Friday, July 6, 2012
Jays throw away another one
The Jays early on had Jake Peavy struggling to catch his breath in the 90 degree weather in Chicago as had two on the first but did not get a run and then all the Jays could mustard was a solo shot to lead off the inning for the Jays only run until a run in the ninth as they fall to the Chisoxs 4-3. In the third the Jays left a single and a walk on and in the fourth they left a single on and through the first four innings the Jays had 5 hits and two walks and stranded 6 runners. Jake Peavy settled down retiring the last 11 batters and Matt Thornton retired the last two batters of the eighth and the Soxs retired 13 straight Jays going into the ninth were their closer Addison Reed walked Encarnacion and Adam Lind singled him to third where Yunel Escobar gets under a 1-0 pitch and he gaps it and two runs should of scored but it hung up in the air a little to long and instead it was a very long sac fly and Rajai Davis grounds out into a double play to end the game.
Arron Laffy for the Jays was dealing through four innings on two hits and a walk and only had a 1-0 cushion going into the fifth and that is when Rajai Davis's D brings the Jays down as with a Dayan Viciedo double to lead off Alexei Ramirez singles to Rajai who picks it up and throws home to try and get the runner the ball has way too much air under it and misses everyone as it goes to the backstop and Ramirez is standing on third in a 1-1 game. The next batter Gordon Beckham loops a ball in between Brett and Rajai so Lawrie flips the ball to Rajai and it goes right off his glove and Gordon is on second because Rajai could not catch the ball and then with two outs Gordon scores on a Youkilis RBI single and caps a three-run inning where Rajai's mistakes cost the Jays two bases and an unearned run to Laffy. In the sixth with one out A. J. Pierzynski hit a homer off Laffy to give the Chisoxs a 4-1 lead and finish their scoring as Laffy pitched 6 innings and gave up 4 runs (3 earned) on eighth hits and a walk and like his other two starts this deserves a better result as he picked up his first lose of the season. While Jesse Chavez pitched the final two innings for the Jays and gave the Jays a chance to make the comeback that did not happen.
Two more games until the break the Jays need to battle stronger then their last two games
Tom Mehegan
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