Jays Thump Yankees

by Tom Dakers on Sep 6, 2009 5:14 PM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays Game Recaps

That was a much better lineup and a much better game, I'm not thrilled by the idea of Rod Barajas as the cleanup hitter but if it is a choice between him and Millar, I'd take him every time. It was nice to see Randy Ruiz play first base for the first time this year, for the Jays. The pitch he took in the face was a very scary thing. It was great to see him come out on the field after the game, he didn't even look swollen.

The win gave us a split of the 4 game series. Our offense was terrific today with 15 hits, 4 walks. We were helped along by 4 Yankee error. Everyone in the starting lineup had a hit expect for Adam Lind and everyone in the starting lineup scored. Aaron Hill drove in 3 and hit is 30th double. Jamie and Pat talked about him being a 30/30 guy all day but 30/30 guy to me means 30 homers/30 steals. 30 homers/ 30 doubles isn't that much of a big deal. Most guys that hit 30 homers will get 30 doubles. Vernon Wells and Joe Inglett had 3 hits each. It is nice to see Inglett playing so well.

Brian Tallet wasn't great but got thru 5 innings to get the win. Brian Wolfe pitched well enough until he gave up a 3 run homer but since we were up by 9 at that point it wasn't that important. Brandon League looked really good for the 4 outs he pitched and Shawn Camp finished off the game.

It was nice to see former Jay Josh Towers pitching for the ~~Jays~~ Yankees, at least until he hit Ruiz in the jaw with a pitch. He pitched 3.1 good innings. Sergio Mitre was terrible in the start, I wonder if Towers will get that start next time through the rotation.

Jays of the Day are Edwin Encarnacion (.246 WPA), Travis Snider (188) and Aaron Hill (.132). Vernon Wells deserves honorable mention. Brian Tallet had Suckage numers (-.296).

Tomorrow we start a 4 game series with the Twins, Scott Richmond (6-8, 4.53) goes against Jeff Manship, making his second Major League start for the Twins. I hope we have some runs left.

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"It was nice to see former Jay Josh Towers pitching for the Jays" - Say WHAT?

by JayLo Biafra on Sep 6, 2009 5:58 PM EDT reply actions

As someone who stopped paying attention to Jays games a little while ago, this also came as a shock to me.

You mean to say Towers is pitching for the Jays again?

by Huey2k2 on Sep 6, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Edwin is always the best

Edwin is the best hitter in the Blue Jays line-up! I am just kidding. But he is much better than Kevin Millar. I beg Cito to keep the line-up this way until the end of season barring player injuries. I have a question, Inglett seems to be such a good hitter, why did he miss most of the season? And they never sent Millar down? Also Josh Roenicke is probably one of the best relief pitchers on the team right now, why is he not pitching?

by Jason Z on Sep 6, 2009 6:04 PM EDT reply actions

Actually..

Inglett did play for a bit mid-season, but he wasn’t nearly as good as how he looks today. But yea, compare to Millar, tho, the rest of the line up looks good.

As for relief pitchers, other then Brandon League, I hardly see Cito play any other relief pitchers almost every day. Speaking of which, where is Accardo and Hayhurst?

by Outz on Sep 6, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Hayhurst is in the pen...

Accardo is in Vegas…and I wouldn’t expect to see him back up this year…let alone next year.

by Corvus on Sep 6, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Inglett

looks good this year … as he did last year when he hit 300 and slugged 400 for the jays over 109 games … the reason why he got the nod over Bautista, as Hugo explained earlier, is that while Bautista bats right and the Jays needed a right batter

in 2008 as a lefty, Inglett batted 276 and slugged 345 versus left pitching, a distinct underperformance vs. right pitching where he batted 298 and slugged 413

in contrast, as a righty, Bautista in 2008 batted 250 and slugged 546 versus left pitching, a distinct advantage versus right pitching where he batted 233 and slugged 347

on paper Bautista should have given more power versus left ptiching, but actually he has underdelivered having produced 262 average and slugging 447 versus left pitching (and batting 185 and slugging 207 versus right pitching)

by aagoodfella on Sep 6, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions