Saturday, September 5, 2009

Game 136: Yanks @ Jays

Regular Season Game 136
Yankees @ Blue Jays
Rogers Centre - Toronto, ON, CA
Game Time: 1:07 p.m.
TV: YES | Radio: WCBS


Here are the lineups:

YANKEES (86-49)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher 1B
Mark Teixeira DH
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Jerry Hairston Jr. LF
Melky Cabrera CF
Eric Hinske RF

Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (12-6, 4.03 ERA)

BLUE JAYS (60-74)
Marco Scutaro SS
Aaron Hill 2B
Vernon Wells CF
Kevin Millar 1B
Randy Ruiz DH
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Jose Bautista RF
John McDonald LF
Raul Chavez C

Pitching: LHP Brett Cecil (6-3, 5.42 ERA)

Yankees vs. Cecil

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
D. Jeter 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
J. Damon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
J. Posada 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
N. Swisher 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
R. Cano 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
J. Hairston Jr. 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
H. Matsui 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 .500 .667 2.000 2.667
M. Cabrera 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
M. Teixeira 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Totals2110001753.476.577.6191.196

Blue Jays vs. Pettitte

ABH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
V. Wells 43 16 4 0 1 8 4 7 .372 .426 .535 .960
K. Millar 38 9 2 0 0 1 5 9 .237 .326 .289 .615
L. Overbay 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .083 .167
R. Barajas 22 6 1 0 0 5 1 3 .273 .304 .318 .623
J. Bautista 22 7 1 0 1 2 2 3 .318 .375 .500 .875
J. McDonald 21 7 2 0 1 3 1 2 .333 .364 .571 .935
A. Hill 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400
M. Scutaro 19 4 2 0 1 3 4 4 .211 .348 .474 .822
E. Encarnacion 19 5 4 0 0 4 1 5 .263 .300 .474 .774
A. Lind 15 3 1 0 0 0 3 5 .200 .333 .267 .600
J. Inglett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Totals246631704262148.256.315.374.689

News & Notes

- The Yanks are 35-12 since the All-Star break. They've also won 48 of their last 65, and at 85-49 they have the best record in all of baseball. They currently lead Boston by 7.5 games in the AL East. They also lead the Angels by 6 games for the best record in baseball. Their magic number is 21.

- In 39 games (38 starts) Andy Pettitte in 19-12, with a 4.17 ERA against Toronto. At Rogers Centre hes' 14-5, with a 3.79 ERA in 21 games. And in three starts against them this year, he's 2-1, with a 3.86 ERA.

Since the All-Star Break he's 4-1 with a 2.56 ERA.

- Brett Cecil has faced the Yankees once in his career, and in 3.2 innings he allowed 7 runs on 9 hits, wallked 5, and struck out 4.

- At 41-29 the Yankees have the best road record in the AL.

- Mariano Rivera has converted 38-of-39 save opportunities this season, and now leads the majors in saves. He's converted 34 straight saves which is the longest such streak in the Majors, and the longest of Mo's hall of fame career.

- In 5 games since returning from the DL, Damaso Marte has allowed just one walk and struck out 5 in 4.1 scoreless innings

- Derek Jeter 8 hits shy of Lou Gehrig's all-time Yankee mark.

- The Yanks have won 10 of the 14 games against the Blue Jays this season.

- Josh Towers has been called up, to make room on the 40-man roster Kevin Cash was released.

Stick around and discuss the game
as it happens in the comments section.

14 Comments:

bruceb said...

Would have put money on either Tex or A-Rod driving Swish in there. Would have lost.

Mario said...

um WHY is the game blacked out on YESnetwork? total BS... thank god season is almost over, seems like every sat day game is blacked out unless its on fox & we're playing the mets or red sox

Greg Cohen said...

No idea why it would be blacked out. That's very strange.

bruceb said...

He was safe there; we caught a break. Really should have put this guy Cecil away by now.

Greg Cohen said...

Thank you Mark... Yanks regain a 3-2 lead.

bruceb said...

Can't afford to have Hairston and Hinske in the same lineup. Hinske is not a right fielder. Don't like the way this game is going; we've left too many on base already.

Anonymous said...

This is one of those typical yankee games. Where they really could of roughed up the starting pitcher but didn't.

Oh well the toronto bullpen is brutal yanks will tack on a ton of runs off them.

The hitters must really love this road trip. Besides Halladay the pitching the yanks have faced at baltimore and in toronto are pretty bad.

Greg Cohen said...

Clutch RBI single by A-Rod to extend the Yanks lead to 4-2.

Mario said...

damit jorge, way to play into there hands with the DP, the ball was only way outside, idiot. leaving too many men on base,

Mario said...

Cano needs to be moved up in the order, once we have the division wrapped up, i'd like to see batting order of jeter, damon, cano, tex, arod. for a game or 2, I really think cano can get better & if he got better pitches to hit infront of tex & arod, watch out?

bruceb said...

Very frustrating game today.

Brian Danuff said...

BALLGAME OVER!! YANKEES WIN!! THAAAAAAAAAAAAA YANKEES WIN!!

6-4, oh yeah!

Joe looks like he's pumped. Well, who shouldn't be? We're the best team in baseball!

Greg Cohen said...

Nice win.

Hey YB, check your email.

Anonymous said...

Boston is losing 4-0 in the bottom of the 6th.