The New York Yankees were back in Yankee Stadium after a sub-par
road trip to face a familiar division foe, the Toronto Blue Jays. The
game and series marked the beginning of a stretch of division games that
the Yankees face as they work to re-establish some level of comfort in
their pennant race against Tampa Bay and Baltimore. The Toronto game on
Monday night was the first of 22 consecutive games against AL East
Division foes on the Yankee schedule as August slides into September.
The game was dead even for three and a half innings.
Both teams hit a HR into the Yankee bullpen and each side had an infield
single. Robinson Cano homered for the Yankees and Adam Lind did the
same for Toronto. The game was tied at 1-1 headed into the bottom of
the fourth inning. In the Yankee half of that fourth, New York struck
for three runs. Cano hit his second HR of the game to make the score
2-1. Mark Teixeira walked and Eric Chavez singled. Teixeira scored on a
on a Russell Martin RBI single to right and Chavez scored on an RBI
fielder's choice by Raul Ibanez.
Martin's single to right ricocheted off the leg of Toronto starter Henderson Alvarez into right field, and Alvarez was forced to leave the game. The Yankees lost Mark Teixeira to injury in the same inning. In an odd occurrence, Teixeira was forced to leave the game due to a left leg contusion. The injury occurred during an at bat when Tex walked. He limped home on the Martin single and immediately left the game.
In the fifth, once again the teams mirrored one another. The Jays scored two on a Kelly Johnson walk and an opposite field HR by Yorvit Torrealba. The Yankees scored two on a Derek Jeter walk and a Nick Swisher 2-run HR to left field. The score after five was New York 6 and Toronto 3. The Jays added a run in the seventh on a single by Torrealba and an RBI single by Adeiny Hechavarria. The Yankees still held the 6-4 lead after eight innings.
Martin's single to right ricocheted off the leg of Toronto starter Henderson Alvarez into right field, and Alvarez was forced to leave the game. The Yankees lost Mark Teixeira to injury in the same inning. In an odd occurrence, Teixeira was forced to leave the game due to a left leg contusion. The injury occurred during an at bat when Tex walked. He limped home on the Martin single and immediately left the game.
In the fifth, once again the teams mirrored one another. The Jays scored two on a Kelly Johnson walk and an opposite field HR by Yorvit Torrealba. The Yankees scored two on a Derek Jeter walk and a Nick Swisher 2-run HR to left field. The score after five was New York 6 and Toronto 3. The Jays added a run in the seventh on a single by Torrealba and an RBI single by Adeiny Hechavarria. The Yankees still held the 6-4 lead after eight innings.
The ninth was a Yankee disaster. Rafael Soriano blew a save opportunity. As he
had in the recent past, Soriano lived on the edge as he allowed two
singles to Moises Sierra and Rajai Davis. Soriano also recorded two
outs and two strikes on Colby Rasmus. He could not retire Rasmus. In
fact, he allowed a three-run HR to Rasmus that gave the Jays their first
lead at 7-6.
Derek Jeter homered to lead off the bottom of the ninth
to tie the score at seven, but that blow only prolonged the Yankee
agony. Derek Lowe relieved Clay Rapada in the 10th and in the 11th
inning, he allowed a lead-off single to Torrealba. Mike McCoy came on
to pinch run. Lowe unleashed an errant pick-off throw to first that
rolled down the right field line. McCoy went to third on the play with
nobody out. He eventually scored the winning run on a ground ball to
third by Hechavarria. Even with the infield drawn in, the Yankees could
not keep McCoy from scoring the winning run as Nix inexplicably threw
to first to retire Hechavarria.
Cashman's spare parts (Nix and Lowe) failed the team tonight, and Rafael Soriano picked an inopportune time to blow a save. The Yankees not only failed to solidify their meager lead in the AL East, but lost a full game in the standings to the victorious Orioles. New York continues down the path of mediocre baseball as the fall to 22-21 since the All-Star Game. Believe me, there is worry in the air. Sure, we can win the next 2 to win the series from the Blue Jays, but the Blue Jays played like competitors tonight...and they're in last place. Come on Yanks... let's do this!
Cashman's spare parts (Nix and Lowe) failed the team tonight, and Rafael Soriano picked an inopportune time to blow a save. The Yankees not only failed to solidify their meager lead in the AL East, but lost a full game in the standings to the victorious Orioles. New York continues down the path of mediocre baseball as the fall to 22-21 since the All-Star Game. Believe me, there is worry in the air. Sure, we can win the next 2 to win the series from the Blue Jays, but the Blue Jays played like competitors tonight...and they're in last place. Come on Yanks... let's do this!
Tonight's final: Toronto 8 New York 7
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