AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: W Betemit hit for S Duncan. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 5 NY YANKEES 4 BOTTOM, 14TH DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: W Betemit (.227, 4 HR, 20 RBI)</div>
AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL FINAL 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - - - - - - - - TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 11 12 13 14 R H E -- -- -- -- -- - - - TORONTO 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 2 NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 2 (FINAL 14) BATTERIES: TOR - ROY HALLADAY, SCOTT DOWNS (9TH), CASEY JANSSEN (9TH), JEREMY ACCARDO (11TH), BRIAN WOLFE (13TH), JOE KENNEDY (13TH), JASON FRASOR (14TH) AND GREGG ZAUN NYY - CHIEN-MING WANG, EDWAR RAMIREZ (8TH), JOSE VERAS (8TH), RON VILLONE (9TH), MARIANO RIVERA (10TH), JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (11TH), LUIS VIZCAINO (13TH), BRIAN BRUNEY (14TH) AND JORGE POSADA, JOSE MOLINA (10TH) HOME RUNS: TOR - ALEX RIOS (24) OFF EDWAR RAMIREZ IN THE 8TH, 1 ON GREGG ZAUN (10) OFF BRIAN BRUNEY IN THE 14TH, 0 ON NYY - NONE</div>
AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL FINAL 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - - - - - - - - TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 11 12 13 14 R H E -- -- -- -- -- - - - TORONTO 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 2 NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 2 (FINAL 14) BATTERIES: TOR - ROY HALLADAY, SCOTT DOWNS (9TH), CASEY JANSSEN (9TH), JEREMY ACCARDO (11TH), BRIAN WOLFE (13TH), JOE KENNEDY (13TH), JASON FRASOR (14TH) AND GREGG ZAUN NYY - CHIEN-MING WANG, EDWAR RAMIREZ (8TH), JOSE VERAS (8TH), RON VILLONE (9TH), MARIANO RIVERA (10TH), JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (11TH), LUIS VIZCAINO (13TH), BRIAN BRUNEY (14TH) AND JORGE POSADA, JOSE MOLINA (10TH) WP - JOE KENNEDY (4-9) LP - BRIAN BRUNEY (3-2) SAVE - JASON FRASOR (3) HOME RUNS: TOR - ALEX RIOS (24) OFF EDWAR RAMIREZ IN THE 8TH, 1 ON GREGG ZAUN (10) OFF BRIAN BRUNEY IN THE 14TH, 0 ON NYY - NONE TIME: 4:45 ATT: 54,151 PROBABLES: TOR - SHAUN MARCUM (12-6, 4.15) NYY - ROGER CLEMENS (6-6, 4.18)</div>
AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">TORONTO (5) VS NY YANKEES (4) - FINAL IN 14 INNINGS TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Johnson rf 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 .243 M Stairs 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .293 L Overbay 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 A Rios cf 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 .296 F Thomas dh 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 .270 J Inglett pr-dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 A Hill 2b 6 1 3 0 0 1 3 .280 R Adams 3b 6 1 1 0 0 2 2 .308 G Zaun c 6 1 1 2 0 1 2 .247 A Lind lf 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 .230 R Olmedo ss 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 .162 Totals 51 5 10 4 3 13 13 BATTING: 2B - A Hill (43, C Wang). HR - A Rios (24, 8th inning off E Ramirez 1 on, 1 Out), G Zaun (10, 14th inning off B Bruney 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - G Zaun 2 (49), A Rios 2 (83). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Zaun 1, F Thomas 1, A Rios 1, R Adams 1, A Hill 1, A Lind 1. GIDP - R Olmedo. Team LOB - 8. BASERUNNING: SB - J Inglett (1, 2nd base off J Chamberlain/J Molina). FIELDING: E - R Adams (1, ground ball); A Hill (13, throw). DP: 2 (M Stairs-R Olmedo-R Halladay, A Hill-G Zaun). NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Damon lf 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 .259 D Jeter ss 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 .318 B Abreu rf 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 .284 A Rodriguez 3b 6 1 2 1 0 0 3 .308 H Matsui dh 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 .286 J Posada c 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .334 B