Toronto Blue Jays: Spring season results – MLB 2011
Toronto Blue Jays had a forgettable start to their spring season campaign as they were demolished 0-4 in their first game against Detroit Tigers. Both pitching and batting departments failed to live up to the expectations as they were outplayed in almost
all aspects of the game. Although they put up a good show in their second game of the season against the Tigers, the Blue Jays again failed to cross the finishing line as they lost the clash 1-0, which concluded a disastrous start to the training season for
them.
Against Philadelphia Phillies, the Blue Jays made a large number of unforced errors, which let the opposition, take complete control of the situation. Restoring some of their lost pride, the Blue Jays earned their first win of the season against Tampa Bay
Rays in closely contested match. David Price gave up his first three runs of the season to give the Blue Jays a much needed victory.
After losing a fairly one sided game to Pittsburgh Pirates 1-4, the Blue Jays finally managed to get things on track with four consecutive victories. Against Atlanta Braves, everybody in the side showed great character to hold their nerves in a tense 7-5
finish. Avenging their earlier defeats to the Tigers, the Blue Jays then secured another marvellous 7-4 victory.
Brett Lawrie did a sensational job with the bat as he triggered a three run shot in a six run eighth inning of the match.
"One of the most exciting things today was that he turned on the ball like he did," Blue Jays’ manager John Farrell said. "His swing is a power stroke inside-out, but to show the ability to clear his front hip the way he did today, that was impressive."
Although the Blue Jays suffered two successive defeats at the hands of Tampa Ray Bays, they looked on course to a successful spring season. Thrashing the inform teams like Minnesota Twins and New York Yankees, John Farrell and his men looked in terrific
form throughout the month of March 2011.
Ending the month with victories over Tampa Ray Bays, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles, the Blue Jays aimed to give similar results in regular season as well. Toronto managed to get some decent wins during March,
however with the regular season right around the corner the team was looking to get some form in their batting line-up as they still had to face some top tier teams.
However, Toronto will be satisfied with their performance as they managed to win against some good quality teams and they proved that they can mix it up with some of the best in the League.
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