Game 93 – Domination

Well Halladay certainly made his case for starting the all-star game. He goes the distance shutting out the Yankees on 2 hits, 1 walk, and 2 HBP while striking out 8. The Yankees only had 2 runners reach 2nd and none made it as far as 3rd. Until Jeter hit that 2B down the RF line in the 9th, I thought the lone hit keeping Halladay from a no-hitter was going to be the mis-read fly ball by Wilkerson in CF.

A much different Chamberlain tonight than in his starter debut. The Jays managed to get 3 1B’s in the 3rd to push across 2 runs and then added a solo shot in the 6th. Otherwise Chamberlain looked pretty solid. He also did not walk a batter and struck out 9 in his 7 innings.

The Jays did manage to go 3 for 7 w/RISP. It was a good day for Overbay as he got 3 hits (1 2B), drove in 1 and scored 1.

I don’t mean to take such a negative view but that play by Scutaro and McDonald wasn’t anything special. The fact is you see it all the time on DP’s, you just don’t often see it just to get an out at 1st. The last and only time I remember seeing it live was when I saw the Mets play in MIL and Rey Ordonez gloved a ball going up the middle then flipped to Edgardo Alfonso who threw onto 1st. I think you don’t see it much b/c players figure they have a better shot at getting the runner if they just stop and plant or try some sort of Roberto Alomar jump and throw. The other reason is the play requires both infielders to be heads up and ready for the situation, if one isn’t then it fails and you look bad for not throwing to 1st yourself.

Let’s see the stats:
Adv+: Inglett (1)
P-Adv+: Chamberlain
NAdv: Jeter
P-NAdv: Halladay (6)
WG: Lind (1)
ME(f): Cano, Wilkerson (2)