Monday, October 1, 2012

Jays make a big comeback against the Twins in front of a couple of people

The Jays got were down 4-1 to the Twins after five innings and thanks to a mistake by Twins Trevor Plouffe in the sixth inning when he played a double play ball off the bat of Adeiny Hechavarria with the bases loaded with one out and he throw home to cut down Brett Lawrie instead of getting the inning ending double play. The Jays got an extra chance with the bases loaded and Jeff Mathis came through with a two-run double to cut the Twins lead to 4-3. The Jays got a five for five night from their first basemen as Adam Lind went 4 for 4 with two RBIs and was replaced by Mike McCoy as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the seventh inning after a RBI double to cut the lead to 5-4. Yan Gomez came into the game to play first base and he came up with two outs and on a 1-0 pitch crushed a solo homer to send the game to extras in his only at bat of the game and it was his fourth homer of the season. In extra innings Brandon Lyon came in for the tenth inning and immediately got in trouble as Chris Parmelee doubled off him on a 0-1 pitch to start the inning and then Lyon hit the next batter Alexi Casilla but Matt Carson bunted and Jeff Mathis throw out Parmelee at first for a key first out of the inning. Then with one out Lyon walked Denard Span to load the bases and then Lyon buckled down and got Drew Butera to pop up to Kelly Johnson at second then did what he has done all season long as he k'd Pedro Florimon to end the inning and it was his 83RD of the season. The Jays had a little problem in the bottom of the inning to win as J.P. at the plate and Adeiny Hechavarria at second he strike out but the ball got away from Drew Butera and Drew Butera hit J.P. in the batting helmet with the ball and it would of scored Hechavarria would of scored the winning run but the home plate ump called J.P. out for running out of the base path for out number two. This call by Marvin Hudson was correct call but John Farrell still came out to argue the call and was tossed but in the end Anthony Gose came through with a two out RBI game winning hit and all of this in front of the lowest crowd of the season at just over 12 thousand. The Twins got a performance from Trevor Plouffe who had a 2 for three night and his two hits were very important as in the second inning he erased a Jays 1-0 lead with a two-run homer and then in the third inning he doubled in a run and finished with three RBIs in the game. Jays crowds of over two million fans were amazing this season Tom Mehegan

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