Yankee Glog: End of 4th, 5-3 NYY

Yankee bats are silent save for a Rob Cano double. Meanwhile the Blue Jays got to Clippard the second time through the order. He walked McDonald (the nine hitter) to start things off. Alex Rios then blasted a HR to draw Toronto within three, at least thats what ESPN Gamecast would have me believe. You see, I was a tad behind in the action as I had paused the game each time I needed a new Blue Light (love my DVR). Forgetting this, I switched over to the Stanley Cup Final game on Versus. When I switched back to YES I was brought up to live action (fucking DVR!). I tuned in just in time to see Howie Clark rip a near-grand slam just foul into the right field stands. He would eventually fly out to Damon to end the inning.

Yanks went down in order in the fourth against Josh Towers. Solid Aflac trivia question today: What three former Yanks are in the top 10 single-season batting average records for the Jays?
Answer: John Olerud ('93-.363), Tony Fernandez ('87-.322, '98-.321, '99-.328) and Homer Bush ('99-.320).

Onto the bottom half, Clippard nearly walks McDonald again. Instead he serves up a nice meat ball on the inside corner for a solo HR over Matsui's head. That would be the only hit in the inning.

Yankee Glog: End of 2nd, 5-0 NYY

Brian Tallet takes the mound for the second after relieving Litsch in the first. He manages to hold the Yanks scoreless despite singles from Damon and Matsui. Jeter shows his versatility by striking out swinging in four pitches to go with his window-shopper, four-pitch K in the first.

Bottom half of the inning: Clippard gets first-pitch strikes on the first two batters and gets two easy outs. He finally throws a first-pitch ball to Aaron Hill and eventually walks him. He then walks Howie Clark before getting former Yank Sal Fasano to pop out. Still love ya Sal, and the fumanchu.

Yankee Glog: End of 1st, 5-0 NYY

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"Hey! I'm Giusseppe Franco. I'm not putting my name on the line for something that doesn't work."

Two rookie pitchers enter, one escapes the first.

Jesse Litsch was unimpressive at best in career start number four. Two-thirds of an inning, five runs on four hits and two walks. Ken Singleton kept raving about this kid's performance in his debut against the O's. He fell an out short of going the distance and allowed only one run.

Tonight the Yankee lineup made him labor:

1. Damon took him deep on a full count to get things started.
2. Jeter gets caught looking on four pitches.
3. Matsui goes to two and two before lacing a single up the middle
4. A-Rod walks in five pitches.
5. Posada draws a full-count walk.
6. Giambi cranks the fourth pitch to RF for a sac.
A-Rod advances to third on the throw home
Posada steals second (seriously) during next AB
7. Phelps, getting rare start vs. RHP, singles in two runs
8. Cano doubles to LF, goes to third on throw home. (Pitching change)
9. Cabrera grounds out, strands runner at third (You bastard!)

So for some unknown reason the Yankees have decided to return to the formula that brought them four World Series titles in five years. We'll see how this works out.

Meanwhile, Tyler Clippard gets a first-pitch strike on every batter he faces in the first and goes 1-2-3.