GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: NY YANKEES (82-62) at TORONTO (72-72)

AL: NY YANKEES at TORONTO

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NY YANKEES 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1
TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: NYY - MIKE MUSSINA, EDWAR RAMIREZ (6TH), JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (7TH),
MARIANO RIVERA (8TH) AND JORGE POSADA

TOR - DUSTIN MCGOWAN, SCOTT DOWNS (6TH), JASON FRASOR
(7TH), JEREMY ACCARDO (9TH) AND GREGG ZAUN


WP - MIKE MUSSINA (9-10)
LP - DUSTIN MCGOWAN (10-9)
SAVE - MARIANO RIVERA (26)

HOME RUNS: NYY - NONE

TOR - NONE


TIME: 3:18 ATT: 27,082

PROBABLES: NYY - IAN KENNEDY (1-0, 2.25)
TOR - A.J. BURNETT (8-7, 3.56)</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NY YANKEES (4) VS TORONTO (1) - FINAL

NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .260
D Jeter ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .315
B Abreu rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .287
A Rodriguez 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .317
H Matsui lf 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 .290
J Posada c 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .338
J Giambi 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .242
D Mientkiewicz 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225
R Cano 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 .301
M Cabrera cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .290

Totals 30 4 4 3 5 10 7

BATTING: 2B - H Matsui (26, D McGowan); M Cabrera (23, J Accardo). RBI - H
Matsui (93), R Cano 2 (82). 2-out RBI - H Matsui. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Damon 2, D Jeter 1, J Posada 1, A Rodriguez 1. GIDP - M
Cabrera. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - B Abreu (24, 2nd base off D McGowan/G Zaun), H Matsui (4,
2nd base off D McGowan/G Zaun), J Damon (24, 2nd base off J Frasor/G Zaun).

FIELDING: E - A Rodriguez (13, throw). DP: 2 (R Cano-J Giambi, A Rodriguez-R
Cano-D Mientkiewicz).


TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
V Wells cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .247
R Adams 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .318
A Rios rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .303
F Thomas dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .265
M Stairs lf 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .310
A Hill 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 .273
L Overbay 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 .243
G Zaun c 4 0 1 0 0 2 5 .241
J McDonald ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .248
a-R Olmedo ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
b-A Lind ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230

Totals 33 1 7 0 5 4 18

a-grounded to shortstop for J Mcdonald in the 7th; b-grounded to shortstop for
R Olmedo in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - R Adams (1, J Chamberlain). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - L Overbay 2, G Zaun 2, J McDonald 1. GIDP - A Rios. Team LOB - 10.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (A Hill-J McDonald-L Overbay).


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NY YANKEES - 200 200 000 -- 4
TORONTO - 000 000 010 -- 1
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NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
M Mussina (W, 9-10) 5 2/3 5 0 0 3 1 0 5.28
E Ramirez (H, 1) 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.40
J Chamberlain 1 2/3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0.00
M Rivera (S, 26) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.95

TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
D McGowan (L, 10-9) 5 3 4 4 3 6 0 4.01
S Downs 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 3 0 2.36
J Frasor 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.76
J Accardo 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.39

WP - D McGowan. HBP - D Jeter (by D McGowan); J Giambi (by D McGowan).
Pitches-strikes: M Mussina 87-52; E Ramirez 10-5; J Chamberlain 35-21; M Rivera
19-12; D McGowan 99-59; S Downs 25-13; J Frasor 29-16; J Accardo 18-13. Ground
balls-fly balls: M Mussina 10-5; E Ramirez 0-1; J Chamberlain 3-0; M Rivera
2-1; D McGowan 7-2; S Downs 2-0; J Frasor 1-2; J Accardo 2-1. Batters faced: M
Mussina 23; E Ramirez 2; J Chamberlain 8; M Rivera 5; D McGowan 22; S Downs 6;
J Frasor 5; J Accardo 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Joyce. 1B--Jeff Nelson. 2B--Jim Wolf. 3B--Tim Tschida.

