Sunday, August 30, 2015

Umpire Bob Davidson miss-uses Bench Warning in 1st after Detroit Purpose Pitch up-and-in to Troy Tulowitzki


Umpire Bob Davidson issues warnings to both benches after the Jays hit two home runs in the 1st - which results in Detroit pitcher throwing an message pitch high and inside to Troy Tulowitzki.

Now if Toronto pitcher Mark Buehrle hits a Detroit batter the Umpire will have to decide if it was intentional or not and perhaps choose to throw a Jays pitcher out of the game! This means the Blue Jays pitching now can't throw message pitches.

Moving a batter off the plate is part of the game - and because this Blue Jays team is hot and hitting the ball out of the park at an unprecedented pace as well, the advantage goes to the Blue Jays. On the other hand, if the Detroits start teeing off on Buehrle, he won't have the option of using the brush-back pitch.

The result of this early warning will likely be a greater slam-athon by the Jays  than might of otherwise been a normal slam-athon - which Toronto's fans of winning Toronto sports teams will love. but which takes away from the quality of baseball game which we will witness today.

Rule 8.02: Throwing at the Batter
     Rule 8.02 states as follows:

    d. The pitcher shall not intentionally pitch at the batter.

        If, in the umpire's judgment, such a violation occurs, the umpire may elect either to:
        1. Expel the pitcher, or the manager and the pitcher, from the game, or
        2. may warn the pitcher and the manager of both teams that another such pitch will result in the immediate expulsion of that pitcher (or a replacement) and the manager.

If, in the umpire's judgment, circumstances warrant, both teams may be officially "warned" prior to the game or at any time during the game.

(League Presidents may take additional action under authority provided in Rule 9.05)

Rule 8.02(d) Comment: Team personnel may not come onto the playing surface to argue or dispute a warning issued under Rule 8.02(d). If a manager, coach or player leaves the dugout or his position to dispute a warning, he should be warned to stop. If he continues, he is subject to ejection.

To pitch at a batter's head is unsportsmanlike and highly dangerous. It should be - and is - condemned by everybody. Umpires should act without hesitation in enforcement of this rule.
(http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/umpires/rules_interest.jsp#8.02)


On this continuing power and run scoring show by this Blue Jays team - game, after game, after game - is starting to travel into a surreal universe.

Score after 4 innings: Tigers 0 - Jays 6

ESPN Boxscore - Tigers at Jays - Sunday, August 30, 2015 - 1:07pm start | http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350830114



mh

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Indications that Blue Jays run scoring slump may be easing:

Jays Phoenix over immolating Angels

Toronto Blue Jays were the Dark Angels of mercilessness for the faithful at Angels Stadium tonight, scoring 15 runs on 20 hits. Only 2 home runs (plating 5 runs) as this 9-cyclindar offense catches fire.

Toronto starting pitcher Marco Estrada (W, 11-7) threw an excellent five and two thirds innings relinquishing 2 solo home runs late as he challenged the Angels hitters with a 10 run lead. Brett Cecil worked out of a jam caused by a Donaldson throwing error in the 6th - with one pitch. Then the team of Hawkins, Hendriks and Schultz held the Angels down for good, giving up just 1 hit over three innings stellar relief.

Felt guilty at the end.

(Not one of my worst quadruple-mixed metaphors).




Image re-purposed from screen capture of the game's scoring summary at espn boxscore: http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350822103



mh

Friday, August 14, 2015

Yankees end Jays streak in 9-inning nail-bitter

Yanks at Jays - Friday, August 14, 2015 - 7:07 pm

Top-3 - Jays ask for a review after a close play at first on a tough hit ball to 3B by the Yankees nine hitter Brendan Ryan. Jays loose their review privileges as MLB review umps rule Ryan is safe for the visitors 3rd hit of this scoreless game here in the 3rd.

This can't continue much longer. But it does ... Price strikes out the Yankees four hitter Teixeira with 2 on to end the Top of the 3rd.

Top-6 - Chris Young's slow bounder off Price up the middle - Goins bare-hands it and in one motion throws for the 3rd out of the 6th ... another zero. This can't go on.

