Kyle Drabek pitched to 8 batters and his line was 3 doubles, 3 walks, a strike out, and a ground out as he only got 2 outs and gave up 4 runs and Grady Sizemore had the big hit of the inning with the bases loaded he had a bases clearing double for 3 RBIs and the Tribe led 4-0 and Drabek threw 38 pitches with 23 balls and 15 strikes and would be the worst outing of his young career. He total need to figure out how to prepare for a game and being able to find the strike zone and however he would feel best coming out of the bullpen the Jays let him try it but then at least then Shawn Camp came in and throw strikes and got the next 4 batters out.
In the third inning Shawn Camp lost everything and the Blue Jays motor went up in flames with Camp facing 8 batters and got one out with a Matt Laporta slammed his 7th homer which was a 3 run homer to make it 7-0 and it was followed by double by Jack Hannaham, a RBI single by Adam Everett, a single by Michael Brantley, and then a 2 RBI double by Asdrubal Cabrera to make it 10-0. This is when Jason Frasor came in and the inactive defense came into play with Rajai Davis messed up on an easy fly ball which allowed a run to score and then Yunel Escobar messed up on a pop up and another run scored and it should of been over in the third but instead it was 12-0 and finally Jason Frasor strike out the 13 batter of the inning Matt Laporta to end the inning. So through 3 innings the Tribe got 12 runs on 10 hits with 4 walks and 2 fielding errors and in the bottom of the inning started with Jayson Nix leading off which meant that the Tribe did all this before the Jays went through the order for the first time.
But thats only have the story because the fifth inning comes and the Jays bats do something at has only been bettered once in MLB and that was 77 years ago by the Boston Red Soxs which was to hit not one, not two, but three triples in a row while the soxs had 4 in a row which was started with one out by Eric Thames, Rajai Davis, and then Jason Nix who was batted in by Cory Patterson with 2 outs to make it 12-3 and Jose Bautista came up and flied out to end the inning. Then John Farrell throw in the towel on the game and yes that means that Edwin Encarnacion was playing third base and Mike McCoy came into the game and played short and Jayson Nix moved to second so that Yunel and Arron got a break and were lifted from the game. In the sixth Matt LaPorta scored on a field choice to make it 13-3 but in the bottom of the inning Rajai hit a 3-run homer to make it 13-6 and in the seventh with two on and no out Bautista came up and hit into a double play but Mike McCoy scored to make it 13-7 and then in the ninth Bautista came up again with 2 on and no out and hit a ball hard to third went off Jack Hannahan's glove and both runners scored to it 13-9 and with 2 on again Eric Thames struck out to end the game.
These things do happen and just need to but it behind U and get ready and they did for the second half of the game and now need to get ready for the Baltimore Orioles in Maryland and need to go into Camden Yards for 3 games and win the series. Before heading to face Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium for 4 games and should win this series too as both series are winnable and the Jays need to take advantage this week against the teams at their level or below.
A week with the Orioles and the Royals
Tom Mehegan
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