GAME THREAD: AL: TORONTO (45-49) at NY YANKEES (48-44)

AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES

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

BATTERIES: TOR - DUSTIN MCGOWAN, CASEY JANSSEN (8TH), JEREMY ACCARDO (9TH) AND
GREGG ZAUN

NYY - CHIEN-MING WANG, MIKE MYERS (8TH), LUIS VIZCAINO
(9TH) AND WIL NIEVES

HOME RUNS: TOR - NONE

NYY - NONE</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES

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

BATTERIES: TOR - DUSTIN MCGOWAN, CASEY JANSSEN (8TH), JEREMY ACCARDO (9TH) AND
GREGG ZAUN

NYY - CHIEN-MING WANG, MIKE MYERS (8TH), LUIS VIZCAINO
(9TH) AND WIL NIEVES


WP - DUSTIN MCGOWAN (6-5)
LP - CHIEN-MING WANG (10-5)
SAVE - JEREMY ACCARDO (14)

HOME RUNS: TOR - NONE

NYY - NONE


TIME: 2:46 ATT: 53,857

PROBABLES: TAM - EDWIN JACKSON (1-9, 7.14)
NYY - MIKE MUSSINA (4-6, 4.61)

PROBABLES: SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA (9-7, 4.38)
TOR - JESSE LITSCH (2-3, 4.02)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">TORONTO (3) VS NY YANKEES (2) - FINAL

TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Rios rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .303
M Stairs lf-1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .282
a-L Overbay ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268
V Wells cf 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 .254
T Glaus 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .285
F Thomas dh 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 .254
A Hill 2b 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 .275
G Zaun c 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .236
H Clark 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222
R Johnson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
J McDonald ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .262

Totals 32 3 7 3 0 4 4

a-grounded to shortstop for M Stairs in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - V Wells (25, C Wang); M Stairs (10, C Wang). 3B - A Hill (2, C
Wang). RBI - F Thomas (46), A Hill (54), G Zaun (21). 2-out RBI - A Hill, G
Zaun. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Glaus 1. GIDP - L Overbay.
Team LOB - 2.

BASERUNNING: CS - A Hill (2, 2nd base by C Wang/W Nieves).

FIELDING: E - J McDonald (5, throw); D McGowan (4, throw). DP: 2 (T Glaus-H
Clark, A Hill-J McDonald-H Clark).


NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .233
D Jeter ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .332
B Abreu rf 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 .266
A Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .309
H Matsui lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286
M Cabrera cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .278
R Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .275
A Phillips 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .284
W Nieves c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125

Totals 31 2 5 2 3 4 10

BATTING: 2B - B Abreu (19, D McGowan). RBI - B Abreu 2 (51). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - A Phillips 1, B Abreu 1, R Cano 1, M Cabrera 1. GIDP
- A Rodriguez, M Cabrera. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - D Jeter (9, 2nd base off D McGowan/G Zaun).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Myers-D Jeter-A Phillips).


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TORONTO - 000 000 300 -- 3
NY YANKEES - 200 000 000 -- 2
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TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
D McGowan (W, 6-5) 7 4 2 2 3 3 0 4.84
C Janssen (H, 14) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.39
J Accardo (S, 14) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.72

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
C Wang (L, 10-5) 7 1/3 7 3 3 0 3 0 3.44
M Myers 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.78
L Vizcaino 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.44

WP - D McGowan. Pitches-strikes: D McGowan 111-65; C Janssen 9-6; J Accardo
16-11; C Wang 89-60; M Myers 3-2; L Vizcaino 14-11. Ground balls-fly balls: D
McGowan 15-3; C Janssen 1-1; J Accardo 1-2; C Wang 12-6; M Myers 2-0; L
Vizcaino 0-2. Batters faced: D McGowan 27; C Janssen 3; J Accardo 4; C Wang 28;
M Myers 1; L Vizcaino 3.

UMPIRES: HP--John Hirschbeck. 1B--Scott Barry. 2B--Laz Diaz. 3B--Wally Bell.

T--2:46. Att--53,857.
Weather: 82 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, out to
left.</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
TORONTO 3
NY YANKEES 2 FINAL</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES

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TORONTO (3) AT NY YANKEES (2) - HOW THEY SCORED
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NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon walked. J Damon to second on wild pitch by
D McGowan. D Jeter walked. B Abreu doubled to center, J Damon and D Jeter
scored. A Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop. H Matsui grounded out to
first, B Abreu to third. M Cabrera popped out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 2.

TORONTO 7TH: M Stairs doubled to deep center. V Wells reached on infield
single to pitcher. T Glaus flied out to center, M Stairs to third, V Wells to
second. F Thomas grounded out to pitcher, M Stairs scored, V Wells to third.
A Hill tripled to deep right center, V Wells scored. G Zaun singled to center,
A Hill scored. H Clark grounded out to second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 3, NY YANKEES 2.</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at NY YANKEES

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TORONTO (3) AT NY YANKEES (2) - EVENT LOG
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Toronto Starting Lineups -- A Rios RF, M Stairs LF, V Wells CF, T Glaus 3B,
F Thomas DH, A Hill 2B, G Zaun C, H Clark 1B, J McDonald SS, D McGowan RHP.

