Friday, August 31, 2012

Brandon Morrow and the outfield steal one from the Rays

So the game came down to the top of the ninth with the Jays up 2-1 and Closer Casey Janssen on the mound and after a Jeff Keppinger single to open the inning. He was replaced by Elliot Johnson and on a single by Carlos Pena to right field and Johnson tried to score the tying run and Moses Sierra throw a frozen rope to Jeff Mathis at the plate and Johnson tried to hit Mathis as hard as possible to knock the ball loose but Mathis held on to end the game. Elliot Johnson got the worst of it as Mathis went in tagged him and immediately fell back as Johnson went full speed onto home plate as he dove onto it and had to have a coach take him under his arm and walked him back to the dugout. This was not the only outfield assist in the game as Rajai Davis with first and second with one out in the second inning of a scoreless game Ryan Roberts singled to left field and Matt Joyce tried to score from second and Mathis blocked the plate and Rajai throw a perfect throw to the plate to get him. After Desmond Jennings to lead off the third inning and then B.J. Upton singled Brandon Morrow settled down and retired 14 of the last 17 hitters while given up three separate doubles that did not hurt him. He went 6.2 innings and gave up a run on eight hits with a walk and 5ks and has continued to throw strikes and not walk batters as 67 of his 102 pitches were strikes and he has been able to fight out of jams that would of sent him to the showers early. Steve Delbar got four outs and 2 ks to get the Jays to the ninth and Janssen even though he gave up two singles still picked up save 19 and gotten saves in the last 3 games and had an opportunity for four in five if it was not for Jeter's homer Monday which means the Jays are getting the lead into the seventh so that the pen can do what they have been doing all season. The Jays were out hit 10-4 but out homered the Rays 2-1 as Moses Sierra hit his third to lead off the bottom of the third to tie the game up and then Edwin Encarnacion with one in the fourth hit a monster shot for his 34 homer of the season and sent the fans home happy along with picking up two hits in the game. The Rays have now lost 11 games when their pitchers in a game have given up two of fewer runs in a game including at least 6 in August and now to help to try to get more offense they have picked up Ben Francisco (yes that guy who was on the Jays bench most of the season). Jays are getting the pitching again Tom Mehegan

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