Blue Jays 3, Rays 2: When Brandon Morrow Touches 98 MPH on The Gun, Something Touches The Front of My Pants (From The Inside)

Joe Maddon: gone, but not alone in goneness.

Kind of a weird one! John Farrell got tossed after mildly objecting to the location of a close pitch in the seventh, Joe Maddon got ejected before he could even really get heated up over a call at first that got reversed in the same inning (all coming off a truly miserable throw from E5, by the way), and B. J. Upton . . . well, he totally got his money's worth: tossed, but only after flipping out at home-plate umpire Chad Fairchild about some truly funny looking strikes. It did not take much of a lipreader to figure out Upton's grievance: "That was horseshit. That was horseshit, and you know it was horseshit." That could well be, but I still think he'll get suspended. 


But for all those shenanigans, let us not lose sight of what is truly important here: Adam Lind continues to rake (4-4 with a HR), Brandon Morrow pitched into the seventh and only allowed one run (5H, 4BB, 7K), and Juan Rivera -- Juan Rivera -- made a great play on a ball that got stuck in the base of the wall in left, gunning it into Escobar, who in turn threw a nice little one-hopper that Molina handled beautifully, blocking the plate to get the always-awesome Johnny Damon at the dish. Note that I still hate Juan Rivera, but also note that that was tight.   


Kyle Drabek goes tomorrow, and if he can keep from walking everybody, I like our chances.


KS