On a night where many of the Blue Jays painted on dark 'staches in due respect to legendary manager Cito Gaston for his final home game, the Yanks took an 8-4 loss. Javy Vazquez took the ball for the Yanks and did exactly what everybody figured he'd do, give up a 3-run homer at some point. It was a 4-0 ballgame where it came to a crossroads in the 5th inning. Runners on first and second, 2 out, and Javy's pitch count just reaching 90. On many occaisions Joe Girardi has been in a similar situation whether its CC, Hughes, Nova, or Burnett on the hill in the middle of some chaos. Instead of giving Vazquez the hook like he would've CC, Hughes, Nova, or A.J., (for good reason) he leaves him in, and sure enough a 3 run homer off the bat of Aaron Hill follows. This makes it a 7-0 game, and really hurts the chances of winning a ballgame the same night the Tampa Bay Rays drop one to the O's, ground could've been made up however it wouldn't.
A-Rod homered to lead off the following half inning, and 2 more runs would follow to make it 7-3. Wow if Vazquez was pulled when he should've been that's a 1 run ballgame. In front of the biggest Blue Jay crowd in years, the Jays beat the Yanks with the fans chanting "Yankees suck" in the 8th and 9th inning. For a team that hasn't made the playoffs in over 15 years, and the Yanks being the team who have made it 14 times in those last 15 years, its kind of farfetched. Yanks stay a half game behind Tampa, and need to finish a game better than them because of the tiebreaker they hold, thanks to Girardi basically forfeitting the last 2 games of the 4 game series versus the Rays.
According to http://www.riveraveblues.com/, the Yanks have announced they will go with a 3 man rotation even with the shorter gaps between playoff games this year. That rotation consists of CC Sabathia, Andy Pettitte, and drum roll please......A.J. Burnett. Just kidding, Phil Hughes will be the game 3 starter. Short rest will play a role in the Yankee postseason, so here we go.
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