Saturday, June 23, 2012

Colby Rasmus blow the game open with his third salami

So the Jays went into the ninth inning being baffled by Josh Johnson of the Marlins as he pitched a two hitter over 7 innings pitched with two walks and 7 ks and just kept the Jays on their toes all game. Both of his walks came in the second inning as he walked both Edwin Encarnacion and Kelly Johnson to open the inning and the Jays produced a run from this by having two straight sac bunts by Yunel Escobar and Rajai Davis to give the Jays a 1-0 lead in the game. Behind Brett Cecil the lead lasted a very long time as he pitched a very good game and after not being able to throw low strikes early on as he throw 20 of his first 43 pitches for balls as he walked three batters in the first three innings and kept the ball up because that was how he was getting strikes but the Marlins were not making him pay and he was getting those tough third outs with ease. He ended up throwing 61 of his 98 pitches for strikes in the game and going into the seventh inning he had shut down the Marlins on three hits and four walks and left the game in the seventh after given up a bunt single to Justin Ruggiano and he was driven home by Omar Infante who doubled to tie up the game at one. The Jays bullpen pitched extremely well as Jason Frasor got a ground out followed by two ks to end the inning and behind a 1-2-3 inning by Darren Oliver the Jays headed to the ninth still tied. The Marlins bullpen behind Josh Johnson exploded like the fourth of July (or Canada Day) as after Steve Cishek got two quick outs in the eighth on 4 pitches getting the third out was a whole different ball game as he struggled to walk Brett Lawrie and gave up a single to Kelly Johnson but got Bautista to get under a pitch and pop it to center to end the inning. He was diffidently not as lucky in the ninth as Edwin Encarnacion tattooed a slider to give the Jays a 2-1 lead and opened the flood gates as the Jays beat up the Marlins bullpen for 6 runs and sent 11 batters to the platre and Colby crushed a grandslam to right field to finish off the Marlins as the Jays picked up the first two games in south beach with a 7-1 victory. Jays looking for another sweep on Sunday

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