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Toronto Blue Jays - Games 30-33

Posted on April 12, 2012 at 02:44 AM.

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The Jays continue their amazing season with 2 close wins against Baltimore, and wins vs. Detroit and Kansas City to improve to 30-3. We are at the trade deadline and Bautista already has as many HR as he did a year ago when he won the title and the MVP. Lawrie has really picked it up hitting 3 HR in this set of games. Hanley Ramirez missed Game 31 vs. Detroit with a sore leg and Izturis filled in at SS for him and did well. In game 33, Joyce left the game with a lower back injury and will be out for 5 days. Jon Jay is off the DL and expecting to get regular time at CF until Jackson is back from his long term injury. I made it 6 inning games, so for the most part SP are going an extra inning.

Game 30: Toronto 3, Baltimore 1:
W: Romero (5-1) - 3IP 2H, 0ER, 2K (SV: Santos)
L: Bundy (3-3) - 5IP 9H, 3ER, 1K
Blue Jays:
Ramirez - 1/3 R
Teixiera - 1/3 R, 2B
Heyward - 1/2 RBI
Lawrie - 1/2 HR(6), 2RBI, R
Orioles:
Miller - 1/2 HR, RBI, R, K

- The Jays get a nice outing by ace Ricky Romero going 3 innings of 2 hit shutout ball. In the 1st, Heyward, in his 1st game with Toronto hit a RBI single to make it 1-0. In the 5th, Lawrie would hit a 2-Run HR to make it 3-0, and in the bottom of the inning Jai Miller would hit a solo HR but it would be no good as the Jays win 3-1.

Game 31: Toronto 4, Kansas City 0:
W: Beachy (3-1) - 3.2IP 4H, 0ER (H: Villanueva)
L: Paulino (1-5) - 5.1IP 13H, 4ER, BB
Blue Jays:
Izturis - 1/3 R
Teixiera - 1/3 RBI, R, K
Heyward - 2/3 HR(5), 2RBI, R
Lawrie - 1/3 HR(7), RBI, R, SB

- Toronto gets another nice win here behind 3.2 innings of 4 hit shutout ball from Brandon Beachy. The offense didn't get going until the 3rd when Heyward hit a 2-Run HR, his 1st in a Jays uniform, and Lawrie came up behind him with a solo HR to make it 3-0. Next inning, Teixiera would hit a RBI single to make it 4-0 and end scoring.

Game 32: Toronto 4, Tigers 1:
W: Janssen (2-0) - 1IP 0H (SV: Santos)
L: Scherzer (5-2) - 6IP 8H, 4ER, 2B
Blue Jays:
Lawrie - 1/3 HR(8), RBI, 2R
Joyce - 1/3 R
Jay - 2/3 RBI, R, 2B
Izturis - 1/2 2RBI
Chacin - 4IP, 3H, 1ER, 4K
Tigers:
Fielder - 1/2 HR, RBI, R

- Toronto takes a close 1 here vs. Detroit. Chacin pitched 4 innings of 3 hit, 1 run ball but took a no decision. In the 4th, Lawrie hit a solo HR, his 3rd in 3 games to make it 1-0. Detroit would tie it in the same inning with a Fielder solo HR. In the top of the 6th, Jon Jay hit a RBI double, and Izturis hit a 2-RBI single to make it 4-1. Santos would come in to finish it for Toronto.

Game 33: Toronto 7, Baltimore 3:
W: Jimenez (8-0) - 3IP 4H, 3ER, 4K (H: Carreno, Cordero)
L: Arrieta (3-4) - 5IP 9H, 7ER, 1BB
Blue Jays:
Brown - 1/3 R, 2B
Ramirez - 1/3 R, 2B
Bautista - 3/3 2-HR(13, 14), 4RBI, 3R
Teixiera - 2/3 HR(6), 2RBI, R, 2B
Carrera - 0/0 R
Arencieba - 1/2 RBI
Orioles:
Reynolds - 2/3 HR, RBI, R, K
Davis - 1/3 HR, RBI, R, K
Bergmann - 1/2 RBI, 2B, K

This game was back and forth until the late stages when Toronto pulled away for the win. Jimenez recorded the win despite pitching 3 innings of 4 hit (2HR), 3 run ball. The win was his 8th of the season. In the 1st, Reynolds and Chris Davis both hit solo HR's to make it 2-0 Orioles. Jose Bautista would cut it in half with a solo HR. Next inning, Bergmann would hit a RBI double to make it 3-1 Baltimore. The same inning, Teixiera would hit a RBI double to cut it to 3-2. The 3rd inning saw Bautista hit a RBI single, and Arencieba hit a RBI single to put the Jays ahead 4-3. In the 5th inning Toronto pulled away behind a 2-Run HR from Bautista (2nd of the game) and a solo HR from Teixiera (1st as a Jay), to make it 7-3 and end the game.

Top Players - Games 30-33:
2B Brett Lawrie - 3HR, 4RBI, 4R, SB
3B Jose Bautista - 2HR, 4RBI, 3R
1B Mark Teixiera - 1HR, 3RBI, 2R
SP Ricky Romero - 3IP 2H, 0ER, 2K