Accardo'h-NO!

Another interesting game with the A's last night.  The Blue Jays had no business winning that game as their pitchers escaped so many situations where the A's had runners in scoring position with less than two outs.  I couldn't believe it! 

Somehow the Blue Jays, after scoring three runs in the bottom of the first, held onto a one run lead heading into the ninth and Jeremy Accardo on the hill to close out a win they did not deserve.  Then the wheels completely fell off.  A hit batter and then a triple later, the game was tied and the A's had the go-ahead run on third and nobody out.  Accardo managed to almost escape the ninth with the game tied but with one out and runners at first and third, Emil Brown hit a chopper to Scutaro at third.  Scutaro decided to try and cut the run off at home but threw wildly and the ball went to the backstop.  The A's then ended up scoring two more runs and basically put the game out of reach.  However, Scutaro could have tried for the double play which would have been difficult to turn but at least they would have recorded one out and possibly got out of the inning only trailing by one run.  Very ill-advised and not smart baseball but as I wrote earlier, the team did not deserve to win this game anyways. Good teams find ways to win.  It seems like in the last two games the Blue Jays are finding ways to lose.  The good news is that B.J. Ryan could be back in the fold by the end of next week.

Now the Blue Jays turn to Shaun Marcum to try and salvage the last game of this series.  

On a player transaction note, the Blue Jays designated Randy Wells for assignment while calling up LHP Jesse Carleson  from Syracuse. The reasoning behind this as stated by the team is that they have been facing a lot of left handed hitters of late and needed the extra lefty in the pen.  Wells, as a Rule V draftee, has to be offered back to the Cubs (team he was claimed from) for half the price of what the Blue Jays paid for him or the Jays can maybe work out a trade to keep him.