The Headline: The best-looking 6-3 loss you could imagine
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Toronto
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | |
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Tampa Bay
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0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
Hammel-time: Jason Hammel pitched 4 shutout innings, making his play to refmain on the active roster once the season begins. If you saw my most recent roster projection, you know that I like Hammel’s chances – at least early on – to pitch some innings for this club. Performances like this will just make that even more likely. How long will he stay with the team? Well, that’s another question altogether.
Remember me? Chad Orvella got knocked around in an inning of work, doing his best to ensure you WON’T remember him anytime soon.
Triple Threat: And I mean that in the most literal sense. Carl Crawford hit a pair of triples hitting out of the #2 spot in the order. He says that his legs are back under him… who are we to question it?
Two-hit Titans: Crawford, Evan Longoria, Morgan Ensberg, and Justin Ruggiano each had 2 hits apiece in the contest. Meanwhile, Pat Burrell walked twice. Good signs for a bunch of guys who figure to play some kind of role at some point during the season.
Not to say I told you so, but… Reid Brignac played a little second base yesterday. I speculated a couple of weeks ago that a shift to second base might be in the immediate future for Reid, especially if he wants a chance to play on the big league squad this season.
Next up: The Rays travel to Jupiter (no, not the planet) to take on the Cardinals. Wade Davis gets another look for the good guys.
Tags: Blue Jays
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:48 am
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