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nyy26wc · 04-05-2009, 12:21 PM

The 5-0 Yankees hosted the 0-5 Blue Jays. The Yankees were attempting to finish their opening homestand at the new stadium with a perfect record.

Johan Santana became the 1st Yankees pitcher to make 2 starts in 2009. Dustin McGowan can say the same for the Blue Jays.

The Blue Jays started the scoring in the top of the 1st on a 2 run HR by Paul Konerko (his 1st of the year). The lead doubled, to 4-0, in the 2nd, when David Eckstein's single scored Mark DeRosa and Brent Lillibridge.

The Yankees cut the deficit to 4-2 in the 4th, on a RBI single by Jorge Posada and a groundout by Jordan Schafer. In the 5th, the Yankees made it a 1 run game when Manny Ramirez's RBI single scored Derek Jeter, but the Blue Jays countered with a Lillibridge HR (#1) leading off the 6th.

The Yankees countered with a run in the bottom of the inning on a SF by Schafer that scored Mark Teixeira. In the 7th, both teams got SFs--DeRosa and Jeter--to make it a 7-6 game.

Final score--Blue Jays 7, Yankees 6.

Mike Stanton had another bad outing for the Yankees, allowing a run in 1 inning of work and throwing only 4 strikes out of 11 pitches. Stanton has a 12.00 ERA in 3 appearances this year. The Yankees do not like making a move based on such a small sample size, but, taking into account his age (41), a declining SO and SO/BB rates in 2008, along with how bad he's looked so far, nobody will be surprised if his Yankees career comes to abrupt end in the very near future. Stanton is flying with the team to Kansas City, but a respirator was included on the flight, attached to his career.

In other news around the division--Evan Longoria had 4 hits, including a HR, to help the surging Rays defeat the slumping Red Sox again, 10-4. The Orioles beat the Indians, 2-1. The Yankees, Rays and Orioles are all tied at 5-1 records, with the Red Sox and Blue Jays tied at 1-5.

In other news around the majors--The 5-0 Tigers are the last remaining undefeated team (I missed them yesterday, when I said the Cardinals were only remaining one), now that the Yankees and Cardinals lost. The Blue Jays finally have a W, but the 0-6 Pirates and Rockies do not. Dodgers SS Ivan DeJesus Jr. went 5 for 5, with 2 HR in a 16-1 win over the Giants. Albert Pujols and Juan Rivera also had 2 HR games.

04-05-2009, 12:21 PM	#9
nyy26wc All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 679	The 5-0 Yankees hosted the 0-5 Blue Jays. The Yankees were attempting to finish their opening homestand at the new stadium with a perfect record. Johan Santana became the 1st Yankees pitcher to make 2 starts in 2009. Dustin McGowan can say the same for the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays started the scoring in the top of the 1st on a 2 run HR by Paul Konerko (his 1st of the year). The lead doubled, to 4-0, in the 2nd, when David Eckstein's single scored Mark DeRosa and Brent Lillibridge. The Yankees cut the deficit to 4-2 in the 4th, on a RBI single by Jorge Posada and a groundout by Jordan Schafer. In the 5th, the Yankees made it a 1 run game when Manny Ramirez's RBI single scored Derek Jeter, but the Blue Jays countered with a Lillibridge HR (#1) leading off the 6th. The Yankees countered with a run in the bottom of the inning on a SF by Schafer that scored Mark Teixeira. In the 7th, both teams got SFs--DeRosa and Jeter--to make it a 7-6 game. Final score--Blue Jays 7, Yankees 6. Mike Stanton had another bad outing for the Yankees, allowing a run in 1 inning of work and throwing only 4 strikes out of 11 pitches. Stanton has a 12.00 ERA in 3 appearances this year. The Yankees do not like making a move based on such a small sample size, but, taking into account his age (41), a declining SO and SO/BB rates in 2008, along with how bad he's looked so far, nobody will be surprised if his Yankees career comes to abrupt end in the very near future. Stanton is flying with the team to Kansas City, but a respirator was included on the flight, attached to his career. In other news around the division--Evan Longoria had 4 hits, including a HR, to help the surging Rays defeat the slumping Red Sox again, 10-4. The Orioles beat the Indians, 2-1. The Yankees, Rays and Orioles are all tied at 5-1 records, with the Red Sox and Blue Jays tied at 1-5. In other news around the majors--The 5-0 Tigers are the last remaining undefeated team (I missed them yesterday, when I said the Cardinals were only remaining one), now that the Yankees and Cardinals lost. The Blue Jays finally have a W, but the 0-6 Pirates and Rockies do not. Dodgers SS Ivan DeJesus Jr. went 5 for 5, with 2 HR in a 16-1 win over the Giants. Albert Pujols and Juan Rivera also had 2 HR games.