Brett Lawrie Walk Off Homer!!: Jays Beat Red Sox in 11 Innings
by Tom Dakers on Sep 5, 2011 5:53 PM EDT
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Who doesn't love Brett Lawrie? As much as I would have liked to have hung the loss on Jonathan Papelbon, I couldn't have asked for a better ending. Lawrie has been so much better than we could have hoped. He's been great with the glove and even better with the bat. I think I have a new favorite. I wonder what kind of numbers he would have if we had brought him north after Spring Training.
Henderson Alvarez had his second great start in a row. He now has 14 straight shutout innings, 10 short of the Jay's rookie record. We sort of down played the 8 innings of shutout ball, his last start, because it was against the Orioles, but this was against a very strong Red Sox team. I really didn't think Alvarez was ready for the Majors, and I'm sure he'll have some bumps in the road, but he looks like he should stick. Today, 6 innings 4 hits, 1 walks and 4 strikeouts. 7 groundouts and 4 fly outs. Great job Henderson.
Carlos Villanueva, Casey Janssen, Frank Francisco and Shawn Camp pitched 5 more scoreless innings. Franky didn't start off great, Carl Crawford led of with a deep fly that Dewayne Wise made an amazing catch on, to save at least a double, then Josh Reddick hit one deep to right, for a double, that Jose Bautista just missed. But then a strikeout and fly out and he was out of the inning. Then he came back to pitch a nice 10th inning. First time he has pitched 2 innings this season. Camp had a nice, quick 10th.
On offense, we only had 6 hits, with 6 walks. We should have won in the 10th. Jose Molina singled and Chris Woodward pinch ran for him. Wise couldn't get a bunt down for out number 1. Pinch hitter Mark Teahen walked. Eric Thames struck out. Baustista walked. But Adam Lind struck out with the bases loaded to end the inning. He did have one of our hits and one of our walks before that.
Jays of the Day are Lawrie (.462), Alvarez (.364), Franky (.287), Camp (.143) and Casey (.110). Suckage numbers go to Lind (-.234, 1 for 4 and a walk but the strikeout was big), EE (1 for 5), Wise (-.194, 0 for 4, all strikeouts, but I'm figuring that the catch was worth enough that he shouldn't get the 'award'), Kelly Johnson (1 for 5), Eric Thames (-.130, 0 for 4, 3 k), Jose Bautista (0 for 4, walk) and Molina (-.110, 1 for 4, though the one hit was a big one, or should have been).
Josh Beckett left the game with a sprained ankle. That has to worry Red Sox fans some. They don't have a deep starting rotation.
A really nice win, after that lousy weekend in New York. I love beating the Red Sox.
Tomorrow we are back to night baseball. Jon Lester (14-6, 3.05) starts for the Sox. Luiz Perez (3-2, 3.77). I hope he's better than he was in his last start against the Orioles.
Hey, remember to vote for Tom Cheek.
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Awful game to watch
Beckett and Papelbon make the game WAY too slow, I had to turn over to golf to get some stimulation.
What else can be said about Lawrie, other than he should be batting no lower than 4th for the rest of the decade.
by craig in calgary on Sep 5, 2011 5:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I boo’ed everytime he took long or stepped off !
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Sep 5, 2011 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
yup last game of the season
2 rows up from the jays dugout.
couple of boston fans around thought it was going to be ugly but they were pretty nice, one sox fan even gave a ball to a kid.
Did lawrie get pie’d? we waited around but after sportsnet interview him, YES did, didn’t want to wait any longer so we walked up and then of course, we hear a cheer but couldn’t see what happened
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Sep 5, 2011 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks
makes me feel better i didn’t miss it
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Sep 5, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for bringing the luck!
+1000 Internet Points!
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
phew it was worth it then
wore shorts and a t-shirt, didn’t think they have the dome open. I froze.
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by Bowling_Guy25 on Sep 5, 2011 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
There were atleast 3 weak flyouts to Wise in the 1st and 2nd, so its not that bad
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Shun the nonbeliever!
SHUUUUUUN!!
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
Just so you know, here's what he said
@Listi13 Scouting-wise, Lawrie has looked better on D than I expected, but he hasn’t sold me at the plate yet. I’ll have to watch more.
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
Is that your twitter?
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Nope
But I found this tweet while searching the Jays forum
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
Oh I see, I see.
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I cringed when Lawrie jumped into the crowd at home.
At least he didn’t get a lecture on safety in the post-game interview like Mike Stanton did earlier this year.
Oh yeah!
