Toronto 7, NY Yankees 5
When: 7:07 PM ET, Monday, September 27, 2010
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Jeff Nelson, 1B -
Mark Carlson, 2B -
Jeff Kellogg, 3B -
Larry Vanover
Attendance:
16004
By SportsDirect Inc.
Vernon Wells hit a three-run homer and John Buck added a solo shot as the Toronto Blue Jays beat New York 7-5 Monday night, preventing the Yankees from taking over top spot in the American League East.
The Yankees remain a half-game behind Tampa Bay in the East after the Rays dropped a 4-0 home decision to the Baltimore Orioles.
Toronto took its division rival out of the game early, building a 7-0 advantage over the first three innings. Buck's 19th homer of the season led off the bottom of the second inning, while Wells swatted his 31st of the campaign to highlight a five-run third.
The Yankees stormed back, scoring a pair of runs on a Curtis Granderson homer in the fifth inning and a Mark Teixeira three-run blast in the seventh. Toronto shut down the New York lineup the rest of the way to earn its 81st win, all but assuring a fourth winning season in the past five years.
Mark Rzepczynski (3-4) earned the victory, allowing two runs over five innings while striking out nine. Kevin Gregg tossed a scoreless ninth for his 36th save of the season.
A.J. Burnett (10-15) was pummeled in defeat, surrendering all seven Toronto runs in just 2 1/3 innings of work.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| NY Yankees |
|
Toronto |
|
Austin Kearns | Player |
Vernon Wells |
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
|
0 |
RBI |
3 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
2 |
TB |
7 |
|
.667 |
Avg |
.750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Yankees
|
9 |
2 |
15 |
.250 |
10 |
14 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Toronto
|
9 |
2 |
19 |
.300 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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