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.

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.

Yankees Win with Blue Print

The Yankees should archive last night's game with the Blue Jays and remind themselves every day that this is how you win a baseball game. The Yankees beat the Blue Jays 5-1 with solid pitching, timely hitting, and good fielding. The victory also allowed them to gain a game on the wildcard-leading Red Sox.

Andy Pettitte was on top of his game, limiting the Blue Jays to one run and five hits over seven innings of work. He didn't walk a batter and struck out four in an 83-pitch effort. He got an immediate boost from the offense which got to rookie left-hander David Purcey in the first inning.

Consecutive singles by Johnny Damon, Derek Jeter, and Bobby Abreu loaded the bases with no one out. Purcey retired Alex Rodriguez on a routine fly to right, but Jason Giambi's fly to deep center brought home Damon, and Xavier Nady singled to right to plate Jeter. Purcey finally got Hideki Matsui to fly out to escape further trouble.

Pettitte allowed only two base runners through the first five innings and the Yankees tacked on runs in the fifth. Robinson Cano drew a one-out walk and moved to third on Jose Molina's single. Damon's grounder forced Molina at second, but Cano scored on the play for a 3-0 lead. Jeter than went deep for the first time since August 7 to push the edge to 5-0. It was Jeter's 203rd career home run, tying him with Roger Maris for 11th place on the all-time Yankees' home run list.

The Blue Jays finally reached Pettitte for a run in the sixth when David Eckstein, Marco Scutaro, and Alex Rios stroked consecutive one-out singles. But Pettitte shut things down there, striking out Vernon Wells and retiring Adam Lind on a fly-out to left field. Pettitte breezed through the seventh and Brian Bruney retired all six men he faced over the final two innings to seal the victory.


News and Notes

The win was the 13th of the season for Andy Pettitte and career win number 214. It was his 178th as a Yankee.

Whatever the reason, Derek Jeter has finally gotten hot. His three hits last night, which left him two hits shy of 2,500 for his career, gave him 16 hits in his last 28 at-bats (.571). For the month of August, he's batting .400 with a .943 OPS. It's also the only month that he's stolen more than one base.

Hideki Matsui's double in the eighth inning was his first hit since returning from the DL.

Yankees Win with Blue Print

The Yankees should archive last night's game with the Blue Jays and remind themselves every day that this is how you win a baseball game. The Yankees beat the Blue Jays 5-1 with solid pitching, timely hitting, and good fielding. The victory also allowed them to gain a game on the wildcard-leading Red Sox.

Andy Pettitte was on top of his game, limiting the Blue Jays to one run and five hits over seven innings of work. He didn't walk a batter and struck out four in an 83-pitch effort. He got an immediate boost from the offense which got to rookie left-hander David Purcey in the first inning.

Consecutive singles by Johnny Damon, Derek Jeter, and Bobby Abreu loaded the bases with no one out. Purcey retired Alex Rodriguez on a routine fly to right, but Jason Giambi's fly to deep center brought home Damon, and Xavier Nady singled to right to plate Jeter. Purcey finally got Hideki Matsui to fly out to escape further trouble.

Pettitte allowed only two base runners through the first five innings and the Yankees tacked on runs in the fifth. Robinson Cano drew a one-out walk and moved to third on Jose Molina's single. Damon's grounder forced Molina at second, but Cano scored on the play for a 3-0 lead. Jeter than went deep for the first time since August 7 to push the edge to 5-0. It was Jeter's 203rd career home run, tying him with Roger Maris for 11th place on the all-time Yankees' home run list.

The Blue Jays finally reached Pettitte for a run in the sixth when David Eckstein, Marco Scutaro, and Alex Rios stroked consecutive one-out singles. But Pettitte shut things down there, striking out Vernon Wells and retiring Adam Lind on a fly-out to left field. Pettitte breezed through the seventh and Brian Bruney retired all six men he faced over the final two innings to seal the victory.


News and Notes

The win was the 13th of the season for Andy Pettitte and career win number 214. It was his 178th as a Yankee.

Whatever the reason, Derek Jeter has finally gotten hot. His three hits last night, which left him two hits shy of 2,500 for his career, gave him 16 hits in his last 28 at-bats (.571). For the month of August, he's batting .400 with a .943 OPS. It's also the only month that he's stolen more than one base.

Hideki Matsui's double in the eighth inning was his first hit since returning from the DL.