Coming off a 4-game sweep of OAK the Jays are shut down by Anthony Reyes. Yes that Anthony Reyes who helped the Cardinals win the World Series in ’06 but has been back and forth between AAA and the majors the past 2 seasons. The Jays managed just 1 run on 7 hits in 6.1 innings. To his credit Reyes did throw strikes (62 strikes, 26 balls) and worked ahead in the count most of the night (20 1st pitch strikes out of 27 batters).
The Jays had 1st and 3rd 1 out in the 2nd but Stairs grounded into a DP. They then loaded the bases in the 4th w/2 out after scoring 1 but failed to add anymore as McDonald flied out. The Jays ended up 2 for 10 w/RISP.
It was a pretty decent start for Purcey but it looked like it could turn into a disaster in the 4th. Through the 1st 3 innings Purcey gave up 2 hits and had struck out 5. In the 4th after getting Carroll to line out, Shoppach ripped a 2B. Then after another hard hit out, the Indians got 2 more 2B’s and a 1B. The inning only ended b/c Gutierrez tried to stretch his 1B into a 2B and got thrown out by Rios. Purcey then came out in the 5th a little gun shy walking the 8 and 9 hitters to start the inning, a major no-no. Luckily in between the walks Gonzalez was caught stealing 2nd (or quite possibly a missed sign on a hit and run). Purcey then settled back down getting 5 of the next 6 (the only batter to reach was on an error), striking out 3 of them.
I would have PH for Inglett in the 7th when the Indians went to the LH Perez. They had both Scutaro and Eckstein available off the bench.
After Rios finished 0 for 5 w/3 strikeouts he is now 1 for his last 11. He looked particularly bad in the 7th w/2 on and 2 out as he struck out on 3 pitches, chasing 2 balls in the dirt.
Jhonny Peralta joined Rios in the 3 strikeout club, while Shin-Soo Choo led CLE w/3 hits.
Here are the stats:
WG: Marte, Inglett (2), McDonald (7)
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