Thursday, September 19, 2013

The New York Yankees rally to beat the Toronto Blue Jays

The New York Yankees rally to beat the Toronto Blue Jays


The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. The final score was 4-3 and the game took place at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. Phil Hughes started and was ok and the bullpen was good. The offense was asleep again most of the night. It awoke in the eighth inning for a big rally.

Hughes pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up four hits and two runs with two strikeouts. David Huff pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with three strikeouts, David Robertson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and Mariano Rivera pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and striking out one. Rivera picked up his 44th save of the season.

Curtis Granderson had a hit and drew a walk, Alex Rodriguez drew a walk and Robinson Cano had two hits and an RBI. Alfonso Soriano had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Vernon Wells had two hits and two RBI and Mark Reynolds drew a walk. Eduardo Nunez had a hit, Ichiro Suzuki had a hit and Brendan Ryan had a hit. Ryan, Soriano and Wells each hit a double and the Yankees were 5-11 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base. Reynolds was caught stealing.

J.A. Happ pitched seven innings giving up four hits and a run with three walks and seven strikeouts. Aaron Loup gave up a hit and a run without recording an out, Steve Delabar picked up his fifth loss of the season pitching 1/3 of an inning and giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Darren Oliver pitched 2/3 of an inning. Dustin McGowan pitched an inning giving up a hit.

Jose Reyes had a hit, Rajai Davis had a hit and Brett Lawrie had a hit. Adam Lind had a hit, Colby Rasmus had two hits and two RBI and Moises Sierra had a hit. Ryan Goins had a hit and an RBI, Reyes, Sierra and Lawrie each hit a double. Rasmus and Goins each hit a homerun and the Blue Jays were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Reyes and Davis each had a stolen base.

Rasmus hit a two run homerun and Goins hit his first major league homerun in the fourth. /The Jays had a 3-0 lead and then in the eighth the Yankees scored four runs. Cano hit an RBI single, Soriano an RBI double and Wells a two run double. The Yankees took a 4-3 lead and that would be the final score.

The Yankees ended their four game losing streak and improved their record to 80-72. The Jays record fell to 69-82. The two teams will play the rubber game of three on Thursday night.

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