New-look Blue Jays too good for Rangers
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May 4, 2012, Friday
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PROMOTED to the leadoff spot, Kelly Johnson provided the Toronto Blue Jays with some extra pop at the top of the order. Edwin Encarnacion, meanwhile, provided the same power he's been showing all season.
Encarnacion hit a three-run homer, Johnson added a two-run drive and Toronto beat Texas 11-5 on Wednesday, giving the Rangers consecutive losses for the first time this season.
Blue Jays manager John Farrell flipped Johnson and Yunel Escobar in his lineup, bumping Johnson up to leadoff for the first time this season.
Johnson scored twice and Escobar had three hits in the two-hole, including a bases-loaded triple.
"Sometimes you put a guy in a different slot and all of a sudden they have a different view and maybe a fresh start and it worked out today," Farrell said.
Johnson said facing the American League's top team was as much of a boost as the change in batting order.
"Any time you play these teams that are really good, there's a different vibe and a different feel," Johnson said. "When you beat them and you beat them in a series, it gives you a big boost. It gives you a high."
Texas, which blew a 5-0 lead and lost 7-8 on Brett Lawrie's walkoff homer in the ninth inning on Tuesday, has not won a series north of the border since sweeping a two-game set in April 2008.
"It looks real bad when you lose one you should have won the night before and then you've got to face a Ricky Romero," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "I didn't really feel like he was at his best but we just couldn't hold their offense down. We had to score 12 today to win."
Romero (4-0) won for the fourth time in five starts, giving up five runs and six hits in eight innings. The left-hander walked three and struck out a season-high six. Joel Carreno, recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas before the game, pitched the ninth for the Blue Jays.
Encarnacion hit a three-run homer, Johnson added a two-run drive and Toronto beat Texas 11-5 on Wednesday, giving the Rangers consecutive losses for the first time this season.
Blue Jays manager John Farrell flipped Johnson and Yunel Escobar in his lineup, bumping Johnson up to leadoff for the first time this season.
Johnson scored twice and Escobar had three hits in the two-hole, including a bases-loaded triple.
"Sometimes you put a guy in a different slot and all of a sudden they have a different view and maybe a fresh start and it worked out today," Farrell said.
Johnson said facing the American League's top team was as much of a boost as the change in batting order.
"Any time you play these teams that are really good, there's a different vibe and a different feel," Johnson said. "When you beat them and you beat them in a series, it gives you a big boost. It gives you a high."
Texas, which blew a 5-0 lead and lost 7-8 on Brett Lawrie's walkoff homer in the ninth inning on Tuesday, has not won a series north of the border since sweeping a two-game set in April 2008.
"It looks real bad when you lose one you should have won the night before and then you've got to face a Ricky Romero," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "I didn't really feel like he was at his best but we just couldn't hold their offense down. We had to score 12 today to win."
Romero (4-0) won for the fourth time in five starts, giving up five runs and six hits in eight innings. The left-hander walked three and struck out a season-high six. Joel Carreno, recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas before the game, pitched the ninth for the Blue Jays.
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