It was nice to see the Jays offence wake up and decide there is still something left to play for this yr. After Purcey gave up 5 runs in the top of the 5th the Jays came back w/5 of their own in the bottom half closing the lead back to 1. That ended a 13 inning scoreless streak for the Jays. The Jays then added single runs in the 6th and 7th to take the lead. The Orioles tied it up in the top of the 8th only to have the Jays respond right away in the bottom of the 8th w/1 to regain the lead.
The Jays only picked up 3 hits through the first 4 innings. In the 5th however, they went 1B, 3B, HBP, 1B, FC, 1B, 2B. Rios led the way w/3 RBI on a 2B and a HR. Rolen also had a nice day w/3 hits (2 2B, 1 3B), drove in 1 and scored 2 runs. The Jays went 4 for 12 w/RISP.
I don’t know why Cito used McDonald instead of Thigpen to PR for Zaun in the 6th. He had to bring Thigpen in anyways to catch so why not just use him as the pinch runner. I think Thigpen and McDonald are pretty comparable in speed. Plus if you keep McDonald on the bench then you can bring him in later for defensive purposes. Of course we’ve seen Cito not bring in McDonald defensively before so no reason to think he would this game.
Not a good outing for Purcey tonight. I’m not quite sure he is ready for a spot in the rotation. He seems to be too inconsistent. He has had a few great starts but there have been a number of bad ones too. His last 7 starts have been 0 runs in 6 IP, 5 R in 4 IP, 1 R in 8 IP, 5 R in 3 IP, 0 R in 8 IP, 4 R (3 ER) in 6.2 IP, and now 6 R in 5 IP. He gave up 11 hits and 1 walk tonight. It was an interesting 5th inning as he gave up 1B, 1B, 2B, 1B, HR, 1B and then struck out the next 3.
Here are the stats:
Adv: Inglett (3)
P-Adv: Bass
Adv+: Markakis, Mora
P-Adv+: Purcey 2 (7)
NAdv: Zaun (3)
P-NAdv: Bass
ME(r): Inglett (1)
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