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Jays uniform: we dont know. Who knows what to expect from a pitch, the
knuckleball, that in one moment confounds a hitter and in the next is traveling,
with plenty of spin, more than 400 feet in the opposite direction? Who knows how
to manage a knuckleball pitcher? When is the right time to remove him from the
game? These guys dont tire as quickly because they dont strain their arms and
you cant predict when the pitch is going to flatten out just that once, which
could be the difference in the game. All of the above came in to play in Friday
nights 5-4 loss to the White Sox, a game in which Dickey no-hit Chicago for four
innings but left without recording an out in the seventh. By then hed allowed
five hits, four of which landed on the other side of the outfield fence.
Actually, three of them did. One of them hit the foul pole. “One less home run,
we win that game,” said Dickey. “Its just a really bizarre outing to strike out
nine guys, get all those swings and misses on what I felt like was a really good
knuckleball tonight.” Then, some home run talk. “Three of the four home runs
were possibly mistakes, two I know,” said Dickey. “Normally, theyre a foul ball
here or a miss hit here, but they just didnt miss them tonight.” Jose Abreu and
Dayan Viciedo hit solo home runs in the fifth to give the White Sox a 2-0 lead.
Those were Chicagos first two hits of the evening. The Blue Jays bounced back
with back-to-back solo home runs in the sixth, one from Edwin Encarnacion and
the other off the bat of Dioner Navarro. Dickey, sporting an 11.81 ERA in the
seventh inning this season, couldnt give his team the shutdown frame it needed.
Abreu clubbed his second home run of the night to lead off and, after Adam Dunn
walked, Alexei Ramirez clanked a two-run shot off the left field foul pole. The
knuckleballers night, so promising two innings before, was over. In six-plus
innings, Dickey allowed five earned runs on five hits (four home runs) and one
walk. He struck out nine. He was so good and then he wasnt. Theres no
discernible pattern outside of his bloated fifth (9.39) and seventh inning ERAs
and who knows what to make of those? Dickeys ERA in the sixth is 2.38. “I
thought his knuckleball was as good as its been,” said manager John Gibbons.
Then, some home run talk. “Its a pitch that can come and go,” said Gibbons. “I
mean, one inning it can disappear, one hitter it can disappear and all of a
sudden it clicks in. Its tough.” Then, he offered an admission: its hard to
determine what to do with Dickey as a game wears on. “Its a totally different
way to manage a game,” said Gibbons. “But hes here to win games for us and he
needs to stay out there.” Dickeys loss on Friday night dropped his season record
to 6-7. His ERA climbed from 4.04 to 4.24. In 51 appearances with the Blue Jays
in a season and a half, Dickeys allowed 51 home runs. His win-loss record:
20-20. So there is some symmetry amid the unpredictability.
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14-11-4) – Winnipeg Jets made it seven wins in their last nine games with the
win and for now move to within six points of the Canucks, who hold down the
final playoff spot. The Jets jumped into a quick 2-0 lead in the first on goals
by Zach Bogosian (3rd) and Devin Setoguchi (9th) 1:05 apart. Toby Enstrom and
Andrew Ladd drew assists on the Bogosian goal, a point shot that seemed to dip
and get by former Moose goaltender Eddie Lack. It was only the third time in the
last nine games the Jets scored first. A great pass by Dustin Byfuglien led to
the Setoguchi goal, with Mark Scheifele also assisting. Scheifele now has 12
points in his last 12 games. The Canucks got a power play goal from Alex Edler
to make it a 2-1 score after the first, the Jets outshooting Vancouver 15-7. The
Canucks tied the game at 4:48 of the second with an unassisted goal, but less
than two minutes later the Jets had the lead back on Michael Froliks 11th of the
year. Ladd with his second assist of the game and Bryan Little were also in on
the goal. Shots on goal in the second were 13-10 Jets. Lack was the star of the
second with at least four outstanding saves, two off Scheifele on great feeds
from Blake Wheeler. The Canucks played with desperation in the third and
dominated the early going, but it was now Ondrej Pavelec coming up with some big
saves to keep the Jets in front. At 11:50 Jason Garrison with a bomb from the
point scored his 6th of the season to tie the game, setting the stage for
Setoguchi to get the winner. He fired a low shot to the far corner from the
right side for his second of the game and 10th of the year.
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who picked up his eighth point in the last eight games. Setoguchi becomes the
ninth Jet to hit double digits in goals, tying the Jets for the NHL lead in that
category. It was Pavelecs 10th start in the last 11 games and he upped his
record to 6-2 in the last eight. Final shots were 34-26. In the game against
Nashville Predators on Tuesday, Setoguchi took a costly penalty, in this game he
scored the winner. "Really happy for him, its been a tough stretch of games and
I always want to have those players have an opportunity to respond for their
teammates." said Coach Paul Maurice. The Jets passing was very sharp in the
first half of the game. "For 30 minutes we had better looks than in any other
game weve played. Had great chances." On the Canucks chances. "What were trying
to do will come back and bite us sometimes but were going to stick with it.
Theres going to be parts of the game they are going to control, we just have to
manage it. Our compete level is high, our resiliency is really good." For the
third straight game Bogosian led the Jets in ice time, Frolik led in shots on
goal with five. Trouba was a plus two and leads the team at plus 10. Jets again
were over 30 hits with Byfuglien leading the way with six. It was the Jets final
home game before the Olympic break, as they prepare for a four game road trip
starting in Montreal Sunday afternoon (TSN 1290).
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