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Seven Years Ago Today
The Blue Jays beat the Orioles 13-5, picking up their 11th win in a row. That tied a team record (the did it in 1987 and 1998). Yes, it would be nice to talk about a game happening this year, but this is our life.
We scored 9 runs in the first 3 inning and could coast the rest of the way. From the recap:
On offense:
Melky Cabrera: 1 for 3, sac fly, 2 RBI.
Jose Bautista: 1 for 3, 2 walks, double, 3 RBI.
Edwin Encarnacion: 3 for 5, double, home run, 4 RBI. Another that deserves your All-Star votes.
Colby Rasmus: 1 for 4, walk, home run.
J.P. Arencibia: 3 for 4, 1 RBI on a bases loaded hit by pitch. He also did a good job catching Josh Johnson.
Maicer Izturis: 2 for 5, 2 doubles.
Emilio Bonifacio: 2 for 4, double, steal.
We did everything. Small ball, Emilio gets a bunt single (bunted over the pitcher), steals second, goes to third on a Kawasaki bunt and scores on a sac fly. And long ball, homers from Edwin and Colby.
Freddy Garcia, the Orioles starter, gave up 7 hits and 7 earned in 2.1 innings. At 36, he didn’t have a good time with the O’s, going 3-5 with a 5.77 ERA before being traded to the Braves in August.
Josh Johnson got the start for the Jays, and picked up 1 of his 2 wins with the Jays. He went 6 innings, allowing 7 hits, 4 earned, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts. His other win came in his last start of the season (and his career), August 6 against the Mariners.
Juan Perez (remember him?) and Darren Oliver pitched in relief. Perez was a 34-year-old lefty reliever. He pitched in 19 games for the Jays that year with a 3.69 ERA. He pitched in a total of 61 games spread over 5 seasons, with 4 teams.
Unfortunately we lost our next game, 4-1 to the Rays in Tropicana Field.
Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | WPA | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nate McLouth LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .289 | .369 | .407 | .776 | -0.008 | |
Manny Machado 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .322 | .354 | .483 | .837 | -0.038 | 2B |
Nick Markakis RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .289 | .341 | .414 | .756 | 0.061 | 2·2B,GDP |
Adam Jones CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .298 | .320 | .508 | .828 | -0.085 | |
Chris Davis 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .339 | .416 | .723 | 1.139 | 0.018 | IW |
Travis Ishikawa 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | ||
Matt Wieters C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .229 | .284 | .398 | .681 | -0.081 | GDP |
J.J. Hardy SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .267 | .305 | .469 | .775 | -0.028 | |
Alexi Casilla 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .266 | .282 | .548 | ||
Chris Dickerson DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .265 | .282 | .458 | .740 | 0.040 | SB |
Ryan Flaherty 2B-SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .191 | .256 | .321 | .577 | -0.015 | 2·HR |
Team Totals | 37 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 38 | .297 | .316 | .541 | .856 | -0.136 |
Batting | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | WPA | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Melky Cabrera LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .276 | .320 | .365 | .685 | 0.016 | SF |
Rajai Davis LF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .305 | .339 | .390 | .730 | 0.000 | HBP |
Jose Bautista RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .254 | .350 | .488 | .838 | -0.001 | 2B |
Edwin Encarnacion DH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .274 | .355 | .545 | .900 | 0.162 | HR,2B |
Adam Lind 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .337 | .402 | .554 | .956 | 0.021 | |
Colby Rasmus CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .243 | .312 | .469 | .781 | 0.022 | HR |
J.P. Arencibia C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .225 | .251 | .455 | .705 | 0.105 | HBP |
Maicer Izturis 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .232 | .267 | .346 | .613 | -0.017 | 2·2B |
Emilio Bonifacio 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .207 | .233 | .316 | .549 | 0.076 | 2B,SB |
Munenori Kawasaki SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .228 | .341 | .329 | .670 | -0.018 | SH |
Team Totals | 36 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 43 | .389 | .452 | .694 | 1.147 | 0.366 |
Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | BF | Pit | WPA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddy Garcia, L (3-5) | 2.1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5.77 | 17 | 61 | -0.330 |
T.J. McFarland | 4.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.14 | 19 | 61 | -0.031 |
Pedro Strop | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.17 | 3 | 10 | -0.005 |
Troy Patton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 4 | 9 | 0.000 |
Team Totals | 8 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14.62 | 43 | 141 | -0.366 |
Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | BF | Pit | WPA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Josh Johnson, W (1-2) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4.60 | 27 | 89 | 0.117 |
Aaron Loup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.95 | 3 | 7 | 0.016 |
Juan Perez | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 15 | 0.001 |
Dustin McGowan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.40 | 4 | 11 | 0.000 |
Team Totals | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5.00 | 38 | 122 | 0.134 |