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Blue Jays 4, Royals 3
The Blue Jays picked up their second straight win over Kansas City last night, improving to 9-6 on the season. Dana Eveland didn’t get his third win of the young campaign, but pitched pretty well. Shawn Camp, who came on in relief and pitched 1.2 innings, got his first win of the season, while Kevin Gregg earned his fourth save.
The Good:
Vernon Wells: Toronto’s slugger continues to swing a hot bat. He hit his seventh home run of the season last night in only Toronto’s 15th game. How many games last season did it take him to get to seven? 73.
Lyle Overbay: He’ll take a 1-for-3 night with a double any day. Slowly, it looks like Overbay’s climbing out of his slump.
The Bad:
Mike McCoy: The fill-in second baseman went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts, and is perhaps feeling the heat of Aaron Hill, who may return on Friday against the Rays.
Buck Watch: Muted again, but he’ll get a shot to impress today, when I should be able to watch most of the afternoon game.
Watchability: Two-and-a-half baseballs out of five. Outside of Wells’ three hits, Toronto had just five others, and it was a slow-paced game that the Jays were fortunate to win.
Back on track
It was nice to see Brandon Morrow finally get that elusive first win as a Blue Jay — and enjoy his finest performance of the season. Morrow was roughed up in each of his two first starts, but last night, took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and got good run support to beat Kansas City 8-1. Morrow gave up just three hits over seven innings and fanned eight.
The Good:
Brandon Morrow: Lowered his ERA nearly five points to 7.31 with a great outing; now has 16 Ks in as many innings.
Lyle Overbay: Finally! The Jays first baseman had his best game of the season, going 2-for-2 with two walks. He also had a double and didn’t strike out after five straight games with at least one whiff.
Mike McCoy: I love his speed! Though McCoy won’t see much action when Aaron Hill returns, the speedy 2B had two steals to give him three in as many games.
Jose Bautista: After a mini slump, the versatile infielder drove in five runs, thanks to a pair of dingers. He also left five runners on base, but we’ll ignore that.
The Bad:
Jose Molina: Went hitless again; now hitless in three of four games this season. But the veteran did a good job calling the game for his young starter.
Buck Watch: Buck was on mute again in my house.
Watchability: It’s always bittersweet when the Jays win without support from their big guns. (Wells and Lind went a combined 1-for-8 with no RBI and three Ks) but it was nice to see runs come from elsewhere in the lineup. Three baseballs out of five.
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