T--3:18. Att--27,082.
Weather: 64 degrees, overcast. Wind: 9 mph, in from
center.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TORONTO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
NY YANKEES 4
TORONTO 1 FINAL</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TORONTO

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NY YANKEES (4) AT TORONTO (1) - HOW THEY SCORED
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NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon struck out swinging. D Jeter flied out to center.
B Abreu walked. B Abreu stole second. A Rodriguez walked. H Matsui doubled to
deep left, B Abreu scored, A Rodriguez to third. A Rodriguez scored, H Matsui
to third on wild pitch by D McGowan. J Posada grounded out to second. (2 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, TORONTO 0.

NY YANKEES 4TH: H Matsui walked. H Matsui stole second. J Posada singled
to left, H Matsui to third. J Giambi hit by pitch, J Posada to second. R Cano
singled to left center, H Matsui and J Posada scored, J Giambi to second.
M Cabrera grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, R Cano out at
second, J Giambi to third. J Damon grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 8TH: R Adams doubled to deep center. A Rios struck out swinging.
F Thomas grounded out to second, R Adams to third. M Stairs walked. A Hill
safe at first on throwing error by third baseman A Rodriguez, R Adams scored,
M Stairs to second. M Rivera relieved J Chamberlain. L Overbay reached on
infield single to shortstop, M Stairs to third, A Hill to second. G Zaun
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 1.</div>

 

AL: NY YANKEES at TORONTO

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NY YANKEES (4) AT TORONTO (1) - EVENT LOG
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Ny Yankees Starting Lineups -- J Damon DH, D Jeter SS, B Abreu RF, A Rodriguez 3B,
H Matsui LF, J Posada C, J Giambi 1B, R Cano 2B, M Cabrera CF, M Mussina RHP.

Toronto Starting Lineups -- V Wells CF, R Adams 3B, A Rios RF, F Thomas DH,
M Stairs LF, A Hill 2B, L Overbay 1B, G Zaun C, J McDonald SS, D McGowan RHP.

Umpires -- Jim Joyce (HP), Jeff Nelson (1B), Jim Wolf (2B), Tim Tschida (3B).


Gametime Weather: 64 degrees, Overcast, wind in from center at 9 mph.


NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon struck out swinging. D Jeter flied out to center.
B Abreu walked. B Abreu stole second. A Rodriguez walked. H Matsui doubled to
deep left, B Abreu scored, A Rodriguez to third. A Rodriguez scored, H Matsui
to third on wild pitch by D McGowan. J Posada grounded out to second. (2 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 1ST: V Wells grounded out to second. R Adams grounded out to
second. A Rios singled to left. F Thomas grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, A Rios out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2,
TORONTO 0.

NY YANKEES 2ND: J Giambi struck out looking. R Cano grounded out to first.
M Cabrera struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2,
TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 2ND: M Stairs grounded out to second. A Hill singled to left.
L Overbay walked, A Hill to second. G Zaun struck out swinging. J McDonald
grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, TORONTO 0.

NY YANKEES 3RD: J Damon grounded out to second. D Jeter hit by pitch.
B Abreu grounded out to second, D Jeter to second. A Rodriguez struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 3RD: V Wells grounded out to second. R Adams grounded out to
second. A Rios grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 2,
TORONTO 0.

NY YANKEES 4TH: H Matsui walked. H Matsui stole second. J Posada singled
to left, H Matsui to third. J Giambi hit by pitch, J Posada to second. R Cano
singled to left center, H Matsui and J Posada scored, J Giambi to second.
M Cabrera grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, R Cano out at
second, J Giambi to third. J Damon grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 4TH: F Thomas flied out to center. M Stairs walked. A Hill flied
out to right. L Overbay lined out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 0.

