Blogger Baseball Scorecard: Tampa Bay Rays @ Toronto Blue Jays

Tampa Bay Rays @ Toronto Blue Jays - Game 3
1:07 PM ET, August 8, 2010
Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Starting Pitchers:
Tampa Bay: Andy Sonnanstine (2-0, 4.22 ERA)
Toronto: Brandon Morrow (8-6, 4.79 ERA)

Weather:
cloudy with occasional showers
Temp. 21°C | 70°F
Wind: SW 17 kph | 12 mph
Dome is closed.

Bottom of the 1st

* Wise's LD up the middle, right back from where it came, knocks Sonnanstine's glove right off his hand! He calmly picks up the ball with the glove lying on the mound and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2nd

* Pitch up and in, with a purpose - knocks Encarnacion down. Next pitch is low and away for a strike.

Top of the 5th

Not to be-little the euphemism, but the strike zone is as wide as it can be with out confusing wild pitches with strikes in the scoring.

Bottom of 5th

Molina is on with a walk, and on a scorcher foul, hit by Wise, 1B D. Johnson can't get around Molina, who he is playing behind, to get to the ball before it twists foul - so he plays in front of him now. Molina is joking around, decrying the diss. Then he starts with a jogging run to second - and then the pitcher winds - Molina steals it on the pitcher, standing up

Top of 6th

Bartlett swings and dives at the same time and the high inside pitch hits the barrel of the bat as he bails. Unpire thinks it's off his shoulder, but Cito Gaston asks him to get another opinion. They reverse themselves and meanwhile we're watching video that clearly shows it hit the bat foul ball. Next pitch is K eleven for Morrow.

Zobrist with 2 outs now, hits a long line drive blast. Wells has the line... and he hits the wall as the ball hits the pocket of his glove extended in a complete stretch near the top of the wall - for the out!

Euphemism still intact.

Vernon Wells dislocated his big toe on the catch above, and is replaced by Snider as a pinch hitter and in CF by Wise from left field and Snider into LF.

Top of the 9th

Brandon Morrow's no hitter is broken up by a Evan Longoria with a skidder between 1st 1nd 2nd. Aaron Hill dives for it, but it goes in and out of his glove and off into right.

I thought the umpire squeezed Morrow on the Zobrist BB at bat. I think I could see Morrow saying to himself, f*#k it, I'm just going to pitch around him, put him on and start over with Crawford.

This team is really loose and happy with themselves. While Morrow is talking to the Sportnet announcers a bucket of ice water is tipped on Brandon's head, and just about gives him a heart attack. As he's getting ready to begin again with the interview a towel full of shaving cream arrives. Morrow is not amused. A real serious major league pitcher - and that's probably part of the reason why - he's got ice water in those veins.

The Toronto Blue Jays sweep the Tampa Bay Rays.

After a day off tomorrow the 3rd place Boston Red Sox arrive for a 3 game set, 7:07 PM, Tuesday, August 10, 2010.

ESPN Box score for this game.

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Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tampa Bay Rays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Toronto Blue Jays	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	1	5	1


Tampa Bay Rays	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		H	AB	BB	R	RBI	LOB	PO	A	E
1. B. Zobrist RF	FFS	Ks			BCC C	K /					X	FB!! FO8!* /					BBB B	BB -
2. C. Crawford LF	WW	Ks					BFB FFF FS	Ks 2UA					WW 3-2 S	Ks			WW 0-2 X	FO7
3. E. Longoria 3B	SFF BS	Ks /					X	FO8					BFC FBS	Ks			BFX	GB4 BH9* #1 1,3 -
4. D. Johnson 1B			WW	BB -			WW	Ks /					BSX	LD3 E3 -			WW 2-2 FFF S	Ks /
5. M. Joyce DH			X	pop FO3					BFC S	Ks			CFC	K /
6. J. Jaso C			CX	pop FO5f					CBF X	pop FO7					SBB FBC	K
7. B. Upton CF			WW 0-2 BFS	Ks /					WW	pop FO3 /					BFB CS	Ks
8. R Brignac 2B ph top8th W. Aybar					WW 1-2 S	Ks					WW	Ks 2-3			X	FO8 /
9. J. Bartlett SS					WW 0-2 FX	GB5 5-3					WW 1-2 FFF* S	Ks					SCX	FO8
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/Inning Totals	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Totals
Runs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hits	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Errors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	0
LOB	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	p-s	ERA
Andy Sonnanstine (L)	5.1	3	1	1	3	1	0	77-44	3.98
Randy Choate RP	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	11-7	5.10
Dan Wheeler RP	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	25-13	2.70
Lance Cormier RP	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	4.24


Toronto Blue Jays	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		H	AB	BB	R	RBI	LOB	PO	A	E
1. D. Wise LF 7th CF	BFX	LD1* 1-3			SSX	GB2nd BH8 --x			SSB BS	#9 1,2! Ks /			BBF SBS	Ks /
2. Y. Escobar SS		BB <>			BBX	GB6 BH7 #1 1,2 -					WW	GB6 6-3			WW	GB6 6-3
3. J. Bautista RF	CFB X	GB5 5-3 3-5 #2, 1.3			BSC BBX	GB5 DP #1 2,3x 5-3 /					WW 3-2 B	BB -			BCB X	pop FO3f
4. V. Wells CF ph b6th T. Snider LF	x	pop3 BH4 RBI -					FBF BX	FO8			WW	Choate Ks			BSB BB	BB ---
5. A. Lind DH	WW 2-1 tFX	GB2nd 6-3 /					BBX	LD3! 3-1			WW	K /			X	2BH7 #4 1,3 --
6. A. Hill 2B			X	pop FO3f			BX	GB5 5-3 /					BBB B	BB --	X	GB6 6-3 /
7. L. Overbay 1B			SX	LD5 5-3						GB1 1-3			X	GB2nd BH8 #6 1,2 -
8. E. Encarnacion 3B			BB* CBX	FO8 /					X	FO7			X	DanW. GB5! 5-3
9. J. Molina C					BX!	track FO7			CSB BBB	BB -			BBF FFF S	Ks
																		TOTALS