NY Yankees 2, Toronto 1
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
67°
Umpires:
Home -
Adrian Johnson, 1B -
Lance Barrett, 2B -
Gary Cederstrom, 3B -
Toby Basner
Attendance:
39997
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Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1: Ichiro Suzuki singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to cap his 7-for-8 performance in New York's doubleheader sweep of visiting Toronto.
David Phelps gave the Yankees 6 2/3 strong innings in a spot start, allowing one run on three hits with six strikeouts and three walks. Cody Eppley (1-2) recorded the final out in the eighth for the win, and Rafael Soriano worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save of the day and his 42nd of the season.
Toronto starter Ricky Romero was unable to snap his 13-game losing streak despite allowing just one run on seven hits over six innings. He struck out five and walked five. Steve Delabar (4-3) was charged with the loss.
Curtis Granderson drew a leadoff walk in the eighth, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, stole third and scored on Suzuki's looping single to left - his fourth hit of the game - as the Yankees jumped a half-game up on Baltimore atop the American League East. The Orioles beat Seattle 3-1 in 11 innings later Wednesday.
Both teams scored in the second, as Adeiny Hechavarria gave Toronto a 1-0 lead with an RBI single and Chris Stewart evened the score with a run-scoring ground-rule double in the bottom half. The Blue Jays loaded the bases in the seventh to chase Phelps, but Boone Logan got a groundout from Moises Sierra to end the threat.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Yankees SS Derek Jeter recorded his 200th hit of the season with a leadoff single in the first. It's his eighth 200-hit season, matching Lou Gehrig for the most by a Yankee. Only Suzuki (10), Pete Rose (10) and Ty Cobb (9) have more. … Jeter is the oldest player with 200 hits since Paul Molitor in 1996. … Suzuki tied a Yankees single-game record with four stolen bases, most recently accomplished by Tony Womack in 2005.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Toronto |
|
NY Yankees |
|
Ricky Romero
|
Player |
David Phelps
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
6.2 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
7 |
Hits |
3 |
|
1.50 |
ERA |
1.35 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Toronto
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
.100 |
8 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| NY Yankees
|
8 |
0 |
10 |
.276 |
20 |
9 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
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