Found December 29, 2011 on Batter's Box:
Today's episode of the POTD looks at the middle game of a three game set between the Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners at the Dome. Ichiro Suzuki leads off the game with a single up the middle.Jays starter Brandon Morrow struggled to find his form in the first inning after issuing a pair of walks to load the bases with nobody out but he retired the next three hitters in order to keep Seattle off the scoreboard.Adam Lind races for the plate after tagging up at third on a Travis Snider sacrifice fly to give the Jays a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager can only watch.Edwin Encarnacion, who singled Lind over to third, doubled his base stealing total to four by stealing second and third base. He would come home on a Yunel Escobar bases-loaded walk to make it 2-0 Toronto.Aaron Hill comes home to score in front of Mariners catcher Josh Bard after drawing a walk.Jose Molina, who also walked, scores with Hill as Eric Thames' ground rule double to lef...
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