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.

Cabrera and Pena Lift Yankees to third straight win.

Melky Cabrera was told at the end of spring training that he was not going to be the starting center fielder. After having a strong spring, he did not get down on himself and continued to work hard. It has paid off and with Brett Gardner struggling at the plate Melky has been given an opportunity to start. Lets just say that he has taken advantage of it. He has had a walk off home run and did it again last night with a clutch hit in the bottom of the eighth inning that gave the Yankees the lead. Another bright spot was Ramiro Pena who then doubled and drove in two runs to give the Yankees some breathing room. Pena though only hitting .269 has opened some eyes and is felling more comfortable. He is definitely making a case to stay around when A-Rod returns in early May.

A.j. Burnett started for the Yankees and had a much needed bounce back game after a poor start in Boston over the week. Burnett went 7 innings, 8 hits, 1 walk, 5 strike outs then was replaced with Phil Coke and Mariano Rivera closed it out for the Yankees.