Jays win big in Yankee Stadium and farewell Alex.

Toronto v New York. Game one of three in New York.

A very tough assignment for Jays. Yankees on a roll from sweeping Boston and a seven game win streak. Jays on two game win streak and throwing out three rookies for the series. Big news before game with Rios traded to Chicago White Sox. Nothing in return but a huge salary freed up for next five years. It also enables the fans to see Travis Snider back in Toronto for the last few weeks. I have no problem at all with this move. Rios had not been the player he was three seasons ago. I also did not like his lack of aggression in the right field. Very rarely dove for a ball and would never run into the wall. Plus his base running skills were minimal. Good move JP.

Lineups: Toronto: Scutaro, Hill, Lind, Overbay, Wells, Bautista, Encarnacion, Barajas, Inglett, and Rzepczynski pitching. No Rios, on his way out of town to Chicago White Sox. Not a lineup to scare Yankees tonight after the top three. Jays need more than pitching help but would love to see young Snider in there, he is tearing it up in Vegas. Two home runs yesterday giving him twelve now. Alex who?
Yankees: Jeter, Swisher Teixeira, Rodriguez, Posada, Cano, Hairston, Cabrera, Molina, and Mitre pitching.

The very good: Obviously the win. Overbay huge home run, Hill number 27. Bullpen scoreless relief of Camp, League, Carlson and Frasor. Jays outhit by Yankees but the win is what counts.
The good: Letting Rios go, and $60 million of salary. Fine with me. But Jays need another long relief guy to help out Tallet.
The bad. Wells striking out in first with two on. Encarnacion error on throw to Overbay in 2nd. Barajas error on throw in 3rd to let Jeter get to third, and cost them second run.

Top 1st: Scutaro strikes out. Hill strikes out. Lind singles to left. Overbay singles to centre, Lind to third. Wells with two on. Down and away strikes out. What a surprise. Nothing changes with Vernon. 21 pitches.
Bottom 1st: Jeter gets hold of this one, home run to centre, 1-0 Yankees. Swisher, full count, singles to right Bautista in right. Teixeira full count, singles to left, Rodriguez with two on and no outs. Perfect ground to Scutaro flip to Hill on to Overbay double play ball. Swisher to third on play for Posada, with two down. Lines out to Bautista in right. Could have been much worse for Rzepczynski.

Top 2nd: Bautista, strikes out. Encarnacion fly ball to centre, two down, Jays not offering much tonight here. Barajas with two down. 0-2 count, strikes out, looked low but Jays will not get any close calls tonight. Quick and easy so far for Mitre.
Bottom 2nd: Cano grounds to Overbay flip to for the out at first, one down for Hairston, grounds to Hill throw to Overbay for second out. Cabrera, full count, grounds to Encarnacion, throw to Overbay, error on play. We miss Rolen at third. Molina, fly ball to Bautista for third out. 39 pitches.

Top 3rd: Inglett, 3-1 count. Full count, Inglett thought it was outside. Strikes out looking. Umpire not giving him that one. Scutaro. Grounds to Cano at second, great play just gets Scutaro at first. Hill, YES Aaron, gets hold of this one, bounces off the top of the wall in left into the bullpen and Jays have tied this up 1-1. Hill number 27 on season. Lind high fly ball to right to Swisher, just under it Adam but Jays have tied this one up. 47 pitches.
Bottom 3rd: Jeter, singles first pitch up the middle. 2-2 tonight. Swisher, bunting ? No need, Oh man, Jeter stealing and throw gets away into centre. That was awful throw by Barajas. Jeter goes to third with no outs, fly ball to Bautista, Jeter beats great throw, Bautista has an arm. 2-1. One down. Teixeira, grounds to Scutaro, throw to Overbay two down for Rodriguez. 3-1 count. Full count, A-Rod was walking, umpire will not like that, now ball four. Posada, full count, almost hits him. Grounds to Hill throw to Overbay for third out. 58 pitches. Cito is thrown out for arguing those calls. Tenace now managing.

Top 4th: Overbay, full count, and walks. Wells, chance here Vernon to make up for first inning mess up. That will do, singles into left centre. Overbay at second, two on no outs for Bautista, grounds back to Mitre, Oh NO. throw to Cano at second off his glove, Overbay scores 2-2 game, Bautista at second Vernon at third. Now Edwin two in scoring position. That was Cano looking for double play ball before he had the ball. Took his eye off the ball. 3-0 count, 3-1. Need a hit Edwin. Full count, That was ball four. Fly ball shallow right, here comes Vernon beats the throw and Jays go out ahead 3-2. Overbay to third. One down for Barajas, grounds to Rodriguez at third, throw to first for second out. Inglett chance to be a hero. Yes Joe, that will do, grounds it past diving Teixeira into right corner, Inglett hustling all the way round to third, Overbay scores easily. 4-2 Jays. Scutaro with runner at third, grounds it to Teixeira takes it himself to first for third out. But Jays have big inning and they are cheering in Boston at the score. 77 pitches.
Bottom 4th: Rzepczynski has a lead now. Can he hold Yankees here? Cano, the guy who started it with his error, gets hold of this one though, home run to right centre, just like that. Come on Marc. 4-3 Yankees. Hairston, I don’t believe it, high fly ball into left field seats and this game is all tied up again 40-4. Back to back and still no outs, Cabrera 3-0 count, Marc is losing it here someone calm him down. Now full count. Singles into centre. Camp now up in bullpen. Conference at the mound. Molina, with runner at first, bunting? no, swinging way and why not, throwing a few over to first to give Camp time. 0-2 count. Grounds to Encarnacion throw to Scutaro on to Overbay not in time. One down but that’s it for Rzepczynski. He did not seem comfortable throughout the four innings, probably intimidated by Yankee Stadium we tend to forget these guys are young rookies. A learning experience, he will be different next time they visit here. Camp now in one down Molina on at first. Jeter 2-2 tonight. Fly ball to Bautista in right, Molina holds at first, two down for Swisher. Showing bunt. 2-2 count, strikes him out, great pitch. But Jays momentum has turned to Yankees as they tie this one up. Not too happy in Boston either.

Top 5th: Hill, rolls it down the line, just fair for the out by Teixeira. Lind, time for one Adam, grounds to Cano, throw to Teixeira, two down for Overbay. 3-1 count. Strike two, full count. OH YES Lyle… gets hold of this one, off the wall in Yankees bullpen in right centre. WOW, that one is still travelling. 5-4 Jays. That was a classic Overbay swing. So smooth. Wells with two down, full count. Stay away from down and away Vernon. Grounds to Jeter short but Jays have the lead again and they love them in Fenway tonight at least.
Bottom 5th: Teixeira strikes out, one down for A-Rod, Camp going outside and inside, full count, singles into left. Posada, we need ground ball here Shawn, 2-0 count. Great play, grounds to Overbay, plays tag with A-Rod trying to delay the out, and then throw to Camp covering at first to just get Posada double play ball.

Top 6th: Aceves now pitching, this guy was very good against Jays earlier, but no one can be perfect all the time can they? Bautista grounds to Cano throw to Teixeira for first out. Encarnacion, horrible swing first pitch high pop up to Jeter behind second, wind is blowing now, two down. Barajas, high fly ball to Hairston in left, wind is keeping this one in. Jays go very quietly here.
Bottom 6th: Cano, doubles to left centre, Hairston, showing bunt. Grounds to Scutaro, throw to Overbay for the out. One down. Cabrera 2-2 count. Full count. Grounds to third, Camp misses it but great recovery by Encarnacion to throw to Overbay for second out. Camp hurt himself on that play, no he is staying in for now at least, Two down with Cano at third. Molina, grounds to Scutaro throw to Overbay for third out. Nice inning for Camp after that leadoff double.

Top 7th: Jays need more runs here, one run lead is nothing for this Yankee lineup. Inglett leading off. Showing bunt, too hard and lines it to Teixeira, our Joe reckons he is a leadoff guy. Scutaro, one down. Lines it hard to left but wind pulls this one back and easy catch by Hairston for second out. Hill singles to left, Aaron another multi-hit night. Lind, would love him to connect on one here and pull it into this wind out to right centre. Does just that, but only a single, that’s ok Adam. Hill moves to second, two on two down for Overbay. 2-2 tonight. High fly ball to left Hairston has it at the track.
Bottom 7th: Top of lineup for Yankees. Jeter leading off. New pitcher for Jays. Downs? No, League. He had a horrible outing last week. As we have said before when he is on he is the best but when he is wild, then pull him quick. Back up the middle for Jeter his third hit tonight. Almost takes head off League. Swisher, very nice Brandon, strikes him out on three pitches and wicked, wicked third strike pitch. Teixeira with one down. League up to 97mph with that one, now strikes him out inside corner. Two down for A-Rod. 1-2 count, strikes him out, A-Rod throws his bat away in disgust. Great inning by League.

Top 8th: Jays running out of outs now. Six more to widen that one run lead. Vernon to lead it off. Strikes out on three pitches. Bautista, breaks his bat grounding to Jeter throw to Teixiera for second out. Encarnacion, high fly ball to Hairston in left for third out. Jays need more lefties in Yankee Stadium to go the other way. Fenway all tied up with Tigers at 5-5.
Bottom 8th: Carlson now pitching. As with League, either untouchable or trouble, this season at least. Posada, fouling them off here, hanging tough, got him, gets him swinging, 11 pitch at bat. Carlson glad to see him go. One down for Cano, 2-3 tonight. Grounds up the middle but Scutaro is there throw to Overbay two down for pinch hitter Damon. This guy is always trouble for Jays. Not this time, grounds it slowly up the line to Overbay to make out himself. Nice inning Jesse.

Top 9th: Jays do not have to see Rivera, yet at least. Barajas leading off, Aceves still out there for his fourth inning of work, high pop up to Damon in left. One down for Inglett, please don’t bunt here Joe. Grounds to Cano, throw to Teixeira for second out. Scutaro hitless tonight. Pops it up to right Swisher.
Bottom 9th: Frasor to try and close this one. Good luck Jason, we would all love to see Jays celebrating at Yankee Stadium and so would Boston fans down the road. But easy to say and much harder to do. Cabrera leading off. Grounds back up the middle for Scutaro throw to Overbay. One down for another pinch hitter Matsui. Great to have this type of depth on the bench. 0-2 count. Singles into right centre. One on one down for Jeter. Pena pinch runner for Matsui. Another 0-2 count. Grounds to Scutaro flip to Hill but that’s it to get Pena, no chance for two. Two down, Jeter at first for Swisher, 2-2 count. Strikes him out.

WHOA !!! Jays win in Yankee Stadium. Three in a row now and they break Yankees win streak at seven. Tough for Cito not to be out there celebrating this win.