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cknox0723 · 06-23-2005, 01:57 AM

toronto scored three in the first off of kyle lohse when michael restovich swatted his fourth big fly of the year. roy halladay gave one back, but carlos delgado hit the club's second three-run tater of the ballgame in the next inning. six-one. maybe first place isn't out of the question yet for the jays. i mean, who could possibly blow a lead like that?

halladay gives up a double in the second and a double in the third, the sort of hit that becomes really significant only when they're followed by singles. lew ford and brad fullmer come through in both cases, and the lead's down to three after three.

but halladay leads off the fourth inning with a base hit -- go figure, right? this leads ron gardenhire to replace juan rincon with scott linebrink. it seems a fair trade -- both are reasonably hard-throwing, short right-handers who are middle-aged in baseball years and more than amply compensated for pitching middle relief. only difference between 'em aside from the country of origin is that rincon's pitched nearly 400 innings of big league ball in his career -- linebrink, just 264, and only about 75 over the last couple of years.

proven middle relievers? maybe there's somethin' to it. linebrink throws a fat first pitch to orlando hudson, who smacks it back up the middle for a single, giving the jays a pair of baserunners. then linebrink starts balkin' and walkin', and by the time he finally gets three outs, toronto lead's increased from three to five. 8 to 3.

how could they possibly blow this one?

06-23-2005, 01:57 AM	#461
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	we are not alone toronto scored three in the first off of kyle lohse when michael restovich swatted his fourth big fly of the year. roy halladay gave one back, but carlos delgado hit the club's second three-run tater of the ballgame in the next inning. six-one. maybe first place isn't out of the question yet for the jays. i mean, who could possibly blow a lead like that? halladay gives up a double in the second and a double in the third, the sort of hit that becomes really significant only when they're followed by singles. lew ford and brad fullmer come through in both cases, and the lead's down to three after three. but halladay leads off the fourth inning with a base hit -- go figure, right? this leads ron gardenhire to replace juan rincon with scott linebrink. it seems a fair trade -- both are reasonably hard-throwing, short right-handers who are middle-aged in baseball years and more than amply compensated for pitching middle relief. only difference between 'em aside from the country of origin is that rincon's pitched nearly 400 innings of big league ball in his career -- linebrink, just 264, and only about 75 over the last couple of years. proven middle relievers? maybe there's somethin' to it. linebrink throws a fat first pitch to orlando hudson, who smacks it back up the middle for a single, giving the jays a pair of baserunners. then linebrink starts balkin' and walkin', and by the time he finally gets three outs, toronto lead's increased from three to five. 8 to 3. how could they possibly blow this one?