NY YANKEES 5TH: D Jeter struck out swinging. B Abreu struck out swinging.
A Rodriguez flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4,
TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 5TH: G Zaun singled to left. J McDonald lined into double play,
second to first, G Zaun doubled off first. V Wells fouled out to catcher.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 0.

NY YANKEES 6TH: S Downs relieved D McGowan. H Matsui struck out swinging.
J Posada struck out looking. J Giambi struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 6TH: D Mientkiewicz at first base. R Adams singled to right.
A Rios grounded into double play, third to second to first, R Adams out at
second. F Thomas walked. M Stairs singled to right, F Thomas to second.
E Ramirez relieved M Mussina. A Hill walked, F Thomas to third, M Stairs to
second. L Overbay flied out to right. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4,
TORONTO 0.

NY YANKEES 7TH: R Cano grounded out to first. M Cabrera grounded out to
second. J Damon walked. J Frasor relieved S Downs. J Damon stole second.
D Jeter flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 7TH: J Chamberlain relieved E Ramirez. G Zaun grounded out to
second. R Olmedo hit for J McDonald. R Olmedo grounded out to shortstop.
V Wells struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 0.

NY YANKEES 8TH: R Olmedo at shortstop. B Abreu grounded out to second.
A Rodriguez lined out to center. H Matsui walked. J Posada struck out looking.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 0.

TORONTO 8TH: R Adams doubled to deep center. A Rios struck out swinging.
F Thomas grounded out to second, R Adams to third. M Stairs walked. A Hill
safe at first on throwing error by third baseman A Rodriguez, R Adams scored,
M Stairs to second. M Rivera relieved J Chamberlain. L Overbay reached on
infield single to shortstop, M Stairs to third, A Hill to second. G Zaun
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 1.

NY YANKEES 9TH: J Accardo relieved J Frasor. D Mientkiewicz grounded out to
first. R Cano grounded out to shortstop. M Cabrera doubled to right. J Damon
lined out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 1.

TORONTO 9TH: A Lind hit for R Olmedo. A Lind grounded out to shortstop.
V Wells grounded out to second. R Adams flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 1.</div>

 

Mussina sharp as Yankees win seventh straight

<h3>NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 1</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- Apparently, Mike Mussina isn't finishedjust yet.


Mussina pitched flawlessly into the sixth inning and RobinsonCano drove in two runs as the New York Yankees won their seventhconsecutive game with a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jayson Wednesday night.


Hideki Matsui also drove in a run for the Yankees (83-62), whoare five games behind the Boston Red Sox (88-58) in the AmericanLeague East. The two rivals face off in a three-game set thisweekend.


New York also is four games ahead of the Detroit Tigers (80-67)in the wild card standings.


A premier hurler for 17 seasons, Mussina (9-10) lost his spot inthe Yankees' rotation to rookie Ian Kennedy after a putridperformance at Detroit on August 27. He had not won sinceAugust 11 at Cleveland.


But after an injury to righthander Roger Clemens, Mussina wasthrust back into the rotation as New York tries to earn apostseason berth in the season's final month.


On Wednesday, he made a big contribution, tossing 5 2/3scoreless innings and allowing just five hits. He walked threeand struck out one.


Russ Adams singled to lead off the sixth and, after Alex Riosgrounded out, Mussina issued a walk to Frank Thomas. Yankeesmanager Joe Torre then removed Mussina, who tossed just 87pitches.


Rookie Edwar Ramirez got the final out of the sixth andfirst-year sensation Joba Chamberlain pitched the seventh butgot into trouble in the eighth, allowing an unearned run - hisfirst blemish of the season.


Chamberlain put runners on first and third with two outs beforeRodriguez threw wildly after fielding Aaron Hill's grounder tothird, plating Toronto's lone run of the game.


Torre then removed Chamberlain for closer Mariano Rivera, whogot the final four outs for his 26th save.


Cano plated two important runs in the fourth. Matsui walked tostart the frame and stole second before Posada singled to sendhim to third. After Jason Giambi was hit by a pitch to load thebases, Cano ripped a two-run single to give the Yankees afour-run cushion.