Ny Yankees Starting Lineups -- J Damon DH, D Jeter SS, B Abreu RF, A Rodriguez 3B,
H Matsui LF, M Cabrera CF, R Cano 2B, A Phillips 1B, W Nieves C, C Wang RHP.

Umpires -- John Hirschbeck (HP), Scott Barry (1B), Laz Diaz (2B), Wally Bell (3B).

Gametime Weather: 82 degrees, Cloudy, wind out to left at 9 mph.


TORONTO 1ST: A Rios flied out to right. M Stairs flied out to left.
V Wells struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 1ST: J Damon walked. J Damon to second on wild pitch by
D McGowan. D Jeter walked. B Abreu doubled to center, J Damon and D Jeter
scored. A Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop. H Matsui grounded out to
first, B Abreu to third. M Cabrera popped out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 2.

TORONTO 2ND: T Glaus flied out to right. F Thomas grounded out to
shortstop. A Hill struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0,
NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 2ND: R Cano grounded out to second. A Phillips grounded out to
shortstop. W Nieves grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 2.

TORONTO 3RD: G Zaun grounded out to first. H Clark grounded out to second.
J McDonald grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0,
NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 3RD: J Damon struck out swinging. D Jeter singled to right
center. D Jeter stole second. B Abreu walked. A Rodriguez grounded into
double play, third to first, D Jeter out at third.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 2.

TORONTO 4TH: A Rios grounded out to third. M Stairs grounded out to
second. V Wells doubled to deep right center. T Glaus grounded out to
second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 4TH: H Matsui grounded out to second. M Cabrera singled to
right. R Cano grounded out to shortstop, M Cabrera to second. A Phillips
grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 2.

TORONTO 5TH: F Thomas lined out to right. A Hill singled to left. G Zaun
lined out to center. A Hill caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 5TH: W Nieves struck out swinging. J Damon safe at first on
throwing error by shortstop J McDonald. J Damon safe at second on throwing
error by pitcher D McGowan. D Jeter grounded out to shortstop. B Abreu flied
out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 2 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 2.

TORONTO 6TH: H Clark grounded out to pitcher. J McDonald grounded out to
third. A Rios grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0,
NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 6TH: A Rodriguez struck out looking. H Matsui singled to left.
M Cabrera grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, H Matsui out
at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, NY YANKEES 2.

TORONTO 7TH: M Stairs doubled to deep center. V Wells reached on infield
single to pitcher. T Glaus flied out to center, M Stairs to third, V Wells to
second. F Thomas grounded out to pitcher, M Stairs scored, V Wells to third.
A Hill tripled to deep right center, V Wells scored. G Zaun singled to center,
A Hill scored. H Clark grounded out to second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 3, NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 7TH: M Stairs at first base. R Johnson in left field. R Cano
grounded out to second. A Phillips flied out to center. W Nieves grounded
out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, NY YANKEES 2.

TORONTO 8TH: J McDonald struck out looking. A Rios singled to left.
M Myers relieved C Wang. L Overbay grounded into double play, pitcher to
shortstop to first, A Rios out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3,
NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 8TH: L Overbay at first base. C Janssen relieved D McGowan.
J Damon flied out to right. D Jeter struck out swinging. B Abreu grounded
out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, NY YANKEES 2.

TORONTO 9TH: L Vizcaino relieved M Myers. V Wells struck out swinging.
T Glaus popped out to first. F Thomas flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) TORONTO 3, NY YANKEES 2.

NY YANKEES 9TH: J Accardo relieved C Janssen. A Rodriguez singled to right.
H Matsui popped out to shortstop. M Cabrera grounded out to third,
A Rodriguez to second. R Cano flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 3, NY YANKEES 2.</div>

 

Hill, Blue Jays salvage finale vs. Yankees

<h3>TORONTO 3, NY YANKEES 2</h3><div class="pre">BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- For nearly 35 innings, big hits</div>with runners in scoring position eluded the Toronto Blue Jaysat Yankee Stadium. That trend appeared it was going tocontinue until the seventh inning against Chien-Ming Wang.

Aaron Hill tied the game with a two-out triple and scored thego-ahead run on a base hit by Gregg Zaun as the Blue Jayssalvaged the finale of a four-game series with the New YorkYankees with a 3-2 victory on Thursday afternoon.


Toronto lost the first three games of the set - all decided inthe sixth inning or later - by going 3-for-30 with runners inscoring position and stranding 37 runners.


