No one could have felt worse than Aaron Hill after his costly error in the top half of the 10th inning led to the go ahead Orioles run. So what did he do to make up for it? What he's been doing all year, coming up clutch!
With the Jays down 4-3, Hill led off the bottom half of the 10th frame. Surely using the fielding gaffe as motivation, Toronto's 2nd baseman drilled a no doubter solo home run to even the score. What a humongous bomb!
But the 2003 first round pick wasn't done there. In the 11th, with Rod Barajas in scoring position, Hill drove him in with a walk off base rap, marking the 4th walk off victory of the season for Toronto. Most impressive was the timing of the two hits. Hill had gone 0 for 4 at the dish until extra innings, but when the chips were down, he was there to lift the Jays to the win.
After his 2008 campaign was halted short in May due to effects of a concussion, how fitting that Aaron Hill has to be considered comeback player of the year for his brilliant perseverance and performance. With more heroics like Saturday's victory against Baltimore, Hill might creep his name in discussion for a far bigger award: MVP
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