Yes, Garza improved to 2-2 with a 0.91 ERA in four career starts in Toronto and is now 4-2 with a 0.60 ERA in his last six starts against the Jays. Still, the Jays made 3 mistakes and the results were 3 homers, even one on the game’s very first pitch! Toronto’s 8 hits and 4 walks were only transformed into 3 good scoring chances though. Scott Rolen stranded a pair to end the 3rd, Wells, left two aboard to end the fifth and once again, in the 7th we failed to score with two on and nobody out! In short, four straight losses, 1st time this year we lost 4 in a row at home. Just 6 runs scored and 4 for 29 (.138) with RISP in that span! Only 1-5 in the last 6 games! Just 3-5 on this 9-game homestand, a big sin to commit in a crucial homestand! Lyle Overbay has no hits in his last 13 AB and Wells has just two hits in his last 19 AB! Only good news: Scott Downs should be back Friday but that day we start a 3-game series in the Bronx, folks! Perhaps one of the last calls to get on the October train? Other good news: Rolen extended his career-best hitting streak to 18 games. Still, I don’t think the day game was needed Wednesday since Thursday is a day off but July 1 is Canada Day…..shouldn’t the team’s interest come first, why not playing a night game and leave town Thursday? Our record after a day off is good so far. The big problem with Tampa Bay is that it’s the only team in the majors this year with over 100 HRs (105 in all, including 41 in June, best month ever) and over 100 steals (it has 121 in all). They can beat us in two different ways unless we get a great pitching effort like Romero’s last start against Philly, a 6-1 win last Friday.

Yeah suddenly the offense has dried up again. I hope this isn’t a sign of another long losing skid where the Jays hitting just can’t seem to get a clutch hit. Hopefully the Jays can avoid the sweep today. I noticed that Boston let Baltimore come back last night after leading 9-1. I have to laugh because thats even more stunning than when they pulled that upset against the Jays earlier in the year. Only problem is, Yankees won too, and the Jays lost again. The Jays just can’t seem to win lately when Boston and the Yankees lose. Not that, um, they are doing much winning lately in general, but they really need to start taking advantage of when the Yankees and Sox lose. Beating TB would be a good start.

Why did Cecil pitch in Relief last night? I worked a 14 hour day yesterday and was kind of dozing at the end of the game and didn’t hear why…that was Cecil pitching in the 9th right?

Does that mean he’s out of the rotation? I kind of figured it’d be Halladay, Richmond, Romero, Cecil and Tallet for now…