Edwin Encarnacion drove in the winning run with a RBI single in the tenth inning as the Jays won 5-4 and kept their perfect extra innings record @ the Rogers Centre this season. The Jays had a good game from Jose Bautista after getting a day off yesterday and went 3 for 4 with his 34th homer which had followed Eric Thames 7th homer to go with Thames's RBI ground out. Then there was Brett Lawrie who had his only hit in the ninth inning which was a RBI double to tie the game at 4 all and even though Bautista had a good game but the guy who was born on the same day as Bautista who is Rajai Davis did not as he was a pinch hitter for Thames in the eighth inning and did fight off a lot of pitches and after he hit the ball on the ground he got hurt running to first and it turns out that he has a torn hamstring and Mike McCoy is back once again. Johnny Mac had another two hits again and he is now hitting .248 as he took Arron Hill's spot in the lineup again and it was surprising to see no Hill two games in a row.
Brett Cecil struggled @ the beginning of the game after getting the first two Angels in order he gave up a single to Bobby Abreu and that was followed by Torii Hunter hit a two-run homer to give the Angels a 2-0 lead and then he gave up 3 hits over the next 6 inning but he still gave up a RBI sac fly to Alberto Callaspo to score Peter Bourjos who had hit a triple in the third to give the Angels a 3-0 lead and the final run scored when Peter Bourjos doubled in Bobby Wilson's double. The Angels starter Dan Haren took the 3-0 lead and slowly the Jays got back into the game and gave up 3 runs on 5 hits with 5 Ks and left with the lead so the pitching was as good as advertised and the Jays ended up 3 and 3 on the six game home stand and if the Jays were a better team they would of taken at least 2 of 3 from the A's to give them a 4 and 2 home stand.
So the Jays are two games over 500 again and the Jays are heading to the west coast for a week with the M's (3) and the A's (4) so lets hope for a good road trip
Tom Mehegan
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