Sardinha pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Molina c 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .241 R Cano 2b 6 0 2 1 0 2 0 .303 D Mientkiewicz 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .246 a-J Giambi ph-1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .243 M Cabrera cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .280 b-S Duncan ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 c-W Betemit ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .224 Totals 52 4 11 3 2 7 16 a-struck out looking for D Mientkiewicz in the 8th; b-hit for M Cabrera in the 14th; c-struck out looking for S Duncan in the 14th. BATTING: 2B - D Jeter (35, R Halladay); R Cano (39, R Halladay); J Damon (24, R Halladay). RBI - A Rodriguez (143), R Cano (88), J Giambi (36). 2-out RBI - R Cano, J Giambi. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 1, J Molina 1, M Cabrera 1. GIDP - J Posada. Team LOB - 8. BASERUNNING: CS - J Damon (3, 2nd base by R Halladay/G Zaun). FIELDING: E - J Damon (3, bobble); J Posada (5, catch). DP: 1 (D Mientkiewicz-D Jeter). ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO - 000 000 220 000 01 -- 5 NY YANKEES - 000 000 004 000 00 -- 4 ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era R Halladay 8 2/3 8 4 1 0 4 0 3.71 S Downs (B, 3) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.28 C Janssen 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.40 J Accardo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.20 B Wolfe 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.23 J Kennedy (W, 4-9) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4.46 J Frasor (S, 3) 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.28 NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era C Wang 7 6 2 1 1 4 0 3.72 E Ramirez 1/3 1 2 2 0 0 1 6.75 J Veras 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86 R Villone 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.42 M Rivera 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.90 J Chamberlain 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.44 L Vizcaino 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.96 B Bruney (L, 3-2) 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 4.17 S Downs pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. HBP - R Johnson (by E Ramirez). Pitches-strikes: R Halladay 110-82; S Downs 4-3; C Janssen 22-14; J Accardo 24-14; B Wolfe 5-4; J Kennedy 19-12; J Frasor 5-3; C Wang 100-67; E Ramirez 12-5; J Veras 6-5; R Villone 12-8; M Rivera 10-7; J Chamberlain 30-20; L Vizcaino 24-17; B Bruney 19-13. Ground balls-fly balls: R Halladay 18-2; S Downs 0-0; C Janssen 3-1; J Accardo 2-4; B Wolfe 1-1; J Kennedy 0-1; J Frasor 0-0; C Wang 14-3; E Ramirez 1-0; J Veras 1-1; R Villone 2-1; M Rivera 0-2; J Chamberlain 0-2; L Vizcaino 2-0; B Bruney 0-0. Batters faced: R Halladay 33; S Downs 2; C Janssen 5; J Accardo 6; B Wolfe 3; J Kennedy 4; J Frasor 1; C Wang 27; E Ramirez 3; J Veras 2; R Villone 3; M Rivera 3; J Chamberlain 7; L Vizcaino 5; B Bruney 5. UMPIRES: HP--Rob Drake. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Derryl Cousins. 3B--Ted Barrett. T--4:45. Att--54,151. Weather: 76 degrees, clear. Wind: 8 mph, out to left.</div>
AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO (5) AT NY YANKEES (4) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO 7TH: A Hill singled to center. R Adams singled to center, A Hill to third. G Zaun grounded out to third, A Hill scored, R Adams to second. A Lind singled to right, R Adams scored on error by catcher J Posada. R Olmedo grounded into double play, first to shortstop, A Lind out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 2, NY YANKEES 0. TORONTO 8TH: E Ramirez relieved C Wang. R Johnson hit by pitch. M Stairs grounded out to second, R Johnson to second. A Rios homered to left, R Johnson scored. J Veras relieved E Ramirez. F Thomas flied out to right. A Hill grounded out to third. