Rays explode; Jays implode

And then came the top of the fifth from hell, if your Roy Halladay.

He faced 10 batters and didn’t retire any, though those five errors behind him didn’t help.

Aren’t you glad you’re not John Tolisano? He’s the second baseman brought over from the minor league complex who made three errors in the span of three batters. He botched two easy grounders and threw the second one away.

Here’s the damage:

Gomes led off with homer to left off Halladay.

Rays 1, Jays 0

Navarro singles. Cannizaro was safe on Tolisano’s first error. Elliot Johnson pushed a bunt up the third base line and everyone was safe.

Crawford grounded to Tolisano for what looked like a double play, but Tolly dropped the ball for one error, picked it up and threw it into the dugout for another error.

Rays 3, Jays 0

Pena hit a two-run double to right.

Rays 5, Jays 0

Upton doubled to left.

Rays 6, Jays 0

Cliff Floyd grounds one at Overbay, but the ball rolls through the first baseman’s legs.

Rays 7, Jays 0

Hinske doubled to center.

Rays 8, Jays 0

Gomes singles to center and continues to second on the throw home. Hinske, with an eight-run lead, holds up at third, but Toronto catcher Rod Barajas fires the ball into center field.

Rays 9, Jays 0

That’s all for Halladay.

But not the Rays.

Navarro grounds out to Tolisano, who receives a nice hand from the crowd. A bunch of wise guys, these Jays fans.

Cannizaro singles home Gomes.

Rays 10, Jays 0

Forget what it says on the scoreboard. There is a 0 where there should be a 10 in the fifth inning, but the scoreboard here can’t handle two digits.

It’s a funny line score – all zeros until you get to runs, where there is a 10.

Johnson grounds into what looked like a double play, but Overbay drops the throw at first. No error, though. You can’t assume a double play.

The inning ended when Crawford flied out to left.

The Rays sent 14 batters to the plate. Everyone scored.

There were seven hits, 10 runs, five errors.

Finally, we have a spring training game.