A win is a win right? Last night I didn’t post anything because frankly it was one of those games where I just didn’t want to talk about it. Tonight’s game didn’t feel much better. Niemann wasn’t great but, it was like a study of opposites as far as hitting goes. The Jays were striking the ball hard and far, while the Rays were pretty much stinking up the joint, again.
Then in the seventh they started picking away at Toronto’s lead. I’m not really sure why they took Tallet out, but it worked for the Rays.
The way they have been playing lately, I still didn’t have oodles of confidence that a win was in their future. Enter Kevin Gregg. He made quick work of BJ Upton, but then the wheels fell off. He walked Carl, who stole second immediately. He had Carl picked off but threw the ball into center field, so Crawford took third. Gregg then walked Longo. We’ll skip the Pena at bat because it was shitty all around. He got out and so did Maddon. So there are two outs. I didn’t have a lot of hope, but Gregg was the gift that keeps on giving. He walked Jaso, and then walked in a run with Benny. Bases loaded for Sean Rodriguez. I still didn’t have hope, but Sean came up big! A double in the gap scored three. The Rays took the lead. Whoa.
Slowriano came in and saved the day. A win is a win right?
A couple of thoughts on the game…
It’s nice to see BJ in the lead-off spot again, let’s hope it sets him off.
Navi had a pretty good night. Credit where credit is due.
Balfour scared the crap out of me. Rodriguez sure saved his butt.
Briggy had a tad of a rough game. He did have an RBI double, but he looked pretty bad in his other at bats. He has a bit of Vladdy in him. He doesn’ t meet too many pitches he doesn’t like. I still love him even if he had an error in the bottom of the ninth that caused me and many others serious stress.
A win is a win right? Put this one in the books and let’s hope the Rays can be more convincing tomorrow. Go Rays!
