A.J. Burnett takes on Roy Holiday

When A.J. Burnett left Toronto last year he thanked Holliday for showing him everything he did. A.J. basically learned how to to pitch and not over throw which had caused injuries in the past. Its also time for A.J. to step up like C.C. has of late, these two players were brought here to provide wins and keep them in games. A.J. started strong but has struggled in his last four starts. Either way it should be a good pitching match up. The Yankees need to take 2 out of 3 to keep pace with Toronto who has start the season hot.

C.C. tosses complete game, still not enough

C.C. Sabithia turned in his best outing so far this year, but it still wasn't enough. Jason Verlander was even better beating the Yankees 4-2. C.C. struck out seven and only threw 99 pitches a far cry from his previous four starts. The story of this game was Jason Verlander who was the best that several Yankees had seen him. Bottom line is the Yankees have now lost four in a row.

Phil Hughes will look to right the ship making his first start of the year in place of Chien-Ming Wang. Hughes has been impressive in Scranton with a record of 3-0 and 1.86 era. Hughes has a lot to prove since struggling last year and his chance comes tonight.

Melky's walk off carries Yankees

It took 14 innings and 9 runs, but the Yankees got the job done beating the Oakland A's 9-7.
They have won 3 in a row, improve to 9-6 and now hit the road for Boston. Melky Cabrera with a 2 run homer in the bottom of the 14 inning gave the Yankees the win. It was a game the Yankees should have deserved to lose the game when they loaded bases in the bottom of the 7th with none out and didn't score. Sabathia struggled throughout pitching 6.1 innings and only 2 so , 7 runs , 6 earned runs. The bullpen really did there jobs today, especially Jose Veras who tossed three scoreless innings for the win.

The long ball was at it again today with Jeter going deep to center, Matsi deep to right, and Melky's first of two homers into the Yankee Bullpen. Melky Cabrera got the start today in place of Brett Gardner and had a big day hitting 2 homers and 3 RBI'S.

The Yankees now move on to Boston for a three game series starting on Friday. Joba Chamberlin will get the start against John Lester at 7:05 pm.