Sunday Roundup - I believe in the Kingdom Come

Sunday, September 05 2004 @ 10:08 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pistol

Then all the colours will bleed into one
Bleed into one.
But yes, I'm still running.

You broke the bonds
And you loosed the chains
Carried the cross of my shame
Oh my shame, you know I believe it.

Down goes Frasor.

Recaps:

* Frasor struggles as Jays fall - Fordin

Toronto's hurlers walked 10 batters and threw two key wild pitches, sinking to a 9-5 loss at SkyDome. Oakland scored five times in the ninth inning, victimizing Toronto closer Jason Frasor.

* Jays don't get much relief - Ryan

Chulk, 23, who fashioned a 1.23 ERA for his first 15 appearances, has now given up 23 earned runs over 24 2/3 innings (an 8.39 ERA) since. Frasor, 27, who carried a 2.09 through Aug. 2, has given up 17 earned runs over his last 13 2/3 innings and yesterday's career-worst outing burped his 3.45 to 4.13. Each walked a pair and both Chulk and Frasor wild-pitched home a run.

* Bullpen goes splat - Rutsey

To re-work a Jerry Seinfeld line -- The Blue Jays know how to TAKE a lead, they just don't know how to HOLD one. The Jays have played some tough teams this home stand but they have to wonder "what they hey'' as in three previous games they've blown four-run leads and yesterday they had the A's by 3-0 and 5-2 counts.

Notes::

Quiroz looking to make mark - Fordin

* This year hasn't been what they expected: Quiroz got hit by a pitch and broke the middle finger on his left hand, and the rest of his season has been spent catching up. Barnett said he noticed a few rusty elements in the swing, but he said Quiroz has them ironed out already.

"He was coming off his back side, which was making him hook balls middle-in and be underneath them, kind of dragging his bat through the zone," he said. "Once he got his head back behind on his little gather-back, he was able to stay behind the ball and use his hands better. Now, he's able to hit the ball all over the ballpark."

Quiroz got his first hit in his third at-bat on Saturday, fisting a single to right field.


* Elliot on Baseball - Elliot

After last Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Jays, his loss, Mussina moaned that the moving, pre-game ceremony honouring Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek had lasted too long. Never mind Mike that Cheek's streak of 4,306 games ended when his father, Tom, the Battle of Midway war hero, passed away on June 3.

Or that Cheek was out of the booth because he underwent an operation to remove a cancerous brain tumor on his 65th birthday, 10 days after his father's death.

Let's run with Mussina's claim that the Cheek ceremony threw the pitcher off his game and see if it has any legs.

Did he walk four in the first? Did he allow six runs?

No, Mussina allowed a lead-off homer to Reed Johnson and was so messed up because of the delay he took a 2-1 lead into the seventh.


* Blue Jay Watch - Rutsey

The Jays rookie catcher made his 18th start since the all-star break yesterday and after striking out in his first two at-bats, he drilled a two-run homer off Oakland's Mark Mulder in the sixth to boost Toronto's lead to 5-2. He also threw out a runner at second attempting to steal.


* Today's Game - Rich Harden pitches for the A's. Ryan Glenn gets his first start in 3 season for the Jays. Russ Adams will get his first start at shortstop for the Jays. Game time is 1:05 pm.

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