Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The Rays went deep four times off Jays pitching

The Rays took the Jays for a ride as they hit four homers off Jays pitchers in a 12-2 Rays run away victory with Brandon Morrow given up three homers in his 6 innings of work and gave up 6 runs on 8 hits and it started very quickly as the second batter that he faced Ben Zobrist smacked a two-run homer and then gave up solo shots to both Matt Joyce and Sean Rodriguez in the sixth inning. Brandon Morrow was throwing first pitch balls to 15 of the 28 batters he faced and when he throw a first pitch strike the Rays were all over it and turned it around more often then not got a hit on those first pitch strikes. David Price did not get comfortable until the third inning as the Jays put up a run in the first on a Bautista RBI single and then scored a run on a Jeff Mathis solo homer in the second inning and then Price retired 7 of the next 9 batters to get into the fifth inning and then Kelly Johnson hit into a double play with a lead off single from Yunel Escobar. He gave up a single in the sixth before Wade Davis came in and shut the Jays down until the eighth inning where the Jays got two on with one out in a 6-2 Rays lead but both Colby Rasmus and Eric Thames got K'd by Joel Peralta. Carlos Villanueva came in after not pitching in over a week and it showed as he hit Jose Molina and then Sean Rodriguez reached on a fielding error by Brett Lawrie and with one out he intentionally walks Ben Zobrist to load the bases and walked in a run as he walked Carlos Pena and then Evan Longoria had a RBI single and then Luke Scott smoked a grandslam and Villaneuva gave up 6 runs on 2 hits, 2 walks, a hit batter, and a fielding error as he faced 9 players and throw 34 pitches and only throw a strike half the time. Henderson Alvarez will pitch the rubber match of the series and the homestand as they are 4-4 on the homestand with one final game before going to KC Tom Mehegan

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