Game 43 - 22 - 21 - Romero and Davis have a pitchers duel but a hit by J.P. that decides the game

The starting pitcher for the Blue Jays Ricky Romero and the starter for the Rays Wade Davis just mowed down batters heading into the the last third of the game which took only 2:16 to play in front of 12,590. So Wade Davis throw 56 pitches through 6 innings and had one pitch he regretted which was a fastball in the second inning to first baseman Juan Rivera who sent the fastball to the fence where it bounced off the top of the fence and went out to give the Jays a 1-0 lead. On the other hand Ricky Romero pitched 7 innings and throw 104 pitches and he had one pitch he regretted which was a fastball in the 5 inning to B.J. Upton who sent it out to Rajai Davis in center field who jumped for it and it went over his glove and out to tie it at 1 and Romero gave up 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 6 batters.

In the Top of the 7 inning Wade Davis throw 30 pitches and lost the strike zone after getting Arron Hill to fly out B.J. Upton on 3 pitches he walked Juan Rivera, Eric Thames, and Rajai Davis but in between the Rivera and Thames walks he throw a strike which J.P. deposited into the seats for a 2-run homer his 7Th of the season to tie him for the most homers for a catch with Russell Martin of the Yankees and Rob Barajas of the Dodgers and the Jays were up 3-1. Wade Davis ended up pitching 7.2 innings and throwing 96 pitches and gave up 3 runs on 7 hits with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts. The Bullpen for both teams shutdown the other team with Juan Cruz got J.P. to ground out while for the Jays Marc Rzepczynski got the 3 outs in the eighth except he gave up a homer to Kelly Shoppach to make it 3-2 Jays and then Frank Francisco got a Evan Longoria pop up to Yunel Escobar and fly outs by both Matt Joyce (the best batting average in the AL next to Bautista) and B.J. Upton to finish the game with a 1-2-3 ninth.

So Juan Rivera was not noticeable at first base which is a good thing because U only remember first basemen when they screw up (Edwin Encarnacion I'm looking at U) and his bat came alive which is the only time that has happened except that series in Arlington against the Rangers as he had a homer and double along with a walk in tonight's game. Also J.P. had a homer and a single and Rivera and J.P. had 4 of the Jays 7 hits in the game and it was a great showing of timely hitting as its not how many there are but when they happen as the Jays have started another win streak and lets hope they can make it 2 in a row when I go down to the Rogers Centre to see Brett Wallace first hand as he is coming in with his Houston Astros.

Lets make it 2 in a row Jays

Tom Mehegan