Game 56 – One Sided Affair

This turned out to be not much of a game, far cry from the last one. The Jays pounded out 12 runs on 17 hits and all this done against 3 LH’s from OAK. Apparently the Jays hitters finally figured out a lefty, at least for one game. The Jays also gave a boost to their pathetic RISP #’s by going 9 for 20.

Not to be overshadowed was another strong start from Litsch. He went 7 shutout innings extending his scoreless streak to 16 innings. He only faced more than 4 batters in an inning once. Of note 5 of 7 hits he gave up came on AB’s where he threw a 1st pitch ball.

The Jays were certainly able to take advantage of Cust’s defence. Cust is a major liability in the field and I’m not sure his bat is strong enough to warrant living w/his sub-par defence. He should DH or sit on the bench. There is a reason this guy has been up and down between ML teams and AAA.

It was a good day for a # of Jays, most notably Barajas who was 3 for 4, with a BB and all 3 hits were 2B’s. He also drove in 3 and scored 2. However, it was not a good day for Rios as he grounded into 3, count ‘em 3, DP’s on his way to an 0 for 6. Although at least he stole a base and scored a run thanks to reaching on a FC.

What little damage OAK did mainly came from Hannahan and Brown as they combined for 5 of the 8 hits. However, the 2 batters who hit after them, Crosby and Ellis respectively went a combined 0 for 7.

Now lets check the stats:
Adv+: Mench (1), Barajas (3)
P-Adv+: Braden 2
NAdv: Wilkerson 2 (4), Bowen
P-NAdv: Camp (1), Eveland, Braden
WG: Litsch (2)
DE: Ellis