Bot-9 - Troy Tulowitzki at bat against Yankee closer Andrew Miller with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 2 out down 4 runs to 3: Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging).

This loss will have no effect on the team as they battled the evil empire right to the last out. Great streak.

Yankees lead the AL East by 1/2 a game.

The Jays bats have been struggling over the last 4 games - see if they can turn that around tomorrow; game 2 of 3 (1:07 start).


Boxscore
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 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
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 R
 H
 E
 LOB
New York Yankees
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 4
 0
 -
 4
13
 0
    8
Toronto Blue Jays
 0
 0
 3
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 -
 3
 6
 
    7


Scoring:

Bot-3 - Tulowitzki grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Pillar scored. (1-1)
Bot-3 - Bautista doubled to left, Tulowitzki scored. (1-2)
Bot-3 - Encarnación hit sacrifice fly to center, Donaldson scored. (1-3)
Top-8 - Headley hit a ground rule double to center, Teixeira scored. (1-1)
Top-8 - Beltrán homered to right center, McCann and Headley scored. (3-4)


Score Card Line-ups:

New York Yankees

J Ellsbury CF
B Gardner LF
A Rodriguez DH
M Teixeira 1B
B McCann C
C Headley 3B
C Young RF
  (Top-8) Beltrán PH-RF
D Gregorius SS
B Ryan 2B

I Nova P (W, 5-4) 7.0 IP
D Betances P (H, 19) 1.0 IP
A Miller P (S, 26) 1.0 IP


Toronto Blue Jays

T Tulowitzki SS
J Donaldson 3B
J Bautista RF
E Encarnación DH
J Smoak 1B
R Martin C
R Goins 2B
  (Bot-9) C Colabello PH
    (Bot-9) C Pennington PR
K Pillar CF
B Revere LF

D Price P 7.1 IP
A Sanchez P (L, 6-5; B, 1) 0.2 IP
B Cecil P 1.0 IP




Stats via espn: http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350814114



mh

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Blue Jays win 11th in a row - sweep third consecutive series

A's at Jays - Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 1:07 pm

Nothing much to say about this game except that the expected god-like performance of the batting order and the pitching staff unfolded just as the universe apparently intended.

One note of interest: the line-up did not include Troy Tulowitzki at short stop and leading off - but instead the nine hitter, Ben Revere (LF), usually in the nine spot (to turn the line-up over) moved to lead-off; and the Jays most recent acquisition, Cliff Pennington (2B) took the turn-the-line-up-over spot in his second game for the Jays as Tulowitzki had a get-away-day off with Ryan Goins moving from second base over to short stop. That change seemed to have no effect on the team as the Jays go on to win their 11th in a row - the second time this season they have accomplished that feat (June 2-14).

Tomorrow evening it's the just passed for 1st place in the AL East, New York Yankees - in town for three. Interesting to note the NY bloggers are lamenting the Yankees lost offense this week, after the Jays held them to 1 run over 28 innings last weekend.


Usually the Yankees break out of slumps against the Jays at home - it will be interesting to see if that pattern holds this weekend - as it would appear this year is not like any other in recent baseball history for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Boxscore
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 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 -
 R
 H
 E
 LOB
Oakland Athletics
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
 0
 -
 2
 8
 0
    6
Toronto Blue Jays
 0
 4
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 x
 -
 4
 6
 
    1


Scoring:

Bot-2 - Pillar singled to right, Navarro scored. (1-1)
Bot-2 - Goins homered to right, Smoak and Pillar scored. (3-4)
Top-8 - Burns tripled to right center, Semien scored. (1-1)
Top-8 - Canha grounded out to second, Burns scored. (1-2)

Score Card Line-ups:

Oakland Athletics

B Burns CF
M Canha 1B
B Lawrie 2B
D Valencia 3B
J Phegley C
  (Top-9) S Vogt PH
B Butler DH
J Reddick RF
C Crisp LF
M Semien SS

