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Short night for Sidney
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Blue Jays 14, Yankees 3
Alex Rodriguez has words with the home-plate umpire after striking out in the fourth. (AP)
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Sidney Ponson was only able to get through a season-low two-plus innings, allowing five straight batters to reach in the third -- all of whom scored. That put the Yankees in a deep hole from which they could not recover, getting just a three-run homer from Hideki Matsui in the seventh.
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Series at a glance:
NYY
NY Yankees (67-60)
Lost 1 		Toronto 14, NY Yankees 3   TOR
Toronto (66-61)
Won 1
August 21, 2008
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
NY Yankees
 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0   3 7 1
Toronto
 1 1 5 3 3 0 0 1 X   14 21 0
Standings thru 8/21/08  |  Recap: NYY | TOR  |  Gameday  |  Yankees stats  |  Blue Jays stats
NY YankeesABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Damon, CF-LF3010121.313
Jeter, SS4010023.297
  Ransom, SS00000001.000
Abreu, RF4000013.288
  Molina, J, 1B0000000.227
Rodriguez, A, 3B2100111.308
  Betemit, 3B1000000.259
Giambi, 1B3020010.250
  Gardner, CF1000000.189
Nady, LF-RF4110013.327
Matsui, DH4113002.317
Cano, 2B3000010.261
Rodriguez, I, C3010010.288
Totals3237321013 

BATTING
HR: Matsui (8, 7th inning off Halladay, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Damon; Jeter; Giambi 2; Nady; Matsui 4; Rodriguez, I.
RBI: Matsui 3 (37).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, A; Jeter.
GIDP: Abreu.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Damon 2 (23, 2nd base off Halladay/Barajas, 2nd base off Halladay/Barajas).

FIELDING
E: Giambi (7, fielding).
 
TorontoABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Inglett, 2B5340102.308
Scutaro, 3B6344014.268
Rios, RF6233012.289
Wells, V, CF4100102.284
Lind, LF5331010.303
Overbay, 1B4010124.267
Stairs, DH5023015.248
Barajas, C4121004.255
McDonald, SS5122004.222
Totals441421143627 

BATTING
2B: Inglett (10, Ponson), Rios (37, Ponson), Stairs (11, Traber), Barajas (18, Britton), Scutaro (14, Britton).
HR: Scutaro (5, 5th inning off Traber, 2 on, 0 out).
TB: Inglett 5; Scutaro 8; Rios 4; Lind 3; Overbay; Stairs 3; Barajas 3; McDonald 2.
RBI: Rios 3 (58), Barajas (41), Lind (36), McDonald 2 (16), Stairs 3 (44), Scutaro 4 (47).
2-out RBI: McDonald 2; Stairs 3; Scutaro.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Inglett; Barajas; Scutaro 2; Overbay; Rios 2.
SF: Barajas.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
CS: Rios (8, 2nd base by Ponson/Rodriguez, I).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Inglett-McDonald-Overbay, Inglett-Overbay).
 
NY YankeesIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Ponson (L, 7-4)2.08771004.67
Robertson 1.13221105.96
Traber 2.17441217.02
Ramirez, E 0.10000103.57
Britton 2.03110204.61
 
TorontoIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Halladay (W, 15-9)7.05332912.68
Downs 1.01000101.38
League 1.01000002.08

Ponson pitched to 5 batters in the 3rd.

Pitches-strikes: Ponson 51-31, Robertson 31-19, Traber 48-34, Ramirez, E 6-4, Britton 38-27, Halladay 94-66, Downs 13-10, League 8-6.
Groundouts-flyouts: Ponson 2-3, Robertson 0-3, Traber 1-4, Ramirez, E 0-0, Britton 0-4, Halladay 7-4, Downs 2-0, League 3-0.
Batters faced: Ponson 14, Robertson 8, Traber 15, Ramirez, E 1, Britton 10, Halladay 27, Downs 3, League 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Robertson 2-2, Traber 2-2, Ramirez, E 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Lance Barksdale. 1B: Doug Eddings. 2B: Ted Barrett. 3B: Dana DeMuth.
Weather: 73 degrees, clear.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:57.
Att: 37,037.
August 21, 2008

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner