August 12th Game Complete
New York Yankees 4 (W 71-43)
Toronto Blue Jays 3 (L 54-59)
11 innings
Chad Gaudin (W, 1-0)
Shawn Camp (L, 1-6)
Game Notes:
The Toronto Blue Jays played a tough game against the New York Yankees yesterday afternoon, competing with the best team in baseball for eleven innings, narrowly taking the three game series from the Yankees at their home stadium.
Unfortunately, the Yankees came out on top in this one.
Robinson Cano singled off Blue Jays reliever Shawn Camp in the bottom of the eleventh inning to drive in Alex Rodriguez for the game winning run, securing a 4-3 Yankee victory.
The Yankees were banged up by a rough, gritty Blue Jays team.
Alex Rodriguez lost feeling in his left hand when he was hit by a pitch in the 11th inning from Camp.
Jorge Posada finished out the game with a swollen right hand, after taking a brutal foul ball off of it in the eighth inning.
Yankee team captain Derek Jeter was lost in the first inning, after being struck in the right foot by a Ricky Romero pitch.
Blue Jays reliever Brandon League pitched an impressive three innings out of the bullpen for the Jays. League, who normally struggles pitching more than one inning, allowed one hit and struck out three over the three innings of work.
Recent callup Randy Ruiz, a native of New York, hit his second home run in only his second game as a Blue Jay. Ruiz took Yankee starter AJ Burnett deep over the centre field wall in the top of the second inning.
Final starting pitching lines for the game:
Ricky Romero - 6IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 5K
AJ Burnett - 6IP, 10H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 7K
Blue Jays News:
Blue Jays reliever Jeremy Accardo was optioned to Triple A Las Vegas yesterday. The Jays plan on making a roster move to fill the spot before Friday's game in Tampa.
Other Baseball News:
I forgot to give praise to one of the games better modern day power hitters yesterday, as Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim recently hit his 400th career home run Tuesday night. Guerrero is one of only seven active players in the Major Leagues with 400 home runs and 2,000 hits. Congrats to Vlad "The Impaler".
It looks as if John Smoltz short lived career with the Boston Red Sox is over.
Smoltz has refused the option of an assignment to the minor leagues, leaving the Red Sox with only two options, either trade him or release him.
Smoltz recently cleared waivers so a trade is possible.
The Red Sox hope to trade Smoltz, because if they release the future Hall of Famer they will be responsible for paying off his one-year, $5.5 million contract.
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reports that the Los Angeles Dodgers may be interested in the eight time All-Star here: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9922760/Smoltz-refuses-move-to-minors;-two-options-left
Pedro Martinez's return to the Major Leagues was a successful one on Wednesday.
Martinez pitched five innings, allowing seven hits, three earned runs, walking one and striking out five, for the win over the Chicago Cubs.
Finally, former Blue Jay Alex Rios made his Chicago White Sox debut on Wednesday against the Seattle Mariners.
Rios went 1 for 6, batting third and playing right field for Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen.
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