Eric Thames had a night to remember as he was tattooing the baseball all over Camden yards as went 2 for 5 with two doubles and if he had hit the ball a little higher in the first he would of had his 10th homer of the season but instead Nolan Reimold reaches above his head with his glove and if he missed it was gone as the fence at Camden Yards is 6 feet tall. Brett Lawrie in the second is a couple of walks on hit it a little bit higher for a three run homer to give the Jays a 3-0 lead and it was one of the two hits with runners in scoring position as they went 2 for 14 in the game. In the second for the Orioles Matt Wieters hit a two run shot that just cleared the wall and it was noticeable that Jays center fielder Mike McCoy was way shorter than 6 feet as he was not even close to as tall as the wall and it was 3-2 Jays and it was the seventh straight game that Brett Cecil gave up a homer and he was struggling to get the ball down for most of the game. In the fourth inning Nolan Reimold hits it softly to Brett Cecil and he should of eaten the ball as Reimond was safe at first but instead he throws the ball away and Robert Andino scored as he ws on second when the ball was hit to tie the game at 3. Then in the top of the fifth inning the Jays had bases loaded with no outs and Edwin Encarnacion hit the ball right back to the pitcher Jeremy Guthrie who throws home and Wiethers throw to first to complete a double play and Kelly Johnson flied out to end the inning and the Jays got no runs in the inning but then in the bottom of the inning Valdi got a RBI double to score a Adam Jones walk so that the Orioles a 4-3 lead. It stayed that way till the ninth when Kevin Gregg came in and did not have it as J.P. singled and was replaced Dwayne Wise as a runner and Mike McCoy walked and with Yunel squaring to bunt nobody was covering second or third so the Jays had two runners in scoring position and Yunel had a sac fly that would of almost a two run double but McCoy at third with one out he was unable to driven in because Eric Thames hit the softest ball he hit all game to shallow left field and McCoy was not able to score and the Orioles walked both Bautista and Lind to get to Encarnacion who grounded out to end the inning. Then in the tenth Kelly Johnson tripled and scored on a wild pitch ball four to Jose Molina to give the Jays the lead 5-4 and in the bottom of the inning saw the return of Brain Tallet who in 5 save opportunities had not picked up a save and just did not have it as he walked Matt Wieters and Mark Reynolds to open the inning and with one out Jake Fox singled to tie the game and then Ryan Adams a game winning ground rule double so that Tallet faced 5 Orioles and 4 of them reached base. Brett Cecil gave up 4 runs on 8 hits with 2 walks along with 4Ks in 6 innings and in the same 6 innings Jeremy Guthrie gave up 3 runs on 6 hits and walked 2 along with 5 Ks as the Jays had 9 hits and 6 walks tonight and left 10 runners on base while the Orioles were even worse leaving a 11 on base in the game.
Henderson Alvarez who is getting better every start goes up against the Guy he replaced in the rotation Jo Jo Reyes who is now 2 and 2 with the Orioles in a must win middle game for the Jays
Tom Mehegan
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