Jays Clobber A's... For Real This Time

Well, not the A's, exactly. But they can be called the A's if you're that ignorant...

...Anyway. The Jays were great in their 9-2 win versus the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, or as I like to call them, the LAAoA. It's much shorter, almost.

Shaun Marcum wasn't at his best, but he did pretty well overall. Going 6 innings allowing only 2 runs, Marcum pitched himself in and out of jams all night, but he never got into too much trouble, obviously.

In all honesty, without the help of some good old-fashioned Jays defence, he would have surrendered four runs to the hands of the Angels. Rios started a great relay when he threw out Kendry Morales at the plate in the second for his team-leading 11th outfield assist of the season to keep it a 2-run ballgame.

In the bottom of the fourth, V-Dub threw out Howie Kendrick trying to advance from first to third. Awesomely enough, Zaun informed the homeplate umpire that Maicer Izturis (who was at second) didn't touch homeplate before Kendrick was tagged out at third and the run didn't count.

Cool Guy of the Game

Before the game, Troy Glaus was 0-for-16 at Angel Stadium as a visiting player, as Jamie Campbell constantly, very annoyingly kept on pointing out. But that all ended in a 3-for-5 2 RBI night, a triple shy of the cycle. It's also worth pointing out that it didn't appear that his foot was bothering him, like it has for the last couple days.

Gregg Zaun wins the Co-Cool Guy of the Game Award, in his 1000th career game with his parents in attendance. He went 1-for-3 with 2 RBIs and one amazingly played run. He also made a great heads-up play at the plate when he called that Howie Kendrick was tagged out at third before the non-chalantly jogging Maicer Izturis touched home plate.

The Good

Shaun Marcum did pitch well, even though he wasn't at his best.

Troy Glaus was excellent, finishing a triple shy of the cycle and getting his 17th homerun of the year.

I didn't expect much of this series, considering we're bad on the road and the Angels are excellent at home. But we won two already, amazing considering the circumstances.

Reed Johnson lead off the game with a double, making it 32 consecutive games with a double, a new team record. There were six other doubles in the game, including a back-to-back-to-back rally in the ninth by Glaus, Hill and Zaun.

Ha ha, Joe Saunders got his second loss of the season. The first one came two starts ago versus the Jays as well.

The Bad

Marcum wasn't at his best, but he didn't have to be considering his team backed him up.

The Angels scored in the first inning for the third straight game when Reggie Willits lead off with a double and Orlando Cabrera drove him in with a single.

Rios went 0-for-5, his third straight game without a hit, the longest streak for him this season. As Pat Tabler commented on, he didn't look comfortable at all at the plate. He's 0-for-12 in his last three starts.

The Ugly

Nada.