J Chavez P (L, 6-12) - 6.0 IP
Pomeranz P - 1.2 IP
Rodriguez P - 0.1 IP


Toronto Blue Jays

B Revere LF
J Donaldson 3B
J Bautista RF
C Colabello DH
D Navarro C
J Smoak 1B
K Pillar CF
R Goins SS
C Pennington 2B

Buehrle P (W, 13-5) - 7.0 IP
Sanchez P (H, 6) - 1.0 IP
Osuna P (S, 12) - 1.0 IP


Stats via espn: espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350813114



mh

I Rue the day the Blue Jays lose 2 in a row


It started last week, on Friday, August 7th - the day after the Jays swept the Minnesota Twins - on the FAN590 Toronto Radio, on their flagship show, Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown --- for a full 2 hours before the away game against New York Yankees the round table talked baseball.  Since then, the attention paid to this team on local media has gone from a space filler between talking about the National Hockey League Toronto Maple Leafs - to *THE* topic of discussion.

The fanatical shift turned up another notch last night as the Jays won and the Yankees lost; which saw the Jays vault into first place in the AL East: I hear Mike Wilner, the Jays' 5th inning play-by-play announcer and post game call in show host, say - this team might be a better than the 1992 World Series team.

After the post game phone-in on "Sportsnet Overnight", I hear announcer Mike Oz say this team might not loose another 10 games this year' (with 47 games to go, 9 loses a .801 winning percentage!).

So from a baseball fan living in a market that can't talk baseball for more than 1 minute before trying to make a allusion to Maple Leafs hockey - now once again, after 21 years of waiting - I live in a baseball town.

But don't be fooled (again), this is not a baseball town - this is a city of fans of winning home teams.

If the Jays loose 2 games in a row it is likely that Jays' General Manager Alex Anthopoulos will be run out of town by a torch and pitchfork wielding mob of insane former Blue Jays fans.



References:

Podcast | Prime Time Sports - August 7 - The Friday Roundtable - 5pm: http://pmd.fan590.com/podcasts/pts/pt_20150807_175553--Prime-Time-Sports---August-7---5pm.mp3
Podcast | Prime Time Sports - August 7 - The Friday Roundtable - 6pm: http://pmd.fan590.com/podcasts/pts/pt_20150807_185523--Prime-Time-Sports---August-7---6pm.mp3

FAN590 Toronto / Prime Time Sports / Recent Podcasts | http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/prime-time-sports/

Mike Oz Retweet announcing his Wednesday, August 12, 2015 "Sportnet Overnight" gig (real time widgets at the website disappear history):



Tweet URL: https://twitter.com/JeffSammut590/status/631675367393206272




mh

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

The sun continues to shine brightly upon streaking Blue Jays

A's at Jays - Wednesday, August 12, 2015, 7:07 pm

Felt sure that with Aaron Loup coming in on long rest the Oaklands would score at least one in the 9th.

Top-9 - with Josh Phegley (PH) in scoring position, Mark Canha (3 for 3 at the time) flies out to deep right-centre, which as good as seals the glorious revolution. Aaron Loup strikes out Eric Sogard and it's done.

It's the Jays' 10th win in a row - and with another NYY loss - day one of 1st place in the AL East; the fact announced to the cheering faithful at the dome about 10 minutes after this 3-10 Blue Jays victory.

The sun continues to shine brightly upon the Toronto Blue Jays.

Boxscore
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 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 -
 R
 H
 E
 LOB
Oakland Athletics
 0
 2
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 -
 3
 9
 0
    5
Toronto Blue Jays
 3
 7
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 x
 -
10
 11
 
    4


Scoring:

Bot-1 - Colabello homered to left, Tulowitzki and Donaldson scored. (3-3)
Top-2 - Valencia homered to left center. (1-1)
Top-2 - Sogard grounded out to second, Butler scored. (1-2)
Bot-2 - Donaldson singled to right, Goins and Revere scored. (2-5)
Bot-2 - Colabello singled to right, Donaldson scored. (1-6)
Bot-2 - Martin singles to centre, Bautista scored. (1-7)
Bot-2 - Smoak homered to center, Colabello and Martin scored. (3-10)
Top-4 - Canha doubled to left, Valencia scored. (1-3)