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 0. NY YANKEES 9TH: J Damon doubled to left. D Jeter grounded out to shortstop. B Abreu singled to center, J Damon to third. A Rodriguez singled to center, J Damon scored, B Abreu to second. H Matsui grounded out to second, B Abreu to third, A Rodriguez to second. J Posada safe at first on throwing error by second baseman A Hill, B Abreu scored, A Rodriguez to third. B Sardinha ran for J Posada. S Downs relieved R Halladay. R Cano singled to right, A Rodriguez scored, B Sardinha to third. J Giambi singled to left, B Sardinha scored, R Cano to second. C Janssen relieved S Downs. M Cabrera grounded out to first. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 4. TORONTO 14TH: B Bruney relieved L Vizcaino. R Adams struck out swinging. G Zaun homered to right. A Lind singled to center. R Olmedo struck out swinging. R Johnson struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 5, NY YANKEES 4.</div>
AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO (5) AT NY YANKEES (4) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Toronto Starting Lineups -- R Johnson RF, M Stairs 1B, A Rios CF, F Thomas DH, A Hill 2B, R Adams 3B, G Zaun C, A Lind LF, R Olmedo SS, R Halladay RHP. Ny Yankees Starting Lineups -- J Damon LF, D Jeter SS, B Abreu RF, A Rodriguez 3B, H Matsui DH, J Posada C, R Cano 2B, D Mientkiewicz 1B, M Cabrera CF, C Wang RHP. Umpires -- Rob Drake (HP), Angel Hernandez (1B), Derryl Cousins (2B), Ted Barrett (3B). Gametime Weather: 76 degrees, Clear, wind out to left at 8 mph. TORONTO 1ST: R Johnson grounded out to shortstop. M Stairs walked. A Rios grounded out to shortstop, M Stairs to second. F Thomas flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon reached on infield single to first. J Damon caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. D Jeter doubled to deep right. B Abreu grounded out to catcher, D Jeter to third. A Rodriguez flied out to center. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. TORONTO 2ND: A Hill doubled to left, A Hill to third on error by left fielder J Damon. R Adams fouled out to catcher. G Zaun grounded out to third. A Lind grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. NY YANKEES 2ND: H Matsui safe at first on error by third baseman R Adams. J Posada grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, H Matsui out at second. R Cano struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. TORONTO 3RD: R Olmedo lined out to right. R Johnson singled to left. M Stairs grounded out to catcher, R Johnson to second. A Rios grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. NY YANKEES 3RD: D Mientkiewicz bunt grounded out to catcher. M Cabrera grounded out to first. J Damon grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. TORONTO 4TH: F Thomas struck out swinging. A Hill singled to right center. R Adams grounded out to pitcher, A Hill to second. G Zaun grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. NY YANKEES 4TH: D Jeter grounded out to first. B Abreu grounded out to second. A Rodriguez grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. TORONTO 5TH: A Lind grounded out to first. R Olmedo grounded out to shortstop. R Johnson struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. NY YANKEES 5TH: H Matsui grounded out to first. J Posada singled to center. R Cano doubled to right, J Posada to third. D Mientkiewicz popped out to second, J Posada tagged out at home. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. TORONTO 6TH: M Stairs grounded out to second. A Rios struck out looking. F Thomas struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. NY YANKEES 6TH: M Cabrera struck out looking. J Damon grounded out to shortstop. D Jeter grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0. TORONTO 7TH: A Hill singled to center. R Adams singled to center, A Hill to third. G Zaun grounded out to third, A Hill scored, R Adams to second. A Lind singled to right, R Adams scored on error by catcher J Posada. R Olmedo grounded into double play, first to shortstop, A Lind out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 2, NY YANKEES 0. NY YANKEES 7TH: B Abreu grounded out to pitcher. A Rodriguez singled to center. H Matsui struck out swinging. J Posada grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, NY YANKEES 0. TORONTO 8TH: E Ramirez relieved C Wang. R Johnson hit by pitch. M Stairs grounded out to second, R Johnson to second. A Rios homered to left, R Johnson scored. J Veras relieved E Ramirez. F Thomas flied out to right. A Hill grounded out to third. