Sunday, May 6, 2012
Luck was not on the Jays side as Angels even the series
Jays were very unlucky in a 4-2 Angels victory in which Albert Pujols got his first homer as an Angel and it only took him 111 at bats to get it in the fifth inning a two-run job and was the different in their win.
The luck left them in the fourth Maicer Izturis singled and Pujols up he steals second on what looked like a foul off by Pujols and then he scores when Mark Trumbo hit a ball back at Drew Hutchison and kicks off his leg for a RBI single. Then with two outs Alberto Callaspo hits a dying quail to Eric Thames and Thames dove for it and barely missed it and the Angels take a 2-1 lead on that play. The Umps were nice to the Jays in the fifth when Colby Rasmus was clearing out on a pick off move by Angels starterJerome Williams and then the Jays were unable to put it up on the scoreboard as Kelly Johnson and Thames struck out to end the inning. Their luck was really not with them in the eighth as Adam Lind lead off with a walk and Rajai Davis was brought in to pinch run and on the pitch that Edwin Encarnacion sees is up and in and he turns right shoulder to see the ball it hits his bat with the bat still on his shoulder for a foul tip as Rajai was running and had stolen second base and had to back to first and then Edwin pops the ball up in front of the plate as Rajai is running and he slides into second base and has no close where the ball is and Erick Aybar comes over and stands on the first base side of second and pounds his glove like he has the ball and Rajai is out and Rajai is of course at first base. This was really cheap on Erick Aybar part as Rajai would who had to have gone through him to get back to first as he was standing in the base pass and I guess if he know where the ball was he probably be back at first on interference but it still was a classless move. The bad luck continued in the ninth inning when with one out J.P. Arenciba gets his third hit of the game a single and is on first but Angels closer Scott Downs on the play catches something on the mound and has to leave the game and LaTroy Hawkins comes in and after a long warm up throws one pitch to Omar Vizquel who lines it back to Hawkins who catches it and the pinch runner Jeff Mathis is doubled up a first.
The Jays split the series in Anaheim and that is pretty good now they have a day off before facing the A's for 2 Tuesday and Wednesday
Tom Mehegan
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