New York started the scoring in the first with a two-out rally.Blue Jays starter Dustin McGowan (10-9) issued back-to-backwalks to Bobby Abreu and Alex Rodriguez, setting up Matsui's RBIdouble to the opposite field.


The Yankees added another run when Rodriguez scored on McGowan'swild pitch to make it 2-0.


McGowan allowed four runs and three hits while striking out sixand walking three for the Blue Jays.

 

Mussina sharp as Yankees win seventh straight

<h3>NY YANKEES 4, TORONTO 1</h3>TORONTO (Ticker) -- Apparently, Mike Mussina isn't finishedjust yet.


Mussina pitched flawlessly into the sixth inning and RobinsonCano drove in two runs as the New York Yankees won their seventhconsecutive game with a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jayson Wednesday night.


Hideki Matsui also drove in a run for the Yankees (83-62), whoare five games behind the Boston Red Sox (88-58) in the AmericanLeague East. The two rivals face off in a three-game set thisweekend.


New York also is four games ahead of the Detroit Tigers (80-67)in the wild card standings.


A premier hurler for 17 seasons, Mussina (9-10) lost his spot inthe Yankees' rotation to rookie Ian Kennedy after a putridperformance at Detroit on August 27. He had not won sinceAugust 11 at Cleveland.


But after an injury to righthander Roger Clemens, Mussina wasthrust back into the rotation as New York tries to earn apostseason berth in the season's final month.


On Wednesday, he made a big contribution, tossing 5 2/3scoreless innings and allowing just five hits. He walked threeand struck out one.


"Today I felt pretty good about where the ball was going," Mussinasaid. "I thought I did a pretty good job of getting ahead of people.I was able to get breaking pitches over for strikes andwe got out there and scored early and played some great defense."

Russ Adams singled to lead off the sixth and, after Alex Riosgrounded out, Mussina issued a walk to Frank Thomas. Yankeesmanager Joe Torre then removed Mussina, who tossed just 87pitches.


"He (Mussina) was terrific," Torre said. "I thought hestayed ahead most of the night. I didn't want to take himout there, but when he walked Frank Thomas, that certainlywasn't what he wanted to do. On the mound, I said you did agreat job."


Rookie Edwar Ramirez got the final out of the sixth andfirst-year sensation Joba Chamberlain pitched the seventh butgot into trouble in the eighth, allowing an unearned run - hisfirst blemish of the season.


"It happened, but we won the game and that's all that matters,"said Chamberlain who put runners on first and third with twoouts before Rodriguez threw wildly after fielding Aaron Hill'sgrounder to third, plating Toronto's lone run of the game.

Torre then removed Chamberlain for closer Mariano Rivera, whogot the final four outs for his 26th save.


Cano plated two important runs in the fourth. Matsui walked tostart the frame and stole second before Posada singled to sendhim to third. After Jason Giambi was hit by a pitch to load thebases, Cano ripped a two-run single to give the Yankees afour-run cushion.


"It's good especially the way we're playing right now," Cano said."I'm happy that I get a hit right there and two rbi's and makethe game (4-0). We're confident right now, we're playing goodbaseball and hopefully we can play like that the rest of theseason."


New York started the scoring in the first with a two-out rally.Blue Jays starter Dustin McGowan (10-9) issued back-to-backwalks to Bobby Abreu and Alex Rodriguez, setting up Matsui's RBIdouble to the opposite field.


The Yankees added another run when Rodriguez scored on McGowan'swild pitch to make it 2-0.


McGowan allowed four runs and three hits while striking out sixand walking three for the Blue Jays.


"The walks killed me," McGowan said. "Every guy I walked scored.They may not have had many hits but they all came right afterthe walks. That's what happens when you walk people."

With the loss Toronto fell below .500 (72-73) for the first timesince August 1 when they were (53-54).