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 0. NY YANKEES 8TH: L Overbay at first base. R Cano grounded out to second. J Giambi hit for D Mientkiewicz. J Giambi struck out looking. M Cabrera grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 0. TORONTO 9TH: J Giambi at first base. R Villone relieved J Veras. R Adams flied out to center. G Zaun grounded out to shortstop. A Lind grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 0. NY YANKEES 9TH: J Damon doubled to left. D Jeter grounded out to shortstop. B Abreu singled to center, J Damon to third. A Rodriguez singled to center, J Damon scored, B Abreu to second. H Matsui grounded out to second, B Abreu to third, A Rodriguez to second. J Posada safe at first on throwing error by second baseman A Hill, B Abreu scored, A Rodriguez to third. B Sardinha ran for J Posada. S Downs relieved R Halladay. R Cano singled to right, A Rodriguez scored, B Sardinha to third. J Giambi singled to left, B Sardinha scored, R Cano to second. C Janssen relieved S Downs. M Cabrera grounded out to first. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 4. TORONTO 10TH: J Molina catching. M Rivera relieved R Villone. R Olmedo popped out to third. R Johnson flied out to right. L Overbay struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 4. NY YANKEES 10TH: J Damon flied out to left. D Jeter grounded out to shortstop. B Abreu walked. A Rodriguez grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 4. TORONTO 11TH: J Chamberlain relieved M Rivera. A Rios lined out to right. F Thomas walked. J Inglett ran for F Thomas. A Hill struck out swinging, J Inglett stole second. R Adams struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 4. NY YANKEES 11TH: J Accardo relieved C Janssen. H Matsui popped out to shortstop. J Molina grounded out to second. R Cano lined out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 4. TORONTO 12TH: G Zaun struck out swinging. A Lind struck out looking. R Olmedo flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 4. NY YANKEES 12TH: J Giambi grounded out to second. M Cabrera lined out to left. J Damon flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 4. TORONTO 13TH: L Vizcaino relieved J Chamberlain. R Johnson struck out swinging. L Overbay grounded out to first. A Rios walked. J Inglett singled to left, A Rios to second. A Hill grounded out to catcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 4. NY YANKEES 13TH: B Wolfe relieved J Accardo. D Jeter singled to left. B Abreu grounded into fielder's choice to first, D Jeter out at second. A Rodriguez popped out to shortstop. J Kennedy relieved B Wolfe. H Matsui walked, B Abreu to second. J Molina struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, NY YANKEES 4. TORONTO 14TH: B Bruney relieved L Vizcaino. R Adams struck out swinging. G Zaun homered to right. A Lind singled to center. R Olmedo struck out swinging. R Johnson struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 5, NY YANKEES 4. NY YANKEES 14TH: R Cano struck out swinging. J Giambi popped out to third. S Duncan hit for M Cabrera. J Frasor relieved J Kennedy. W Betemit hit for S Duncan. W Betemit struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 5, NY YANKEES 4.</div>
