Game 76 - 37 - 39 - The lights went out in St. Louis in a 4-4 game and when they came back on Bautista hit a homer to win it

So the Jays came into the game 3 runs and a .144 batting average in their last 4 games and then tonight they meet Jake WEestbrook how allowed 4 of the 7 batters he faced in the first inning and gave up 2 runs. By the time he left with one out in the fifth inning and the bases were load and the Jays were up 4-2 the Jays were 10 for 23 which is a batting average of .435 and the Jays with their one walk had a .458 on base percentage and were 4 for 11 with runners in scoring position but the Cardinals brought in Mitchell Boggs who faced Edwin Encarnacion and Rajai Davis both with the bases loaded and they both struck out swinging.

So Brandon Morrow 365 days ago ( one year ) he pitched against the St. Louis Cardinals and pitched 8 innings and had a 5 hit shutout and struck out 8 at the Rogers center and tonight he pitched against the St. Louis Cardinals and he pitched 7 innings and gave up 5 hits and struck out 9 and this time it was in St. Louis and 2 of those hits he gave up found the seats as Colby Rasmus hit a solo shot in the second inning and Matt Holliday hit a 2 run shot in the sixth. Then Morrow also walked Daniel Descalso and with a passed ball made it possible for him to score an unearned in the third so Brandon Morrow gave up 4 runs but 3 earned.

It stayed 4-4 going into the ninth inning with Eric Thames at the plate looking for his third hit of the game but before he could take a swing the lights went out for 15 minutes and he tried to put a charge into the ball but struck out instead but still was 2 for 5 with 2 doubles. Then the next batter Jose Bautista stepped to the plate and went opposite field for his third opposite field homer and 23 on the season and Cardinals Right Fielder Jon Jay was so surprised that he did not play the correctly because if he went straight up he may have caught it.

In the bottom of the ninth with the Jays scoring at least 5 runs in a game for the first time in 9 games that brought Frank Francisco in to close it down but he started 2 and 0 on Lance Berkman and on a 3 and 1 pitch he got him to ground out to Lind @ first which was followed by Colby Rasmus flying out to Jose Bautista in right field on the very next pitch before finishing off the game with a called third strike on Skip Schumaker.

The Jays finish off game one in style

Tom Mehegan