Game 33 - 15 - 18 - Justin Verlander no hits the Jays on 99 pitches

So the pitching match-up of Ricky Romero and Justin Verlander and it was looking like it was going to happen early as both pitchers had faced 6 batters and all 6 batters went down in order through the first 2 innings. Then in the 3Rd inning Ricky Romero lost everything as he gave up a hit to Ryan Raburn who was bulked to second which was followed by hitting Alex Aliva and then he got a lucky break when J.P. throw done to second trying to catch Raburn napping and got the pick off but Raburn looked safe. With this break he walked Brandon Inge when Austin Jackson singled to load the bases and Romero then walked Scott Sizemore which walked in a run and then a wild pitch brought in the second run and took away the possibility of the double play which hurt as the next batter Magglio Ordonez hit a double play ball to Yunel Escobar but only was able to get one out and it was 3-0 going into the fourth inning and Romero was not rided but instead his pitches went flying into the seats as Jhonny Peralta slammed a solo shot and Alex Aliva hit a 2-run jack and it was 7-0 and Romero was hitting the showers with one out in the fourth and Carlos Villanueva pitched 4.2 of shutout ball

But the story of the game was Justin Verlander who went into the 8 inning with 21 up and 21 down and with one out in the inning on the 12 pitch J.P. walked to break up the perfect game but then Edwin Encarnacion hit into a double play and he had faced min of 24 batters over 8 inning. In the 9 David Cooper popped up to the infielder Scott Sizemore, Johnny Mac grounded a ball sharply to Scott Sizemore, and Rajai Davis struck out to end the game and Justin Verlander faced only 27 batters and ended up with his second career no-hitter on 99 pitches and 68 were strikes.

By the end of the game everybody especially the Tigers fans who used the extra 3 hours to get to the game (4:07 start instead of a 1:07 start) were cheering for Verlander to get the no-hitter.

In other news Jays first baseman Adam Lind left with tightness in his back and talk about back both Jose Bautista and Arron Hills will be in the starting lineup tomorrow which is important because the Jays need to win the last 2 games of this 4 game series and go into the Red Sox series on a high.

A game for Verlander

Tom Mehegan