Jays fall short as Romero pitches a gem and Hech hits his first ML home run run.

Jays v Yankees. Game two of three. Jays coming off one of the, if not the best win of the season. Beating NY in Yankee Stadium which they had not done since May 2011. And in extra innings and after coming back several times to finally win the thing. Jose news, surgery on the wrist which means no more Jose this season. Jays beat the number one team without Jose last night and they have to keep winning for the rest of the season without him. Marcus Stroman suspended, that is not good he was on many lists for September call ups. Tonight Romero. A perfect chance for Ricky to bounce back and give a complete game shutout, but we dream. Lineups: Jays: Davis, Rasmus, Encarnacion, Lind, Escobar, McCoy, Torrealba, Sierra, Hechavarria and Romero pitching. Yankees: Jeter, Swisher, Cano, Pearce, Martin, Granderson, Jones, Nix, Suzuki, and Hughes pitching. Correction to Teixeira injury, it is his calf and not his toe as mentioned last night. Top 1st: Davis, full count, outside ball four, an eight pitch at bat for Rajai, that is how I like the leadoff. Rasmus, 1-2 count, Davis there he goes and the throw beats him, waiting for that one. Colby strikes out, two down. Edwin, hitless last night, grounds to 3B throw to first to end the inning. Pitch count 16. Bottom 1st: Jeter, singles to left, one on for Swisher. Full count, strikes out swinging and they have Jeter picked off, Edwin tags him out in rundown. Cano two down. Lines it right at McCoy at second for the out. Pitch count 11. Top 2nd: Lind leading off, full count, Pops it up to Swisher at 1B.. One down. Escobar, 0-2 count grounds to Nix at 3B, throw to 1B, two down. Torrealba, full count, strikes out swinging. Pitch count 35. Bottom 2nd: Pearce, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging, nice pitch Ricky. Martin, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging. Granderson, 1-2 count, pops it up to Rasmus in shallow centre for the out. Three up and down, nice inning for Ricky. Pitch count 23 with 16 strikes, long may this continue. Top 3rd: Can Jays mess up the no hitter for Hughes? Bottom of the order. McCoy, pops it up to Ichiro in left for the out. Sierra, there we go, singles into left. Way to go Moises. One on one down for Hechavarria. Strikes out swinging. Two down. Davis, 1-1 count, OUCH, hits him. What’s with these Yankee pitchers? unable to throw straight. Rasmus, two on two down, make him pay Colby. 0-2 count, pitch number six, pops it up for Nix to make the out. Hughes bends but does not break, pitch count 53. Bottom 3rd: Jones, 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. Nix, 2-2 count, singles into left, one on one down for Ichiro. 1-2 count, grounds to Hech at 3b looks at second then too late to throw Ichiro out. Bang bang play Hech with Ichiro. That was huge mistake. Two on now. Jeter, 1-2 count, pops it up to Rasmus in centre for the out. Jones tags on the throw and to 3B. Swisher, two on. Two down. 2-2 count, singles into shallow centre, here comes Jones. 1-0 Yankees, Hechavarria mistake costs. Cano with two on. 2-0 count, VERY nice play by McCoy, dives to his right to get this one and throw to Escobar at second to end the inning, saved a run here for Ricky. Pitch count however at 51 after three. Top 4th: Encarnacion, hitless in NY. High fly ball to centre but Granderson makes the out. Edwin now 0-7. One down for Lind, pops it up to Nix at 3B. Escobar, 1-1 count, hammers this one to left and this one is off the wall, almost out, stand up double. Torrealba, full count, takes strike three, come on guy. Pitch count 66. Bottom 4th: Pearce leading off. 3-0 count, come on Ricky. That’s better, 3-1, full count, what was that, high and outside ball four. One that got away. One on for Martin, 1-2 count, Pearce running but Torrealba cannot get hand on the ball. And Pearce safe at second. Grounds to McCoy throw to Edwin for the out, but Pearce to 3B. Granderson, hammers it to Rasmus in centre, here comes Pearce, 2-0 Yankees. Two down for Jones. 