[新聞] Yankees come up with big win vs. Blue Jays

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Yankees come up with big win vs. Blue Jays
By PETER ABRAHAM
THE JOURNAL NEWS


(Original publication: July 18, 2007)
NEW YORK - The Yankees long ago forfeited the luxury of giving it a good
effort and coming back to try again the next day. The losses of April and May
are debts that come due in July for teams with playoff aspirations.

So when Andy Pettitte went pitch for pitch against Roy Halladay last night
and the Royals beat the first-place Red Sox at Fenway Park, the Yankees had
to find a way to win.

"We needed this game desperately," Alex Rodriguez said. "We knew that. We
needed to get this win."

It took a balk, a hit batter and a wild pitch but the Yankees beat the
Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Robinson Cano's RBI single in the bottom of the 10th
inning.

That low rumble in the distance is momentum building. The Yankees have won
four straight and eight of their last 10 to close within eight games of
Boston in the division race. They still trail Cleveland by seven games in the
wild card.

Of equal significance, perhaps, is that the Yankees have learned how to win
the type of games they lost in the first half of the season. Of their five
victories since the All-Star break, four have been by one or two runs.

"We're fighting to the end of every game now," first baseman Andy Phillips
said.

Down 2-1 after the ever-unreliable Kyle Farnsworth allowed a run in the top
of the eighth inning, the Yankees came back against Toronto closer Jeremy
Accardo in the ninth.

Phillips started it with a single. Pinch runner Miguel Cairo stole second,
then tried to score on a single by Melky Cabrera that deflected off the glove
of the first baseman. Right fielder Alex Rios charged the ball and threw him
out at the plate.

Cabrera went to second on the throw then stole third, one of several
aggressive plays the Yankees made on the bases in the late innings. Accardo
walked Johnny Damon then committed a balk when he looked to throw over to
first. Cabrera scored the tying run.

After Brian Bruney and Luis Vizcaino (6-2) threw scoreless innings, the
Yankees ended it. Rodriguez was hit by a pitch then alertly went to second
when Casey Janssen bounced a curveball a few feet away from catcher Gregg
Zaun.

The Jays walked Jorge Posada with one out to face Cano.

"You've got a guy hitting .330 and a guy hitting .270, you're going to go
after the guy hitting .270," Cano said. "As soon as I saw them walk him, I
said, 'This is a chance to do your job.' "

Cano swung at the first pitch from Janssen (2-2) and drove it into left
field. Rodriguez hit the plate with his arms in the air as the crowd of
51,961 roared.

"We gave one away but we were able to snatch one back," manager Joe Torre
said. "That was big for all of us."

Pettitte threw 116 pitches, his most since tossing 118 for Houston last Aug.
21. The left-hander allowed one run on seven hits and walked three but left
nine runners stranded. He struck out a season-best seven.

"I haven't felt that good in a while," he said.

Halladay was a touch better, allowing five singles over seven innings with
three walks and six strikeouts. Like Pettitte, he allowed a run in the first
when Rodriguez reached 90 RBI with a single that drove in Damon.

The comeback took Farnsworth off the hook. It could be a matter of time
before he's off the team.

Torre and general manager Brian Cashman expressed their faith in Farnsworth
before the game, saying his ability and experience merited continued use in
the eighth inning.

But Farnsworth disproved that again. He allowed a single by Frank Thomas,
threw away a pickoff throw that allowed pinch runner Howie Clark to go to
second, then gave up a double to Aaron Hill on a meaty fastball that hung
over the plate.

Farnsworth has allowed 44 hits and 19 walks in 38 1/3 innings while striking
out only 24. He left the clubhouse as soon as the media was allowed in and
did not comment.

Reach Peter Abraham at [e-mail] and read his Yankees blog at
yankees.lohudblogs.com.


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