Quick Recap: Blue Jays fall to the Pirates

The Blue Jays dropped another game, this time 4-1 to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Jays only run came after a Steve Pearce double, and a Kevin Pillar RBI single.

Hitters:

• Kevin Pillar: 3-for-3 with an RBI. He also got picked off, and made a really nice catch.
• Devon Travis: 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout
• Curtis Granderson: Really worked his counts, 0-for-1 with 2 walks. Also got caught stealing on a stike-’em-out throw-’em-out.
• Justin Smoak: 0-for-3 with two strikeouts
• Steve Pearce: 1-for-3 with a double and a strikeout
• Aledmys Diaz: 0-for-3
• Luke Maile: 1-for-2 with a hit by pitch
• Gift Ngoepe: 1-for-3, and had a throwing error
• Roemon Fields: 0-for-3 with a strikeout
• Richard Ureña/Lourdes Gurriel Jr/Dwight Smith Jr/Jonathan Davis/Tim Lopes/Reese McGuire: 0-for-1
• Gunnar Heidt: One walk

J.A. Happ pitched two innings. He looked crisp, only allowing one hit (a 2-out homer to Sean Rodriguez in the second inning) and had three strikeouts. He alluded to gratitude for improved outfield range in his post-game media scrum.

• Rest of the Blue Jays pitchers:
• Rhiner Cruz: 1.0 IP, 1 BB
• Craig Breslow: 0.1 IP, 1 pitch, 1 out
• Al Alburquerque: 0.2 IP, 1 BB and 2 Ks
• Luis Santos: 1.0 IP, 1 K
• Chris Rowley: Took the loss. 1.0 IP, 1 hit, 1 earned run, and he hit two batters. He was saved from further damage by a very nice Maile/Ngoepe double play
• Andrew Case: 1.0 IP, 2 hits, 2 earned runs (one 2-run homer by Austin Meadows)
• Jose Fernandez: 1.0 IP, 1 strikeout

The Jays are now 2-5 in meaningless Spring Games.

They will play the Minnesota Twins tomorrow.