Sunday, July 15, 2012
Carlos had the flair and the Jays had the bats in the third
Carlos Villanueva in his fourth start of the season had a bit a flair for the dramatics in the jays 3-0 shutout of the Indians as he walked two batters in the sixth inning and after pitching coach Bruce Walten came out to give him a breather and Farrell gave him Casey Kotchman as his last batter of the game because if he did not get him out Jason Frasor was coming in but Villanueva struck out Kotchman to end the inning and give him a new career high in Ks as it was his eighth of the game. Villanueva scattered 3 hits over his sixth inning along with his 5 walks and he still had the flair early on in the game when Micheal Bradley picked up his eighth hit of the series to lead off the second inning with a double and Kotchman flied out to Bautista and Bradley tagged and moved to third so Villanueva had a runner at third with one out and he battled Johnny Damon and got him to pop up to Kelly Johnson and then struck out Jack Hannahan to end the inning and he used a strike out of Damon to end the fourth with two on. In the fifth inning Villanueva got a great defensive gem by Edwin Encarnacion who snagged a ball at the first base bag off the bat of Asdrubal Cabrera and stepped on first and throw out Hannahan at second for an unusual double play and Villanueva with runners in scoring position he did not allow an Indian hit as the Indians went 0 for 7 in the game with runners in that situation.
Kevin Lowe almost went pitch for pitch with Villanueva as he gave up three hits and four walks over his sixth inning and he had 5 ks instead of the 8 Villanueva but the game was decided like yesterday in the third inning as Lowe lsot his control as he walked Kelly Johnson and with one out J.P. singled in Johnson with the first run of the game with one out. Then with two outs the heart of the order did it stuff as Colby singled in J.P. and after Bautista singled Encarnacion and Lind both walked and Lind's drove in the third run of the game.
Darren Oliver had a great two inning save to finish off the Indians and win the series for the Jays and Jose Bautista ended up with two of the Jays 5 hits in the game
Tom Mehegan
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