Bombers deal with Halladay, Blue Jays
Yankees get to Doc early, tack some on late to take first game in Toronto.
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It was a very tough draw for the Yankees at the beginning of the night. It was the best pitcher in baseball, Roy Halladay. The Yankees got two runs early in the first on an A-Rod RBI double and an error on Halladay allowing Rodriguez to score. The next scoring took place in the bottom of the fourth when the Blue Jays had a big chance to get the lead with the bases loaded and one out. Rios hit a shot right a Hinske that turned into a sac fly, then got Encarnacion on a groundout to second. The Yankees came up big late in the game. With two outs in the eight, Damon and Teixeira went back-to-back to extend their lead to 4-1. Pettitte left with two outs in the seventh. He ended up going 6.2 IP giving up just one run on four hits, striking out six and walking four. Finally the Yankees got some luck today, Pettitte gave up numerous line outs, but good job by the Yankees to make some tough plays in the field. Hughes got the last out in the seventh and gave up two hits to open the eigth. Mo came in with two outs and gave up a two run double to Wells to make it 4-3. Matsui hit the third Yankee home run in the ninth against Halladay. How did that happen? Then in the ninth, Mo made it close, Aaron Hill came up as the winning run, but Mariano got him to pop out to center to close it out and earn his AL leading 31st save of the season. Rivera’s location was off for the first time in my life, but that shows you how good he is to close it out regardless.
Player of the Game: Andy Pettitte: W, 6.2 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 4 BB, 6 K, 0 HR
The Wrap-Up:
This was a very big win for the Yankees. They beat, in my mind, the best pitcher in the game. Now, they just need one more win tomorrow in order to guarantee themselves a lead in their division going into that huge four game set against the Sox in New York. Another lights out performance by Andy. If he can continue to pitch this well down the stretch, the Yanks will have a much better chance to get this done. The Rays and Red Sox go into the ninth inning tied at one in Tampa. The Yankees currently have a 1.0 game lead in their division.
Coming Up Next:
Mitre (1-0, 7.90) takes to mound against the another guy the Yanks haven’t seen, Rzepczynski (1-2, 3.25) in the second and final game of this short two game set in Toronto. The game begins at 7:07 pm ET.
A Bite Off The Big Apple 
Hey! Mo leads the AL in saves now? Wow! It’s about time Andy had luck on his side. I thought Hinske had a chance to get the out at home on that line drive, but whatever. We won! The Rays beat the Red Sox in walkoff fashion, so now we have a 1.5 game lead. I hope beating Doc gave the Yanks the confidence boost needed to beat the smelly Sox! -Virginia
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