Quick Recap: Two wins for the price of one

The Blue Jays played split squad games today, and, unusually, they had some regulars at both games. And they won both games.

Pirates 4 Blue Jays 13 (at Dunedin)

We had a bunch of homers in this one. Devon Travis, Russell Martin (his 3rd of spring), Roemon Fields, Curtis Granderson (his 3rd this spring) and Dwight Smith (his 2nd) all homered.

Pitching:

J.A. Happ started and did well. He pitched 3 innings, allowed 2 hits, 1 earned, 2 walks with 1 strikeouts.

• Danny Barnes: 1 inning, 1 hit a homer, 2 strikeouts.
• John Axford: 1 inning, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts.
• Craig Breslow: 1 clean inning. His first decent appearance of the spring.
• Matt Dermody: 1 inning, 1 hit, strikeout.
• Rhiner Cruz: 1 inning, 1 walk, 1 unearned run.
• Dusty Isaacs: 1 inning, 1 hit a home run, 1 earned, 2 strikeouts

Batters:

• Curtis Granderson: 2 for 3, homer, walk, k. .333 on the spring.
• Devon Travis: 2 for 4, home run. .333.
• Lourdes Gurriel: 0 for 1. .250. He made an error.
• Russell Martin: 1 for 3, 1 k. .214. He played third base.
• Jon Berti: 0 for 2. .200.
• Randal Grichuk; 1 for 4, 2 k. .333.
• Kendrys Morales: 1 for 4. .211.
• Aledmys Diaz: 0 for 3, k. .167.
• Richard Urena: 0 for 2. .071.
• Ezequiel Carrera: 1 for 2, k, steal. .200.
• Roemon Fields: 2 for 2, homer, double. .462.
• Luke Maile: 0 for 1, 2 walks. .222. He also threw out a base stealer.
• Dwight Smith: 2 for 3, homer. .286.

Blue Jays 6 Tigers 5 (in Lakeland)

Thomas Pannone started and had a bit of trouble. He went 3 innings, allowed 3 hits, 3 earned with 1 home run.

• Deck McGuire: 2 innings, 2 hits, 2 strikeouts.
• Jon Harris: 1 inning, 2 hits, 2 earned, 1 k, 1 homer.
• Jose Fernandez: 1 inning, 1 walk.
• Andrew Case: 1 inning, 1 hit, 1 walk, 2 k (he got the win).
• Justin Shafer: 1 clean inning (save).

Batters:

• Dalton Pompey: 2 for 4, he also reached on error for the 3rd time this spring, stole third. Hitting .286.
• Harold Ramirez: 1 for 1, double.
• Yangervis Solarte: 0 for 3. .100. He played short.
• Reese McGuire: 0 for 2. .429.
• Josh Donaldson: 0 for 2, walk. .250.
• Max Pentecost: 1 for 2. .143.
• Justin SMoak: 0 for 2, walk. .118.
• Kevin Pillar: 1 for 3. .471 (dropping under .500 for the first time this spring).
• Anthony Alford: 0 for 1. .278. And he had an outfield assist.
• Teoscar Hernandez: 2 for 3, k. .263.
• Danny Jansen: 1 for 3, double. .200.
• Tim Lopes: 1 for 1. .231.
• Jason Leblebijian: 0 for 3, k. .273.
• Gift Ngoepe: 0 for 3, 2 k. .125.

So a few hours ago offense was a worry. Not so much now.

Tomorrow the Jays head to Ed Smith Stadium to play the Orioles. The game isn’t on TV.