09/22: Yankees lose in 14 innings after rallying in 9th to tie
Posted by: David
Both teams were starting to run out of first run pitchers and it cost the Yankees in the 14th. Having already used Rivera, Chamberlain and Vizcaino, Torre turned to Brian Bruney in the 14th. He surrendered a go ahead homer to Gregg Zaun which eventually proved to be the difference.
The game started out as it was billed with Roy Halladay and Chien-Ming Wang posting goose eggs through six innings. Wang gave up singles to Hill and Adams in the 7th. Zaun was robbed of a double by A-Rod but his sharp grounder down the third base line scored the first run of the game. Adam Lind followed with a single to right which Abreu fielded cleanly and made a perfect throw to the plate but Posada couldn't hold it and the Blue Jays had a 2-0 lead.
Edwar Ramirez put kerosene on the fire as he gave up a two run homer to Alex Rios to extend the lead to 4-0. Halladay was dealing all night until the ninth when the Bombers erupted.
Johnny Damon led off and bounced a double down the third base line. Jeter grounded out sharply to short. Abreu blooped a single to center as Damon took third on the play. A-Rod lined a sharp single up the middle for the first run. Matsui tried to pull an outside pitch and grounded to the right side for the second out with the runners moving to second and third. Posada followed with a grounder up the middle which Hill fielded but bounced his throw to first. Overbay bobbled the throw and Posada just crossed the bag before he gained control of the ball. The second run scored to make it 4-2.
Cano grounded a ball in the hole between first and second which Hill probably should have fielded but the ball skipped under his glove and the score was now 4-3. Giambi pinch hit for Mientkiewicz and got a single to left center to tie the game. The Yankees could not add any more runs and the game stayed deadlocked at four until Zaun's homer won it in the 14th for Toronto.
The series resumes this afternoon as the Pinstripers try to reduce their magic number of five to clinch the AL Wild Card.
The game started out as it was billed with Roy Halladay and Chien-Ming Wang posting goose eggs through six innings. Wang gave up singles to Hill and Adams in the 7th. Zaun was robbed of a double by A-Rod but his sharp grounder down the third base line scored the first run of the game. Adam Lind followed with a single to right which Abreu fielded cleanly and made a perfect throw to the plate but Posada couldn't hold it and the Blue Jays had a 2-0 lead.
Edwar Ramirez put kerosene on the fire as he gave up a two run homer to Alex Rios to extend the lead to 4-0. Halladay was dealing all night until the ninth when the Bombers erupted.
Johnny Damon led off and bounced a double down the third base line. Jeter grounded out sharply to short. Abreu blooped a single to center as Damon took third on the play. A-Rod lined a sharp single up the middle for the first run. Matsui tried to pull an outside pitch and grounded to the right side for the second out with the runners moving to second and third. Posada followed with a grounder up the middle which Hill fielded but bounced his throw to first. Overbay bobbled the throw and Posada just crossed the bag before he gained control of the ball. The second run scored to make it 4-2.
Cano grounded a ball in the hole between first and second which Hill probably should have fielded but the ball skipped under his glove and the score was now 4-3. Giambi pinch hit for Mientkiewicz and got a single to left center to tie the game. The Yankees could not add any more runs and the game stayed deadlocked at four until Zaun's homer won it in the 14th for Toronto.
The series resumes this afternoon as the Pinstripers try to reduce their magic number of five to clinch the AL Wild Card.
