Nice win by the Jays tonight. They really needed this one after a rough weekend against the Tigers. Drabek started the game nicely with a pick-off on Ellsbury that shifted the momentum his way and helped pitch his way out of a jam. In the bottom half of the 1st, Lester looked really flustered after giving up 3 runs. It's kind of funny, Drabek pitched like the seasoned veteran and Lester was acting like a rookie. But after the 1st, the roles reversed. Drabek was falling behind in the count far too often. He was over 100 pitches through only 5 innings of work. Lester pitched much more efficiently, but in the end, they both put up the same numbers, leaving their respective bullpens to try to hold off the opposition.
Also, the Jays need to either get healthy or add some bodies to the disabled list. After subbing David Cooper in for an injured Yunel Escobar, they only had one body left on the bench - Jose Molina.
And without further adieu, here are tonight's 3 Stars:
1. David Cooper - hit his 1st HR and drove in the game winning run in the tenth
2. Adrian Gonzalez - hit 2 opposite field home runs
3. Jose Bautista - lets be honest, anytime he hits a home run, he will earn a star...
Honourable mentions go to J.P. Arencibia for his home run and Jason Frasor who struck out the side in the 6th - I don't think he threw anything outside the strike zone. I hope Kyle Drabek was taking notes at the time... David Ortiz also had a good game going 3 for 5 with a home run.
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So which pitcher got guillotined at the end of the game?
ReplyDeleteI've never actually read A Tale of Two Cities... Thanks for ruining the ending! But knowing my French history, I'd say both pitching staffs would have gotten the guillotine, plus any batter who went hitless for the game...
ReplyDeleteI never read it either. Well, I was once forced to in Grade 5 and didn't understand what was going on.
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