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
And
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Lawrie'd!
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
Is that still a thing?
Once over the hill, you pick up speed.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
Jimmy Paredes revived it man
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
But he's an Astro...
Once over the hill, you pick up speed.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
Consider your comment green'd Craig.
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That is a terrible romoshop on top of my romoshop.
craig, I expect better from you.
Thisrighthere!
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by TonyFernandezSavedMyLife on Sep 5, 2011 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
complacent reynolds!
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Hey, how? What?
I guess you own nothing on the interwebs.
I guess you guys are fine without me.
tear
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by TonyFernandezSavedMyLife on Sep 5, 2011 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Without you who’s gonna make tee shirts?
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure in time you will take that over too, what with your hacking abilities.
YOU’RE TEARING ME APART LEAGUER!!
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by TonyFernandezSavedMyLife on Sep 5, 2011 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
haven't seen the movie
but I’ve seen the trailer . . . nice one!
"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"
What is the movie?
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Pretty sure it's just called
The Room . . . it’s an art-flick.
"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"
Yes
It’s the worst movie ever-made, hilariously watchable though.
by njd on Sep 5, 2011 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh hi, Mark!
"We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct."
- Niels Bohr
This was the second time in franchise history a Blue Jay hit a walk off homer to win a 1-0 game
Last time was Rick Bosetti hitting one out against Lary Sorensen (Brewers) in the bottom of the 9th in Exhibition Stadium on April 17, 1980.
Last time in the MLB: Reid Brinac (Rays) against Sergio Mitre (Yankees) in the bottom of the 11th on September 13, 2010.
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 6:13 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Just curious about your source for this?
Because Sportsnet said the only other player was Buck Martinez in 1985 against the Tigers
Confirmed
June 6th, 1985, bottom of the 12th off Aurelio Lopez
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.cgi?id=martibu01&t=b
He hit a 2-run home run
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, ok...
Thanks.
So Sportsnet, as usual, was just wrong. Their statement was Buck was the only other player in history to hit a walk-off in a 0-0 game. That would be false.
There was only 2 (well 3 now)
So they probably just missed the Bosetti game… but then again I didn’t hear what they said exactly.
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
DAMNIT
I went back to listen… they reported Buck was the only other EXTRA INNING walk-off HR in a 0-0 game.
Aha! lol See how much fun you can have when you keep putting on conditions to stats?
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions
For sure...
And I didn’t even notice the “1-0” condition from your post when I first replied.
But great news… Brett Lawrie is the first Jay to hit a walk-off HR in a 0-0 game that is 6 feet or taller
only 5'11" by fangraphs!
http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=5247&position=3B
"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"
No no, you missed the last condition...
Brett Lawrie is the first Jay to hit a walk-off HR in a 0-0 game that is 6 feet or taller according to baseballreference.com
So now we have a difference in fHeight and rHeight?
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
#BrettMode
….that’ll be all.
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One last thing...
DeWayne Wise can MOVE!
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The Jays can also move him out of the lineup
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
That would be very Wise.
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For both of you..
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damn……..looks like I missed a good game…………butt WOO, Lawrie is turning out to be really awesome
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Not sure if this was tweeted or whatever, but I heard that the Jays have called up RHP Chad Beck from Vegas.
Would be an interesting call-up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkCg-3nxT8E
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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 5, 2011 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, it is Vegas
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- Niels Bohr
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
UVIEDO OR FARQUHAR….
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As much as i want them to be called up
i dont think we would see them b/c of the 40 man roster thing
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Is this the guy that Sal Fasano said nice thing about
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yup
http://www.fan590.com/media.jsp?content=20110721_120204_9648
I think he starts talking about him at 11:30 mark.
“throws 94-96, has a cutter, envision as a closer sometimes or a set-up/late inning guy”
Thanks, would be interesting to see if he can touch mid 90s
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Indeed.
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Spent my labor day being lazy and doing other things.
I’m not happy I missed this game (the entire Yankees series, yes.)
Caught the highlights on mlb.com. This Brett Lawrie guy is good, no? (Kidding.) He sure knows how to rise up to the occasion (I wouldn’t call him clutch or anything…)
Brett is BEASTMODE.
In honor of the Jays 2nd Baseman who played with fire in more ways than one.
by Damaso's Burnt Shirt on Sep 5, 2011 7:17 PM EDT reply actions
#BRETTMODE
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Did anyone else think of Kendry Morales after Brett made that leap into the crowd at home plate?
37. There is no 'overkill.' There is only 'open fire' and 'I need to reload.'
I was more worried about home plate.
