09/18: Short Day for Wright - Yanks streak ends losing to Toronto 5-6
Posted by: Michael
The Yankees chances of pulling closer to Boston ended with a shard of broken bat hitting Jaret Wright on the elbow. He pitched just 2 1/3 innings before being removed from the game. He had a bruise, and a small cut on the elbow, but nothing more. For the few innings he pitched he was not himself. He gave up three runs on five hits. Al Leiter took his place and only gave up a run in 3 2/3 innings. He was replaced by Tanyon Sturtze who gave up the last Toronto run. It was enough as they avoided the sweep.
It was also an unfortunate loss as Cleveland won, putting them further out of the wild card by another game. They trail by 1 1/2 games now.
The Yanks were still in the game, with Jeter having the last at bat and a chance to tie the game with Cano at second, or win the game with a home run. He did neither, and struck out looking.
The good news is the Yankees enter their final home stand with four games against the Orioles and three games against the Blue Jays. The Yankees need to keep within 2-3 games with their last series of the season coming against them. Fate will truly be in their hands. They have 14 more games till the end of the season.
Tomorrow night has Chein-Ming Wang (7-4, 4.18 ERA) taking on Baltimore's Erik Bedard (6-7, 3.82 ERA) at the Stadium. Game time is 7:05pm ET. Lets hope the Yanks get back on track and finish their home stand on a high note (and hopefully overtaking Boston in the standings).
It was also an unfortunate loss as Cleveland won, putting them further out of the wild card by another game. They trail by 1 1/2 games now.
The Yanks were still in the game, with Jeter having the last at bat and a chance to tie the game with Cano at second, or win the game with a home run. He did neither, and struck out looking.
The good news is the Yankees enter their final home stand with four games against the Orioles and three games against the Blue Jays. The Yankees need to keep within 2-3 games with their last series of the season coming against them. Fate will truly be in their hands. They have 14 more games till the end of the season.
Tomorrow night has Chein-Ming Wang (7-4, 4.18 ERA) taking on Baltimore's Erik Bedard (6-7, 3.82 ERA) at the Stadium. Game time is 7:05pm ET. Lets hope the Yanks get back on track and finish their home stand on a high note (and hopefully overtaking Boston in the standings).
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