Saturday, September 22, 2012

Antony Gose unable to hold onto a catch and Rays take control

The Jays were down 5-2 going into the fifth inning ans came up with some key at bats against Rays reliever Jake McGee as Anthony Gose and Brett Lawrie both singled to open the fifth and then after two quick outs Adam Lind hit a liner to Desmond Jennings who decided to dive after the ball and missed the ball and it went for a two-run triple to trim the Rays lead to 5-4. Brad Lincoln came in for the unsuccessful Brandon Morrow and quickly got Jeff Keppinger to hit a ball into the gap between center and right fielder and Anthony Gose who was in Center and ran the ball down and had to leave his feet to make the grab in the webbing of his glove for the first out of the inning but he hit the ground very hard and when the hit the ground it popped out of his glove and ended up a double. It was a huge play of the game as if the catch Lincoln ends up with a pretty clean inning only given up a tough double to Ben Francisco down the third base line past a diving Brett Lawrie but with the ball coming out of the glove it really gave the Rays an extra out and they took complete advantage of it as they collected 6 runs and put the game to bed as they went onto a huge 11-5 victory. It was the 38 inning of 4 or more and it was the eighth time this season against the Jays with the crushing blows were a pair of two-run homers by Jose Molina and B.J. Upton. The Jays got to Matt Moore in the first and was a pitch away from finishing him off in the first inning as he allowed the first three batters to reach base including an Edwin Encarnacion RBI single and Adam Lind had a sac fly to make it 2-0 but Yunel Escobar and Moses Sierra were unable to drive in a run. Moore only lasted 2.2 innings and picked up a hit and a walk the rest of the way but Joe Madden did not fell safe with Moore on the mound and had a real quick hook to make sure the Rays stayed in the game. Brandon Morrow throw 38 pitches in the first inning and walked 3 Rays and gave up a run as he walked Ben Francisco with the bases loaded but he came back in the second he did not fare much better as he throw 31 more pitches and was totally damaged by an Evan Longoria two out three-run homer to put the Rays ahead to stay 4-2. Brandon Morrow pitched a 11 pitch third inning but in the fourth he gave up a solo homer to Desmond Jennings and left the game only pitching 3.2 innings and throw 96 pitches and gave up 5 runs on 5 hits but walked four and his 42 balls really drove up his pitch count. Brett Lawrie and Rajai Davis both two of the Jays 10 hits while Jose Molina, Jeff Keppinger, and Desmond Jennings all had three of the Rays 15 his. Yunel Escobar is not hearing it yet from the fans but Baltimore maybe different on Monday and diffidently at the Rogers Centre next weekend Tom Mehegan

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