Game 86 – Cairo Power

What’s new, the Blue Jays struggle to do anything vs a LH. Interesting enough it was the Jays lefty bats doing the damage as Overbay and Lind combined for 3 of 7 hits vs Washburn and the lone 2 runs came on Lind’s 2-run HR following an Overbay 1B.

The Jays put up an 0 for 5 w/RISP and grounded into 2 DP’s. In the final 3 innings vs the Mariners bullpen the Jays only had 1 batter reach base and that was thanks to an error.

It was another so-so start from McGowan. There seem to be quite a few of those this yr from him. I was surprised to see McGowan pulled so early, especially given how efficient he was being. He had only thrown 76 pitches (53 strikes) through 6 innings. I didn’t see signs McGowan was tiring and he had retired the last 5 in a row.

The Mariners were a non-impressive 2 for 9 w/RISP but it was enough to defeat the Jays. The real killer was Miguel Cairo who hit a pair of 2B’s and drove in 3. Meanwhile Ichiro picked up 3 1B’s (2 of them infield hits), drew a walk, and scored 2 runs.

Nice to see League coming in and getting ground balls. He got 4 outs via the ground and none in the air. He still showed control issues walking 2 but at least he is getting the ball down in the zone.

Now to the stats:
NAdv: Cairo
P-NAdv: McGowan (15)
WG: Rolen (7)