Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees
by achengy on Sep 21, 2007 6:51 PM EDT
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PrintFriday September 21st - Bronx, New York
7:05 PM (EDT)
Toronto Blue Jays Reed Johnson rf Matt Stairs 1b Alexis Rios cf Frank Thomas dh Aaron Hill 2b Russ Adams 3b Greg Zaun c Adam Lind lf Rey Olmedo ss Pitching: Doc Halladay, RHP |
New York Yankees Johny Damon lf Derek Jeter ss Bobby Abreu rf Alex Rodriguez 3b Hideki Matsui dh Jorge Posada c Robinson Cano 2b Doug Mientkiewicz 1b Melky Cabrera cf Pitching: Chien-Ming Wang, RHP |
I haven't been around this month due to school and I am just filling in for Hugo who will be at the game.
With Wells being shut down for the rest of this year (should have been done a few weeks ago?) it opens up a spot for Sparky and Rios to show their true fielding skills at slightly tougher positions.
With this being the end of the year, for some of these players they are jockeying for position on next year's roster. Russ Adams' heroics have been noted and are very surprising since most of us probably wrote him off (including me). He looks to be a utility type with decent speed. He did have good at bats in the minors before hitting the majors but he seemed to struggle with the bat along with his defensive problems. I do like him as next year's backup 3rd basemen and Johnny Mac as the defensive sub in late games.
What do we do with Sparky? He has a little bit over a week to prove that the Toronto Blue Jays should tender him (at $4 million) which is highly unlikely.
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Stairs keeps on truckin'
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Second slow grounder to Jeter
Stairs in scoring position for Frank with 2 outs.
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When Frank hits it to the opposite field
it's pretty much always going to be warning track power.
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Zaun catches Damon stealing
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Jeter's double makes Damon's CS hurt
Jeter moves to third on the Abreu groundout.
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A-Rod gives one a ride
but Rios reels it in on the track just right of center to strand Jeter.
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Damon bobbles a Hill double down the line
and Hill makes it to third.
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Adams pops up foul, Zaun grounds out
with the infield in. Hill still at third with 2 outs.
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Lind grounds out hard to first
and Hill is stranded. Up to our old tricks, I see.
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Adams bobbles a Matsui grounder to third
and has no play.
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The fundamentally sound 3-6-1
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It's easy
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Olmedo lazy fly to right
Johnson single down the line to left.
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Stairs hits it barely foul and it rolls fair
Sparky was going, so no cheap double play.
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Riso grounds out to third
and more runners stranded in scoring position.
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Mientkiewicz tries for the bunt single
and Zaun throws him out.
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Cabrera grounds to first for the second out
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Grounder to short for the 1-2-3 inning
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Thomas strikes out swinging
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Hill bloops in a single
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Hill up to second on the Adams slow chopper
not sure if it was a hit and run or Adams swinging on a steal attempt.
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Zaun grounds out
0 for 6 with RISP.
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Stairs nice play at the line
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Easy groundout to Hill
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Difficult groundout to Hill for the 1-2-3
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Lind grounds out softly to first
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Olmedo grounds out to Jeter
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Sparky strikes out
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Matsui grounder to first
Posada singles off Doc's glove.
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Cano doubles, Posada to third
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The fundamentally sound 4-2
Posada tried to tag on a shallow foul popup, but Hill notices and guns him down at the plate.
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Stairs grounds out to second on a 3-1
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Rios out looking on the outside corner
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Thomas out swinging again
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A nice reliant automobile
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Quick throw by Olmedo to get Damon by a hair
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Easier play for Olmedo for another 1-2-3
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Hill singles up the middle, now 3 for 3
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Adams singles, Hill to third, no outs
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Zaun grounds out
on what might have been a double if not for a diving stop by A-Rod, but no double play and the run scores.
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Lind singles, Adams scores despite a good throw
as Posada can't handle it.
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The official scorer called it an E2
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Olmedo grounds to first for the 1-6 double play
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Halladay fields a soft comebacker for out #1
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A-Rod singles up the middle
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It's easy
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An easy grounder to first to strand A-rod
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Sparky is plunked
on a pitch that rode up and in.
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Sparky takes off on the 3-2 pitch
Stairs grounds out to second.
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Rios launches one to the left field seats
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Edwar Ramirez yanked with a 1-0 count on Frank
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Thomas flies out
Hill hustles, but can't beat out the throw from A-Rod on a grounder.
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Overbay in defensively
Hill fields a grounder from Cano for the first out.
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A nice reliant automobile
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Hill throws out Cabrera for another 1-2-3
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Doc only at 90 pitches to this point (68 strikes)
so unless the wheels fall off in the 9th, nobody can complain about Gibby abusing a starter... this time.
