Saturday, June 9, 2012
Jays continue to struggle against Atlanta pitching
Jays have now lost 8 straight in Atlanta as they meet another Braves pitcher that had their number and it was Tommy Hanson who held the Jays to 5 hits and walked one while striking out 6 Jays on his way to a 8 inning gem. he had only two mistakes in the game with one little one followed by a big no-no pitch as in the sixth inning as falls behind 3-0 with two outs to Colby Rasmus who turns around a 3-1 pitch for a single which was followed by Jose Bautista's 5 homer game in his last 7 games and it was the only two runs the Jays scored in the 5-2 Braves victory.
The Jays sent Drew Hutchison to the mound and besides Micheal Bourne who had two of the Braves 7 hits off of Hutchison it turned out that the third inning was the real damaging inning off him and it was a two out walk to Brian McCann where Hutchison walked him on four pitches with Bourne already on base and the next batter Dan Uggla made him pay dearly as he hit a three-run jack to give the Braves and Hanson all the run support he would need. Hutchison then settle down retiring the next 9 of 10 Braves he faced as he only gave up a single to Jose Constanza but his first pitch in the seventh was hammered by Andrelton Simmons major league first homer and two pitches later he gave up another single to Constanza and he ended up given up 5 runs on 7 hits with an extremely costly walk while striking out 7. Luis Perez finished the last 1.2 innings for the Jays but allowed Bourne's third hit of the night and 6 hit of the series so far which was a RBI double to score Constanza.
The Jays look to Ricky tomorrow to get them a win in Atlanta as he heads into what was a gem of a pitchers duel match-up last season against Tim Hudson who did all the scoring for the Braves with a two-run homer off Ricky
Tom Mehegan
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