Score Card Line-ups:

Oakland Athletics

B Burns CF
B Lawrie 2B
J Reddick RF
D Valencia 3B
S Vogt C
  (Top-9) J Phegley PH
B Butler DH
M Canha 1B
E Sogard SS
S Fuld LF

A Brooks P - 1.2 IP (L, 1-1)
F Doubront - 6.1 IP



Toronto Blue Jays

T Tulowitzki SS
J Donaldson 3B
J Bautista RF
C Colabello DH
R Martin C
J Smoak 1B
K Pillar C
R Goins 2B
B Revere LF

R A Dickey P - 6.0 IP (W, 7-10)
B Schultz P - 1.0 IP
L Hendriks P - 1.0 IP
A Loup P - 1.0 IP



Stats via espn: http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350812114



mh

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Blue Jays Sweep Yankees - allow 1 run; score 9 of 10 via HRs over 3 games - 1.5 back for AL East lead

Jays at Yanks - Sunday, August 9, 2015 - 1:05 pm
Top-1 - Donaldson hits a solo home run to right center.
Top-4 - Bautista hits a solo home run to left.
Pitching, Pitching, Pitching - Jays give up 1R to NYY while scoring 10R themselves over the weekend series.
Next: At home to Oakland A's on Tuesday, August 11 at 7:07 pm.

Boxscore
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 -
 R
 H
 E
 LOB
Toronto Blue Jays
 1
 0
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 -
 2
 5
 0
     6
New York Yankees
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 -
 0
 
 
     7

Toronto Blue Jays

T Tulowitzki SS
J Donaldson 3B
J Bautista RF
D Navarro C
C Colabello DH
J Smoak 1B
R Goins 2B
  Top-7 C Pennington PH-2B
K Pillar CF
B Revere LF

Pitchers          IP    H   R   ER   BB   SO   HR   PC-ST     ERA
Estrada(W, 10-6)  6.1   3   0   0    3    6    0    89-56     3.21
Hawkins(H, 2)     0.2   0   0   0    0    1    0    9-8       0.00
Sanchez(H, 4)     1.0   0   0   0    1    1    0    14-6      3.30
Osuna(S, 10)      1.0   0   0   0    0    1    0    11-9      2.13



New York Yankees

J Ellsbury CF
B Gardner LF
A Rodriguez DH
M Teixeira 1B
B McCann C
C Beltran RF
C Headley 3B
D Gregorius SS
S Drew 2B

Pitchers         IP     H   R   ER   BB   SO   HR   PC-ST    ERA
Tanaka(L,  8-5)  6.0    3   2   2    0    5    2    80-51    3.79
Warren           0.0    1   0   0    1    0    0    17-8     3.38
Wilson           1.1    0   0   0    0    2    0    13-10    2.43
Pinder           0.1    1   0   0    1    1    0    18-9     2.81
Shreve           1.1    0   0   0    1    2    0    25-13    2.06

Stats via espn: http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350809110



mh

MLB Standings Saturday, August 8, 2015 - First Division Teams Delineated


Saturday, August 8, 2015 - MLB first division teams delineated on the basis of 60 wins; with the exception of the Kansas City Royals at 65 wins, and the St. Louis Cardinals, at 71 wins.


Images via active espn web page, on Sunday, August 9, 2015, 01:40 am - http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings



mh

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Jays win series; go for sweep tomorrow in NY; hold Yanks to 1R in first 2 games

Jays at Yanks Saturday, August 8, 2015 - 1:05 pm
Top-6 - Nova pitching, T Tulowitzki grounded out; J Donaldson walked; J Bautista singled; E Encarnacion walked; and then J Smoak hit the ball over the wall, for 4.
Top-7 - T Tulowitzki hit a solo home run to left.
Top-8 - Bautista safe at first on an error; Encarnación singled to center, Bautista to third (faked Ellsbury CF, stole 3rd on the cut-off throw); Martin reached on infield single to shortstop, Bautista scored.
David Price, Aaron Sanchez and Mark Lowe combine for 3H, 0R.

