The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 2-1 on Tuesday night. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx,New York. Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and pitched seven strong innings. The Yankees bullpen was perfect and the offense didn’t do much but they had a couple of clutch RBI. Ricky Romero pitched well for the Blue Jays and they got their run on a homerun by Adeiny Hechavarria.
Hughes pitched seven innings giving up one run on four hits. He walked three and struck out five and won his 13th game of the season. David Robertson and Rafael Soriano both pitched 1-2-3 innings. Soriano picked up his 34th save of the season. Romero pitched seven innings giving up five hits and two runs with two walks and six strikeouts. He lost his 12th game of the season, Lyon pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.
Derek Jeter had a hit, Nick Swisher had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Steve Pearce drew a walk. Curtis Granderson had an RBI, Jayson Nix had two hits and Ichiro Suzuki had a hit. The Yankees were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and they left four men on base. Nix had a stolen base and Jeter was caught stealing.
Rajai Davis drew a walk, Colby Rasmus drew a walk and Edwin Encarnacion drew a walk. Yunel Escobar had a hit, Moises Sierra had two hits and Hechavarria had a hit and an RBI. Escobar hit a double and Hechavarria hit a homerun. The Blue Jays were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Davis was caught stealing.
In the third Swisher hit an RBI single to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead. In the fourth Granderson hit a sacrifice fly giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. The Blue Jays scored their only run and the last run of the game in the fifth. Hechavarria hit his first major league homerun to make it a 2-1 game and that was the final score.
The three game series is now even at one game a piece. The rubber game will be played on Wednesday afternoon. The Yankees record improved to 75-54 and the Blue Jays record fell to 57-71. The Yankees remain 3 ½ games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles for first place in the AL East.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
The Yankees finish off a sweep of the Blue Jays in a rain shortened game
The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 6-0 on Wednesday afternoon. The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx,NY. The Yankees got a really strong start out of Hiroki Kuroda. The Yankees as they have been doing jumped on the Jays early. Mark Teixeira and DeWayne Wise led the Yankees offense. Ricky Romero started for the Jays and wasn’t very good. J.P. Arencebia led their offense which didn’t have much of an attack.
Kuroda pitched seven innings giving up no runs and four hits. He walked none and struck out five. Kuroda is now 9-7 on the season. It was a complete game shutout since it was a rain shortened seven inning game. Romero is now 8-6 on the season and he pitched six innings giving up 12 hits and six runs. He walked two and struck out two.
Derek Jeter had two hits and drew a walk, Nick Swisher had a hit and an RBI and Teixeira had two hits and two RBI. Robinson Cano had a hit which extended his hitting streak to 21 straight games. Andruw Jones had a hit and an RBI, Jayson Nix had two hits and Russell Martin had a hit and drew a walk. Wise had two hits and two RBI. Jeter, Cano, Nix and Wise each had a double. Teixeira hit a homerun and the Yankees were 4-6 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Nix was caught stealing. Rodriguez committed an error.
Yunel Escobar had a hit, Arencibia had two hits and Kelly Johnson had a hit. Arencibia hit a double and the Jays were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.
The Yankees took a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Swisher had an RBI single, Teixeira had a two run homerun and Jones had an RBI single. In the fourth Wise hit an RBI double to make it 5-0. Wise hit an RBI single in the sixth inning to make it 6-0 and that was the final score.
The Yankees won their third straight game and five out of six to open the second half. The Yankees improved to 57-34 on the season. The Jays record fell to 45-47 on the season. The Yankees will head to the West coast and take on the Oakland Athletics for four games and then the Seattle Mariners for three games. The Yankees will begin their four game series in Oakland on Thursday night.
Kuroda pitched seven innings giving up no runs and four hits. He walked none and struck out five. Kuroda is now 9-7 on the season. It was a complete game shutout since it was a rain shortened seven inning game. Romero is now 8-6 on the season and he pitched six innings giving up 12 hits and six runs. He walked two and struck out two.
Derek Jeter had two hits and drew a walk, Nick Swisher had a hit and an RBI and Teixeira had two hits and two RBI. Robinson Cano had a hit which extended his hitting streak to 21 straight games. Andruw Jones had a hit and an RBI, Jayson Nix had two hits and Russell Martin had a hit and drew a walk. Wise had two hits and two RBI. Jeter, Cano, Nix and Wise each had a double. Teixeira hit a homerun and the Yankees were 4-6 with runners in scoring position and they left five men on base. Nix was caught stealing. Rodriguez committed an error.
Yunel Escobar had a hit, Arencibia had two hits and Kelly Johnson had a hit. Arencibia hit a double and the Jays were 0-7 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.
The Yankees took a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Swisher had an RBI single, Teixeira had a two run homerun and Jones had an RBI single. In the fourth Wise hit an RBI double to make it 5-0. Wise hit an RBI single in the sixth inning to make it 6-0 and that was the final score.
The Yankees won their third straight game and five out of six to open the second half. The Yankees improved to 57-34 on the season. The Jays record fell to 45-47 on the season. The Yankees will head to the West coast and take on the Oakland Athletics for four games and then the Seattle Mariners for three games. The Yankees will begin their four game series in Oakland on Thursday night.
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