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No One in This World Ever Gets What They Want and That is Beautiful: Game 34, Rays at Jays

Bluejayperched_tiny by hugo on in Game Threads

Tampa Bay @ Toronto


I'm hoping this is the last They Might Be Giants title for the season and that the Jays can get back to .500 soon. Yesterday, they came up just short, with A.J. Burnett having ths stuff for a dominant start but just not being able to get it done, and the Jays offense coming up just short. It was a frustrating game, and the worst part wasn't the Scutaro dp, or Wells getting picked off, or the numerous first-pitch outs, but the fact that both David Eckstein and John MacDonald hurt themselves and had to leave the game. Eckstein appeared to strain his groin, while Mac's injury looked like it could be more serious. On the plus side, Tallet was good, Camp was great, and Lyle looked locked in at the plate, walking, sharply singling, hitting a long sacrifice fly, and just missing a HR when his RBI double bounced off the top of the dead centerfield wall and back into play.

The Jays look to strike back tonight as two fine young pitchers face off. Matt Garza goes for Tampa while Shaun Marcum looks to keep his excellent season going for the Jays. Marcum's Whip is under 1 and he's struck out an impressive 35 in 40 innings, while only walking 15.

I won't be around for lineups today, as I'm playing softball after work. But I'll be back for most of the game. Let's go Jays!

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With Stew the starting LF and Lind struggling

Lind was sent back to AAA and Jorge Velandia brought up as Shortstop insurance. Velandia sucked for years, disappeared for a while, then came back with good numbers in limited appearances last year with Tampa last year. He’s been hitting pretty well (.900 OPS) against RHP in AAA despite being a righty.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 5:44 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Scutaro gets the start tonight, though

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:11 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Marcum fields his position

on an Iwamura tapper on the 3B side.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:10 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Crawford hits it hard to Overbay

who relays it to Marcum just in time

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:11 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Bossman Junior strikes out looking

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:13 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Rios grounds out to short on the 1-0 pitch

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:16 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Stew gets as far as 2-2 before grounding to short

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:18 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Rolen doubles into the left field corner

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:19 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Stairs draws the 2 out walk

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:21 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Wells grounds out to second on the 3-1 count

0 for 1

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:23 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Marcum strikes out Peña

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:27 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Longoria strikes out too

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:28 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

The crowd goes wild

over the Hinske strikeout, Marcum’s 4th straight.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:31 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Overbay strikes out

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Hill flies to left

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:36 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Missed a whole half inning talking to a co-worker

Marcum apparently gave up a single to Navarro, who was thrown out at second; he also got his fifth strikeout.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:49 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Scutaro singles

Why couldn’t he do that yesterday with two men on?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:50 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Rios singles to right

RISP time, with nobody out.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:51 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Stew grounds slowly to third

0 for 2, but the runners advance.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:52 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Rolen flies out shallow to right

Runner can’t score. 0 for 3.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:54 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Stairs pops up to second

0 for 4

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:55 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Iwamura grounds to second on a full count

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 7:58 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Marcum fields a Crawford chopper on the first base side

also on a 3-2 count

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:01 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Bossman Junior grounds to third on the first pitch

which I didn’t see because of my terrible work windows laptop not having the CPU power to display mlb.tv without going into stuttering fits every few minutes.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:01 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Wells grounds softly to third

Longoria playing too deep to even bother making a play.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:05 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Overbay flies out to the left field track

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:08 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Hill pops up to third

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:09 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Barajas flies out to left

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:11 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Peña strikes out for a 6th straight time

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Marcum fields another tapper

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Hinske flies to left

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:16 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Scutaro flies out short of the track in center

Why couldn’t he do that with runners at first and third with one out yesterday?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Rios draws a walk

Hopefully he can steal second.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:22 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Thanks to Navarro trying to stretch that single

he’s faced the minimum.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Navarro trickles one to first

Overbay handles it easily

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Gross grounds to first

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:29 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Bartlett flies to right

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

I have one that's 1/8 size too big

after the regular cap I got was 1/8 size too small.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Rolen doesn't take advantage of a 3-2 count

popping up foul

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:35 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Stairs strikes out on the 10th pitch

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:38 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Wells grounds to third on the first pitch

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:39 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Good thing it's too late to jinx it

Jamie noting that Marcum has no-hit stuff.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:43 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

Crawford strikes out

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:43 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

And now falling behind Peña

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

We'd better get the lead

Hinske’s due up next inning.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:48 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

RISP time!

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 8:57 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

1 for 5, at least

and it’s still RISP time

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 9:00 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

1 for 6

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 9:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply   0 recs

Marcum's 8th strikeout

You think Pizza Pizza wants to up the pizza threshold?

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"

by Torgen on May 7, 2008 9:08 PM EDT reply reply   0 recs

I think it's 7

but that might have been when the pitching wasn’t expected to be good.

"He almost has to start. Do you believe in