and have outscored the Rangers 15-6 in the first two games of the series.
Some not so good news from the farm has come in and Brett Cecil in triple A as he pitched 4.1 innings and gave up 11 runs (10 earned) on 13 hits with 3 walks and stuck out 2 and gave up 3 dingers to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox so it looks like he will need a bit more time to find his stuff before he rejoins the big club again.
The Jays can hopefully continue this all out attacked in Arlington for the last 2 games of the series
Tom Mehegan
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