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Bald Man's Jays - April 19th, 2012

Posted on April 18, 2012 at 10:19 PM.

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Toronto - The Blue Jays get swept by the Rays as Toronto loses a tough one in the 13th inning. Manager John Farrell left Casey Janssen in one inning too long and it bit the Jays in the end. Janssen pitched well in his first two innings of relief but allowed the first two hitters to reach base in the 13th before giving up a 2-run triple to Scott. Brignac put it out of reach on the next pitch with the only home run of the night over the right field wall.

Blue Jay starter Henderson Alvarez bounced back after two miserable outings to start the season. Alvarez pitched 6 innings of one-run ball before being lifted for Jason Frasor in the 7th. Alvarez lowered his season's ERA to below 9 for the first time in three starts.

The Jays' bats remain cold as they could only garner one extra base hit on Colby Rasmus' double in the bottom of the 3rd. Rajai Davis sacrificed Rasmus to 3rd and then Omar Vizquel hit the sac fly that gave Toronto their only run of the night. The Jays didn't get another runner past 1st base.

The Jays begin a 7-game road trip tomorrow night in Kansas City as Kyle Drabek looks to continue his strong early season performance on the mound. Saturday the Jays will need a fifth starter for only the second time this season. Farrell has yet to name that starter, but several candidates are in the mix including Double-A right-hander Drew Hutchinson and Triple-A righty Jesse Chavez. An announcement is expected either Thursday or Friday.

Despite Joel Carreno breaking camp as the team's fifth starter, he is not expected to be called back up to take the spot.

Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays
Apr 19, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Tampa Bay (7-4)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0004	5	14	0
Toronto (4-7)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0000	1	9	1
W: Niemann (1-0) L: Janssen (0-1)

Tampa Bay Rays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Upton, CF	6	0	2	0	0	1	.235
Keppinger, 2B	6	1	2	0	0	1	.333
Zobrist, RF	6	0	1	0	0	1	.316
Fuld, PR-RF	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Pena, DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Joyce, LF	5	0	1	0	1	1	.324
Scott, 1B	6	1	1	2	0	2	.341
Brignac, SS	6	1	3	3	0	0	.405
Molina, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	.212
Longoria, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.308
Vogt, C	2	0	1	0	0	0	.200
Rodriguez, 3B	5	0	2	0	0	1	.333
TOTALS	52	5	14	5	1	8
BATTING 3B: Scott (1), Keppinger (1) HR: Brignac (2) RBI: Scott 2 (8), Brignac 3 (6) GIDP: Keppinger

Tampa Bay Rays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Hellickson	8.0	5	1	1	0	6	4.67
Niemann (W, 1-0)	5.0	4	0	0	1	3	0.71
TOTALS	13	9	1	1	1	9

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Escobar, SS	6	0	1	0	0	0	.196
Johnson, 2B	5	0	3	0	0	0	.213
Bautista, RF	4	0	1	0	1	1	.239
Encarnacion, 1B	5	0	0	0	0	0	.319
Lind, DH	5	0	1	0	0	1	.386
Arencibia, C	4	0	1	0	0	2	.233
Lawrie, PR-3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.128
Rasmus, CF	5	1	1	0	0	2	.182
Davis, LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125
Thames, PH-LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	.258
Vizquel, 3B	2	0	0	1	0	1	.200
Mathis, C	2	0	0	0	0	2	.333
TOTALS	43	1	9	1	1	9
BATTING 2B: Rasmus (4) RBI: Vizquel (2) SF: Vizquel SAC: Davis GIDP: Escobar, Bautista
BASERUNNING CS: Johnson (1)
FIELDING E: Encarnacion (1)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Alvarez	6.0	7	1	1	1	4	8.56
Frasor	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	4.32
Perez	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	5.87
Oliver	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2.45
Santos	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	2.70
Janssen (L, 0-1)	3.0	5	4	4	0	2	9.95
TOTALS	13	14	5	5	1	8