April 15, 2011 Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 2

The Beantown bats are finally silenced by Jays hurler Brett Cecil, who loses the shutout when Jarrod Saltalamacchia homers in the 7th inning. The Sox threaten in the 9th when they load the bases with nobody out, down by two runs. The Jays play the infield back, and Marco Scutaro's grounder to short is played to a 6-4-3 doubleplay which does allow a run to score and narrow the gap to a run. But, next batter Jacoby Ellsbury flies out to end the game. Even with the Toronto win, their current 3-10 record ties the worst start in team history (1981 and 2004).

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2011 Toronto Blue Jays At 2011 Boston Red Sox             4/15/2011
 
  Blue Jays          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  Y.Escobar SS        3  1  0  0 .289     C.Crawford LF       4  0  0  0 .298  
  C.Patterson CF      4  0  0  0 .154     D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  1  0 .314  
  J.Bautista RF       3  1  1  1 .263     A.Gonzalez 1B       4  0  2  0 .417  
  A.Lind 1B           4  1  3  2 .240     K.Youkilis 3B       4  0  0  0 .133  
  A.Hill 2B           4  0  1  0 .244     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  1  0 .333  
  J.Arencibia C       3  0  1  0 .294   B-D.McDonald PR       0  1  0  0 .143  
A-J.Molina C          1  0  0  0 .211     J.Drew RF           3  0  1  0 .303  
  T.Snider LF         4  0  0  0 .216     J.Saltalamacchia C  4  1  2  1 .306  
  J.Rivera DH         4  0  1  0 .293     M.Scutaro SS        4  0  1  0 .265  
  J.Nix 3B            3  0  0  0 .077     J.Ellsbury CF       3  0  1  0 .429  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  3  7  3                 Totals      34  2  9  1
 
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Arencibia In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Ortiz In 9th Inning
 
Blue Jays....... 2 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  7  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 1  -  2  9  0
 
Blue Jays (3-10)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Cecil WIN(1-0)          6 2/3   4   1   1   1   7   1 101   4.24
C.Villanueva HOLD(2nd)    1 1/3   3   1   1   0   0   0  28   6.75
C.Janssen SAVE(1st)       1       2   0   0   0   0   0  12  10.38
Totals                    9       9   2   2   1   7   1
 
Red Sox (8-4)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Buchholz LOSS(1-2)      6       5   3   3   2   4   2  92   6.46
D.Bard                    1 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  18   0.00
F.Doubront                0 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.38
J.Papelbon                1       1   0   0   0   2   0  12   2.25
Totals                    9       7   3   3   2   9   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,588 DATE- Friday, April 15th 2011 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Marvin Hudson, Tim McClelland, Ted Barrett, Brian Runge
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 5  Red Sox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 1  Red Sox: 0
DOUBLES- A.Lind(2nd), J.Arencibia(3rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Bautista(4th), A.Lind(2nd), J.Saltalamacchia(3rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Rivera, J.Ellsbury
WALKS- Y.Escobar, J.Bautista, J.Drew
HIT BY PITCH- J.Ellsbury
STRIKE OUTS- C.Patterson, J.Bautista, A.Hill, J.Molina, T.Snider-3, J.Rivera-2,
             C.Crawford, K.Youkilis, D.Ortiz, J.Drew, J.Saltalamacchia-2,
             M.Scutaro
GIDP- M.Scutaro
2-out RBI- A.Lind-2, J.Bautista, J.Saltalamacchia
 
First baseman Adam Lind went yard and had 2 RBI as the Toronto Blue Jays
outscored the Boston Red Sox 3 to 2.
 
Toronto jumped out to the early lead in the first inning when they tallied 2
runs on 2 hits.  The crucial at-bat was provided by Lind who disappointed the
partisan crowd when he cracked a two-run shot.  Boston threatened in the 9th
but their rally came up short.  
 
Brett Cecil(1-0) allowed 1 run in 6 and 2/3 innings, and picked up the
victory. Cecil got relief help from Casey Janssen who gained credit for his
1st save.  Clay Buchholz(1-2) was the losing pitcher.  
 
'It was a tough one to lose' said Terry Francona 'We'll get them next time
out.'

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