Saturday, September 15th - Toronto, Ontario
1:05 PM (EDT)
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Baltimore Orioles Brian Roberts 2b Tike Redman cf Nick Markakis rf Miguel Tejada ss Aubrey Huff 1b Kevin Millar dh Scott Moore 3b J.R. House c Freddy Bynum lf Pitching: Kurt Birkins, LHP |
Toronto Blue Jays Vernon Wells cf Reed Johnson lf Alexis Rios cf Frank Thomas dh Aaron Hill 2b Matt Stairs 1b Greg Zaun c Hector Luna 3b John Macdonald ss Pitching: Doc Halladay, RHP |
Yesterday's game, in which Litsch just didn't have it and the Jays offense did nothing despite the so-far lackluster Brian Burres being the O's pitcher, was rough. The Jays hope to rebound today behind the Doctor and hopefully stop: 1) screwing him out of victories; and 2) stop running his arm into the ground for no reason. You're not supposed to throw 125 pitches every time out, it's just a bad idea.
It looks like the starter for the O's is the lefty Kurt Birkins, despite earlier reports of it being old not-quite-a-friend Victor Zambrano. I am a little relieved as it would be a little humiliating for the Jays to be shut down by Zambrano, and I'm reasonably sure it would've happened. But I would like to see Adams get some more at-bats to see if he will be good enough to fill a super-utility role next season. Who knows, he could be our Maicer Itzturis or Ryan Freel next season.
Unfortunately, I won't be around for the game today (since it is Baltimore, it is one of the few Jays Saturday day games that won't be blocked out in the area.). But it's not like the Jays, beyond some good pitching performances by Doc and A.J., have given much reason to watch lately.