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Sunday: Tigers (7-4) in Toronto (6-5)
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:07 pm
by davkad
Jays rely on Towers to gain series split
Detroit (7-4) at Toronto (6-5), 1:07 p.m. PT
For the past two seasons, Blue Jays pitcher Josh Towers hasn't seemed to catch a break. In his first appearance this season, the right-hander was tagged with a loss despite a decent performance.
Coming off nine days' rest, Towers gave up six runs on 10 hits over 5 2/3 innings against the Royals. The pitching line was ugly, but it masks how effective Towers was for the first five innings. Defensive lapses caused three of those runs to be unearned and a lack of run support did little to bail out Toronto's No. 5 starter.
Towers is now 1-10 in his last 13 starts with Toronto, dating back to the start of 2006. The 30-year-old will have to hope for better luck when he takes the mound on Sunday afternoon against Detroit's Nate Robertson. The Tigers lefty has been dominant so far this season, going 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA.
The Tigers staged an improbable, ninth-inning comeback on Saturday vs. Jays closer B.J. Ryan, who allowed four runs in Detroit's final at-bat en route to his second blown save of the season.
ANY1 KNOW WHERE I CAN CATCH THIS STREAMING?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:10 pm
by Holmes
Ryan goes on DL.
Frasor is closer.
Jamie Vermilyea called up.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:24 pm
by Ryanz24
wow our two best relievers (ryan and league) on dL - our already thin bullpen is now gross
remember when everyone said we would have to have an injry free season in order to compete?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:31 pm
by Ryanz24
lol Towers thinks there is two outs and throws the ball to first..
whe in fact there is one out and he could have had the easy double play
and crowd lets him hear it
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:31 pm
by RAPTORS4LIFE4
I hate Josh Towers.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:35 pm
by SmallTownJournalist303
I'm excited to see how Vermilyea does in his call-up. I think he can be a great reliever with his groundball tendencies.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:20 pm
by Oden08
Towers has retired 10 straight
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:59 pm
by Ryanz24
Hello Josh Towers
7plus in a dominate performance...I am really happy for him right now. He needed that...
Lets hope he can keep it up now
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:15 pm
by Ia1cdI
RAPTORS4LIFE4 wrote:I hate Josh Towers.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:19 pm
by Rare
Great win. Didn't watch most of this game but I'm obviously pleased with the outcome. Marcum did a very nice job closing the game off.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:21 pm
by Andrea>Dirk
Yes Towers!
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:23 pm
by y2dan
Great game for Towers.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:30 pm
by OldNo7
Good to see. Hopefully his confidence is back, his location sure was.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:47 pm
by RingItUp!
Huge win for the club. Towers' outing was especially important.
I hope this is a sign of things to come, ie. a team that battles hard to win games. We're hurting right now and the lack of depth surely isn't helping, but if we can play .500 ball for the next week or two, we just might be ok.
Helps that Hill and Rios have been swinging hot bats and the bottom of the lineup has been getting timely hits.
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:55 pm
by Raptorsrock
who's going to be the closer now?
Marcum or Frasor?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:13 pm
by y2dan
Raptorsrock wrote:who's going to be the closer now?
Marcum or Frasor?
Frasor.
Because Frasor pitched yesterday, Gibbons said he wasn't available today. That's the only reason you saw Marcum.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:52 am
by Raps_Swingman
Wow, Josh Towers. Im shocked really. Jays should've had 3 in this series, but I'll take 2.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:50 am
by beater97
y2dan wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Frasor.
Because Frasor pitched yesterday, Gibbons said he wasn't available today. That's the only reason you saw Marcum.
I think he should go with Marcum again. Frasor just doesn't seem to be as confident or something but I really just don't trust him closing out games.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:09 pm
by OldNo7
beater97 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
I think he should go with Marcum again. Frasor just doesn't seem to be as confident or something but I really just don't trust him closing out games.
Well considering Gibbons had 2 other relievers (Accardo and Zambrano) warming up before Marcum was even done the first batter, I wouldnt be surprised if its closer by committee.