NY Yankees 3, Toronto 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature:
85°
Umpires:
Home -
Alfonso Marquez, 1B -
Ted Barrett, 2B -
Mike DiMuro, 3B -
Adam Hamari
Attendance:
37190
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Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2 (2nd): Jayson Nix singled home the winning run in the ninth inning after tying the game with a home run in the seventh as host New York swept a doubleheader from Toronto.
Mark Reynolds led off the ninth with a walk and pinch-runner Ichiro Suzuki advanced to second on a groundout. Ichiro promptly stole third before Nix ended things with a single to left field off Toronto reliever Darren Oliver (3-4).
The late-game heroics made a winner out of Mariano Rivera (4-2), who worked a scoreless ninth as New York moved within five games of Oakland for the second American League wild-card spot. The Yankees have won 10 of 11 meetings with Toronto in 2013.
The Yankees erased a 1-0 deficit in the third inning as Robinson Cano singled to left-center to score Austin Romine from second. Toronto surged back in front in the fifth as Rajai Davis - who scored on a wild pitch in the first - hit a sacrifice fly that brought home Munenori Kawasaki, who reached on a one-out triple.
Nix evened things in the seventh, golfing a Mark Buehrle pitch over the left-field seats for his third homer of the season. Romine finished 3-for-3.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Buehrle allowed two runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings. New York counterpart Phil Hughes was charged with two runs on seven hits over six frames. ... Blue Jays OF Kevin Pillar recorded his first major-league hit, drilling a line-drive single to center leading off the third inning. Pillar began his career 0-for-17. ... Toronto 2B Maicer Izturis left the game in the bottom of the sixth inning with a mild left ankle sprain.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Toronto |
|
NY Yankees |
|
Mark Buehrle
|
Player |
Phil Hughes
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.2 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
6 |
Hits |
7 |
|
2.70 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Hitting
| Toronto |
|
NY Yankees |
|
Munenori Kawasaki | Player |
Austin Romine
|
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
|
0 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
4 |
TB |
4 |
|
.667 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Toronto
|
10 |
0 |
12 |
.303 |
19 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| NY Yankees
|
8 |
1 |
13 |
.258 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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