what a week!

It's been a fairly good week in Blue Jays land this past week, with the team showing the need for redemption after a horrible series vs the Detroit Tigers! 

This week, they had a mini set against the Red Sox and opened up a series against the Minnesota Twins. With the need to show that they can let the big bats shine (especially against their AL East rivals!), the bats sure did come out to play with home runs from Bautista, Arencibia, Cooper and John MacDonald?! We also got to see stellar double steals from none other than Rajai Davis, who had a double steal in BOTH games vs Boston. 

Last night, we saw almost a deja vu of opening day: Romero vs Pavano, this time at Safeco Field. A pitcher's duel at its finest: both teams shutout until the Blue Jays made it 1-0 and then, with yet another solo blast from Bautista the score was 2-0 for the Jays. 

With a complete game only ONE out away, Romero couldn't strike out his last batter, instead going 8.2 IP with Francisco so close to a blown save, but managed to strike out the last batter for the win.

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on a couple side notes: i'm not sure if it's just me, but Encaracion's "butter hands" worry me since he doesn't seem to make routine plays that can force easy outs at 1B. if/when we have a healthy roster again, i believe nix will return to 3rd, snider to LF, lind to 1B, encaracion to DH and rivera to the bench.