Hastily constructed Jays/Rays series thread, Apr. 22-24

[Schad]

Hey look, a series thread!

Game 1

Rays win 6-4; W - Shields (2-1), L - Litsch (2-1), SV - Percival (2).

Game 2

Gibbons sits out Alex Rios, because the poor guy has played seven games in a row (or thereabouts), and it gives him an excuse to play one back-up catcher at first, and DH the other...seriously, what the #$@!. Halladay (2-2) battles someone with a career 1.66 WHIP (1-1), which makes me happy.

Line-ups:

D. Eckstein ss ----.256
S. Stewart lf -------.214
A. Hill 2b -----------.305
V. Wells cf ---------.289
M. Stairs rf --------.333
R. Barajas 1b -----.231
G. Zaun c ----------.259
R. Diaz dh ---------.000
J. Inglett 3b -------.321


A. Iwamura 2b ----.215
C. Crawford lf -----.273
B.J. Upton cf -------.316
C. Pena 1b ---------.206
E. Longoria 3b -----.235
E. Hinske rf --------.321
J. Gomes dh -------.279
D. Navarro c -------.462
J. Bartlett ss --------.212

[spykelee]

goddam this team sucks so much. I mean so much.

6-7-8-9= Barajas, Zaun, Diaz, Inglett...

That's f'ing terriable.

Even with Rolen back and Rios in the lineup we need a substantial upgrade. 1-0 this game on a stairs solo home run, and outside of solo home runs, or the opposing team walking the bases loaded, followed by a wild pitch or something, we'll never score, it's pathetic.

[spykelee]

Rios was off yesterday... being that he isn't playing today i think he is possibly injured or something to that effect??? 2 consecutive days off just doesn't make any sense

[Schad]

I had forgotten that Rios sat out last night...I don't see anything articles suggesting that he's injured, but I can't imagine that he is sitting out healthy.

Still, the three-light-hitting-catcher line-up is one of the most remarkable groupings ever constructed; there's a right-hander on the mound, so clearly it makes sense to go with a right-handed catcher at first base, rather than the left-handed guy who normally starts in that spot.

[arrpy]

haha, I was so caught up in the Raps Vs. Magic series I completely forgot about the Jays.

Man Inglett is getting a lot of PT for only being called up a little while ago. Actually starting to like him a bit too.

[spykelee]

I had forgotten that Rios sat out last night...I don't see anything articles suggesting that he's injured, but I can't imagine that he is sitting out healthy.

Still, the three-light-hitting-catcher line-up is one of the most remarkable groupings ever constructed; there's a right-hander on the mound, so clearly it makes sense to go with a right-handed catcher at first base, rather than the left-handed guy who normally starts in that spot.

Overbay fouled off a pitch off his shin or foot or something yesterday. Nothing major but I'd imagine it's a little tender today because yes it obviously makes no sense to have a right handed catcher at 1st against a righty. Same kind of deal with rios. I only passively saw the game yesterday but I'd imagine he has some kind of minor issue as well, there's just no way with our offense as anemic as it is, that he'd have 2 days off.

[The_Hater]

I can't find anything on the web regarding Rios missing the last 2 games. Have they said anything on the telecast? Very weird.

[Schad]

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Overbay fouled off a pitch off his shin or foot or something yesterday. Nothing major but I'd imagine it's a little tender today because yes it obviously makes no sense to have a right handed catcher at 1st against a righty. Same kind of deal with rios. I only passively saw the game yesterday but I'd imagine he has some kind of minor issue as well, there's just no way with our offense as anemic as it is, that he'd have 2 days off.

Okay, that makes sense. I missed most of the last game owing to some NBA thing, and couldn't find an article stating that Overbay was dead or otherwise inconvenienced such that he couldn't play.

[spykelee]

Yea i was also watching the raptor game. I had the jays game on one of my other monitors at work, but 98% of my attention was to the basketball game. My co-worker told me about Overbay, but I haven't seen or heard anything on rios... They should mention something this game about it I'd think...

[arrpy]

Pretty weird how nothing has been released in him yet...

[spykelee]

geez inglett steals second and third, with the #2 and 3 hitters up, do we score???? haaaaa, I laugh in the face of anybody who thought we'd score. nothing short of a wild pitch woulda got that run in

[Peteros]

Shannon Stewart is struggling. What is he batting right now .213?? ugly!!

Reed Johnson on the other hand is batting .339 with the Cubs.

Great move JP!

Im officially on the fire JP bandwagon.

[spykelee]

Shannon Stewart is struggling. What is he batting right now .213?? ugly!!

Reed Johnson on the other hand is batting .339 with the Cubs.

Great move JP!

Im officially on the fire JP bandwagon.

Yea RJ has been great in Chicago. Having a terrific season thus far. That was certainly a bad move, atleast early on. Ofcourse, alot of us knew that was going to happen anyways

[spykelee]

stairs is certainly locked in right now. I stand corrected. I was certain the jays wouldn't score more than 1 run this game... I can admit when I was wrong. We're lucky that atleast somebody is locked in.

[Geddy]

btw what are the rules about the game threads if the last series was a tie?


wtf tuned away for a little bit and they're down 4-3. How'd Roy give up 4 to the Rays??

[arrpy]

Doc looks to be getting tired...

[spykelee]

so stairs has 2 hits, wells had a single, eckstein had a hit that inning, and somebody, somewhere else had a hit, and that's all the offense for today...

this team is pathetic

Rkid, they manufactured some runs by getting multiple basehits, something completly foreign to our anemic team

[Geddy]

you're right this offense is hopeless.

[spykelee]

well once stairs got out, that was the game. so we'll be lucky to win 1 in this series

[spykelee]

so Rios isn't feeling well today... atleast it's not an injury so hopefully he'll be back sooner as opposed to later