Alex Gonzalez 4 for 5, Travis Snider Homers, Jays Beat White Sox

by Tom Dakers on Apr 15, 2010 10:18 PM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays Game Recaps

That was much more fun than yesterday's game. We seem to have something in Dana Eveland, he pitched great. 6 innings, 3 hits, 3 walks, 4 K, 2 earned, one came after he left the game. He did tire near the end of his time out there. 2 of his 3 walks were in the 6th and 7th innings. Two starts in he has a 1.35 ERA. Camp, Janssen and Frasor pitched the final 3 innings. Camp gave up a homer but that was all the damage to the relievers. Frasor had a 3 up 3 down 9th.

Offensively Alex Gonzalez and Travis Snider were the heros. Alex went 4 for 5 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI. Moonraker had his first home run on the season. Vernon Wells and Mike McCoy had 2 hits each. McCoy's were both doubles, one that Juan Pierre got a glove on but dropped. Jose Bautista was 1 for 2 with 3 walks.

Jays of the Day are Eveland (.198 WPA), Gonzalez (.178) and Snider (.113). No Suckage Jay, Lyle Overbay was closest at -.074 off a 0 for 5 with 4 strike outs and 1 ground out off a lefty. I think that's 0 for 12 off lefties for our every day first baseman. John Buck had our only other 0 for but he had a sac fly and a walk.

Juan Pierre had an adventure in base running. With runners on first and him on second, they took off on a pitch that turned into a deep fly out. Juan slid into third then got up and started towards home, when he realized Vernon made the catch. So he ran straight back to second without retouching third. Whoops.

So we tied that series and are now 7 and 3, half a game up on the Rays for first place. Enjoy it.

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Solid home start

Not to shabby. Oh and I got a copy of Bullpen Gospels by our very own Dirk Hayhurst. It’s a great book so far and I encourage all baseball fans to get it and read it. Very interesting point of view with a lot of funny moments.

by JAYson G on Apr 15, 2010 10:28 PM EDT reply actions

just finished it.

Great read.

by Tom Dakers on Apr 15, 2010 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I just finished aswell. As soon as I was done I wanted to start it again. Flawlessly flows from hilarious, sad, and moving from page to page.

by Redonred on Apr 15, 2010 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Great game to watch

Now let’s hope that Seattle didn’t ruin Morrow, and that Tallet is eventually replaced by Scrabble or Cecil. Together with Marcum, Romero and Eveland this is a rotation I would love to watch grow together. Were did Eveland come from? Was he always in our system, or was he a winter signing?

by Redonred on Apr 15, 2010 10:29 PM EDT reply actions

nvm

“Oakland Athletics traded Dana Eveland to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named or cash.”
Gotta love SBNation

by Redonred on Apr 15, 2010 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Well I love SBNation....

but then I’m kind of biased

by Tom Dakers on Apr 15, 2010 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Gotta like the future of the Jays rotation …you can’t forget about how well Litsch was pitching before he got hurt too. And if Purcy can ever manage to develop into a solid pitcher…that’s quite a lot of good young arms.

by Icedragon on Apr 15, 2010 10:40 PM EDT reply actions

wow i forgot about Litsch. Now it’s even better looking:)
My friend’s cousin is dating Ryan Howard, who is friends with Litsch. Apparently Litsch is huge goofball( in a good way) and a hilarious drunk. Chased someone around at a party and tripped over a coach… I remember when he was promoted from AA and had a 1 hit outing. That was awesome.

by Redonred on Apr 15, 2010 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I actually saw that debut a few years ago. It was against the Orioles and he really pitched a great game. Not only that, but his dad was in the stands celebrating his birthday watching his son pitch. I was having some drinks at Hooters after the game with my friends, when none other than Jesse and his dad walked in. Needless to say, there were “JESSE, JESSE” chants every 10 minutes!

by brewerm on Apr 16, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions

Oreskovic, a Marlies Dman, was trashed at this game and heckling the Sox…
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2010/4/15/1424985/oreskovic-brings-drunkulence-to

by Redonred on Apr 15, 2010 10:52 PM EDT reply actions

With the way A.Gon is batting

Think he can bat leadoff after Hill comes back?

by 7-9nomore on Apr 16, 2010 12:14 AM EDT reply actions

id actually like to see that because i think gonzalez will fall off if he bats lower in the order before guys like encarnacion and overbay

he wont get the same quality pitches to hit. and its not as though we have anyone better for leadoff that wed be missing out on speed or anything like that.

by asal313 on Apr 16, 2010 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Even at the best of times Gonzalez doesn't walk at all...

I can’t see him leading off

by Tom Dakers on Apr 16, 2010 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Great to see Snider hit one out.

And as usual, it was no cheapy. Hopefully he can keep it going – seems he’s been hitting a bit better the past few games.

And I don’t want to get in any arguments about whether Overbay should be playing every day or not, but after 10 games he’s hitting .077. That’s against both righties and lefties. And obviously shaving off his ‘stache didn’t fix his swing. So maybe sitting a couple of games will get him focussed again. I’ve always liked his game and thought he would turn things around again this year, and he might still since the season is so early, but this is getting ridiculous.

by jonnybluejay on Apr 16, 2010 10:54 AM EDT reply actions

how bad do you have to suck to get suckage?

how can 4 strikeouts not qualify. did he need an error too? i admit i don’t know the formula…. but he sucked worse than usual.

by upstate jay fan on Apr 16, 2010 2:10 PM EDT reply actions

WPA is the starting point

so one out with the bases loaded can be worse than 4 in low-leverage situations. Also, unless a groundout or flyout moves up a runner, it’s not any worse than a K for WPA purposes.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Apr 16, 2010 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions