Aside from an inning or two this offence has really looked flat on this homestand. It seems like the long win streak and then losing 3 of 4 in BOS has took everything out of them. The offence did more of the same tonight w/just 5 hits in 10 innings and none of them were w/RISP (in 4 AB’s). However, they did nice situational hitting in the 1st. After a leadoff 2B, Scutaro hit a ground ball to the right side to move him over then Rios hit the SF to score him. They had a similar scoring opportunity in the 4th as Rios leadoff w/a 2B but Wells grounded out to the left side failing to advance Rios and the next 2 Jays were retired w/Rios not moving. After Wells’ 2-out 1B in the 1st the Jays managed just 3 hits the remaining 9 innings.
Burnett had a strong start to finish off his Jays career (yes he’s opting out). He gave up 7 hits, 2 runs (1 earned), 2 walks, and struck out 11 in 8 innings. Sure it wasn’t the Yankees ‘A’ lineup but a good performance nonetheless. Unfortunately a win was not in the cards tonight.
It was not a good night for Carlson. I had no problem w/Cito leaving him in as long as he did. Carlson had a fairly easy 9th inning using just 12 pitches and 4 of the first 5 guys due up in the next inning were LH. Carlson then fell behind Miranda 1-0 before he hammered a 2B to right. The big mistake though was walking Moeller. Moeller was being asked to give himself up and attempt to bunt. You have to pound the strike zone when the guy is showing bunt like that and take the out they’re giving you. Moeller even showed bunt on one of the 2 strike pitches before pulling back and taking it as a ball. Even if Moeller successfully moves the runner you have 2 open bases to work w/as you attack Gardner, Cano, and Abreu. The next batter, Gardner, did get the bunt down and Carlson then hit Cano on the 1st pitch to load the bases. With Abreu up, Carlson got beat on another 1-0 pitch as Abreu hit it out to right for the grand slam.
Let’s see the stats:
Adv: Scutaro (5)
P-Adv: Hughes
NAdv: Ransom, Wells (8)
P-NAdv: Hughes, Burnett (20)
ME(f): Moeller
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