Yankees Can’t Overcome Poor Pitching

Written by: Drew Sarver on 6th July 2009

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	8	0
NY Yankees	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	6	12	0

WP – Romero (7-3) SV – Frasor (3) LP – Pettitte (8-4)

Late Rally Falls Short

No lead is safe at Yankee Stadium this season and the Yankees are confident they can come back from any deficit. So trailing 7-1 to the Toronto Blue Jays this afternoon, they knew they could mount a rally. But, unfortunately, they came up short. The Jays took advantage of poor showings from Andy Pettitte and Brian Bruney to beat the Yankees 7-6.

Pettitte continued his home struggles (4-3, 5.72 in 10 starts), surrending home runs to Alex Rios and John McDonald to put his team in a 5-1 hole. Pettitte was charged with another run when Bruney allowed a 2-run double to Scott Rolen. (The Blue Jays’ third baseman extended his hitting streak to 23 games.)

Trailing 7-4 in the 9th, the Yankees mounted a 2-out rally on a single by Jorge Posada and Robinson Cano’s double. Hideki Matsui, pinch-hitting for Melky Cabrera, continued his success against Blue Jays’ reliever Jason Frasor with a 2-run double that cut the Yankees deficit to a single run. But Eric Hinske, who had earlier hit his first home run as a member of the Yankees, struck out on a 3-2 delivery from Frasor to end the ball game.

Yankees Manager Joe Girardi watched most of the game from the clubhouse after being ejected in the bottom of the 1st inning. Derek Jeter led off the ball game with a walk and moved to 2nd base when Blue Jays’ starter Ricky Romero balked. Jeter attempted to steal 3rd base and appeared to be safe even though the throw beat him. But umpire Marty Foster ruled Jeter was out and then tossed Girardi from the game when he came out to argue.

Romero extended his scoreless string to 24.1 innings pitched before allowing Hinske’s home run in the 5th. He was also charged with two more runs in the 7th when Nick Swisher stroked a 2-run single.

Game Notes

The Yankees finished the homestand with a 5-2 record. They head to Minnesota for a 3-game series before going out to Los Angeles to face the Angels for three games prior to the All-Star break.

Mark Teixeira was 0-5 this afternoon with a pair of strikeouts and is in a 9-45 skid.

Topics: Alex Rios, andy pettitte, Brian bruney, Derek Jeter, Eric Hinske, Jason Frasor, Joe Girardi ejected, John McDonald, nick swisher, Rickey Romero, Yankees 7/6 recap, Yankees vs. Blue Jays