Final
Nova, Yankees take aim at 3-game sweep of Blue Jays
Apr 21, 2013 - 12:38 PMVideo
Nova gave up seven hits and a pair of runs while fanning six hitters over five innings of a home win against Arizona on Tuesday. Nova holds a stellar 17-8 road record in 36 such games (33 starts) in his career, but the right-hander has dropped his lone road start this year.
Nova is 3-2 with a 4.00 ERA in seven games (6 starts) when facing the Blue Jays. That includes a loss at Toronto in his final start last season on Sept. 27.
The end of 2012 and start of 2013 has been a tough stretch for Josh Johnson. The right-hander, who was traded from the Marlins in November to the Blue Jays, dropped seven of his last eight decisions in 2012 and is 0-1 in three starts this year. Johnson, tough, is coming off a solid seven-inning outing against the White Sox on Tuesday when he allowed four hits and a pair of runs to go with eight strikeouts. This will be his second career start against the Yankees.
Yesterday, Vernon Wells homered against his former team for the second straight day and started the winning two-run rally in the 11th inning with a single in New York's 5-3 win.
Wells led off the 11th against Aaron Loup (1-1) with his third hit of the day and Francisco Cervelli followed with a single. Ichiro Suzuki dropped down a bunt and Loup tried for the force out at third, but threw the ball past a scrambling Brett Lawrie and down the left field line to allow both runners to cross the plate for a 5-3 lead.
"(Loup's) trying to throw when Lawrie's on the run, backward, and it's a big play for us," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi.
Mariano Rivera allowed a leadoff double to Jose Bautista in the bottom of the 11th and Edwin Encarnacion followed with a hard line drive to right field for the first out. Rivera then struck out both J.P. Arencibia and Lawrie to nail down his fifth save.
Kevin Youkilis drove in two runs for the Yankees, who have won the first two of this three-game set and nine of their last 11. Youkilis, though, left the contest with a back issue.
Melky Cabrera tied the game with a two-run single in a three-run Toronto eighth, as the Blue Jays rallied against Yankee reliever David Robertson after New York starter Hiroki Kuroda was brilliant for 7 1/3 innings.
Kuroda, coming off a shutout against Baltimore last Sunday, was charged with one run on three hits with a walk and seven strikeouts.
New York was 11-7 versus the Blue Jays last season.
- NEW YORK: 4
TORONTO: 8
Final
Apr 21 4:22 PM - J.P. Arencibia one-out, two-run Home Run (7) to center scored Adam Lind. Colby Rasmus due up.
Yankees 4, Blue Jays 8 Bot 7, 1 OutApr 21 3:50 PM - Melky Cabrera single to right scored Brett Lawrie with two out. Runner on first and Jose Bautista due up.
Yankees 4, Blue Jays 6 Bot 6, 2 OutsApr 21 3:29 PM - Brett Lawrie double to left scored J.P. Arencibia and Colby Rasmus with none out. Runner on second and Maicer Izturis due up.
Yankees 4, Blue Jays 5 Bot 6, 0 OutsApr 21 3:23 PM - Colby Rasmus single to left scored Adam Lind with none out. On the play, J.P. Arencibia advances to third. Runners on first and third with Brett Lawrie due up.
Yankees 4, Blue Jays 3 Bot 6, 0 OutsApr 21 3:20 PM - Brett Gardner sacrifice fly to right scored Jayson Nix with two out. None on and Robinson Cano due up.
Yankees 4, Blue Jays 2 Top 6, 2 OutsApr 21 3:06 PM - Eduardo Nunez walk scored Robinson Cano with two out. Bases loaded and Ichiro Suzuki due up.
Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2 Top 5, 2 OutsApr 21 2:46 PM - Lyle Overbay walk scored Chris Stewart with two out. Bases loaded and Eduardo Nunez due up.
Yankees 2, Blue Jays 2 Top 5, 2 OutsApr 21 2:43 PM - Chris Stewart lead-off Home Run (1) to left. Brett Gardner due up.
Yankees 1, Blue Jays 2 Top 3, 0 OutsApr 21 1:53 PM - Munenori Kawasaki sacrifice fly to left scored Colby Rasmus with two out. Runner on first and Melky Cabrera due up.
Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2 Bot 2, 2 OutsApr 21 1:49 PM - Edwin Encarnacion grounded into a fielder's choice to short scoring Munenori Kawasaki with two out. On the play, Edwin Encarnacio advances to second on Eduardo Nunez's throwing error. Melky Cabrera out at second. Runner on second with two outs and Adam Lind due up.
Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1 Bot 1, 2 OutsApr 21 1:29 PM - NEW YORK: 0
TORONTO: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 21 1:08 PM
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