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- Niels Bohr
sort of
but that was a freak accident
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Morales must be made of glass....
While Brett is…….audience say it with me….BIIIIGGG AND STRONG!
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Temporarily Out of Exile
Saw the game from 10 rows behind the Bosox dugout.. Alvarez was making some of the best hitters in the game look foolish. Brett… Words cannot describe the whoooooooooo I let out in the faces of the M*ssholes my father and I were surrounded by…
I was thinking Morales while he was on the up, but realized he is way too nails before he touched down. Great game and a great preview of the future of our club.
In Lawrie, We Trust.
No Pressure Kyle, We've Already Replaced You...
by JaysFanExiledinOTT on Sep 5, 2011 7:51 PM EDT reply actions
My bad had to drink quite a bit with how long it was taking alvarez and papelbon to pitch
by jd90 on Sep 5, 2011 8:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Some cool tidbits I read on Batter's Box..
The Las Vegas Review-Journal has a feature on Adeiny Hechavarria. 51s manager Marty Brown:
“I’ve had a lot of really good middle infielders play for me — Jhonny Peralta, Brandon Phillips, Maicer Izturis — but Hetch is one of the most special, as far as being able to do the things he can do with the glove, his arm strength, his overall range and his reads off the bat.”
Also from The Las Vegas Review-Journal is an article on 51s hitting coach and former Jay Chad Mottola. 51s first baseman David Cooper:
“He’s my favorite hitting coach I’ve ever had, and that’s saying a lot because I thought really highly of my guy last year. He understands what you go through as a hitter.
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Woo Farquhar, everyone else is expected
Shi Davidi
Headed to Jays from Vegas: Adam Loewen (back to majors as OF); P Kyle Drabek; 1B David Cooper; P Chad Beck; P Daniel Farquhar; P Brad Mills
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My reactions in order of players called up...
Okay, good luck Loewen…you had a nice year in the minors, you deserve it.
Wait….WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?
I was expecting this, David Cooper needs a longer look to be evaluated after he puts up beast numbers like that with LV.
Sounds interesting, mid 90’s fastball with a good slider, good luck Beck.
I wanted this one to happen the most, good luck Daniel, can’t wait to see the awesome side-arm delivery.
Umm……sure….
WAIT…..WERE STILL CALLING UP DRABEK?
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Yes true….but something just seems totally wrong with Kyle…I just think he needs some time away from baseball, hopefully atleast he attacks hitters if he comes up and doesn’t fall behind every single count..
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Yes, true, I’ll guess we’ll just have to wait and see how this goes..
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haha yup. At least it gives us a reason to watch.
by leaflover4ever on Sep 5, 2011 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Better than Brian Tallet...
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Not saying much man
Almost anything is better
by jd90 on Sep 5, 2011 9:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Even Tom pitching....just kidding...sorry, I went to far.
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I think it will be good for Kyle. He seems to be in need of a confidence boost.
by leaflover4ever on Sep 5, 2011 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the Drabek call up was expected
they want to give him confidence though if would be really bad if he once again struggles to throw strikes
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CALL UPS
ShiDavidi Shi Davidi
Headed to Jays from Vegas: Adam Loewen (back to majors as OF); P Kyle Drabek; 1B David Cooper; P Chad Beck; P Daniel Farquhar; P Brad Mills
Go crazy!
lol at the same time
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This is the most sept callups we've had in a long time
Glad to see this and happy to have all of them up. Hopefully they get some game action.
Woooooooooooooooo Derrick Loveless just tweeted to me...
I’M AN ALL-STAR.
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haha I saw that.
But Matt Dean has tweeted me lots of times, so I win.
by leaflover4ever on Sep 5, 2011 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
But you don't tweet Matt Dean about Notorious B.I.G. lyrics...
so in that case…I win.
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And is Matt Dean following you, because Derrick is following me! :D
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Former Jay Zach Stewart
is brewing up quite an outing for the White Sox.
"If you find a man or woman who sticks around after you tell them "I may be a demented horse, but I know CPR," you marry them. No questions asked." - kishi
1-hit complete game shutout, no BBs, 9 Ks.
Wow.
GO RASMUS! You will be a stud and we will adore your gifted athleticism.
Does anyone know how major league salaries work?
I know the minimum is around $450,000 or so, but is it paid over six months or twelve?
If its six months, that’s like 70 grand plus meal money for a month.
That must be like heaven for someone making pocket change in Triple A.
lol
KJ missed the walkoff.
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