R.A. Dickey produces a quality start for the Jays

R.A. Dickey went into the seventh inning and became the first Jays starter to get an out in the seventh inning this season and finished with a very quick 6.1 inning performance and just gave a run on 5 hits. Jays behind the performance of R.A. Dickey the Jays went onto win 3-2 and are now 5 and 6 and looking to come home with a sweep of the Royals and a .500 record. The Jays faced James Shield and just like he did as a Tampa Ray just baffled the Jays bats and the Jays only had 2 hits in the game as Shields went the whole game and his only problem was that he allowed 5 bases runners and three of them scored. Maicer Izturis got the first hit for the game in the third inning by doubling to open the inning and R.A.'s personal catcher Henry Blanco moved him to third with a sac fly to right field and then Jose Reyes replacement from Buffalo Munenori Kawasaki had a RBI sac fly to bring home Izturis to put the Jays up 1-0. In the sixth inning Munenori Kawasaki was at it again as he walked to lead off the inning and moved to second on an one out ground ball by Melky Cabrera and took third on a wild pitch but then it did not matter as he walked home as Jose Bautista crushed his third homer of the season to left field to give the Jays a 3-0 lead that they would not give up. R.A. Dickey had problems in the first inning as he gave up a double to Salvador Perez after walking Billy Butler but got a line out by Lorenzo Cain to end the inning but in the seventh inning on his 100Th pitch of the game gave up a double to Jarrod Dyson and it sent Dickey to the showers. Darren Oliver came in and on his first pitch Jarrod Dyson stole third on him and on the next pitch Chris Getz bunted him home and made it safely to fiirst as Isturis could not cover first quick enough. If R.A. pitched quick than Sergio Santos was the opposite as he was pitching in quick sand in the eighth inning even though he did not give up a run but did walk the first batter before getting the next two before Brett Cecil came in and baffled Mike Moustakas as he k'd him looking as the crowd told the ump what they thought of every pitch Cecil as they booed every strike call. Casey Janssen came in for the save in the ninth and it looked like his only problem he was going to have was not wearing the right jersey as he was wearing the gray one and had to change to the blue one before finishing his warm-up in the bullpen. He got two quick outs before given up back-to-back singles to Chris Getz and Alex Gordon the Royals got their second run of the game as Getz went to second on indifference and scored on Gorden's single but Alcides Escoba flied out to give Janssen his third save of the season. Jose Reyes will not be ready at least until after the all-star break so the Jays have a big hole to fill Tom Mehegan