Final
Jeter, Matsui power Yankees to 10-8 win over Jays
Jul 5, 2009 - 11:12 PM By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports WriterNEW YORK(AP) -- Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter looked like an All-Star on Sunday, although that's hardly a surprise.
The fact that Alfredo Aceves also did caught plenty of folks off guard.
Jeter had four hits including the go-ahead two-run homer, and Aceves held Toronto to one hit over the final four innings as New York rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Blue Jays 10-8 and move a season-best 15 games over .500.
"I thought the bullpen did a great job. They're capable of scoring a lot of runs," said Jeter, who was picked for his 10th All-Star Game earlier in the day. "We're playing well, we want it to continue. We've got another week before the break."
It was New York's fifth straight win over the Blue Jays, whose five-run fourth inning gave them an 8-4 lead that never appeared safe on a day in which balls were again flying out of Yankee Stadium. There were four homers hit - all of them to right field - to raise the total to 139 at the new ballpark midway through the season.
Jonathan Albaladejo (3-1), recalled after Chien-Ming Wang went on the disabled list with a shoulder injury, got the win in relief - even though Aceves deserved most of the credit.
He finally turned off the offense and in the process earned his first save. Manager Joe Girardi elected to let him finish the game rather than turn to All-Star closer Mariano Rivera, who had pitched four of the past five games.
"Ace was great. Ace knows how to pitch, and that's what you see him do a lot of, with all the different pitches he has," Girardi said. "He was great today."
Hideki Matsui homered and drove in four runs, and Jorge Posada had four hits and drove in three runs for the Yankees. Every player wearing pinstripes reached base, with All-Star first baseman Mark Teixeira walking three times.
"It was one of those weird games," Teixeira said. "It came down to the bullpen."
Aaron Hill homered and drove in three runs for Toronto, and Marco Scutaro and Adam Lind each had a pair of RBIs. It just wasn't enough after Aceves took the mound.
"If we would have had one more hit here or there, or if we would have kept them from scoring some runs on a few occasions, then we might have had a few wins here," Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said. "But that's the game."
The Yankees opened a 4-0 lead after the first two innings before Toronto scored three times in the third and put together its big fourth. Scutaro's two-run single off Joba Chamberlain gave the Blue Jays a 6-4 lead, and Hill followed with his homer.
Chamberlain was lifted after Lind singled, leaving to a sarcastic round of applause, and Scott Rolen pushed his major league-leading hitting streak to 22 games before the Yankees finally got out of the inning.
They didn't waste any time starting their comeback.
Teixeira walked and Posada singled before Matsui hit his 13th homer, slicing the lead to 8-7 and joining Ichiro Suzuki as the only Japanese-born players to score 500 runs.
New York pushed ahead in the fifth on Jeter's homer off B.J. Ryan (1-1), prompting chants of "Derek Jeter!" Johnny Damon walked moments later, and Posada's RBI double gave the Yankees' bullpen a cushion it wouldn't need.
"It was a tough loss, especially the length of the game. It was hot out there," said Hill, who along with Roy Halladay made the All-Star team for Toronto. "Especially in the AL East, especially with those guys, no lead is a comfortable lead."
It was another rotten outing in the Yankees' new $1.5 billion ballpark for Chamberlain, who must be beginning to wish they'd play the games he starts in the old place next door. He's yet to win in nine tries at home this season, and needed 86 pitches just to make it 3 2-3 innings.
The eight runs he allowed was a career high, although only three were earned.
Not that his counterpart fared much better.
Brett Cecil, an emergency fill-in for Scott Richmond, gave up seven earned runs in 3 2-3 innings. He was also responsible for five of the Blue Jays' eight walks in a game that dragged on for 3 hours, 44 minutes.
"I didn't think we'd ever get to the ninth," Girardi said, "the way things were going."