Zaun, Blue Jays spoil Yankees' comeback attempt <h3>TORONTO 5, NY YANKEES 4 (14 INNINGS)</h3>BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- The New York Yankees overcame RoyHalladay in the ninth inning. But Brian Bruney couldn't getpast Gregg Zaun in the 14th. Zaun belted a go-ahead homer in the top of the 14th inning asthe Toronto Blue Jays pulled out a wild 5-4 victory over theYankees in the opener of a four-game set at Yankee Stadium onFriday night. Alex Rios added two RBI for the Blue Jays, who blew a four-runlead in the ninth inning but recovered to post their fourthstraight victory. With the win, Toronto snapped a five-game winning streak by NewYork (88-65) - dropping the Yankees 2 1/2 games behind theBoston Red Sox (91-63) in a suddenly tight American League EastDivision race. The Red Sox routed the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 8-1, earlier Fridaynight. New York used eight pitchers, including closer Mariano Riveraand rookie phenom Joba Chamberlain, who tossed two scorelessinnings. But in the 14th, Zaun belted a one-out homer toright-center field off Bruney (3-2). It was a wonder that the Yankees were even in that position. The 2003 Cy Award winner, Halladay dominated New York for eightscoreless innings - allowing just five hits. The righthanderyielded four runs - one earned - and eight hits while strikingout four without a walk in 8 2/3 frames. Halladay worked quickly and recorded 16 ground-ball outs,throwing 68 of his 90 pitches for strikes through the firsteight innings. But New York woke up in the ninth to erase a four-run deficitwith some help from Toronto's porous defense. Johnny Damon led off the frame by slapping a double down theleft field line. After Derek Jeter grounded out sharply toshortstop, Bobby Abreu ripped a single to center field - sendingDamon to third. Alex Rodriguez then stroked a run-scoring single to make it 4-1with Abreu advancing to second. Matsui's soft grounder tosecond moved both runners up a base. With two outs, the Blue Jays handed the Yankees another runthanks to second baseman Aaron Hill, whose low throw on JorgePosada's ground ball could not be scooped out of the dirt byfirst baseman Lyle Overbay - scoring Abreu and moving Rodriguezto third. Halladay was replaced by Scott Downs, who promptly surrenderedan RBI single to Robinson Cano to make it 4-3. Jason Giambithen delivered a clutch game-tying single to left-center toplate pinch runner Bronson Sardinha to cap a four-run comeback. But Toronto's bullpen held down the Yankees in extra innings,led by Joe Kennedy (4-9), who got the final out of the 13th andretired the first two batters of the 14th before being replacedby Jason Frasor. Frasor then retired pinch hitter Wilson Betemit for his thirdsave.
AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES <div class="pre">AL FINAL 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - - - - - - - - TORONTO 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 11 12 13 14 R H E -- -- -- -- -- - - - TORONTO 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 2 NY YANKEES 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 2 (FINAL 14) BATTERIES: TOR - ROY HALLADAY, SCOTT DOWNS (9TH), CASEY JANSSEN (9TH), JEREMY ACCARDO (11TH), BRIAN WOLFE (13TH), JOE KENNEDY (13TH), JASON FRASOR (14TH) AND GREGG ZAUN NYY - CHIEN-MING WANG, EDWAR RAMIREZ (8TH), JOSE VERAS (8TH), RON VILLONE (9TH), MARIANO RIVERA (10TH), JOBA CHAMBERLAIN (11TH), LUIS VIZCAINO (13TH), BRIAN BRUNEY (14TH) AND JORGE POSADA, JOSE MOLINA (10TH) WP - JOE KENNEDY (4-9) LP - BRIAN BRUNEY (3-2) SAVE - JASON FRASOR (3) HOME RUNS: TOR - ALEX RIOS (24) OFF EDWAR RAMIREZ IN THE 8TH, 1 ON GREGG ZAUN (10) OFF BRIAN BRUNEY IN THE 14TH, 0 ON NYY - NONE TIME: 4:45 ATT: 54,151 PROBABLES: TOR - SHAUN MARCUM (12-6, 4.15) NYY - PHIL HUGHES (4-3, 4.75)</div>
