The battle of aces didn’t last long as Beckett was clearly tiring as early as the 4th all leading to the series sweep. Glad to see the Jays take advantage of a road weary Red Sox team.
A little bit concerning is all the K’s by the bottom of the Jays order. The bottom 4 in the order combined to strikeout 11 times, Overbay, Barajas, & McDonald 3 each, and Scutaro with a pair. At least the heart of the order came through with a couple big HR’s.
Why walks will kill you was once again on display as 3 of the 6 runs that scored for the Jays were on base before the HR’s b/c of walks. So even though BOS out homered TOR 3 to 2, the difference was Halladay was giving up solo shots.
I don’t think Halladay really had his best stuff today but he still pitched well despite giving up 4 runs as other than the HR’s the only player the Sox got to 3rd against Halladay was on the triple Youkilis got after the collision between McDonald and Wells. But that is what you get out of an ace, he is able to battle even on days when he doesn’t have his best stuff and give you a quality outing.
Good news that nobody was seriously hurt on the collision. Maybe its a sign the Jays won’t be so cursed this year. First it was A.J. in NY looking like he hurt something only to stay in, and now both McDonald and Wells appear to be ok.
Julio Lugo sure looked out of it today with 3 errors but most days I think he gets out of it with just one. Both throwing errors were balls I think Youkilis should have handled. That is no excuse for Lugo throwing balls in the dirt, but it is amazing how many errors a good first basemen will save his infielders during a season.
For the stats we had the usual, Johnny Mac getting on the board in his 1st start, and the rare, Manny Ramirez.
WG: Ramirez, McDonald (1)
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