Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Ricky Romero pitches better but Hughes pitches better
Ricky Romero and Phil Hughes had 7 innings of what u can do I can do beat and in the end Romero ended up as the tough luck loser as the Yanks came up with a 2-1 victory. Ricky Romero put up 2 runs on 5 hits and that would be probably the best performance in a while but Phil Hughes remembers giving up 7 runs on 9 hits on August 12 against the Jays in the Bronx in only 4 innings and tonight he gave up a run on 4 hits. Hughes did walk a batter more than Ricky (3-2)and Ricky did k an extra batter (6-5) and in the end it came down to some inexperience as Adeiny Hechavarria in the third forgot who was at the plate and as it was Ichiro who got a ground ball and with a runner on first looked at second before throwing to first cost the Jays an out that came back to hurt them as one of the extra batters Nick Swisher singled in the first run of the game. Then later in the game in the sixth inning the Jays had Phil Hughes on the ropes as he walked Colby Rasmus and Edwin Encarnacion to start the inning and Adam Lind flied out deep enough to move Rasmus to third but Yunel Escobar flared a ball to Robertson Cano at second that had a chance of getting over his head but Colby on contact started home and was doubled up to end the inning. Adeiny Hechavarria in the fifth hit his first ever homer in the majors to cut the Yanks lead from 2-0 to 2-1 in the fifth and if Colby had played it smarter he could of tied the game and the Jays only had a single in the last three innings and Rafael Soriano picked up his 34 save of the season.
Moses Sierra who will get more opportunity in right field with Jose Bautista having season ending surgery had two hits and Jayson Nix who claim to unfame will be the guy who ended Mariano Rivera's career had two hits as well.
J.A. Happ who has been spectacular since joining the jays will be pitching the finale
Tom Mehegan
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