Fresh off a stunning win over the Cleveland Indians, the Detroit Tigers are in TO for a 4-game series with our Blue Jays. Justin Verlander will be on the mound for the Tigers and Drew Hutchison will do the duties for the Blue birds
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Strike out, ground-out, fly-out and Drew retires the Detroit batters in order.
Smoakie with a ground ball for first out
Josh takes ball 4 and nice little stroll to first base
Edwin grounds out to 3rd - Josh makes it safely to 2nd with 2 away
Michael with a base hit scores Josh and the Jays strike first again
Russell Martin backs up Saunders with another RBI
Tulo flies out and the inning is over with the Jays ahead by 2
Ground ball out - 1 away
Strike out after the batter makes Drew work for it - 2 away
Homer for Upton -
Full count on Moya - followed by 3 fouls to the seats before Drew's breaking ball strikes him out swingin
2 -1 Jays
Smoakie goes down swinging for Jays 1rst out
Kevin's foul ball caught by the Tiger's back-catcher - 2nd out
Base hit for Darwin Barney
Back to Zeke at the top of the order with 2 away
Zeke flies out to right for 3 away for the Jays
Zeke makes the catch in foul territory for the Tiger's first out
Ground ball to Tulo with a missile to first for Tiger's second out
Eisner just makes it to first before the ball arrives from Tulo for a base hit
Drew walks Mayvan with 2 away - runners on 1rst and 2nd now
Cabrerra with a low fly ball to Tulo and the Tiger's are retired stranding 2 on base
Josh gets a lead-off double
Bringer of Rain with a beaut of a steal to 3rd
Michael takes a walk to first
Russell behind 0 and 2, fouls to right, and strikes out on next pitch for 2 away
3 and 1 to Tulo, full count now on Tulo then Verlander walks him to load the bases for Smoakie
Nasty curve ball to strike out Smoakie leaving the bases loaded - gotta bring more guys home
Drew strikes out lead-off batter Martinez
Castellanos with a solo home-run to tie the game
Upton with a double
Moya's thrown out by Tulo
Upton comes into score on a 2 out single. Carrera throws out McCann at 2nd to end inning but the Tigers have the lead by 1
Kevin grounds out to 2nd for the first out
Barney gets second ground ball out - 2 away
3 ground ball outs for Verlander and the Jays are retired without so much as a hit
Greg says.............Verlander is settling in and the Jays need to keep the pressure on him. He's good - not spectacular but pretty consistent.
Lead-off single for the singer top of the 5th.........Drew needs to be more consistent
Drew contacts the batter and he walks - 2 runners on base - nobody out
Ground ball to Josh, runner out at second but not in time for the double at first
Drew strikes out Carbrerra - that was a big out for Drew - 2 away
Martinez flies out to Kevin for the 2 out and Drew gets out of that one
Donaldson slides safely to first after a ground ball that should have been an easy out but the 2nd baseman bobbled the ball
Verlanders issues his 4th walk to Edwin - Josh advances to 2nd
Michael strikes out on a the third change-up in a row thrown by Verlander
Verlander strikes out Russell on another beaut of a change-up
Tulo flies out and that's the end of the inning
Drew strikes out lead-off batter with a nice little change-up of his own
Pillar with a diving catch for the second out
Drew strikes out the third batter to retire the Tigers in order and didn't allow anyone on base - good inning for Drew. Maybe he just takes a little longer to get a rhythm going.
Smoakie - 0 for 3 flies out to right
Kevin with a 1 out single to center - just the 6th BJ hit of the game
Darwin Barney with a double to the wall but Kevin unable to make it home - runners on 3rd and 2nd with 1 away
Kevin tagged out a home plate - terrific play by Verlander to McCann for the out
Play under review and the ruling on the field stands but Verlander is being taken out of the game in favor of Shane Greene
Greene hits Josh on the elbow with a fastball .........................ooh that hurt.......ooh....... to load the bases for Edwin
Edwin strikes out stranding 3 Jays on base.....................Edwin's bat has gone cold tonight
Brett Cecil out to the mound for the top of the 7th
Brett gives up a lead-off double to the back wall
McCann advances to 3rd on a single to right field by the singer
Jays get the double play on a ground ball to Tulo but McCann scores on the play and the Tigers are up by 2
Cecil strikes out Mayvan to end the inning but gives up a run
Ground ruled double to right for Michael as he leads off the batting order
Russell out at first on a ground ball, Michael holds at second - 1 away
Tulo scores Michael on a single to left field - Shane Greene is knocked out of the ball game leaving the tieing run on base.
4 - 3 Jays bottom of the 7th
Justin Wilson to the mound for the Tigers
Smoakie called out by 1rst base umpire on a checked swing - that doesn't look on video like it went around - 2 away
Kevin up to the plate and gets his second hit of the game - Tulo advances to 2nd but holds there
Darwin grounds out to 2nd and that ends the inning - Jays strand two more on base
They've obviously grasped Billy Bean's tenet about getting runners on base, now they need to execute his second - bring them home anyway you can, but bring them home.
Jason Grilli to start the 8th for the Jays
Lead-off batter retired on a high ball into Zeke's glove
Josh bites the dirt but comes up with the ball in his glove after a hard drive to 2nd - 2 away
Grilli falls behind 3 and 0.......and walks the batter on his 4th pitch
Starts off with 2 balls then follows those with 3 great hard balls to catch the batter swinging for the final out of the inning
Jays have stranded 12 base runners so far tonight
Josh with a single to right for his 5th trip to a base tonight, Zeke makes it all the way to 3rd - nobody out
(Zeke got a single while I was out with Rowan)
Edwin strikes out
Michael with a single, Josh at second but Zeke tagged out at home with 2 down
Russell takes a walk to load the bases and the Tiger's pitching coach comes to the mound for a wee chat with his pitcher.......who is now leaving the ball game turning the ball over to Alex Wilson who will face Tulo with 2 away
TULO...........TULO..............TULO..........2-run single to give the Jays a 5 - 4 lead
Russell on 3rd, Tulo on 1rst - Smoakie at bat but flies out to left field...............Jay's batters broke through ............YEAH. After Edwin's last at bat, I was thinking that at times like it would be really nice to have Joey in the line-up.
Roberto in to do the honors in the 9th
Tulo with a great catch get the runner just in time - 1 away
High fly ball to Zeke who has moved to left field - 2 away
Full count on the batter and Roberto strikes him out to win the game and the Jays with a big come from behind win.
Full measure guys!
With this win the Jays are 2 games behind the Orioles but have tied them for most games won