Yankees Show Fight, But Lose
The final score was lopsided with the Yankees on the wrong end, but the Bronx Bombers showed plenty of fight in last night’s 10-4 loss. Reacting to Mark Melancon hitting Aaron Hill with a pitch, the Blue Jays Jesse Carlson threw behind Jorge Posada in the 8th inning. Posada quickly told Carlson and catcher Rod Barajas that “You don’t want to be doing that”. The benches emptied, but order was quickly restored, both sides were warned, and played resumed.
But when Posada scored on Brett Gardner’s double, he threw an elbow in Carlson’s direction and was immediately ejected. The two mouthed off to one another, then went at each other as the benches again emptied. When it was all over, Carlson was sporting a large knot on his forehead and had been ejected, and Joe Girardi had a cut on his ear thanks to a wild swing from Blue Jays infielder John McDonald. It was no small coincidence that McDonald had been hit by Melancon earlier this season. There was a bit of comic relief too, provided by scrawny Edwar Ramirez, who restrained the beefy Barajas.
The game itself wasn’t much of a contest after the Yankees had taken an early 2-0 lead against Doc Halladay. Sergio Mitre was pounded by the Jays for four of the five home runs they hit on the night. Travis Snider, especially stood out, hitting a pair of bombs into the second deck in right field. Adam Lind and Edwin Encarnacion also took Mitre deep and Jose Bautista added a late home run against reliever Mike Dunn.
The Yankees had 11 hits against Halladay, who wasn’t at the top of his game, but still good enough for his third victory against the Yankees this season. Gardner and Derek Jeter singled in runs in the 2nd inning, but the Yankees couldn’t anything after that until the final two innings when they added a run in each frame.
Game Notes
Both Posada and Carlson were suspended 4 games by Major League Baseball.
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