Sunday, July 1, 2012
Jays battle back but the bullpen does not show up
So the Jays went into the eighth inning tied 3-3 and coming back from a three run deficit in the sixth but Francisco Cordero comes in and faces 5 batters and allowed 4 hits and 3 for extra bases and got really lucky that J.P. make a caught on a foul ball for the only out he record but Cordero gave up three runs as he totally looked foolish in the game and got booed off the field by almost 35 thousand. So Cordero looked really silly when he got upset with a pitch off the plate Mark Trout and then leaves the next pitch up in the zone and the all-star tattoos it for a lead off homer and then Mike Trumbo cracks a two-run homer. Jesse Chavez came in and clean up Cordero mess in the eighth as he got two quick outs but came back in the ninth forgot how to pitch he gave up three singles and a walk along a sac bunt and sac fly as he was charged with 4 earned runs and everybody was running for exits but Rasmus did pad his stats in the ninth with three run homer to make it 10-6 Angels and a split series.
The tone was set very early as in the first Rajai Davis who was playing right field for all-star Jose Bautista (who DH) caught an Albert Pujols fly ball but as he tried to throw the ball in he dropped it and Trout who was moving up on the play to third did not stop and scored the first run of the game with smart base running. In the bottom of the inning Jose Bautista strikes out swinging and the ball just flies and instead of running to first because he know he did not tip it he waits for the ump James Hoye and as the catchers waiting for a call from the ump he just standing there. On the play the only person paying attention is Colby Rasmus who was on third but because Jose just stood at home for a long time before running it was incorrectly called a foul ball and two pitches later Bautista lines out into a double play as Rasmus was running on contact with one out.
This started a very confusing game for James Hoye as he in fourth inning starts to bring his hand up to call a strike but thinks better of it and makes the right call on Encarnacion on a pitch quite a bit off the plate and he walks and Mike Scioscia looking for a gift and wants it called a strike even though he did not go up with hands for a strike and made sure everyone know it was a ball. Scioscia had a talk with Hoye and the crew chief and was very animated and looked very silly but not as much as he did in the sixth inning when Hoye calls Lawrie safe at home on a collision play with the catcher as the catcher did not tag him and Lawrie did not touch the plate but then a made dash for home was clearly one by Lawrie's foot touching the plate before the catcher tagged him and Scioscia went nuts and was ejected from the game.
The game all in all started with two starters dealing extremely well as Aaron Laffey pitched 6 strong innings and only gave up 4 hits and truly only had one pitch that cost him as Alberto Callaspo hit a two-run homer to give the Angels a 3-0 lead. While C.J. Wilson for the Angels heads into the sixth inning given up only two singles, two walks, and a hit batter but in the sixth he turned into a pumpkin as nothing went right for him and lost the strike zone completely as he walked three and had his defense just fall apart in the inning as Howard Kendrick boots a double play ball and he only gave up one single and two runs scored in the inning. Colby Rasmus helped the Angels in the sixth when he charged home on a shallow fly ball to Torri hunter and was out at the plate for a double play and maybe Adam Lind with one out comes up with the bases loaded and does something to help the Jays take the lead but J.P. still hit his 11 homer a solo shot in the seventh to get the Jays even.
Royals for four need the series if not the sweep as their pitching is in worse shape than the Jays
Tom Mehegan
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