For six innings, it appeared the Blue Jays would have littleopportunity to improve on those sub-par numbers. They managedjust one runner in scoring position and two hits but came alivein the seventh.


Matt Stairs opened the inning with a double to deep center fieldand Vernon Wells - who had Toronto's first hit - reached on aninfield single. The runners advanced on a long flyout by TroyGlaus, and Toronto scored its first run on Frank Thomas'groundout that deflected off Wang's left ankle.


New York's trainers visited Wang (10-5), and the righthanderremained in the game after throwing just one warm-up pitch.Three pitches later, Hill lined a triple to right-center fieldand then scored on Zaun's base hit up the middle.


The three-run inning made a winner out of Dustin McGowan (6-5),who allowed a two-run double to Bobby Abreu in the first amongfour hits in seven innings. He struck out three, walked threeand threw 65 of 111 pitches for strikes.


Casey Janssen, who took the loss Tuesday, retired the side inthe eighth. Jeremy Accardo hurled a scoreless ninth to recordhis 14th save in 17 opportunities.


Wang failed to record his career-high eighth straight victory ashe lost for the first time since allowing three first-inningruns in a 3-1 defeat to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May26.


A day after being blanked for six innings by Shaun Marcum, theYankees wasted little time taking a lead. Johnny Damon andDerek Jeter opened the game with walks and scored when Abreulined the first pitch from McGowan into left-center field for adouble.

 

Hill, Blue Jays salvage finale vs. Yankees

<h3>TORONTO 3, NY YANKEES 2</h3><div class="pre">BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- For nearly 35 innings, big hits</div>with runners in scoring position eluded the Toronto Blue Jays atYankee Stadium. That trend appeared like it was going tocontinue until the seventh inning against Chien-Ming Wang.

Aaron Hill tied the game with a two-out triple and scored thego-ahead run on a base hit by Gregg Zaun as the Blue Jayssalvaged the finale of a four-game series with the New YorkYankees with a 3-2 victory on Thursday afternoon.


Toronto lost the first three games of the set - all decided inthe sixth inning or later - by going 3-for-30 with runners inscoring position and stranding 37 runners.


For six innings, it appeared the Blue Jays would have littleopportunity to improve on those sub-par numbers. They managedjust one runner in scoring position and two hits but came alivein the seventh.


"That was the game right there," Blue Jays manager John Gibbonssaid. "Wang is tough, he's one of the best pitchers inbaseball. We broke through and it was big, and the game endedup shaping like it did the other night. It's huge to get out oftown, especially (with a win)."


Matt Stairs opened the inning with a double to deep center fieldand Vernon Wells - who had Toronto's first hit - reached on aninfield single. The runners advanced on a long flyout by TroyGlaus, and Toronto scored its first run on Frank Thomas'groundout that deflected off Wang's left ankle.


New York's trainers visited Wang (10-5), and the righthanderremained in the game after throwing just one warm-up pitch.Three pitches later, Hill lined a triple to right-center fieldand then scored on Zaun's base hit up the middle.


"It's a battle every time, you just can't get comfortableagainst (Wang)," Zaun said. "For us to grind out three runs inone inning like that was huge."


"In that inning, he left a couple of mistakes up," New Yorkcatcher Wil Nieves said. "Balls were (located) more middle (ofthe plate) than we wanted them."


The three-run inning made a winner out of Dustin McGowan (6-5),who allowed a two-run double to Bobby Abreu in the first amongfour hits in seven innings. He struck out three, walked threeand threw 65 of 111 pitches for strikes.


"You look at the way (Shaun) Marcum pitched and (Roy) Halladaypitched, you just wish that you could score more runs for thoseguys," Toronto outfielder Reed Johnson said. "They're puttingout a great effort, and we're not able to cash in with runnersin scoring position. Obviously, that's something that we needto improve on."


Casey Janssen, who took the loss Tuesday, retired the side inthe eighth. Jeremy Accardo hurled a scoreless ninth to recordhis 14th save in 17 opportunities.


Wang failed to record his career-high eighth straight victory ashe lost for the first time since allowing three first-inningruns in a 3-1 defeat to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May26.


"Of course I'm disappointed," Wang said. "If I didn't give upthe three runs, we win the game."


"Anytime we have Wang on the mound, we feel we have a goodchance," Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez said. "Whenyou're up 2-1 in the seventh at home, you feel like it's amust-win."


A day after being blanked for six innings by Marcum, the Yankeeswasted little time taking a lead. Johnny Damon and Derek Jeteropened the game with walks and scored when Abreu lined thefirst pitch from McGowan into left-center field for a double.

"It's a 2-0 game, even though you're certainly short-sighted inthe fact that you won two games like this the last two days,coming from behind," New York manager Joe Torre said. "This isone of these games where you wished the result was different,but there's not a whole lot you can look at and say, 'I wouldhave done something different or I wish this would havehappened.'"