Saturday, May 26, 2012

Jays battle for 13 innings but run out of fuel in the end

So the Jays got through another frustration Henderson Alvarez first inning as they were down 2-0 after the Rangers first at bat as the Rangers first two batters reached on a double (Ian Kinsler) and a non throw by Henderson himself (Elvis Andrus) and they scored as Henderson settled down by getting the next batters in order with a pass ball charged to J.P.. Then in the next four innings he gave up 5 hits and a walk and battled back and did not allow another run to score as the Jays battled back in the game starting with third inning with two on and no out for the heart of the order of Rasmus (hitting second), Bautista, and Encarnacion and the runners did get moved over but in fifth Rasmus delivered a two-run homer off the fair/foul pole to tie the game. Then in the sixth David Cooper and Omar Vizquel both had RBI single to give the Jays a 4-2 and Henderson Alvarez got to quick outs in the bottom of the sixth but Nelson Cruz stepped up and hit a 1-0 pitch into the seats, Yorvit Torrealba hit a 1-0 pitch into the seats, and finally Mitch Moreland hit a 3-1 pitch into the seats to give the Rangers back-to-back-to-back homers to take a 5-4 lead. Then it very strange but because Henderson Alvarez got ahead of Ian Kinsler 0 and 2 or that he throw a 1 and 2 pitch inside after Kinsler had fouled off a pitch and it was not that Kinsler jumped away from the pitch but it was that home plate ump Marty Foster throw Alvarez out of the game for pitch that did not hit Kinsler and did not come even close to hitting him and there had not been any worryings dished out with the only reason to throw him out was because of the three homers in a row and it happened on the 5 pitch of the at bat. This gotten even stranger when Kinsler was hit to lead off the ninth and Craig Gentry both by Casey Janssen and he allowed to pitch after both of the hit batters as J.P. singled Bautista home to tie the game in the seventh. The Jays battled to take another lead in 13th inning on another RBI single by Omar Vizquel and then he scored on a miss catch by Nelson Cruz on a fly ball by Yunel Escobar to give the Jays a 7-5 lead. In the bottom of the inning Ryota Igarashi came in and walked Kinsler and he was doubled home by Elvis Andrus and Josh Hamilton won the game when Jason Frasor came in and Hamilton unloaded on his 20th homer of season who was the only hitter Frasor faced. I do not understand why Farrell used him bullpen because Luis Perez only pitched an inning and a pitch and in a tie ball game with a short bullpen he should of scratched him out for two or three innings and if he wanted to use Janssen why not wait it later and Cordero could of been that pitcher behind Darren Oliver who pitched 2.1 innings because it does just does not make scents as U left two pitchers who had thrown over 40 pitches the night before as your last line of defense. Why was Ryota Igarashi not optioned out for a fresh arm with that short bullpen it of been an easy decision and will likely optioned tonight so the Jays have someone in the pen behind Kyle Drabek tomorrow in hopes of getting a second victory on this week long road trip. It looks like a pitchers duel tomorrow between Kyle and Yu Tom Mehegan

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