Yanks/Blue Jays Recap

The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 7-4. AJ Burnett made the start and didn't have his best stuff but battled for 3 1/3 innings giving up 1 run on 3 hits with 3 walks and a strikeout. Brian Bruney pitched 1 1/3 innings and struggled mightily, giving up 2 hits, 2 runs and 4 walks. MO was well MO throwing a 1-2-3 inning on 5 pitches. Edwar Ramirez gave up 1 hit in 1 inning with a strikeout. Dan Giese gave up 4 hits and 1 run with 2 strikeouts. For the offense Nick Swisher playing 1st base tonight was 2-2 with a rbi, Jorge Posada was 1-3 with a rbi. Johnny Damon who is playing better of late was 1-2 with a walk, Hideki Matsui was 1-2 with a walk and a rbi. Super prospect Austin Jackson was 1-1 with a walk and showed off his arm in CF. Xavier Nady was 1-3 and Melky Cabrera was 1-3 with a rbi. Notes: Jorge Posada will catch Andy Pettitte in a minor league game tomorrow catching 2 days in a row for the first time. Hideki Matsui continues to play pretty much everday and his knees are holding up well. Mo looks great out there so everything is coming together. The biggest thing though is the pitching staff as a whole looks great and if they are healthy the Yankees are going to win lots of games. These notes are courtesy of Peter Abraham of the Journal News. Nick Swisher fouled a ball off of his leg and was scratched from tomorrows game but said he will be fine just a bruise. AJ Burnett joked about getting hit saying it was good it was John Macdonald that hit the ball. Joe Girardi said he couldn't tell if there was a mark on his arm because of the tattoos and AJ joked that if it wasn't for Bruce Lee on his arm he would be in trouble. AJ was happy he got in a little trouble saying they all can't be like the first 2 games he pitched, I am a human he said. He said the good thing is he made the pitches when he needed too and got to work with Jorge Posada for the first time. He said he still needs to work 0n his curveball or the hook as he calls it. MO because he only threw 5 pitches wanted to go out for another inning but they sent him to the pen to throw 10 more pitches instead. Jorge Posada will recieve a award from the Ted Williams Museum tomorrow night for his community service work, a dinner will be held in St. Petersburg.