Zaun, Blue Jays spoil Yankees' comeback attempt <h3>TORONTO 5, NY YANKEES 4 (14 INNINGS)</h3>BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- The New York Yankees overcame RoyHalladay in the ninth inning. But Brian Bruney could not getpast Gregg Zaun in the 14th. Zaun belted a go-ahead homer in the top of the 14th inning asthe Toronto Blue Jays pulled out a wild 5-4 victory over theYankees in the opener of a four-game set at Yankee Stadium onFriday night. Alex Rios added two RBI for the Blue Jays, who blew a four-runlead in the ninth inning but recovered to post their fourthstraight victory. "It's real satisfying," Toronto manager John Gibbons said."This would have been a tough one to lose." With the win, Toronto snapped a five-game winning streak by NewYork (88-65), dropping the Yankees 2 1/2 games behind thefirsth-place Boston Red Sox (91-63) in a suddenly tight AmericanLeague East Division race. "We gave ourselves a shot to win," New York left fielder JohnnyDamon said. "Their bullpen just shut us down. It's realdisappointing because we're 2 1/2 games behind the Red Sox." The Red Sox routed the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 8-1, earlier Fridaynight. New York used eight pitchers, including closer Mariano Riveraand rookie phenom Joba Chamberlain, who tossed two scorelessinnings. But in the 14th, Zaun belted a one-out homer toright-center field off Bruney (3-2). "Probably low middle (of the plate)," Zaun said. "One was abetter pitch to hit, but my timing was off on that one. I gotmy foot down and got ready to hit the next one. I wasn't goingto let another fastball in the strike zone go by because Ididn't want to see any other stuff." Before hitting his 10th home run, Zaun had been hitless in fiveat-bats. He grounded out three times off Chien-Ming Wang andstruck out on three pitches in the 12th against Chamberlain. "(It was) a fastball in," Bruney said. "I faced Zaun a fewtimes. I had a plan. I was planning on getting ahead andgetting him out with changeups. I just left one up." "They had me pretty well boogered all day with the off-speed andthe sinking me away," Zaun said. "Wang's pitches were realtough and Chamberlain just blew me away. I was going to get itready in that at-bat and I was going to go down fighting." Despite allowing his fourth home run in 49 2/3 innings, Bruneydid strike out the side, and manager Joe Torre did not fault thepitch. "The home-run pitch was a fastball down," Torre said. "He likesto hit the fastball. He struck out the other three guys, soyou can't fault the pitch selection." It was a wonder that the Yankees even were in that position. The 2003 AL Cy Award winner, Halladay dominated New York foreight scoreless innings, allowing just five hits. Therighthander yielded four runs - one earned - and eight hitswhile striking out four without a walk in 8 2/3 frames. "Doc pitched a whale of a ballgame and he definitely deserved towin tonight," Zaun said. Halladay worked quickly and recorded 16 ground-ball outs,throwing 68 of his 90 pitches for strikes through the firsteight innings. "It was pretty impressive (to come back) against Doc," Yankeesfirst baseman Jason Giambi said. "He pretty much was dealingthe whole game." But New York woke up in the ninth to erase a four-run deficitwith some help from Toronto's porous defense. Damon led off the frame by slapping a double down the left fieldline. After Derek Jeter grounded out sharply to shortstop,Bobby Abreu ripped a single to center, sending Damon to third. Alex Rodriguez then stroked a run-scoring single to make it 4-1.Matsui's soft grounder to second moved both runners up a base. With two outs, the Blue Jays handed the Yankees another runthanks to second baseman Aaron Hill, whose low throw on JorgePosada's grounder could not be scooped out of the dirt by firstbaseman Lyle Overbay, allowing Abreu to score and Rodriguez tomove to third. "He wanted to have a little time to set himself with Posadarunning," Gibbons said. Halladay was replaced by Scott Downs, who promptly surrenderedan RBI single by Robinson Cano to make it 4-3. Giambi thendelivered a clutch game-tying single to left-center to platepinch runner Bronson Sardinha and cap a four-run comeback. But Toronto's bullpen held down New York in extra innings, ledby Joe Kennedy (4-9), who got the final out of the 13th andretired the first two batters of the 14th before being replacedby Jason Frasor. Frasor then retired pinch hitter Wilson Betemit for his thirdsave.
