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Toronto Blue Jays - Games 18-21

Posted on April 4, 2012 at 09:07 PM.

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The Jays took advantage of some nice pitching, and the home run ball to improve to 18-3 on the season with 3 victories vs. Colorado, Yankees, and 2 vs. Tampa Bay. CF Austin Jackson was hurt in game 18 vs. Tampa and will be placed on the 60-Day DL.

Game 18: Blue Jays 2, Rays 0:
W: Chacin (3-0) - 4IP 2H, 1ER, 3K (SV: Santos)
L: Hellickson (2-2) - 4IP 5H, 2ER, BB, 2K
Blue Jays:
Jackson - 1/2 R, SB
Kendrick - 1/2 RBI
:Lawrie - 1/2 R, SB, K
Freese - 1/2 RBI
Rays:
Joyce - 0/2 RBI
Jennings - 2/2 R, 3B

- The Jays take a close victory vs. Tampa behind 4 innings of 2 hit 1 run ball from Chacin. Jennings hit a lead off triple off the wall, and Joyce scored him on a ground out to 1st. Next inning Kendrick's RBI single would tie it at 1. In the 3rd, Freese's RBI single would drive in Lawrie to end the scoring.

Game 19: Blue Jays 7, Yankees 0:
W: Jimenez (5-0) - 3IP 3H, 0ER, 1K
L: Kuroda (1-2) - 3.1IP 10H, 7ER, 3BB
Blue Jays:
Jay - 1/2 HR(1), RBI, 2R
Ramirez - 1/3 R
Bautista - 1/2 RBI, R, 2B, BB
Howard - 3/3 2-HR(4,5), 4RBI, 2R, 2B
Lawrie - 1/3 R, 2B
Freese - 1/3 RBI, 2B
Brown - 2/3 3B, SB
- The Jays pound the Yankees behind Jimenez's 5th win of the season pitching 3 innings of 4 hit shutout ball. The offense started in the 1st when Howard's RBI double made it 1-0. In the 3rd Howard would come alive again smacking a 2-Run HR to make it 3-0. In the 4th, Howard would hit a solo HR (his 2nd of the game), Jay would hit a solo HR (in for injured Jackson), Bautista would hit a RBI single, and Freese a RBI double to make it 7-0 and end Kuroda's night and the scoring.

Game 20: Blue Jays 2, Rays 0:
W: Alvarez (4-0) - 4IP 1H, 0ER, 3K
L: Cobb (1-3) - 5IP 2H, 2ER, 2K
Blue Jays:
Brown - 1/2 R, SB
Bautista - 1/2 HR(6), 2RBI, R, K

- The Jays would take another close one of Tampa in a pitchers duel where Alvarez pitched a 1 hit shutout. The Jays however, would only manage 2 hits themselves. Brown would single and steal 2nd. Then Bautista would smack a 2-Run HR to make it 2-0 for a final score.

Game 21: Jays 4, Rockies 0:
W: Romero (3-1) - 4IP 2H, 0ER, 4K
L: Morrow (3-2) - 3.2IP 5H, 5ER, BB, K
Blue Jays:
Brown - 1/3 R, 2B
Howard - 0/0 R, BB, HBP
Lawrie - 1/2 HR(4), 3RBI, R
Freese - 1/2 R, K
Arencieba - 1/2 HR(5), 2RBI, R

- The Jays get yet another shutout behind Romero's 4 innings of 2 hit ball. All the offense would come in the 4th inning when Lawrie hit a 3-Run HR, and Arencieba hit a 2-Run HR to make it 5-0 off old Jay's SP Morrow.

Toronto Blue Jays Stats - End of May Review
RF Jose Bautista - .442, 6HR, 13RBI, 14R
DH/3B David Freese - .438, 2HR, 9RBI, 7R, 1SB
1B Ryan Howard - .438, 5HR, 13RBI, 13R
3B/2B Brett Lawrie - .378, 4HR, 12RBI, 13R, 4SB
C JP Arencieba - .371, 5HR, 12RBI, 7R
OF Domonic Brown - .361, 0HR, 6RBI, 5R, 5SB
DH/LF Eric Thames - .294, 1HR, 3RBI, 1R
2B Daniel Murphy - .283, 2HR, 6RBI, 10R, 1SB
CF Austin Jackson (60-D DL) - .267, 1HR, 2RBI, 6R, 7SB
SS Hanley Ramirez - .226, 1HR, 6RBI, 7R, 2SB
CF Jon Jay - .429, 1HR, 1RBI, 3R, 1SB
C Rod Barajas - .200, 0HR, 2RBI, 1R
SS/2B Maicer Izturis - .111, 0HR, 0RBI, 0R
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SP Henderson Alvarez (4-0) - 13.2IP, 0.66ERA, 5K
SP Ubaldo Jimenez (5-0) - 19.2IP, 0.92ERA, 16K
SP Ricky Romero (3-1) - 17IP, 2.12ERA, 18K
SP Jhoulys Chacin (3-0) - 17IP, 2.12ERA, 11K
SP Brandon Beachy (0-1) - 12.1IP, 4.38ERA, 10K
CL Sergio Santos (0-1, 8/9 SV) - 8.2IP, 5.19ERA, 9K
SU JP Howell (0-0, 2H) - 4.2IP, 1.93ERA, 4K
SU Francisco Cordero (1-0, 6H) - 6.2IP, .000ERA, 8K
MR Casey Janssen (1-0) - 5IP, .000ERA, 6K
LR Carlos Villanueva (2-0) - 3IP, .000ERA, 2K
MR Jose Veras (0-0) - 4IP, 6.75ERA, 1K

AAA Notable Stats:
Kevin Kouzmanoff - .313, 3HR, 10RBI, 11R
Yuniesky Betancourt - .294, 2HR, 11RBI, 9R, 1SB
Floyd Murphy - .270, 5HR, 16RBI, 10R, 1SB
Lou Marson - .222, 0HR, 6RBI, 6R
Luis Valbuena - .212, 2HR, 4RBI, 4R
Ben Francisco - .191, 0HR, 7RBI, 3R
David Cooper - .178, 0HR, 5RBI, 7R
Aaron Rowand - .182, 1HR, 1RBI, 7R
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SP Dustin McGowan (1-4) - 28IP, 4.18ERA, 22K
SP Kyle Drabek (5-1) - 36IP, 1.50ERA, 32K
SP Leyson Deeds (3-1) - 31.2IP, 1.42ERA, 30K
SP Kyle Davies (4-1) - 29IP, 2.17ERA, 28K

American League East Standings:
1) Toronto Blue Jays 18-3 - 0GB
2) Boston Red Sox 13-8 - 5GB
3) New York Yankees 11-10 - 7GB
4) Baltimore Orioles 10-11 - 8GB
5) Tampa Bay Rays 8-13 - 10GB