Derek Holland went the distance on a four hit complete game shutout and it was his third in his last five starts and the Jays were only able to put together four singles and a walk while striking out six times and Jose Bastista had two of the hits in the game. While Brad Mills in his first appearance of 2011 pitched seven innings of six hit baseball with three walks ( an intentional walk included) and the big hit of the game was Mitch Moreland's two-run homer in the second with Mike Napoli's lead off single on and it made it 2-0 Rangers and then in his next appearance @ the plate Moreland got hit by a Brad Mills fastball as he loaded the bases in the fourth after retiring the first two batters of the inning but ended up getting Chris Davis to ground out to end the inning a hour or so before he would be traded to the Orioles for Koji Uehara. While Holland got into a little jam in the bottom of the second when with two outs Rajai Davis and Johnny Mac got a bunt single but then J.P. was caught looking to end the inning and Holland got some added run support when Mike Napoli hit his 15th homer in the eighth inning to make the final 3-0 Rangers.
Yunel Escobar on a ground ball Ian Kinsler who throw him out but Yunel thought he was safe so he argued the call and was ejected by first base umpire in the sixth inning so Arron Hill came off the bench to play second and Mac moved over to shortstop to finish the game. So tomorrow for the rubber match of the weekend were Brandon Morrow and C.J. Wilson battle to see who wins the game on Roberto Alomar jersey retirement and bobble head game and I will be in attendance to see it all go down.
Lets see if the Jays can win the series
Tom Mehegan
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