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Blue Jays-Yankees Preview
Sep 3, 2010 - 2:56 AMVideo
Toronto (69-64) at New York (83-50), 1:05 p.m. EDT
Amidst some controversy, Ivan Nova has pitched well during his brief time in the New York Yankees' rotation. That included a solid effort against the Toronto Blue Jays.
The rookie looks to build on his first career win and help the AL East-leading Yankees match a season high with a seventh straight victory Friday against the visiting Blue Jays.
The 23-year-old Nova (1-0, 1.93 ERA) is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA in two starts since being recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. After allowing two runs in 5 1-3 innings of a 3-2 loss at Toronto in his starting debut Aug. 23, Nova gave up one run and struck out seven in 5 2-3 innings of a 2-1 win at Chicago on Sunday.
"(We're) asking a young man to step up and that's exactly what he's doing," manager Joe Girardi said.
Nova's first career win came one day after reports surfaced that the league is investigating him and a former minor league teammate for allegedly injecting each other with B-12 shots last season at Double-A Trenton. The vitamin is not on baseball's list of banned substances, but the league wants to make sure the shots were in fact B-12.
The right-hander has remained focused during the ordeal.
"He's a tough guy. He's always been the same way, he's relaxed," catcher Francisco Cervelli said.
His teammates hope to give Nova more support than in his first two outings, and to improve on their 5-7 record versus Toronto (69-64). The teams have split six games in the Bronx.
New York (84-50) had little trouble at the plate in a four-game sweep of Oakland this week, outscoring the A's 29-11. The Yankees have a 1 1/2-game lead over Tampa Bay in the East, where the runner-up is highly likely to win the wild card.
"We've just got to keep going out and playing our game and worrying about what we have to take care of," right fielder Nick Swisher told the Yankees' official website.
Curtis Granderson hit a pair of homers and CC Sabathia allowed one hit over eight innings in New York's 5-0 win over Oakland on Thursday. Granderson is 5 for 11 with three home runs in his last three games but hitting .167 versus Toronto this season.
Mark Teixeira is 9 for 13 with seven RBIs in his last four games. He is a lifetime .313 hitter against Toronto's Brandon Morrow (10-6, 4.27), who will make his final start of the season Friday.
The former reliever has thrown a career-high 143 1-3 innings, enough for the club to shut him down for 2010.
"The innings that I've logged this year will help carry over for next year and help me stay stronger through the year," Morrow told the Blue Jays' official website.
The right-hander is 5-0 with a 3.88 ERA in nine starts since losing at Cleveland on June 29. He allowed one run and struck out nine in six innings of a 5-4 win over Detroit on Saturday.
He is 2-0 with a 3.68 ERA in six starts versus New York, but has posted a 7.94 ERA while going 1-0 in two outings at Yankee Stadium this season.
Jose Bautista has batted .366 and hit six of his major league-leading 43 home runs against New York in 2010.
Toronto has lost three of four overall.
- Yankees 7, Blue Jays 3 - FINAL
TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M McCoy ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200
T Snider lf 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 .242
J Bautista rf 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 .269
V Wells cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .266
L Overbay 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 5 .247
A Hill 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .212
A Lin
Sep 3 4:16 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY CURTIS GRANDERSON SCORED BRETT GARDNER
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C GRANDERSON ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3
NY YANKEES 7 BOTTOM,6TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: M TEIXEIRA (.269, 1-FOR-3, RBI)
Blue Jays 3, Yankees 7 Bot 6, 0 OutsSep 3 3:16 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
TRIPLE BY BRETT GARDNER SCORED EDUARDO NUNEZ
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B GARDNER ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3
NY YANKEES 6 BOTTOM,6TH
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: C GRANDERSON (.250, 1-FOR-2, BB, 2 RBI)
Blue Jays 3, Yankees 6 Bot 6, 0 OutsSep 3 3:15 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY JOHN MCDONALD SCORED AARON HILL
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3
NY YANKEES 5 TOP,4TH
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: J MOLINA (.252, 0-FOR-1)
Blue Jays 3, Yankees 5 Top 4, 0 OutsSep 3 2:27 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY AARON HILL SCORED LYLE OVERBAY
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A HILL ON SECOND, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 2
NY YANKEES 5 TOP,4TH
DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A LIND (.232, 1-FOR-1)
Blue Jays 2, Yankees 5 Top 4, 0 OutsSep 3 2:21 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY RAMIRO PENA SCORED JORGE POSADA
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R PENA ON FIRST, L BERKMAN ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 1
NY YANKEES 5 BOTTOM,3RD
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: E NUNEZ (.278, 0-FOR-1)
Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5 Bot 3, 0 OutsSep 3 2:13 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY CURTIS GRANDERSON SCORED BRETT GARDNER AND AUSTIN
KEARNS
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C GRANDERSON ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 1
NY YANKEES 4 BOTTOM,2ND
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: M TEIXEIRA (.270, 1-FOR-1, RBI)
Blue Jays 1, Yankees 4 Bot 2, 0 OutsSep 3 1:51 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY ROBINSON CANO SCORED CURTIS GRANDERSON
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M TEIXEIRA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 1
NY YANKEES 2 BOTTOM,1ST
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J POSADA (.265, 17 HR, 51 RBI)
Blue Jays 1, Yankees 2 Bot 1, 0 OutsSep 3 1:30 PM - AL
AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY MARK TEIXEIRA SCORED BRETT GARDNER
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEIXEIRA ON SECOND, C GRANDERSON ON THIRD, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 1
NY YANKEES 1 BOTTOM,1ST
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: R CANO (.321, 26 HR, 90 RBI)
Blue Jays 1, Yankees 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsSep 3 1:28 PM - AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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TORONTO 1 1 1 0
NY YANKEES 0 0 0 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: TOR - BRANDON MORROW
NYY - IVAN NOVA
DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: B GARDNER (.284, 5 HR, 41 RBI)
C GRANDERSON (.249, 17 HR, 45 RBI)
M TEIXEIRA (.269, 30 HR, 98 RBI)
Blue Jays 1, Yankees 0 Bot 1, 0 OutsSep 3 1:19 PM
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