Yankees win 8-2 over Blue Jays

The Yankees put up a five spot early and Andy Pettite never looked back. With Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui out due to nagging injuries the youth had to stand tall. Bret Gardner had a big game hitting his first carreer homerun and added triple. Key hits by Ramiro Pena and Fransico Cerville help carry the Yankees to a 8-2 win. Andy Pettite went six plus of solid work before Alfedro Aceves finished the job. Mark Teixiera hit the ball hard and seems to be getting close to be on track after two soild hits. Johnny Damon countinues to be hot adding a triple in the second inning outburst. The Yankees can head back to New York with a winning road trip with a win tonight.

Joba and Damon lift yankees 5-3

For the second straight outing Joba Chamberlin has had a rough first inning. It has been hurting his ability to go deeper into games. It seems that he may be to pumped up in the first. Once he settles down he seems to be fine. Being a strike out pitcher, he is going to throw a lot of pitches anyway. We will see what the Yankees can come up with in his next start over the weekend.

Damon on the other hand has been terrific lately. He did his heroics again on Sunday with a 2 run homer that broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Yankees the win. He also was named AL player of the week for last week.

A-Rod has been quiet since going deep on the first pitch he saw in his return. Hitting only .182 for the weekend and has made it known he feels a step slow right know. The One benefiting the most has been Mark Teixeira one homered in two straight games though is still struggling at the plate.

Yankees and Red Sox set to clash again

Here we go a again, They haven't even got into town already and there is a controversy. Big Papi has already stuck his foot in his mouth regarding Joba Chamberlin. His comment was that Joba should not think about throwing inside and high because it will hurt his reputation around the league as being a bad guy. Big Papi why don't you be quiet and worry about getting swing back on track. The Red Sox have out numbered the Yankees 3-1 in hitting batters. So we will see how this drama plays out tonight when Joba faces John Lester at Fenway. I will be curious to see what happens if the Yankees are up late in the game. There is another story line here regarding Mark Teixeira. Boston had highly pursued him until the Yankees stepped in out of no where and stole him from the Red Sox. " I expect to be boo loudly" Teixeira said . Look for the Yankees and Red Sox to play high intensity baseball 19 times starting. Let the games begin.

Gardner and Damon carry Yanks to 5-3 win

Brett Gardner set the tone early with a spectacular catch off the Jason Gamibi that ultimately saved a run. The Gardner took it to the plate with a drawn in infield single to right scoring Nick Swisher and Hideki Matsui giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. Johnny Damon then singled to center scoring Bret Gardner to make it 3-0. Jeter to third on the play. Damon out while trying to strecth it out to second. Mark Teixeira singles to left on a shattered bat to make it 4-0. In the sixth inning Damon hit a solo homer to the second deck in right to make it 5-2.

Andy Pettite wasn't great and had to grind it out ongoing 7 innings, 9 hits, 2 runs, o so and bb. The Yankees made some defensive plays that really helped Pettite out. Brain Bruney worked the 7th inning giving up a run on two hits. Mariano Rivera entered the game in the 9th with a 5-3 lead and gave a up a hit and recorded his 4th save. The Yankees have know won 2 in a row and climb to 8-6.