J.P. comes off the bench in the ninth to collect a game winning hit in the bottom of the ninth

So the Jays had three hits going into the ninth inning and he made the beast of it as in with a Yunel Escobar walk on Jose Bautista in the first who got a reprieve when Orioles catcher Craig Tatum dropped the ball that if he had held onto it would of probably called strike three and on the very next pitch he smocked a 200 level two run homer his 41st on the season. While in the second Brett Lawrie hit a solo homer his ninth of the season but the Jays would be down 4-3 going into the bottom of the ninth. With one out Kevin Gregg came in and struck out Brett Lawrie for out number two but then Gregg fell apart as he walked Kelly Johnson which was followed by a Jose Molina single and the bases were loaded by Gregg hitting Adam Loewen and then Gregg throw a wild pitch to tie the game as Kelly Johnson's walked score with J.P. at the plate who hit a game winning RBI single to win the game for the Jays 5-4.

Henderson Alvarez pitched 7 innings and he started the game by getting two quick outs in the first three inning but then the Orioles put together hits to score a single in each of the innings as Chris Davis had a two out RBI single in the first and in the second Matt Angle had a two out RBI single scoring a lead off single by Kyle Hudson. In the third inning Chris Davis did it again with a two out RBI double and in the fourth inning Brett Lawrie made a great play with two outs to end the inning when Craig Tatum hit a soft grounder to third and almost beat it out infield hit and from that point on Alvarez only gave up a single to Matt Angle and a walk to Chris Davis as he ended his start by retiring 12 of the last 14 Orioles to face him and he gave up 3 runs on 9 hits with a walk to go with his 4Ks.

Yunel Escobar was hit a very nasty pitch that ended up almost at second base and was in a lot of pain and maybe sitting down for the tomorrow and could be back Tuesday when Colby Rasmus returns as he is going to be playing in the playoffs with New Hampshire Fisher Cats today and tomorrow and comeback Tuesday against the Red Sox.

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Tom Mehegan