Daniel “K” Norris

Daniel Norris (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Sarasota, Fla. — Daniel Norris made a statement for being in the starting rotation this season.  Norris picked up the win (2-0) today as the Birds of the Great White North beat the Birds of the Capital District 5-2.  Norris pitched a stellar six innings yielding three hits, one run, fanning seven and did hit one batter.

Steve Tolleson was the only Jays to have multiple hits going 2 for 2 with a run scored and RBI which came on a solo blast to left in the 3rd off  Orioles starter Wei-Yen Chin.  Chin took the loss (0-1) going five innings, giving two runs which of only one was earned.

Steve Tolleson’s 3rd inning homer (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Kevin Pillar also homered for Toronto off the big guy and former Clearwater Central Catholic hurler, Ryan Webb.   It was Pillar first game in over week since he has been nursing the sneeze-strain oblique.  Pillar finished the day 1 for 3, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI.

Kevin Pillar’s 6th inning home run.(EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Steve Delabar pitched pitched the 7th. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

DANIEL NORRIS (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

TORONTO (5) AT BALTIMORE (2)

 TORONTO          AB  R  H BI  BALTIMORE        AB  R  H BI
 Travis 2b         4  0  0  0  Machado 3b        3  0  0  0 
 Diaz ss           1  0  0  0  Paredes ph-3b     1  0  0  0 
 Tolleson 3b-lf    2  1  2  1  Pearce 1b         3  0  0  0 
 Kawasaki ph-ss    3  1  1  0  Álvarez ph-rf     1  0  0  0 
 Pillar cf         3  2  1  2  A. Jones cf       3  0  1  0 
 Fields cf         1  1  1  0  Nix ph-2b         1  0  0  0 
 Valencia 1b-3b    2  0  1  0  Young rf          3  1  1  1 
 Carrera ph-lf     1  0  0  1  Clevenger c       1  0  0  0 
 Viciedo lf-1b     4  0  0  0  C. Davis dh       3  0  0  0 
 Burns 1b          0  0  0  0  Lavarnway ph-dh   1  0  0  0 
 Smoak dh          2  0  1  0  Hardy ss          3  0  0  0 
 Rankin pr-dh      0  0  0  0  Flaherty ss       1  0  0  0 
 Gindl rf          4  0  1  0  Reimold lf        2  1  2  0 
 Thole c           4  0  0  0  J Borbon cf       0  0  0  0 
 Goins ss-3b       3  0  0  0  Joseph c          3  0  1  1 
                               Yastrzemski lf    0  0  0  0 
                               Cabrera 2b        3  0  0  0 
                               Parmelee 1b       0  0  0  0 
 TOTALS           34  5  8  4  TOTALS           32  2  5  2

 TORONTO                   101 002 010 --  5
 BALTIMORE                 001 000 100 --  2

 E--Machado, Kawasaki. DP--TORONTO 1, BALTIMORE 1.
 LOB--TORONTO 6, BALTIMORE 4. 2B--A. Jones, Joseph,
 Tolleson. 3B--Fields, Kawasaki. HR--Young 1 (2) 
 (off Delabar), Pillar 1 (2) (off Webb), Tolleson 1
 (2) (off Chen). SF--Carrera.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  TORONTO
 Norris (W,2-0)                     6   3   1   1   0   7   0
 Delabar                            1   2   1   1   0   0   1
 Francis                            1   0   0   0   0   0   0
 Loup (S,1)                         1   0   0   0   0   0   0
  BALTIMORE
 Chen (L,0-1)                       5   4   2   1   0   1   1
 Webb                               1   2   2   2   1   1   1
 Matusz                             1   0   0   0   0   2   0
 O'Day                              1   1   1   1   0   0   0
 Garcia                             1   1   0   0   2   1   0

 HBP--Reimold by Norris. SO--TOR: Travis 2, Gindl,
 Goins, Kawasaki. BAL: A. Jones 2, Machado 2, C. 
 Davis, Young, Hardy. BB--TOR: Smoak 2, Goins.  
 T--2:24. A--7,283.