The Great Yankees' Pen Bails Out Gaudin

INSIDER: Like the Boss Saids... “Let’s keep it going” and they did tonight.

ON THE MOUND:

Chad Gaudin started and did not do any better than Mitre had. Gaudin had a 4-0 lead to work with and look up to the task of protecting it for the first three shutout innings. He tired in the fourth though and let the Jays back into the game. He loaded the bases with only one out on a walk, single, and a hit by pitch. Raul Chavez got Toronto their first run of the game and another would be added on a sac fly. Gaudin could have escaped with a chance at a win then but gave up another hit to Aaron Hill which brought in Alfredo Aceves. Ace did his job and struck out the only batter he faced that inning.

The Jays only would get one more shot at the game. Travis Snider led off the sixth with a double off of Aceves, who was in his 4th inning of work by now. Next came a passed ball that allowed him to advance to third. Raul Chavez and Marcos Scutaro would both hit doubles as well that brought the tying run to the plate. Ace got the next two outs and that was it for the Jays. Alfredo Aceves leads the majors with 10 wins in relief.

David Robertson, Brian Bruney, and Damaso Marte would mow down the Jays to finish off the last few innings and the offense tacked on a couple more to make sure Hughes got the night off.

THE OFFENSE:

Early on it looked like this was going to be an easy win for the Yankees. They scored four runs in the first couple innings with Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada delivering the big blows.

The Yanks tacked on two more runs in the top of the fifth. Ricky Romero lead off the inning with back to back walks and both A-Rod and Posada would drive in runners before Romero got out of the jam. At this point the score was 7-3.

Posada's two-run homer in the ninth was his 20th of the season, which makes seven Yankees with 20 or more homers to tie the MLB record for most players on one team with 20 or more homers. CRAZY!

THE BOX SCORE:


AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jeter, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .330 Damon, LF 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 .291 Teixeira, 1B 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 .281 Rodriguez, A, 3B 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 .276 Matsui, H, DH 3 2 1 1 2 0 2 .265 1-Hairston, J, PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Posada, C 5 1 4 4 0 1 1 .288 Cano, 2B 4 0 0 0 1 2 5 .318 Swisher, RF 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .248 Cabrera, Me, CF 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .277 Totals 35 10 10 8 8 13 15

1-Ran for Matsui, H in the 9th.
BATTING
2B: Cabrera, Me (25, League), Posada (23, Camp).
HR: Rodriguez, A (24, 9th inning off Frasor, 0 on, 2 out), Posada (20, 9th inning off Frasor, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Teixeira; Rodriguez, A 5; Matsui, H; Posada 8; Cabrera, Me 3.
RBI: Matsui, H (74), Posada 4 (70), Cabrera, Me (51), Rodriguez, A 2 (77).
2-out RBI: Cabrera, Me; Rodriguez, A; Posada 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jeter 2; Swisher 3; Teixeira; Cano.
S: Jeter.
GIDP: Cano.
Team RISP: 5-for-13.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Cabrera, Me (10, 2nd base off Romero, R/Chavez, R).

FIELDING
E: Rodriguez, A (8, fielding).
PB: Posada 2 (7).

IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Gaudin 3.2 4 3 3 3 2 0 4.98 Aceves, A (W, 10-1) 2.1 2 2 1 0 3 0 3.88 Robertson, D (H, 4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.38 Bruney (H, 10) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.40 Marte, D 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.38
Pitches-strikes: Gaudin 80-44, Aceves, A 42-30, Robertson, D 17-11, Bruney 18-7, Marte, D 14-8.

BLUE JAYS STATS
PLAYER OF THE GAME:

Jorge Posada (4-for-5, HR, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R)

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