Monday, April 9, 2012

Sergio Santos needs to his finishing pitch as he blow the home opener

The Jays were up 2-1 going into the ninth inning and Sergio Santos came out of the bullpen to cheers and chanting and by the time he left he was booed and different chanting i.e. Santos suck. It was a tough two-thirds of an inning for him especially after Dustin Pedroia welcomed him with open arms as he sent his first pitch down the left field line and Eric Thames throw a great pitch to second but Kelly Johnson was not in good position after receiving and had to dive at Pedroia and did not tag him in time and then J.P. did not do him any favors as he allowed the next pitch get away from him and Pedroia was standing on third with no outs. Alex Gonzalez worked Santos for a sac fly after it was a 2 and 2 count and he had 3 chances to put him away and it was tied and Santos still had a chance to have it stay tied and allow the Jays a chance at another comeback in the ninth but after finally striking out Kevin Youkilis on four pitches. It looked like he could get out of it as he faced David Ortiz and was ahead 0 and 1 and then walked him on four pitches and then he faced Cody Ross and was a head of him 1 and 2 and had 3 pitches to put him away but instead walked him. Then there was meeting on the mound before he faced Ryan Sweeney who hit a single to score Ortiz and after a wild pitch to score Ross to make 4-2 Soxs he faced Jarrod Saltalamacchia and was ahead of him 1 and 2 and had five pitches to put him away but instead walked him and Santos left throwing 33 pitches and 18 for strikes. Santos had many chances to keep the Jays in the lead or tied but could not find that pitch he got 1.5 Ks/IP and I am thinking it will weight on him until he gets his first save as a Jay and then things will change and after throwing almost two innings worth of pitches he may not be available if the opportunity happens so the best thing would of been if Luis Perez had not taken it upon himself to run across the white line in the season opener in Cleveland Santos would of had a three-run save opportunity. The sold out crowd was insane to say the least as there fans who had drunk stuff before getting to the game and then things were thrown onto the field and finally at least two different times there were the goodbye song sung to fans and even a fight broke out in the crowd too. Colby Rasmus was a fan favorite after he had a diving catch for out number two in the top of the third and then with one out he tripled and driven home by Kelly Johnson who then was driven home by Edwin Encarnacion for the only two runs the Jays scored and Rasmus had a number Colby chants throughout the game. The Jays in the end worked Soxs starter Felix Doubront very hard as he throw over 100 pitches in five innings as he gave up 4 hits and 3 walks put could not finish off him and take control of the game but just did not get the hit at the right time in the Soxs 4-2 victory. Henderson Alvarez really only throw one bad pitch in his six inning and it was a fastball to Dustin Pedroia who launched a solo homer in the top of the sixth inning and gave up only a run on four hits and a walk but fell behind batters and when ahead he could not get strike 3 as he only two Ks in the game. Kyle Drabek on the mound tomorrow to try to even the series Tom Mehegan

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