Yankees 5, Blue Jays 4
Hideki Matsui watches his two-run homer head for the bleachers in the eighth. (Kathy Willens/AP)
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
With Jorge Posada suspended, the Yanks called on third catcher Francisco Cervelli late, and he delivered in his lone at-bat, driving in Brett Gardner with the walk-off run in the ninth. Hideki Matsui homered to tie the game in the eighth, which gave New York its first runs since the first.
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Toronto
(66-80)
Lost 1
NY Yankees 5, Toronto 4
Today's Boxes 9/16/09
MIN 7, CLE 3
FLA 5, STL 2
LAD 3, PIT 1
SD 6, ARI 5
ATL 6, NYM 5
DET 4, KC 3
BAL 4, TB 2
PHI 6, WSH 1
BOS 9, LAA 8
CIN 6, HOU 5
MIL 9, CHC 5
OAK 4, TEX 0
SEA 4, CWS 1
COL 4, SF 3
NY Yankees
(94-53)
Won 1
September 16, 2009
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Toronto
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
4
10
1
NY Yankees
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
5
9
1
Standings thru 9/16/09  | Recap: TOR | NYY  | Gameday  | Blue Jays stats  | Yankees stats
Toronto
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
LOB
AVG
Scutaro , SS
5
1
2
0
0
0
1
.285
Hill, A , 2B
5
0
1
0
0
0
3
.285
Lind , DH
4
0
0
2
0
1
3
.297
Wells, V , CF
4
1
2
0
0
0
2
.264
Overbay , 1B
4
0
2
0
0
0
2
.265
Encarnacion , 3B
4
0
0
0
0
1
4
.208
Barajas , C
4
0
0
1
0
0
3
.238
Bautista , RF
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
.227
Snider , LF
4
1
2
0
0
1
2
.233
Totals
37
4
10
4
1
4
21
BATTING 2B : Wells, V (33, Gaudin), Overbay 2 (30, Gaudin, Gaudin), Scutaro (35, Bruney).HR :
Bautista (7, 3rd inning off Gaudin, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Scutaro 3; Hill, A; Wells, V 3; Overbay 4; Bautista 4; Snider
2.RBI : Bautista (24), Lind 2 (103), Barajas (66).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Barajas;
Wells, V; Bautista; Lind 2; Snider; Overbay.SF : Lind.Team RISP : 1-for-16.Team LOB : 8.
BASERUNNING SB : Scutaro (14, 2nd base off Rivera, Ma/Cervelli). FIELDING E :
Encarnacion (9, fielding).
NY Yankees
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
LOB
AVG
Jeter , SS
3
1
0
0
2
2
1
.330
Hairston, J , LF
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
.252
Cervelli , C
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
.268
Teixeira , 1B
4
1
1
1
0
2
0
.286
Rodriguez, Al , 3B
4
1
2
0
0
0
1
.287
Matsui , DH
4
1
2
3
0
1
1
.280
Swisher , RF
4
0
1
0
0
0
2
.257
Cano , 2B
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
.320
Cabrera, Me , CF-LF
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
.277
Molina, J , C
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
.239
a-Damon , PH
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
.282
Gardner , CF
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
.280
Totals
35
5
9
5
2
8
16
a-Struck out for Molina, J in the 7th.
BATTING 2B : Teixeira (40, Tallet), Cano (42, Janssen).HR : Matsui (25, 8th inning off Downs,
S, 1 on, 1 out).TB : Cervelli; Teixeira 2; Rodriguez, Al 2; Matsui 5; Swisher; Cano 2; Gardner.RBI :
Teixeira (112), Matsui 3 (85), Cervelli (10).2-out RBI : Matsui.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out :
Swisher; Cabrera, Me; Hairston, J 2.Team RISP : 2-for-10.Team LOB : 8. BASERUNNING SB :
Gardner (22, 2nd base off Frasor/Barajas). FIELDING E : Jeter (8, fielding).
Toronto
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
HR
ERA
Tallet
2.0
2
2
2
1
1
0
5.31
Camp
3.0
1
0
0
0
4
0
3.33
Janssen (H, 1)
1.1
1
0
0
0
2
0
5.94
Accardo (H, 4)
0.2
0
0
0
1
1
0
2.75
Downs, S (BS, 4)
0.2
3
2
2
0
0
1
3.09
Frasor (L, 6-3)
0.2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2.58
NY Yankees
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
HR
ERA
Gaudin
5.2
7
3
3
1
2
1
4.81
Marte
0.1
0
0
0
0
1
0
10.97
Bruney
0.0
2
1
1
0
0
0
4.36
Coke
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4.82
Hughes, P
1.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3.14
Rivera, Ma (W, 3-2)
1.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.66
Bruney pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.WP : Gaudin 2, Coke.IBB : Bautista (by Gaudin).HBP :
Cano (by Camp).Pitches-strikes : Tallet 39-22, Camp 38-27, Janssen 26-17, Accardo 20-12, Downs, S 10-7, Frasor
22-15, Gaudin 100-62, Marte 6-5, Bruney 6-4, Coke 8-6, Hughes, P 15-9, Rivera, Ma 14-8.Groundouts-flyouts : Tallet
2-2, Camp 3-1, Janssen 2-1, Accardo 1-0, Downs, S 2-0, Frasor 1-1, Gaudin 7-4, Marte 0-0, Bruney 0-0, Coke 1-1, Hughes, P
0-2, Rivera, Ma 2-1.Batters faced : Tallet 9, Camp 11, Janssen 6, Accardo 3, Downs, S 5, Frasor 4, Gaudin 26, Marte
1, Bruney 2, Coke 3, Hughes, P 3, Rivera, Ma 4.Inherited runners-scored : Accardo 2-0, Frasor 1-0, Marte 2-0, Coke
2-1.Umpires : HP: Greg Gibson. 1B: Bill Miller. 2B: Derryl Cousins. 3B: Jim Joyce.Weather : 64 degrees,
cloudy.Wind : 10 mph, L to R.T : 3:31.Att : 46,046.September 16, 2009 Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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