Boxscore
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 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 -
 R
 H
 E
 LOB
Toronto Blue Jays
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 4
 1
 1
 0
 -
 6
 7
 
  
New York Yankees
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 -
 0
 
 
  


Toronto Blue Jays

T Tulowitzki SS
J Donaldson 3B
J Bautista RF
E Encarnacion DH
J Smoak 1B
R Martin C
R Goins 2B
K Pillar CF
B Revere LF


Pitchers   IP    H   R   ER   BB   SO   HR   PC-ST    ERA
D Price    7.0   3   0   0    3    7    0    110-71   2.35
A Sanchez  1.0   0   0   0    0    1    0    12-8     3.34
M Lowe     1.0   0   0   0    0    1    0    12-10    1.60


New York Yankees

J Ellsbury CF
C Young LF
  (Bot-8) B Gardner PH-LF
A Rodriguez DH
M Teixeira 1B
B McCann C
C Beltran RF
C Headley 3B
D Gregorius SS
B Ryan 2B


Pitchers   IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR   PC-ST    ERA
I Nova     5.1   4    4   4    2    6    1    102-61   3.52
A Warren   0.2   0    0   0    0    2    0    9-6      3.38
B Mitchell 3.0   3    2   1    0    1    1    46-28    4.41


Stats via espn: http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350808110



mh

Friday, August 7, 2015

Jays beat Yanks Two HR's to One

Jays at Yanks - Friday August 8, 2015
Dickey great. Bautista solo HR in the 10th decides the game.
Donaldson homers in the 1st.
Great defense and pitching by both sides.
HR ruling in the 2nd Yankees only run.
Kawasaki's defence in the 10th perfect.

Boxscore
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
 R
 H
 E
Toronto Blue Jays
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 2
 8
 0
New York Yankees
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
 8
 1


Toronto Blue Jays

T. Tulowitzki SS
J. Donaldson 3B
J. Bautista RF
E. Encarnacion DH
J. Smoak 1B
R. Martin C
R. Goins 2B
  (Top-9) Colabello PH
    Kawasaki PR-2B
K. Pillar CF
B. Revere LF

Dickey (7.0)
Hawkins (1.0)
Cecil(W, 3-4) (1.0)
Osuna(S, 9) (1.0)


New York Yankees

J. Ellsbury CF
B. Gardner LF
A. Rodriguez DH
M. Teixeira 1B
B. McCann C
C. Beltran RF
  (Bot-9) C Young PR-RF
C. Headley 3B
D. Gregorius SS
S. Drew 2B

Eovaldi 6.1
Wilson 0.1
Betances 1.1
Miller 1.0
Pinder (L, 0-1) 1.0



Stats via espn: http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=350807110



mh

Baseball is like Quantum Physics - you never know where the hit ball will land


Baseball is like Quantum Physics - you never know where the hit ball will land - you never know where the electron is

Tonight the high powered Jays line-up slaughtered the Minnesotan line-up; but it wasn't a thing where the outcome was predetermined - but rather one that was unceasingly over time predetermined - yet not that.

This is the lot of the fan - the fanatic who invests all into the frame of something that is all but a crap-shoot - the knowing and the not knowing at the same time.

I go into this kore but my keyboard is shot.

Happy Jays fans abound here in Hog-town.

Several Game notes that were interesting - but as I said above, I don't have a real computer.

Pissed beyond your ability to understand.

Here's the images of tonight's game notes that I hoped to include in this post: (the ideas here don't end up in the world wide web commons - they are but jpg's amoungst porn and LOLCats).










mh

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Jays win 4th straight since non-waiver deadline moves


Closer for tonight's game, LaTroy Hawkins appeared to throw something from his mouth in the 9th against Minnesota after giving up a hit to Núñez who hit for Fryer; Núñez singled to center, Escobar to second. No runs scored and the Blue Jays won their 4th straight coming exactly from the point of their trade extravaganza at the non-waiver trade deadline.

The game came down to Bautista's grand slam in the 2nd which over-came the Twins 3-2 lead; and then Encarnacion's 3 run homer in the 4th which accounted for the Jay's 9 runs. The Twins plated 4 runs in the 5th but were not able to plate another after the that inning.


