In my last blog post, I recapped the Jays 6-1 win over New York in Game 1 of their now-finished 3-game series at the Rogers Centre. Well, there were two other games that took place: a Saturday 3-2 win and a Sunday 4-3 loss. On Saturday, Vernon Wells started the scoring in the bottom of the 2nd inning with a solo home run to right-center field and the Jays went up 1-0. It stayed that way up until the top of the 5th, when Yankees star Derek Jeter banged out a 2-run home run to right field, scoring teammate Brett Gardner in the process. This made the score 2-1 in favour of New York. The Jays wouldn't go away, however. In the bottom of the 7th, Alex Gonzalez belted a solo shot to left field, tying the scoreboard at 2-2. That is what the score would be after the regulation 9 innings. So they played extra, and the two clubs would keep at it until the bottom of the 14th, with Aaron Hill at the plate with Yankee reliever Chad Gaudin on the mound. On the 3rd pitch of the at-bat, Hill singled to Yankee center fielder Curtis Granderson (formerly of the Detroit Tigers). This hit scored teammate Edwin Encarnacion, winning the game for Toronto and making the final score to be 3-2. Gaudin received the loss for New York and fell to 0-3 while Jays reliever Casey Janssen upped his win total to 4-0 and picked up the win for the Jays. Click here to read the game recap.
On to Sunday...having won two games against the Yanks, the Blue Jays were looking for the sweep and Brendan Morrow got the start for the Jays to try and earn the team the 3-game sweep. He went up against Yankee starter Javier Vasquez on the day and pitched well. Morrow went 7 strong innings before giving way to Scott Downs, Jason Frasor and Lewis. There was absolutely no offense on this one until the bottom of the 6th inning, when Vernon Wells boomed out a 2-run home run to left field, scoring Adam Lind to make the game 2-0 Blue Jays. Things were peaceful again and it looked as though the Jays would sweep the Yanks away. However, that all changed in the top of the 8th inning, when Derek Jeter doubled on a ground ball to Jays right fielder Jeremy Reed. This scored Francisco Cervelli and moved Brett Gardner to 3rd base, making it 2-1 Jays. Then, with Jason Frasor on in relief and with 2 Yanees on 1st and 2nd, Alex Rodriguez was up to bat. Frasor did not have his control and threw a wild pitch to Rodriguez, scoring Brett Gardner from 3rd and making the score tied at 2-2. On the play, Mark Teixeira moved up to 2nd and Derek Jeter moved up to 3rd. Finally, to complete the Yankee 8th, Robinson Cano singled to Jays left fielder Fred Lewis. Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira scored and Cano went to 2nd on the play, making it 4-2 in favour of the Yankees. Toronto tried to get back into the game in the bottom of the 8th on a Fred Lewis single to center fielder Curtis Granderson. This scored catcher Jose Molina and brought the Jays within one, 4-3. However, that was as close as they would get: Yankees 4, Jays 3 is the final score. Javier Vasquez picked up the win for New York and improved to 5-5 while Jays reliever Scott Downs fell to 1-5 with the loss. Mariano Rivera picked up the save for the Yanks. Toronto is now 33-25 after the series wile New York is 37-20. Here is the recap for the loss: Bullpen Blows it Again
Next up is Tampa Bay, who earlier won 2 out of 3 against Toronto. That series gets going on Tuesday. I'll catch you all later. Good bye for now!
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