It has not been a good yr for Verlander. After a horrible start he seemed to be getting back on track but has really struggled again his past few starts. Against the Jays he gave up 6 runs in 4.1 innings while giving up 7 hits and 2 walks w/just 2 strikeouts. It almost makes me wonder if we won’t hear that Verlander has some kind of injury.
Ex Blue Jays Rule 5er, Aquilino Lopez, did a nice job in long relief going 3.2 innings giving up just a solo shot to Barajas (1 of this 3 RBI’s), and a 1B to Scutaro.
The Blue Jays did a very good job of cashing in the runners they got. They went 3 for 4 w/RISP and added 3 SF’s. They stranded just 4 runners, although they also lost 2 on DP’s.
It was a good start from Marcum; he only gave up 2 runs both on solo HR’s leading off an inning. The concern was the # of times Marcum was falling behind in the count. He threw 16 first pitch balls of the 27 hitters he faced, including the 2 players who homered against him.
The other issue for Marcum since he came off the DL is he really seems to be lacking stamina. It seems like every game he is tiring early. Look at his last inning tonight: Goes to 3-2 to Cabrera before giving up a HR, Joyce gets a 1B on 0-1, then he got the next 3 batters but he fell behind all 3 w/2-0, 1-0, and 2-0 counts. So going back to the last inning he threw 1st pitch balls to 5 of the last 6.
Interesting to see Cito use all 3 of League, Downs, and Ryan for an inning each even though the Jays were up by 5. Now Downs and Ryan had the past 3 days off so it makes sense to get them in there, but League worked just 2 days ago so he didn’t need the work and I would have kept him back. Carlson would have been a better choice as he hadn’t worked in 3 days, or even Frasor, who the same as League pitched 2 days ago. The difference w/Frasor over League is if you have another close game tomorrow you’ll need League. There is no reason to not be comfortable putting Frasor out there w/a 5 run lead.
I could not believe Granderson got credit for a hit in the 3rd inning. It clearly should have been an error on Overbay. Talk about hometown scoring.
On with the stats:
Adv+: Barajas (9)
P-Adv+: Verlander
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