1-2 count, bounces to Hech at 3B throw to Edwin for the out. But Yankees have taken 2-0 lead. Pitch count 68. Top 5th: McCoy, NO Mike, first pitch pop up to Nix. Come on. One down for Sierra, 2-2 count, lines it to right centre for Jones to make running catch, two down. Hechavarria, 0-2 count, NO WAY Hech.. lines this one to right and this one is carrying out of here home run Hech, his first major league home run, 2-1 Yankees. Davis pops it up to Jones. Pitch count 81 despite McCoy’s first pitch out. Way to go Hech. Great Home run. Bottom 5th: Nix, lines it into left. One on for Ichiro. 0-2 count, pops it up to Hech behind the mound, one down. Jeter, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging on three pitches. Ichiro was going but no chance to get him. Two down for Swisher. 3-1 count, inside ball four, two on for Cano, not good Ricky. 2-0 count, break his bat as he grounds to McCoy at second and throw to Edwin to ends the inning and strand two as the broken bat sails into foul ground behind Edwin. Pitch count 84. Top 6th: Rasmus, turn on this one but high, high in foul land, almost Colby. Full count, high ball four. Lead off walk that’s what we like to see. Pressure on Hughes. Edwin still hitless, your time Edwin. 3-0 count, takes it all the way, 3-1, outside ball four. Two on nobody out for Lind, will Farrell send the runners and force the issue? 0-2 count, high and long into right, almost out of here but Jones gets it right in the corner, one down as Colby tags and gets to 3B. Escobar, with two on. One down. Lines it to Cano at second throw to 3B and Colby caught off the bag, oh dear. Double play to end this one. Pitch count 97 for Hughes. Bottom 6th: Pearce, pops it up to Rasmus in shallow centre. Martin one down. Same again and Colby makes the out. First pitch out. Granderson, 1-2 count, strikes out swinging, great inning for Ricky on six pitches. 91 pitch count. Top 7th: Torreallba, grounds to Jeter, throw to first, one down. McCoy, full count, fly ball to Ichiro in left, two down for Sierra. Singles to Granderson in centre. Second hit tonight. Hechavarria,1-2 count, there goes Sierra but Hech strikes out swinging. 110 pitch count for Hughes but will turn it over to the closer duo of Robertson and Soriano. Bottom 7th: Jones leading off, full count, pops it up to left of the mound but Escobar makes the out. Calls off McCoy and Edwin. One down for Nix. 2-2 count, high fly ball to left, Davis backs off as does Colby but then Colby makes the last minute grab. Two down for Ichiro. Soft pop up to Escobar for third out. Great outing Ricky. Pitch count 106. Of which 69 were strikes. That’s the Ricky we have been waiting for. Top 8th: Robertson now pitching. Top of the order. Davis leading off. Grounds first pitch to Swisher at 1B. Rasmus, gets under it and pops it up to Granderson in shallow centre. Two down for Edwin who has been hitless in two games here so far at least. Last chance Edwin. Check swing and off the end of his bat to Swisher at first. Not good. Bottom 8th: Brandon Lyon in to keep them quiet. Jeter leading off. Full count, Fly ball to right but Sierra makes nice running catch. One down. Swisher. 2-2 count, strikes out swinging, two down. Cano, 1-1 count, pops it up to Davis in shallow left. Top 9th: Last chance for the Jays tonight. Lind leading off. Soriano again, will lightning strike twice? 2-2 count, strikes out swinging. One down for Escobar. 2-0 count, bounces to Jeter, throw to first, two down for Torrealba, 0-2 count, strikes out swinging. Not tonight Jays friends. Despite great outing by Romero, Jays lose one run game. Jays best chance was in the 6th with Colby at 3B and one down but caught off the bag on the end of a double play. Tomorrow chance to win the series. Happ pitching. The excellent: Romero surely deserves the gold star tonight. Great outing and kept this Yankees lineup to two runs. 7 innings, 106 pitches and what I liked the high strike ratio. 69 strikes. Hechavarria first home run and a great hit it was. Two hits for Sierra, he only other hit was a double by Escobar. Good defensive dive by McCoy to save a run. Not so good. Rasmus getting caught out at 3B on end of double play. Top four in the order held hitless tonight. Second game in a row for Edwin. Hechavarria 3rd inning play on Ichiro, hesitation cost him and Jays the first run and as it happens the winning run margin.