07/12: Yankees @ the Blue Jays; 7/11/08
Posted by: James
Hey, you can sum up last night's game in two words, Roy Halladay. He was brilliant, facing only 31 batters and using 113 pitches to toss a complete-game two-hitter (and one of those hits was in the ninth) and leading the Jays to a 5-0 win over the Yankees. The Yankees couldn't do anything against him all night long...which made for a VERY quick (2 hrs, 21 mins) game.
In opposition, Joba wasn't bad in his start...but on a day where he had to be practically perfect just to keep the Yankees in the game, he was merely effective. He gave up 3 runs over the course of six and a third. In the third, he gave up two singles to lead off the inning and both of those runs came around to score on a later single and a groundout. He gave up another run on Rod Barajas' 8th homer of the season in the 6th. Billy Traber (why he has a roster spot over Scott Strickland is beyond me) came in for an inning and a third and gave up 2 runs on a double followed by a HR to Matt Stairs.
Now the Yankees have to win 2 in a row to win this series and head into the ASB +7 games over .500. I was hoping for a nice round +10...but with the way this season has gone, I will gladly take what I can get. Let's go Darrell Rasner...and let's hope those adjustments he made actually have a positive effect.
In opposition, Joba wasn't bad in his start...but on a day where he had to be practically perfect just to keep the Yankees in the game, he was merely effective. He gave up 3 runs over the course of six and a third. In the third, he gave up two singles to lead off the inning and both of those runs came around to score on a later single and a groundout. He gave up another run on Rod Barajas' 8th homer of the season in the 6th. Billy Traber (why he has a roster spot over Scott Strickland is beyond me) came in for an inning and a third and gave up 2 runs on a double followed by a HR to Matt Stairs.
Now the Yankees have to win 2 in a row to win this series and head into the ASB +7 games over .500. I was hoping for a nice round +10...but with the way this season has gone, I will gladly take what I can get. Let's go Darrell Rasner...and let's hope those adjustments he made actually have a positive effect.
