With the Jays quickly fading wild card chances in the balance and Burnett pitching on 3 days rest for the 2nd time this year he came up w/a huge performance. Burnett went 6+ innings leaving w/no runs allowed but runners at 1st and 2nd. One of the runners did score but the run charged to Burnett was unearned. In fact the Sox didn’t even get a hit in the inning to score the run. George Kottaras (a CDN who was making his major league debut) struck out but reached as the 3rd strike got away from Barajas. Crisp then hit a ground ball to Scutaro but Inglett couldn’t handle the feed at 2nd and was charged w/an error. Then w/Carlson in the game the Red Sox got a FC and SF to score one. Burnett gave up just 3 hits in the game, but he did walk 3 and hit one batter.
In 2 starts this year on 3 days rest Burnett has gone 14.1 IP and given up 9 H, 2 R (1 ER), 4 BB, 2 HBP, and 14 K, good for a 2 – 0 record. He hasn’t exactly faced easy opponents either doing it against NYY and BOS.
The Jays offence did their part facing Byrd for the 4th time this season, all within a span of 36 days. The big blow being the 3-run HR by Snider in the 5th. The Jays tacked on 3 more off the bullpen in the 6th, 2 of them driven in by Snider on a ground rule 2B. So it was a 5 RBI game for Snider (tying the Jays franchise record for a rookie). The Jays went 4 for 7 w/RISP.
Devern Hansack looked pretty good coming out of the Jays bullpen. He pitched the last 3 innings for the Sox facing the minimum. He threw just 27 pitches and he picked up 3 strikeouts.
In the 1st inning when Ellsbury stole 2nd if Barajas was heads up he could have dropped the foul tip. If a catcher drops a foul tip then the ball is considered dead, just like any other foul ball. However, if a catcher catches a foul tip then it is considered live, just as if the batter had never made contact. Since Barajas had no chance of throwing out Ellsbury he could have dropped the ball and Ellsbury would have been forced to go back to 1st.
How is this for the Sox finishing lineup: Chris Carter, Kevin Cash (making his major league debut at 3B), Jeff Bailey, Alex Cora, Sean Casey, Jonathan Van Every, Jed Lowrie, George Kottaras, Coco Crisp. Not exactly defending World Series Champion material. That is what happens when you schedule double headers in Sept. w/the expanded rosters and you get a one sided game.
Let’s go to the stats:
Adv: Pedroia, Ellsbury
P-Adv: Burnett (5), Carlson (2)
Adv+: Snider (2)
P-Adv+: Byrd
ME(r): Wells (3)
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