Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Jays bullpen not able to finish the seventh

Just like the first game on the road trip a close game was turned into a blowout for the opponents as the A's were up 2-1 with no on and two outs in the top of the deventh inning and by the time the Jays got that final out in the seventh it was 7-1 A's and it was basically over with the A's bullpen shutting down the Jays and take the opener 7-2. So Chad Beck came into the game to start the seventh and got two quick outs before given up a double to Brandon Hicks and RBI triple to Jamie Weeks and that brought in J.A. Happ who gave up a RBI double to Coco Crisp and then he walked the bases loaded which brought up Yoenis Cespedes for the kill shot as he had a three run single to cap the inning. J.A. Happ when he finally got out of the inning settled down and retired the last 7 A's of the game so Farrell may look to bring him in to start innings as he is more of a starter. The Jays ended up getting an extremely impressive outing from Brett Cecil who looked to be on the same page as J.P. Arencibia tonight and throw in his curve ball in the right situations for strikeouts and ended up getting 8 Ks and gave up two runs on 5 hits with 2 walks. For Cecil it was one pitch again to put him in the loser cycle and it was a juicy fat sinker that did not sink and Derek Norris took him deep for a two run homer in the second. Travis Blackley started for the A's and he pitched very well and kept the Jays off balance for seven innings and gave up the same 5 hits and k'd the same 8 Jays and did walk one instead of two and gave up the same amount of homers as Cecil but it was a solo shot to Travis Snider in the third. The Jays could of pounced on him in the first couple of innings as he fell behind a few Jays and worked his way back and the first hitter for the Jays Brett Lawrie set the tone for the Jays as he singled and moved to second on a wild pitch but when Colby Rasmus hit a ball to Josh Reddick Lawrie tried to advance to third and it was close but was erased at third by a great throw. Lawrie had three hits in the game including a double and J.P. Arencibia hit his third homer in the ninth in as many games. It is a key homestand with the wildcard leading A's in town and the central leading Tigers on the weekend Tom Mehegan

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