ESPN Boxscore: http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?id=350805114 (annoyingly for baseball writers, not available during the game).




mh

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Steal of 3rd on foul pop - play of the game as Jays win series over Royals


Kansas City at Blue Jays
Sunday, August 2, 2015
1pm - Rogers Centre

Kansas City
Hitters        AB R H RBI BB SO #P  AVG  OBP  SLG
Escobar SS     3  1 1 0   0  1  13  .279 .318 .348
Zobrist LF     3  1 1 2   1  0  22  .272 .355 .480
Cain CF        4  0 1 0   0  3  21  .314 .371 .503
Hosmer 1B      4  0 0 0   0  0  16  .315 .372 .477
K. Morales DH  3  0 1 0   1  0  17  .284 .341 .451
Pérez C        4  0 0 0   0  2  11  .243 .257 .412
Rios RF        3  0 0 0   0  0  10  .241 .275 .309
Cuthbert 3B    3  0 0 0   0  1  12  .240 .269 .360
Infante 2B     3  0 0 0   0  0  9   .228 .241 .315

Pitcher        IP   H   R   ER  BB K ERA
E. Volquez P   6.0  4   2   2   3  4 3.20
F. Morales P   0.1  1   1   1   0  0 2.45
R. Madson P    0.2  1   0   0   0  2 2.28
K. Herrera P   0.2  1   2   2   3  0 2.14
L. Hochevar P  0.1  0   0   0   0  1 4.0


Toronto
Hitters        AB R H RBI BB SO #P  AVG   OBP    SLG
Tulowitzki SS  3  0 1 1   1  0  25  .353  .476  .647
Donaldson 3B   3  0 0 0   1  3  25  .291  .357  .549
Bautista RF    4  0 1 1   0  0  13  .237  .364  .503
Encarnación DH 4  1 2 0   0  1  12  .244  .341  .455
Colabello 1B   3  1 1 2   0  2  17  .315  .358  .496
Smoak 1B       0  1 0 0   1  0  7   .228  .313  .451
Martin C       3  1 1 0   1  1  17  .264  .347  .482
Pillar CF      4  0 0 0   0  0  10  .267  .301  .383
Goins 2B       2  1 1 0   2  0  23  .223  .277  .313
Revere LF      2  0 0 1   0  0  8   .000  .000  .000

Pitcher        IP  H R ER BB K ERA
R. Dickey P    7.0 2 0 0  2  6 4.06
A. Sanchez P   0.2 0 0 0  0  0 3.31
R. Osuna P     1.0 0 0 0  0  0 2.14

This is the first time the Jays have fielded the A-Team as starters, since the non-wiaver trade deadline deals.

Bottom of the 8th, Pillar fouled out to second, Smoak at 2nd, steals third. Smoak steal of 3B is on a foul catch by the 2nd Baseman Cuthbert, who failed to check the infield after his running catch; play gets the Insurance run to 3rd, 90 feet away.

Sac fly by Revere scores Smoak.

Tulowitzki bloop BH to right scores another.

Smoak's steal turns out to be the play of the game.

Final: Kansas 2 - Jays 5

Jays win series 3 games to 1.


Next: At home with Minnesota in town for 4 - with David Price pitching Monday August 3rd.

Stats via ESPN Boxscore | http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?id=350802114




mh

Saturday, August 1, 2015

The down-side of a great deadline trade experience - some players have to go


KC at Jays - Saturday, August 1, 2015

Game Notes.

Kawasaki is in the order to show case him for a waiver trade - and everyone in the dugout today knows it; not one person is even acknowledging that he's in the dugout - like the pitcher with the no-hitter going, no one's talking to him - no one wants to go near the guy who's going down in a clubhouse that is in the midst of a huge shakup.

Reveres grimaces when he tosses the ball back to the infield on a shallow out in LF.

With runners on 2nd and 3rd and 1 out Buehrle hits the batter on the first pitch. Was that a pitch saving intentional BB? I think it looked like it was.

Jays lose 6-7 in 9 with the winning run 90 feet away.



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