New York Yankees sweep the Baltimore Orioles but fall in the Bronx to the Blue Jays
It went 14 innings before a winner was decided in the Yankees vs. Blue Jays game last night. It looked like the Blue Jays were going to win when they were up 4-0 going into the 9th innning. Low and behold the bats started coming alive for the Yankees. It was a heart breaker but none the less a VERY long game. G Zaun homered to right in the top of the 14th to give the Toronto Blue Jays the win. The game lasted 4 hours and 45 minutes.
When Derek Jetter doubled in the first inning of the game, he tied his manager Joe Torre for 118th place on the career hits list with 2,342. He will soon pass Tore this weekend most likely. The Yankees will honor Hall of Fame Phil Rizzuto in a pregame ceremony Sunday.
The Yankees are 2 1/2 games behind the Red Sox and still hold the wild card race pretty firm. In the top of the tenth Rivera relieved R Villon for one inning then Joba Chamberlain came in and relieved Rivera. Joba threw some damn heat for two innings since the Joba rules are still in affect. He can only pitch two innings for two games. He pitched two last night and has no more left. They are trying to see how he is going to fit in and does not want to injury the young Joba. Chamberlain did strike out four of his seven batters.
The Yankees play game two today around 1pm EST GO YANKEES
Yankees are 2 1/2 game behind the Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers are 4 1/2 behind the Yankees in the Wild Card Race!
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