The curse of Magpie is really doing a number on the Braves.
Atlanta is now in it's worst losing streak in 18 years. This one was the sort of game you lose when you're in a bad streak, with two runs scoring on Overbay's broken bat blooper and an ace starter walking batters left right and centre. It was nice to see the jays get some runs against Hudson he always seemed to save his best for Toronto when he was with Oakland, I hated seeing that guy on the mound.
Star of the Game: The bullpen can have the award collectively - Speier, Frasor, SS Loogy and Sir Robert Victor combined for 3 Innings of one-hit ball with 4Ks and a couple of walks. Ryan unaccountably forgot to strike anyone out, I hope he's not ill.
Unsung Hero: He's hardly unsung but Wells had another nice night going 2 for 3 with a couple of walks and a couple of runs and a homer and lots of other good things.
Defensive Play of the Game: Marcus Giles catch diving into the right-field seats to snare an Adams' fould was a doozy.
Boxscore
The Prodigal Son: Carlos Delgado is back in town tomorrow, and Richard Griffin looks at his return. Despite his usual couple of tiresome back-handed swipes at the front office this is a nice appreciation of Carlos and ends with an obvious truth: "By the way, tomorrow, first at-bat, he deserves your applause."
Also Coming Back: A few great players are returning to the diamond over the next few days, Roger Clemens makes his first start for Houston tonight, A.J Burnett makes his return to the Jays rotation and Albert Pujols should be ready to go for the Cards on Monday.
One Guy: in almost every roto league was happy last night at a little after Seven as Troy Glaus made his fifth start at shortstop, making him eligible for the position by the rules of most fantasy leagues.
Today: The Jays go for one of those pesky sweeps again as Mr Burnett takes on Horacio Ramirez and his 5.06 ERA. 7:35pm start. It's about time we get to see this team as it was intended to be.
Atlanta is now in it's worst losing streak in 18 years. This one was the sort of game you lose when you're in a bad streak, with two runs scoring on Overbay's broken bat blooper and an ace starter walking batters left right and centre. It was nice to see the jays get some runs against Hudson he always seemed to save his best for Toronto when he was with Oakland, I hated seeing that guy on the mound.
Star of the Game: The bullpen can have the award collectively - Speier, Frasor, SS Loogy and Sir Robert Victor combined for 3 Innings of one-hit ball with 4Ks and a couple of walks. Ryan unaccountably forgot to strike anyone out, I hope he's not ill.
Unsung Hero: He's hardly unsung but Wells had another nice night going 2 for 3 with a couple of walks and a couple of runs and a homer and lots of other good things.
Defensive Play of the Game: Marcus Giles catch diving into the right-field seats to snare an Adams' fould was a doozy.
Boxscore
The Prodigal Son: Carlos Delgado is back in town tomorrow, and Richard Griffin looks at his return. Despite his usual couple of tiresome back-handed swipes at the front office this is a nice appreciation of Carlos and ends with an obvious truth: "By the way, tomorrow, first at-bat, he deserves your applause."
Also Coming Back: A few great players are returning to the diamond over the next few days, Roger Clemens makes his first start for Houston tonight, A.J Burnett makes his return to the Jays rotation and Albert Pujols should be ready to go for the Cards on Monday.
One Guy: in almost every roto league was happy last night at a little after Seven as Troy Glaus made his fifth start at shortstop, making him eligible for the position by the rules of most fantasy leagues.
Today: The Jays go for one of those pesky sweeps again as Mr Burnett takes on Horacio Ramirez and his 5.06 ERA. 7:35pm start. It's about time we get to see this team as it was intended to be.
