Love is Just a Joy Ride; Drink a Lot of Beer and Climb Inside - Game 31, Chicago at Toronto
by hugo on May 3, 2008 10:30 AM EDT
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On the other hand, the Jays' inability to score even one run with runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs was discouraging and would've been even moreso had the Jays won.
Basically, the last 2 games have been exactly like the awful road trip, the only difference being that the Jays have been coming out on top. But I'll take it for now.
Today, Jesse Litsch faces off against John Danks. Both men's peripherals tell a similar story, but Danks has been the more effective pitcher this season so far, though Litsch looked great his last time out. The game will be blacked out, but I look forward to listening to it while firing up the barbacue. If the weather really holds up, though, I may check out the Nationals game.
Saturday afternoon digression: What is the worst job you've ever had. I don't mind sharing that my worst job, by far, was working in a warehouse. It wasn't ventilated and the diesel fumes from the forklift and other machinery made everyone sick. That job was only a half-step above my second-worst job, which was lawyering at one of poshest law firms in the U.S.
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Haven't had that many different jobs myself
I guess the worst one would be the summer I spent as a ride operator at Canada’s Wonderland. Wasn’t really that bad, though, all things considered.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Not blacked out on MLB.tv
I guess Extra Innings is using last year’s blackout rules still?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Swisher grounds out barely fair down the 1B line
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Cabrera pops up to deep second/shallow right
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Thome grounds into the shift to end the inning
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios works a full count before grounding to second
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
x doubles down the 3B line
RISP time!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill (in the 3 hole!?) hits a humpback liner to second
x reads it right to avoid getting doubled off. 0 for 1
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Why isn't Rolen in the lineup?
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
VW singles to right scoring x
1 for 2! P-p-p-p-p-playoffs!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs strikes out, stranding VW at first
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Litsch puts down the side on 7 pitches
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Danks answers with his own 1-2-3 inning
But not as efficient as Litsch’s.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Litsch with a perfect 8 pitch inning
That’s one pitch worse than the second!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scutaro with a solo homer!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
x bloops one into center on a 3-2 count
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill and Wells strike out on 3-2 changeups
Danks at almost 70 pitches through 3 innings.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Litsch needs 11 pitches to get the 1-2-3 inning this time.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stew singles into center
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Overbay hits a double play grounder
but Ozuna misses Cabrera’s throw and everyone’s safe and a base further than they should be. (Error for some reason charged to Cabrera.)
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
They've revised it to Ozuna.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hey, that means it's RISP time!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Barajas with a shallow fly to center
Not deep enough for the sac fly. 1 for 3.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scutaro grounds to short
1 for 4.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Konerko singles just out of Hill's reach
breaking up the no hitter.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Strikes out Dye
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Can't complete the 3-6-1 double play
Still, the lead runner is erased.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Quentin grounds out to end the inning
52 pitches through 5 for Litsch.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios strikes out on the 3-2 changeup
At some point we should start sitting on that pitch.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill singles to right with 2 outs
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Wells singles to center
RISP time for Stairs!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs walks to load them
and Danks gets the hook at 107 pitches through 4.2
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Ehren Wasserman (sidearmer) to face Stew
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stew flies to left to strand them full
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Crede doubles off the top of the wall
Almost a solo shot.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Ozuna bunts on the first pitch
Crede to third.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Swisher lines out to Overbay
keeping the runner at third
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Cabrera grounds out stranding Crede
They’re 0 for 2, making our 1 for 5 look a lot better. Litsch at 59 pitches.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Barajas draws the 1 out walk off Dotel
after Overbay strikes out.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scutaro to first on the HBP
Although Rance thinks it hit the bat behind his head.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
RISP time!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios bloops it to right
Barajas held at third. 2 for 6, but only 1 run.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Bases loaded now
Tough to squeeze in that situation when they only need the force at the plate.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
x strikes out looking
2 for 7.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill grounds to third
but Crede drops the ball trying to make the force himself, so the Jays get the run they should have had on the Rios single.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
2 for 8, I guess
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Wells singles to center
2 runs score, Hill out at third. 3 for 9!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Dye hits a 2 out solo homer to end the 24 inning shutout streak
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Pierzynski grounds to second to end the inning
Litsch at 73 pitches through 7, so he’s probably going all the way.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
With 2 outs, Overbay and Barajas single to left
RISP time!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Scutaro grounds 1-4-3, stranding 2
3 for 10.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Litsch gives up a solo homer to Quentin
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Ozuna bloops a single to right
and Litsch is out after only 78 pitches.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Exactly 3 times through the order
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Downs in to face Swisher and strikes him out looking
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Cabrera grounds to short to end the inning
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Litsch's final line: 2ER, 5H, 0BB, 3K, 78 pitches, 7.1IP
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Odd that they showed Camp warming
since after Cabrera would be a lefty in Thome and presumably BJ will pitch the 9th, since he’s had a day’s rest since his last save.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios with a leadoff double into the left field corner
RISP time!
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Interesting... if Rios scores, you won't want to use BJ
but you also don’t want to sit him down if he was warming.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Rios up to third on a wild pitch
with x squaring to bunt. Rios would probably have taken third if x had missed the bunt.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
x flies out foul at 1B depth
Rios can’t score. 3 for 11.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Hill draws the walk. First and third for Wells with 1 out
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Wells pops up to second
3 for 12
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
Stairs out looking
3 for 13
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
BJ allows a 1 out single, but strands him
in part thanks to a running catch in the gap by Rios.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
JotD
Litsch (.311), Wells (.128).
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
And that's a 3 game win streak
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
I was unaware there was a record involved here
BBTN waxing poetic about our staff and pointing out that we’re on a 7 game 2ER or less streak, and 8 is the record in the last 20 years, held by the ‘91 Royals and ‘88 Tigers.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
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