The roof is open (first time this year), I'm sitting here watching the
Rangers take batting practise... got to play it, might as well win it.
Adam Lind is leading off?
Vernon Wells is hitting second? (First time since June 14, 2002 - he
hit a home run off Tomo Ohka. I have no doubt that Tom and Alan or
Jamie and Darren will pass that little tidbit along - Mal from the Jays
PR staff has been making sure we all knew.)
Randy Moss to New England? Randy Moss and Bill Belichik?
A very loose looking group of Blue Jays takes the field at 1:04,
and we have a moment of silence for Josh Hancock of the Cardinals. killed in a car crash this morning.
Sammy Sosa looks smaller than I remember...
Any pitcher as tall and skinny as Brandon McCarthy is going to remind
me of Black Jack McDowell, especially if he's got a White Sox pedigree.
McCarthy doesn't throw hard enough to overpower anyone. He has to pitch
to be effective. And so far, he's having trouble throwing strikes.
He promptly plunks Troy Glaus with the bases loaded. 1-0, Jays. Aaron
Hill lines a two-run single, and McCarthy ends up throwing 41
pitches in the first inning.
Now Ohka can't throw strikes. I'd like to get out of here in time to
see the Raptors game tonight. Come on guys - home plate don't move.
Babe Ruth is dead....
McCarthy is showing some signs of settling in, but he's already up over
70 pitches and he isn't throught the third inning. Nice piece of
base-running by Glaus to make it to third on Hill's soft liner to CF.
Not a lot of respect for Lofton's arm...
Phillips singles to RF, it's 4-1. Runners on the corners. Waiting for
the phone to ring in the Texas pen. Lind singles, it's 5-1, and
RRRRIIIINNNNGGG!. Willie Eyre starts to loosen up...
Ohka needs just 6 pitches to make it through the sixth inning. After
allowing three hits and two walks to the first nine Texas hitters, he's
retired 12 of 13 .
And it's Over!
Ohka has his second win, and (his first Quality Start!). John McDonald
extended his hit streak to 10 games, and the bottom third of the
order went 7-12. Which is about six or seven hits more than they
usually have.
Shaun Marcum did give up give fourth homer of the month in the ninth - the bullpen as a group has given up just five (Ryan allowed the other one). Oh, and the fans didn't get any pizza. Upon us
all a little rain must fall.
That's a wrap, and I am out of here. With my Big Hurt figurine...
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