A Drubbing

There's no other way to describe last night's game with Toronto. Sidney Ponson got his ass kicked from the start, and the weak-hitting Yankees weren't staging a comeback against one of the best pitchers in the game, Roy Halladay. The result was a 14-3 drubbing that dropped the Yankees a half-game further back in the wildcard race and moved the Blue Jays back to within one game of the Yankees for third place in the AL East.

The lone bright spot for the Yanks was Hideki Matsui's first home run since June 12. It accounted for all three Yankees runs. Every Yankees pitcher, with the exception of Edwar Ramirez, was touched up for at least one run. After Ponson, who allowed seven runs in two innings, Billy Traber was the next biggest victim, allowing four runs in just 2.1 IP. The Blue Jays had 21 hits in all, led by light-hitting Marco Scutaro, who had a 4-hit, 4-RBI night.


News and Notes

Derek Jeter was 1-4 to give him 2,499 hits.

August 21, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	7	1
Toronto	1	1	5	3	3	0	0	1	X		14	21	0

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, CF-LF	3	0	1	0	1	2	1	.313
Jeter, SS	4	0	1	0	0	2	3	.297
Ransom, SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Abreu, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.288
Molina, 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227
Rodriguez, A, 3B	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	.308
Betemit, 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259
Giambi, 1B	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	.250
Gardner, CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189
Nady, LF-RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.327
Matsui, DH	4	1	1	3	0	0	2	.317
Cano, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261
Rodriguez, I, C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.288
Totals	32	3	7	3	2	10	13
BATTING HR: Matsui (8, 7th inning off Halladay, 2 on, 1 out). TB: Damon; Jeter; Giambi 2; Nady; Matsui 4; Rodriguez, I. RBI: Matsui 3 (37). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, A; Jeter. GIDP: Abreu. Team LOB: 4. BASERUNNING SB: Damon 2 (23, 2nd base off Halladay/Barajas, 2nd base off Halladay/Barajas). FIELDING E: Giambi (7, fielding).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ponson (L, 7-4)	2.0	8	7	7	1	0	0	4.67
Robertson	1.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	5.96
Traber	2.1	7	4	4	1	2	1	7.02
Ramirez	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.57
Britton	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	4.61

Toronto	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Inglett, 2B	5	3	4	0	1	0	2	.308
Scutaro, 3B	6	3	4	4	0	1	4	.268
Rios, RF	6	2	3	3	0	1	2	.289
Wells, V, CF	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	.284
Lind, LF	5	3	3	1	0	1	0	.303
Overbay, 1B	4	0	1	0	1	2	4	.267
Stairs, DH	5	0	2	3	0	1	5	.248
Barajas, C	4	1	2	1	0	0	4	.255
McDonald, SS	5	1	2	2	0	0	4	.222
Totals	44	14	21	14	3	6	27
BATTING 2B: Inglett (10, Ponson), Rios (37, Ponson), Stairs (11, Traber), Barajas (18, Britton), Scutaro (14, Britton). HR: Scutaro (5, 5th inning off Traber, 2 on, 0 out). TB: Inglett 5; Scutaro 8; Rios 4; Lind 3; Overbay; Stairs 3; Barajas 3; McDonald 2. RBI: Rios 3 (58), Barajas (41), Lind (36), McDonald 2 (16), Stairs 3 (44), Scutaro 4 (47). 2-out RBI: McDonald 2; Stairs 3; Scutaro. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Inglett; Barajas; Scutaro 2; Overbay; Rios 2. SF: Barajas. Team LOB: 10. BASERUNNING CS: Rios (8, 2nd base by Ponson/Rodriguez, I). FIELDING DP: 2 (Inglett-McDonald-Overbay, Inglett-Overbay).

Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Halladay (W, 15-9) 7.0 5 3 3 2 9 1 2.68 Downs 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.38 League 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.08

Ponson pitched to 5 batters in the 3rd. Pitches-strikes: Ponson 51-31, Robertson 31-19, Traber 48-34, Ramirez 6-4, Britton 38-27, Halladay 94-66, Downs 13-10, League 8-6. Ground outs-fly outs: Ponson 2-3, Robertson 0-3, Traber 1-4, Ramirez 0-0, Britton 0-4, Halladay 7-4, Downs 2-0, League 3-0. Batters faced: Ponson 14, Robertson 8, Traber 15, Ramirez 1, Britton 10, Halladay 27, Downs 3, League 4. Inherited runners-scored: Robertson 2-2, Traber 2-2, Ramirez 3-0. Umpires: HP: Lance Barksdale. 1B: Doug Eddings. 2B: Ted Barrett. 3B: Dana DeMuth. Weather: 73 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, Out to LF. T: 2:57. Att: 37,037.