NOTES: Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez got the day off. ... Lind is one of five players up for the final spot on the AL All-Star roster in Internet voting.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TORONTO 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 1
NY YANKEES 2 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 x 10 14 2 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: TOR - BRETT CECIL, B.J. RYAN (4TH), DIRK HAYHURST (5TH), JESSE
CARLSON (6TH), BRANDON LEAGUE (7TH), JASON FRASOR (8TH) AND
RAUL CHAVEZ
NYY - JOBA CHAMBERLAIN, JONA
Jul 5 4:55 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JORGE POSADA SCORED JOHNNY DAMON.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J POSADA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 8
NY YANKEES 10 BOTTOM, 5TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: H MATSUI (.261, 1-FOR-2, BB, HR, 4 RBI)
Blue Jays 8, Yankees 10 Bot 5, 0 OutsJul 5 3:54 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DEREK JETER (10) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 5TH OFF B.J. RYAN SCORED MELKY CABRERA.
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 8, NY YANKEES 9
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J DAMON (.284, 0-FOR-3)
Blue Jays 8, Yankees 9 Bot 5, 0 OutsJul 5 3:41 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY HIDEKI MATSUI (13) TO RIGHT WITH 1
OUT IN THE 4TH OFF BRETT CECIL SCORED MARK TEIXEIRA AND JORGE
POSADA.
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 8, NY YANKEES 7
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: N SWISHER (.237, 1-FOR-2, RBI)
Blue Jays 8, Yankees 7 Bot 4, 0 OutsJul 5 3:13 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY AARON HILL (20) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 2
OUT IN THE 4TH OFF JOBA CHAMBERLAIN SCORED MARCO SCUTARO.
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 8, NY YANKEES 4
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A LIND (.310, 1-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)
Blue Jays 8, Yankees 4 Top 4, 0 OutsJul 5 2:55 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MARCO SCUTARO SCORED ALEX RIOS AND RAUL CHAVEZ.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M SCUTARO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 6
NY YANKEES 4 TOP, 4TH
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A HILL (.299, 1-FOR-2, RBI)
Blue Jays 6, Yankees 4 Top 4, 0 OutsJul 5 2:53 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY RAUL CHAVEZ SCORED LYLE OVERBAY.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R CHAVEZ ON SECOND, A RIOS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 4
NY YANKEES 4 TOP, 4TH
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: M SCUTARO (.282, 0-FOR-1, BB)
Blue Jays 4, Yankees 4 Top 4, 0 OutsJul 5 2:48 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ADAM LIND (18) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 3RD OFF JOBA CHAMBERLAIN SCORED AARON HILL.
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3, NY YANKEES 4
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: S ROLEN (.330, 0-FOR-1)
Blue Jays 3, Yankees 4 Top 3, 0 OutsJul 5 2:20 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY AARON HILL SCORED RAUL CHAVEZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A HILL ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 1
NY YANKEES 4 TOP, 3RD
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A LIND (.308, 0-FOR-1)
Blue Jays 1, Yankees 4 Top 3, 0 OutsJul 5 2:19 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JORGE POSADA SCORED CODY RANSOM AND DEREK JETER.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J POSADA ON FIRST, M TEIXEIRA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0
NY YANKEES 4 BOTTOM, 2ND
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: H MATSUI (.258, 0-FOR-1, RBI)
Blue Jays 0, Yankees 4 Bot 2, 0 OutsJul 5 2:00 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY NICK SWISHER SCORED JORGE POSADA.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, N SWISHER ON FIRST, H MATSUI ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0
NY YANKEES 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: R CANO (.300, 13 HR, 43 RBI)
Blue Jays 0, Yankees 2 Bot 1, 0 OutsJul 5 1:38 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY LYLE OVERBAY ALLOWED DEREK JETER TO SCORE. .
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H MATSUI ON FIRST, J POSADA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0
NY YANKEES 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: N SWISHER (.235, 14 HR, 40 RBI)
Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsJul 5 1:37 PM
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