Saturday, June 2, 2012

Kyle Drabek is let down by his defense as he pitches pretty good

If U look at Kyle Drabek numbers in today's game of 5 runs (4 earned) on 6 hits with 4 walks along with 4 ks in 6.2 innings pitch does not give Drabek justice as it was all around the top of the second with two outs when the Soxs got their damage on him as he could not get the three out of the inning. With a walk around two ks it was looking like Drabek was going to keep the game scoreless going into the bottom of the inning but Ryan Sweeney singled, Will Middlebrooks drives in the first run of the game with a RBI single, and then Nick Punto had a RBI double to cash in the second run of the game. Then with the score 2-0 Soxs the miss play of the game happened as Daniel Nava sent a ball to Colby Rasmus and he is unable to get the ball all the way into his glove as it kicks off the heel of his glove and is credited as a two-run single but Rasmus should of had it and another step towards the plate he has the catch and instead of it only being 2-0 it is 4-0. Jeff Mathis hits a solo homer in the third and it become the 7 straight Jays run on solo homers in the past three games but in the same inning the Jays had the bases juiced Rasmus kills the inning by getting under a ball and popping it sky high to third base to end the inning and the Jays are down 4-1. In the top of the fourth inning the Jays infielder became spectators as Kevin Youkilis doubles off the wall and instead of Yunel Escobar taken a step back to field the really the ball goes over his head and nobody is backing him up as Drabek is watching the play on the mound and is not in position as it gets by him and Lawrie is at third base even though he does not need to be and the balls ends up rolling all the way into foul ground at third. Kevin Youkilis is standing on third and scored on a double play and would of not scored if someone had kept that ball in front of them and Bautista even though he made a great play getting that ball back into the infield is charged with error and an unearned run and what should of been three unearned was the difference in the ball game as the Soxs won 7-4 and leap frog the Jays in the standings. The Jays had two solo homers in the game as Bautista ended a 2 for 19 streak leading off the bottom of the fifth while Kelly Johnson had a RBI single in the fourth and Brett Lawrie had a RBI double in the eighth as the Jays were still down 6-3 but also ended the inning by trying to steal third and was caught as his decision making was horrible along with his timing. The Bullpen gave up single runs in the eighth and ninth as Ryan Sweeney hit a ball with the bases loaded to first and Edwin if he charges the ball may of had a play at home but it looked like he was only looking for a double play ball and when he did not get it he went to the bag for the easy out. In the ninth Nick Punto lead off of Carlos Villanueva as he crushed his first major league homer and got the silent treatment but still did get the ball as someone did throw it back. The Jays got a very nice crowd of over 43 thousand and will get the same tomorrow for Yunel Escobar bubble head day but hopefully can take the finally Tom Mehegan

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