Sleeping Soft, Hidden From View: Jays 5, Orioles 4 (11 Inn)

by hugo on Sep 25, 2010 5:33 PM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays Game Recaps

The Jays rode their usual long-ball heroics and beat the Orioles in the 11th on a Lyle Overbay home run

On the Mound:

Ricky Romero had an awful 2nd inning, walking in two runs. He wasn't helped by poor defense. He did manage to limit the damage by striking out Ty Wigginton with the bases loaded to end it. On the plus side, that was all the runs Romero gave up and he did induce a decent number of ground balls. On the minus side, he only made it through 5 innings, walked 5, and only struck out 3. Not a great start.

At the Plate:

Solo shots abounded for the Jays today. Aaron Hill hit his 25th dinger in the 2nd. Travis Snider jacked his 11th in the 3rd. Edwin Encarnacion his his 16th in the bottom of the 7th to tie the score. And Lyle Overbay win it in the 11th with his 20th long ball of the season. Overbay also cashed Snider (who had singled) on a sacrifice fly. On the minus side, Yunel Escobar drew the only walk, which is pretty poor for an 11 inning game.

From the Pen:

The bullpen really won it for the Jays today, with Brian Tallet, Casey Janssen (who gave up the only other Orioles run, on a Ty Wigginton solo shot), Josh Roenicke, Scott Downs, Jesse Carlson, and David Purcey pitching 1-run ball for 6 innings to allow the Jays to come back and win. Downs was especially good, picking Aaron Hill up after an error allowed Luke Scott to reach 1st base to start the 9th inning. Downs got Nick Markakis to hit one back to him and turned it into a double play and Ty Wigginton then hit one very deep to centre that Vernon Wells was able to snag.

So Edwin, Lyle, Downs, Carlson, Purcey, and Roenicke all win Jays of the day, with Travis Snider earning honourable mention. Jose Bautista had a rough day - 0-5 with three strikeouts, even Babe Ruth had a couple of those days.

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Overbay has his 20th!!! Can Lind play at 1B now?

by adiderek on Sep 25, 2010 6:03 PM EDT reply actions

Or can Buck move to 1B so we can let JPA catch?

by adiderek on Sep 25, 2010 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Jays single-season team HR record

Following on from my post yesterday, that’s four down and four to go for the Jays to surpass their single-season HR record set in 2000.

by jabalong on Sep 25, 2010 10:26 PM EDT reply actions

Jordan Bastian thwipped about a Bautista foul ball that went out of Skydome

pretty cool if true.

by Tom Dakers on Sep 26, 2010 12:54 AM EDT reply actions

Saw it on Sportsnet highlights

Unforutunate it’s not on mlb.com…. yet.

by Minor Leaguer on Sep 26, 2010 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, i was at yesterdays game, that is true

Most cheering I’ve ever heard for a foul ball

by RogerbJR on Sep 26, 2010 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions

thoughts on Cito

Some real divergent thoughts on Cito making the internet rounds. The Jays were penciled for 100 losses this year: by most pundits: how much of the 80-win total is due to Cito? Could coaching have increased the total? What will be Cito’s legacy? Is he a great coach, or just lucky?

Would love to see a blog article on this.

by Gerry71 on Sep 26, 2010 9:32 AM EDT reply actions

I saw a tweet from Law the other day that mentioned a good manager may be able to get his team 5+/- extra wins on the season but a bad manager can lose 20+/- extra games. (of course thats his opinion and not proven fact)

Now granted Cito does bring some other things to the table with his batting coach experience but he does have a bit of a point. Not many games come down to a win because the manager pinch ran for someone or pinch hit, Sure they are some but it is a small percentage compared to the games where the starter in part of the rotation goes out and throws 7/8 innings limiting the other team and your team scores a couple runs. Is that really on the manager?

Its a little give and take with both sides I think

Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...

by JohnnyG on Sep 26, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions

I think managers got too much praise when a team wins and too much blame when a team loses. Of course there are terrible managers and real good ones, but most managers are in the middle. We all know Cito’s negatives from the lack of pinch hitting late in games to the over reliance on veteran players, but he gets the maximum out of the players he has and this year’s team is a great example of that.

I think looking back at Cito’s career as a manager of the Jays, the good will outweigh the negative.

by wadcanshuur on Sep 26, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions

When you have two world series rings the good side gets a lot more weight so in hindsight people will remember that mostly.

Its just like when he was first brought back 2 years ago, People were excited to see him again and they had forgot about how badly things were when he was fired.

Give it a few years and the whole nostalgia factor will kick in and people won’t remember the bad.

Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...

by JohnnyG on Sep 26, 2010 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions