Astros 3, Blue Jays 2: When smoke is not enough.

 

I got it, bro; NO, I GOT IT BRO; no, I got it, bro, NO, I GOT IT, BRO; no . . . 

Sure we're down 3-2 with two out in the bottom of the ninth, but Yunel Escobar just legged out an infield single despite being improbably slow for a middle infielder! And woah, Corey Patterson just doubled! That's two runners in scoring position for Jose Bautista! The best hitter in all of baseball strides to the plate with a chance to win it! Surely he will seize this moment to oh wait they walked him and Aaron Hill just rolled one to third to end it. I see.


The Astros are really, really awful but the Blue Jays managed to drop two out of three to them this weekend, which, to be honest, I did not enjoy. Drabek gave up three runs on eight hits and three walks in six innings, which is totally fine for right now. He touched 96 MPH on the gun with The Walrus at the dish but it was a fastball that ran in for ball four so you can't really take that as a win. But hey, three walks in six innings is a step in the right direction (still totally leading the league).


And so the Blue Jays hit New York a mere two-and-a-half games back of the Yankees and Rays, needing only a sweep to probably take over either the division lead or the wild card, maybe. Had I mentioned previously that Jesse Litsch is on the DL and Carlos Villenueva gets his start? I don't know, man, I do not know.


KS