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Toronto Blue Jays - Games 12-14

Posted on May 2, 2012 at 11:30 PM.

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The Jays take 2 wins vs Tampa and the Mets but lose a bad one to the Yankees. The team has a record of 10-4 and are 2nd in the AL East division, 3 games back of the Yankees for first. Lind has been a beat smacking out 8 HR already only 14 games in. Bautista is starting to heat up as well hitting a HR in each of these 3 games.

Trade:
Blue Jays trade SP Edwin Jackson, LF Kyle Blanks, and Lloyd Morris (AA) to Houston for SP Bud Norris, & CF Jordan Schafer. Jackson had an ERA over 10, with 2 losses in 3 starts. The Jays got Norris back who is locked for 3 years and Schafer who is a nice speed weapon off the bench. Houston gets Jackson and Blanks who will help in the power department. They also get a AA prospect to sweeten the deal.

Game 12: Toronto Blue Jays 5, Tampa Bay Rays 2:
W: Villanueva (1-0) - 1.1IP, 0H, 1BB, 2K (H: Cordero, SV: Santos)
L: Shields (1-2) - 5IP 10H, 5ER, BB, 3K
Blue Jays:
Phillips - 2/3 R
Bautista - 2/3 HR(3), 2RBI, R
Lind - 2/3 2-HR(6,7), 2RBI, 2R
Cruz - 3/3 R, 2B
Duda - 1/3 RBI
Morrow - 2.2IP 8H, 1ER
Rays:
Joyce - 2/3 RBI, R
Scott - 2/3 RBI

- Toronto takes the game despite Morrow's 1st poor outing of the year allowing 8 hits, 2 runs (1 earned), in 2.2 innings of work. In the 1st, Lind hit a solo HR to make it 1-0. Rays came back in the 2nd with RBI singles by Joyce and Scott, 2-1 Rays. Next inning, Duda hit a RBI single and Bautista hit a 2-Run HR in the same inning to make it 4-2 Jays. Lind hit another solo HR (2nd of game) to finish off Tampa 5-2

Game 13: Toronto Blue Jays 3, New York Yankees 7:
W: Pineda (1-0) - 6IP 7H, 3ER, BB, 3K
L: Jackson (0-2) - 1.1IP 4H, 4ER, K
Blue Jays:
Bautista - 1/3 HR(4), RBI, R
Wieters - 1/3 R
Rasmus - 1/2 HR(1), 2RBI, R
Yankees:
Cano - 2/4 HR, 3RBI, 2R, K
Rodriguez - 1/3 2RBI, R, 2K, 2B
Jones - 2/3 HR, 2RBI, R, K

- The Jays got beat around again on Jackson's 3rd straight rough outing already. He was traded at the end of the game (see above). The Yankees scored all their runs in the 1st 2 innings behind HR's by Cano and Jones and a 2RBI double by ARod. The Jays made a small comeback behind a Bautista solo HR and a Rasmus 2-Run HR but couldn't do anymore damage against Pineda.

Game 14: Toronto Blue Jays 7, New York Mets 0:
W: Alvarez (2-1) - 4IP 4H, 0ER, 3K (H: Cordero)
L: Gee (0-3) - 4.2IP 10H, 7ER, BB, 3K
Blue Jays:
Escobar - 1/3 R
Phillips - 2/3 2R
Bautista - 3/3 HR(5), 2RBI, 2R
Lind - 1/3 HR(8), 4RBI, R, K
Cruz - 1/3 HR(4), RBI, R

- Toronto once again won behind the long ball. Alvarez pitched 4 innings of 4 hit shutout ball, while solo HR's from Cruz, and Bautista along with a Grand Slam HR by Lind gave the Jays a 7-0 lead. They wouldn't look back from there as that was the final score.