The Toronto Blue Jays challenged the the New York Yankees yesterday at New Yankee Stadium with the Blue Jays triumphant 10 to 4. It was a thrilling night of baseball that anyone with Blue Jays tickets will definitely cherish. It’s not too late to take in a game so get your baseball tickets soon!
Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay (3.03 ERA) got the win, while Sergio Mitre (7.63 ERA) took the loss for the Yankees. Roy Halladay went 6 innings for the Blue Jays, allowed 11 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with one walk and 6 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Blue Jays was Jesse Carlson (4.43), Jeremy Accardo (2.84), Scott Downs (2.74), and Brandon League (4.98). The Yankees’s starter Sergio Mitre went 5 innings, allowed 8 hits, 4 home runs and 7 earned runs with one walk and 2 strikeouts. Edwar Ramirez (5.73), Mark Melancon (3.86), and Michael Dunn (6.75) also pitched for the Yankees. With the win, Halladay’s record goes to 15-9, while Mitre falls to 3-3.
In addition to the 10 runs, the Blue Jays managed 13 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Blue Jays, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. The Yankees didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. Johnny Damon could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Yankees mustered 4 runs, 15 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Jim Joyce, Greg Gibson, Bill Miller and Derryl Cousins. There were 45,847 Yankees ticket holders in attendance at New Yankee Stadium.
The win puts the Blue Jays at a record of 66-79, (26.5 games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Yankees to 93-53, still leading their division. The Yankees get a chance for revenge tomorrow. There are still plenty of tickets available so take a look.