Bloody Small Ball

Casey Janssen was demoted to AAA for the newly activated Octavio Dotel. It's rough for poor Janssen because though he has been decent , he isn't a lefty and he still has options. It's particularly bad timing because the team heads off for Anaheim, which is where Janssen is from. I'm imagining an awkward call home.

Jason Frasor is a frustrating pitcher. He is in possession of some great pitches and excellent mechanics. It's not that he made bad pitches, exactly, it's just long pauses and little mistakes. And for the love of all that is good, could the Jays, as a pitching staff, stop with the defensive indifference. Coco Crisp reached on a passed ball strikeout and then stole two bases (with no throw) and that was the decisive run.

Ricky Romero, despite the result, had a really great outing. His changeup was particularly filthy. Some people questioned Farrell's decision to pull Romero after he didn't look LaRoche back to second on a bunt. But Ricky, how did you feel?

“I was confident enough that I was going to be able to get the next two guys out,” Romero said. “It was unfortunate I wasn’t able to stay in the game. But you can’t question what Farrell does there. He’s got a plan and we’re going to stick to it.”

Well, that's diplomatic.

It's just one of those games where runs are scarce and little mistakes are what cost the win. Bloody small ball. While it's a pain to see it happen to the Jays, it's darn hysterical when it happens to the Red Sox. The Indians got three hits, for the series, and swept the Sox, pushing their record to 0-6. They will take that record home to face the Yankees, who are not 0-6.