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Adams shallow fly to center for the first out
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Zaun first pitch groundout to short
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Lind grounds back to Villone for the third out
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Damon leadoff double past Adams
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Downs is up in case of trouble
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Jeter grounds to short
Damon can't advance.
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Abreu singles to center
Damon stops at third.
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A-Rod RBI single
Gibbons walks to the mound, but leaves Doc in.
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Doc's numbers vs. Matsui better than Downs's
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Matsui grounds to second slowly
no double play chance. Two in scoring position, two out with a three run lead.
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Overbay juggles the throw from Hill
after Halladay slowed it down. Downs to face Cano with the tying run on first and two out.
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Cano 3 for 16 against Downs
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Cano now 4 for 17
Ground ball under Hill's glove
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The comment from the YES guys
was that it looked like he thought it would come up when it hit the edge of the grass.
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Giambi singles, game tied
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Gibbons brings in Tek
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Tek gets the grounder to first
to keep the game alive, but we have Olmedo/Sparky/Overbay due to bat this inning.
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Against Rivera, no less.
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Olmedo pops up to third
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Sparky flies to the warning track in right
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Overbay out looking
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Tek against the top of the lineup
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Someone running on the field
with a 2-0 count on Damon
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Lind almost overruns a fly ball
but reels it in for the first out.
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Olmedo fields Jeter's grounder slowly
but throws him out for the second out.
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Janssen walks Abreu
A-Rod gets a chance to win it.
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Adams bobbles, but throws out A-Rod
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Rios lines out to right
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Against Joba
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Frank keeps on truckin'
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Someone named Joe Inglett pinch running
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Who's on the bench?
Just wondering who will replace him at DH.
Or maybe Inglett will bat
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He did, and it worked out okay
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Joba almost throws away a pickoff throw
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Hill swings and misses
Inglett was running on the 1-2 pinch and steals with no throw.
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I started watching at the wrong time
9th inning. Shoot me please.
It's your fault!
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Adams strikes out on a steady diet of sliders
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Accardo is in
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Matsui pops up to short
on the second base side of the bag
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Molina grounds out to Hill
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Lind catches Cano's fly on the run
Jays to face Joba again.
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Zaun strikes out on three straight pitches
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Lind strikes out looking
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Olmedo flies out to center
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Accardo out for another
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Giambi grounds into the shift
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Cabrera flies out to Lind
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Damon flies out to Rios
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Jays to face Vizcaino with the top of the order
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Sparky strikes out on three pitches
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Overbay grounds out to first despite the boot
by Giambi
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Rios keeps on truckin'
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Will Rios be running? I think yes.
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Rios never goes, and Inglett dumps one in left
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Hill strands 2 on a nubber
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Wolfe to face the 2-3-4
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Jeter singles through the left side gap
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They get the lead runner
but Abreu beats out the return.
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A-Rod pops up to short
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Kennedy to face Matsui for the lefty-lefty matchup
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Matsui 2 for 15 against Kennedy
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Kennedy walks Matsui
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Molina 2 for 8 against Kennedy
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2 for 9 now
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It's easy
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And we have Marcum pitching tomorrow?
I sure hope he's more efficient than he's been.
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Banks, League left
We'll probably see some more call ups.
Bruney now pitching for Les Yanx
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14th inning!
this has been a good one. Lucky Hugo.
He got to see the Jays blow a 4 run lead
without using their closer. That's not lucky in my book.
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LOL that's true
it was entertaining to say the least..
Adams gets ahead, then strikes out
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Zaun homers!
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Lind singles to center
Some add-on runs would be mighty fine.
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Olmedo chases some high fastballs
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I'm glad Sparky missed that bunt attempt
because he hasn't been beating them out all season
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But he follows it up by striking out
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Kennedy is still in with several lefties due
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It's easy
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Giambi 4 for 25 lifetime vs. Kennedy
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Giambi pops it up to third
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Shelley Duncan is pinch hitting
and Gibbons will counter with Frasor
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And Torre counters with Betemit
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Frasor gets Betemit looking
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For which he wins a BRAND NEW CAR!
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Jays of the Day
Halladay (.397) who deserved better
Accardo (.286) for two strong innings
Tek (.257) for killing the rally and pitching the 10th
Kennedy (.226) for some effective pitching against lefties
Zaun (.216) for actually winning it
Accardo (.286) for two strong innings
Tek (.257) for killing the rally and pitching the 10th
Kennedy (.226) for some effective pitching against lefties
Zaun (.216) for actually winning it
and NOT
Hill (-.013) minus the effect of his defensive miscues.
"He almost has to start. Do you believe in miracles?"
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