Tulo’s HR and Jays down Bucs

EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO

Toronto Blue Jays right hander Marco Estrada warms up Palm Sunday afternoon as he faces the Pittsburgh Pirates in his first appearance of the spring.  Estrada allowed two runs on two hits while walking three and striking out one over two plus innings.  Estrada did allow a two run homer to Andrew MCutchen in the first to account for the Pirates only runs. Troy Tulowitzki had a two run homer to left center in the first with Jose Bautista aboard via a double.  The Blue Jays broke the two all tie in the fifth when Russell Martin doubled to right center and Ryan Goins then doubled to center for the 3-2 final score.  Gavin Floyd got the win while Cory Luebka took the loss and Pat Venditte got the save.  The game ended when Jason Rogers took out the Blue Jays second baseman Darwin Barney making the turn at second with the umpire award the automatic double play.  The Blue Jays are off on Monday and travel to Lakeland on Tuesday for a game against the Tigers at 1:05 PM.

Troy Tulowitzki HR Left Center on a 2-1 Count 2 RBI (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Jose Bautista Double Right Center in 1st (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Gavin Floyd (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

PITTSBURGH (2) AT TORONTO (3)

 PITTSBURGH       AB  R  H BI  TORONTO          AB  R  H BI
 Jaso 1b           1  1  0  0  Pillar cf         3  0  0  0 
 Osuna 1b          1  0  1  0  Ceciliani cf      1  0  0  0 
 McCutchen cf      3  1  1  2  Donaldson 3b      3  0  0  0 
 Richardson cf     0  0  0  0  Burns 3b          1  0  0  0 
 D Freese 3b       2  0  0  0  Bautista rf       3  1  1  0 
 Rogers 3b         2  0  0  0  J Lake rf         1  0  1  0 
 Marte lf          4  0  3  0  Tulowitzki ss     3  1  1  2 
 Goebbert lf       0  0  0  0  Barney 2b         1  0  1  0 
 Polanco rf        4  0  0  0  Colabello 1b      3  0  1  0 
 D Ortiz rf        0  0  0  0  Kotchman 1b       1  0  0  0 
 Harrison 2b       4  0  1  0  Saunders lf       3  0  1  0 
 Florimón 2b       0  0  0  0  Conner pr         0  0  0  0 
 Morse dh          4  0  1  0  Carrera lf        0  0  0  0 
 Mercer ss         4  0  1  0  Martin c          3  1  1  0 
 Figueroa ss       0  0  0  0  T. Sanchez c      0  0  0  0 
 Stewart c         3  0  0  0  Smoak dh          2  0  0  0 
 Easley c          1  0  0  0  Brown ph-dh       1  0  0  0 
                               Goins 2b-ss       3  0  1  1 
                               Mier ss           0  0  0  0 
 TOTALS           33  2  8  2  TOTALS           32  3  8  3

 PITTSBURGH                200 000 000 --  2
 TORONTO                   200 010 00x --  3

 DP--TORONTO 2. LOB--PITTSBURGH 10, TORONTO 5. 
 2B--Bautista, Goins, Martin. HR--McCutchen 1 (4) 
 (off Estrada), Tulowitzki 1 (3) (off Schugel).
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  PITTSBURGH
 Schugel                            2   2   2   2   0   1   1
 Caminero                           2   0   0   0   0   1   0
 Luebke (L,0-1)                     1   2   1   1   0   1   0
 Scahill                            1   0   0   0   0   0   0
 Partch                             1   2   0   0   0   1   0
 Knudson                            1   2   0   0   0   0   0
  TORONTO
 Estrada                            2   2   2   2   3   1   1
 León                               1   1   0   0   0   0   0
 Flores                         4 1-3   4   0   0   2   2   0
 Jenkins                          2-3   0   0   0   0   0   0
 Venditte (S,1)                     1   1   0   0   0   0   0

 WP--Partch. HBP--Richardson by Venditte. SO--PIT:
 Stewart, D Freese, McCutchen. TOR: Tulowitzki, 
 Goins, Donaldson, Smoak. BB--PIT: Jaso 3, 
 McCutchen, D Freese.  T--2:33. A--5,522.