STEADY FREDDY & HOT YANKEE BATS SINK JAYS

Good timely hitting, good pitching, and a lot of bad fielding by the Blue Jays gave Yankee fans a fun night of baseball. Freddy Garcia was his reliable Steady Freddy self, as he held the Blue Jays to two runs over six strong innings. Kelly Johnson was his primary nemesis tonight, as he reached Freddy for a home run in the second and an RBI double in the fourth.

Defensive mishaps by the Blue Jays opened the door wide for the some Yankee run production. In the second, Jeff Mathis threw it away trying to get Robinson Cano at third, allowing him to score. Two batters later, a bad throw to first on what should have been a double play allowed Andruw Jones to score. The next inning, a failure to cover second by the shifted infield turned a routine double play into a ground out and allowed Nick Swisher to take second. He scored on the next play, a base hit by Cano. Even that play featured another defensive miscue, as Ricky Romero failed to back up the catcher on the throw home, allowing Cano to take second.

Ricky Romero looked very shaky to start the game. He couldn't find home plate to save his life, falling behind in the count on most hitters in the first 3 innings. However, he settled down, and was able to hold the Yankees to three runs in the first seven innings.

The Yankees put another crooked number up in the top of the eighth upon the entry of reliever Steve Delabar. Mark Teixeira welcomed him to the game with a bomb over the right field wall for his 22nd home run of the season. Then the Yankees started a 2-out rally in the same inning when Jayson Nix got a base hit. Another miscue by the Blue Jays followed, as a soft floater by Russell Martin in the top of eighth should have been caught by second baseman Kelly Johnson.  Instead, it hit him in the head and was dropped allowing NIx to take third and Martin motored into second. Then Ichiro Suzuki, who is quickly turning into Mr. Clutch, came through for a base hit scoring both base runners.

Ichiro Suzuki has been on an incredible run, reaching base the last 9 times he has been at the plate with men in scoring position. Given how poor his 2012 RISP numbers were when he joined the team, this is very good news for the Yankees. Don't forget BYB's piece when Ichiro came to New York, read TRUST ME: WITH ICHIRO, YANKS HAVE THE EYE OF THE TIGER.

Joba Chamberlain came in for one batter - Anthony Gose - in the top of the eighth. Gose stole second, stole third, and then scored on a grounder to Derek Jeter. It was his fourth appearance on the season, and he has yet to make an appearance where he retires the side, with hitters going . 421 against him so far. He's still getting his legs under him, but it won't be long before we start expressing some concern about him.

Another rally in the top of the 9th was started by a Derek Jeter single. Nick Swisher doubled him in for the 7th run. After Cano was intentionally walked, Raul Ibanez got a pinch-hit RBI single. David Carpenter hit Russell Martin with a pitch to load the bases. Toronto's fielding gremlins showed up again as Rajai Davis lost an Ichiro fly ball, allowing two more runs to score.

Final Score: Yankees 10-Blue Jays 4

--Ike Dimitriadis, BYB Writer
Twitter: @KingAgamemnon



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