Saturday, April 28, 2012

Brandon Morrow does not a walk a M in a shutout victory

The top of the Jays order has been poorer than poor with their top 4 batters under .226 coming into the game and today they finally got things done in the third as Yunel Escobar and kelly Johnson with one out both single and Jose Bautista rips a ball on the screws to the M's third baseman Kyle Seager and he catch a break finally and he picks up a RBI on a force ball as it kicks off Seager's glove to score Escobar and then Adam Lind hits a ground-rule double to Johnson and for good measure Edwin Encarnacion has a sac fly to score Bautista before Lind is caught off second and is tagged out to end the inning and the Jays lead 3-0. Brandon Morrow was cruising into the fourth inning retiring the seven batters he faced and had only given up 2 singles so far and that is when with one out Justin Smoak tattooed a ball to deep center field which looked like huge trouble but Colby Rasmus made brilliant catch and kept Morrow focused and it was a point in the game right after the Jays get a run that the opponents usually answer back and thanks to Rasmus's catch it did not happen. Then in the top of the fifth inning Kelly Johnson calls for a simply catch off the bat of Miguel Olivo with a runner at second but Adam Lind was there and as Lind moved away their feet got tangled and the ball fell harmlessly on the turf and Johnson was charged with an error that put runners on the corners with one out but Morrow was able to strikeout Brendan Ryan and got Chone Figgins to ground out to end the inning. Those the tough situations for Morrow in the game where he kept the ball down and K'd 9 and allowed 5 hits over six innings pitched and did not walk a batter which in his 44 starts of 6 or more innings pitched is the first time that he has not walked a batter which is great thing to see. The top of the order came alive again in the bottom of the eighth inning as Johnson had his second hit of the night which was a single and Bautista had a groud-rule double as they a look at a lady in the crowd with a hat with huge eyes on top of it and a sign that read I will trade U my hat for your bat which was quite funny. Then Adam Lind was walked intentionally to bring up Edwin Encarnacion with the bases juiced and he unloaded on a ball down in the zone and sent it into the M's bullpen to set the stadium a buzz and gave the Jays a 7-0 victory. The Bullpen off Jason Frasor (gave up a single in the seventh), Darren Oliver (who set them down in order in the eighth), and Carlos Villanueva (walk the lead off hitter in the ninth and then retired the three batters in order) and ended up pitching three innings of 1 hit ball with the only walk in the game and Villanueva k'd Miguel Olivo who became the 13th M's batter to get k'd in the game. It was nice to see the top of the order make some noise Tom Mehegan

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