Jays Lose to Angels

by Tom Dakers on Aug 22, 2009 8:55 PM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays Game Recaps

Angels 7 Blue Jays 3

When you get 7 hits and 4 walks in 6 innings off a lousy starter you ought to score more than 3 runs. Adam Lind hit a three run homer and that was the end of our scoring. Randy Ruiz, Lyle Overbay, And Lind had two hits each. The o for group was Vernon Wells(one walk), Jose Bautista (who did have 2 walks) and Rod Barajas (but then I've already ranted about him. Vernon was caught stealing after his walk, a stupid moment to try to steal as Bautista was walked right after he was caught. Trying to steal when you could have just walked over to second is dumb.

Scott Richmond pitched pretty well. 7 innings, 6 hits, 3 walks and 10 strikeouts. He did give up 3 runs in the 3rd and 1 more in the 6th on a Vladimir Guerrero homer. He was hurt in the 3rd by a caught that Adam Lind didn't make in left. Ball hits the glove but he didn't catch it and for some reason he wasn't award an error. Brian Tallet pitched a terrible inning of relief, giving up 3 runs and that was the game.

Jay of the Day is Adam Lind (.222 WPA). Suckage Jays are Tallet (-.213), Barajas (-.193) and Vernon (-.117).

Tomorrow Ricky Romero (10-5, 3.95) goes up against Trevor Bell (1-0, 5.91) in an afternoon game.

My wife's birthday party was much more fun than the game. You'd figure by now she'd realize she's too good for me, wouldn't you?

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Baseball America on Dopirak

grant (wpg): Any future for Dopirak? Seems like he should be passed being a prospect, so long ago that he was hyped, but he’s still just 25 (or about the same age as Clay Bucholz), and tearing up AA and AAA.

J.J. Cooper: Dopirak is a favorite of mine from a “don’t give up on his yet” standpoint. The tools were always there, even when he fell apart at the plate. He seems to have figured it out again. Playing in Las Vegas will help inflate a hitter’s numbers, but Dopirak has now been producing again for two seasons. Before it’s all over, I’d be shocked if he didn’t get a shot at the big leagues, but because of his past failure, he’s got a smaller window for success than a more highly-regarded prospect. I could see him having a Jack Cust type career (although he’s not the same kind of hitter as Cust as he has less patience and less strikeouts) where he bounces around but eventually runs into 400-500 at-bats somewhere because of his power potential.

by willie stargell on Aug 22, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions