Post Game Thread: May 21, 2013. Toronto 4 - 3 Rays

[fatcowxlive]

Walkoff baby! Bautista will all 4 RBIs today!

 

Also an announcement: GordieDougie will be the 'backup' GDT man! So if he posts a GDT, don't be freaked out!

 

Oh yeah and please vote on the poll! Admin has final say on decision though.

 

Scoring Plays:

 

Bottom of the 5th:

Jays score (Jays lead 1-0): Bautista hits an RBI single to right, Anthony Gose scores from 2nd

 

Top of the 3rd:

Rays score (Tied 1-1): Ryan Roberts hits it to Izturis who makes an error out of it, leading to Molina scoring

Rays score (Rays lead 2-1): Jennings scores on a single to left off the bat of Ben Zobrist

 

Bottom of the 4th:

Jays score (tied 2-2): Bautista hits his 10th homer of the year! Crushed to the second deck in left field!

 

Top of the 9th:

Rays score (Rays lead 3-2): James Loney hits it up the middle, Longoria scores from 2nd

 

Bottom of the 9th:

Jays score (Tied 3-3): Another Bautistabomb! His 11th of the year, and 2nd of the game!

 

Bottom of the 10th:

Jays score (Jays win 4-3): Bautista hits his second RBI single to right! Rasmus scores, and it's walkoff time for the Jays!

 

Box Scores:

http://i.imgur.com/cbTUqTD.png

http://i.imgur.com/6wUVuh0.png

[Deadpool]

That boxscore is squirly...

[fatcowxlive]

That boxscore is squirly...

 

Are they? dammit I tried to line it up as best I can, my bad :/

[Dude]

Clutchtista

 

Jose should try and harness this to boost the rest of the team, hitting approach wise. That was great.

 

Gnarls is pretty decent good luck charm lol

[Chappy]

Good game. Bautista showing a better approach and its really starting to pay off.

[Anemic0ffense]

Could this be the start of the turn around? Doubt it... We say it all the time, only to be let down

[kcjaysfan]

Bautista had more total bases today than the entire Rays team combined. If I did my maths correctly, his slash line went from .254/.376/.515 to .275/.394/.572.

[dineke]

Good to see Bautista play well... but the rest of the hitters are concerning.

[Chappy]

He's clearly added the opposite-field single with two strikes to his game, has done that a lot recently.

 

Yup and its quite noticeable too. It's what all the truly great hitters do and it appears Bautista has figured it out. Could pay off huge dividends throughout the rest of the season.

[Angrioter]

Great W

[Arkadium]

Great game for Bautista and Buehrle today!

 

JP and Laurie need to wake up or else this team is doomed.

[theblujay]

Yup and its quite noticeable too. It's what all the truly great hitters do and it appears Bautista has figured it out. Could pay off huge dividends throughout the rest of the season.

 

A hitter who thinks and adjusts? Who are we, the Rays/Yanks/Sox/rest of the top of the league?!?!?!

[G-Snarls]

Great game!

 

Bautista rules!

 

Jays are 3-0 when I attend games. Just sayin'

[G-Snarls]

Now boarding flight from Toronto to Dublin Ireland. Can't wait to get there!

 

I'll have a Guinness or 10 for you Fatcow :cool:

[Caper]

Whatever...that was an awesome game to watch.. .ive come to accept maybe this is not the year we make the playoffs.. but if we continue to play well I see no reason to blow up the team....we could use a better bench that's for certain...i always wanted to have one of those teams that have those good vets for sub's.. .like when the yanks had Andrew Jones etc etc. Id like to have something like carlos Lee or berkman on our bench.. lol

 

Only 6.5 games out of a wildcard spot.... that with being 8 games below .500. Still a big chance.

[o2cui2i]

jays win and make up for Izturis brain fart. baby steps.

[theblujay]

Bautista's avg is up to .275. It was under .200 not too long ago.

[o2cui2i]

Now boarding flight from Toronto to Dublin Ireland. Can't wait to get there!

 

I'll have a Guinness or 10 for you Fatcow :cool:

 

drop by, you're only a 1.5 flight from me once you get to dublin. lol

[o2cui2i]

Bautista's avg is up to .275. It was under .200 not too long ago.

 

they are getting better one hitter at a time. hopefully Lawrie and JPA are on that list soon.

[bzapple]

I was a fan of the Izturis signing and I think his offense will come around as his hits start to fall, but this unexpectedly shaky defense is becoming a problem. Still think he's the best option for the time being though.

 

I was in and out watching this game but Buehrle looked like he was staying on the corners quite well, and came away with a very solid pitching line. Just needs to keep the home runs in check and he'll be fine.

 

Janssen got BABIP'd in the ninth, with Longoria's Vladimir Guerrero style double and Loney's weak grounder through the middle, so I was glad to see him get picked up by his offense.

[bzapple]

...only to be let down

 

Hey, it's what being a fan is all about.

[G-Snarls]

Bautista's avg is up to .275. It was under .200 not too long ago.

 

And he leads the team in walks. His OBP must be good again too.

[G-Snarls]

Bautista should have earned 1 WAR in this game alone

 

(I realize it doesn't work that way but he literally won the game by driving in every single run)

[fatcowxlive]

Now boarding flight from Toronto to Dublin Ireland. Can't wait to get there!

 

I'll have a Guinness or 10 for you Fatcow :cool:

 

Haha! That sounds awesome man, enjoy your time there

[Dylan]

Darn I fell asleep, missed the exciting end

 

BAUTISTA!

[G-Snarls]

Haha! That sounds awesome man, enjoy your time there

 

I will. As long as I can find some golf and beer. I hear that have those things there.

[G-Snarls]

So Bautista's wOBA is now 0.408. This guy is a f***ing machine.

 

Yep. Everybody re-attach to his jock now.

[fatcowxlive]

So Bautista's wOBA is now 0.408. This guy is a f***ing machine.

 

Haha good thing he's starting to prove people he's not declining! I was scared there for a moment in April

[SAAviour]

Bautista was huge, but the buehrle performance was even bigger, a few more starts like that and a NL club desperate for pitching at the deadline might go for him. Even if we're back in the race, this is a salary AA needs to dump!

[Shogun89]

I was a fan of the Izturis signing and I think his offense will come around as his hits start to fall, but this unexpectedly shaky defense is becoming a problem. Still think he's the best option for the time being though.

 

I was in and out watching this game but Buehrle looked like he was staying on the corners quite well, and came away with a very solid pitching line. Just needs to keep the home runs in check and he'll be fine.

 

Janssen got BABIP'd in the ninth, with Longoria's Vladimir Guerrero style double and Loney's weak grounder through the middle, so I was glad to see him get picked up by his offense.

 

Right now, I would much prefer Bonifacio at 2B to Izturis. Boni and Kawasaki turning the double plays well right now.