Satan's Luau

TOP 1: The snappy bestacled Chacin going for TOR -- Jeter blasts the first pitch to right ... it bounces back into play after hitting the very top of the wall, he is in with a leadoff triple -- Cano goes down swinging after the full count payoff, that would have been ball four, one down -- runner at third for Sheffield, he lines a shot to left ... GONE!!, a two run shot -- Yankees lead, 2-0

Full count to ARod, the payoff ... inside, he draws a walk -- runner at first for Matsui, he absolutely lashes the first pitch to right into the upperdeck ... FOUL, wow ... he then blasts the second pitch to right ... off the wall, ARod has a baserunning gaffe that holds Matsui to a single only

Runners now first and second for Giambi, he draws a walk, the bases are now loaded -- Posada grounds the first pitch to third into a 553 double play to end the rally ... opportunities go by the boards

BOT 1: The surprising vet newcomer Small going for NY -- Adams is brushed by the first pitch, on first with a leadoff HBP -- Catalanotto goes down swinging, one down -- runner on first for Wells, he draws a four pitch walk -- runners now first and second for Hillenbrand, he flies to left, two away -- Koskie grounds up the middle ... Jeter ranges and makes the play to end the inning

TOP 2: Bernie goes down swinging, one down -- Phillips grounds the first pitch up the middle for a single -- runner at first for Jeter, he flies to center, two away
-- Cano lines the first pitch to right ... but caught to retire the side

BOT 2: Zaun grounds to second, one down ... talk about dogging it down the line -- Hinske goes down swinging, two gone -- Johnson grounds to short to end the inning

TOP 3: Sheffield grounds a leadoff single through to left, right by the defensively sliding shortstop -- ARod draws a walk, runners now first and second --

Matsui grounds the 0-2 to short into a 463 double play, two gone ... total GAKK! -- runner at third for Giambi, he flies to left to retire the side ... Yankees loading up on the missed opps today

BOT 3: Hudson flies to the track in left, one down -- Adams grounds to second, two away -- Catalanotto pops foul to first to end the inning

TOP 4: Posada goes down swinging, one down -- Bernie fares a single to left center -- Phillips draws a four pitch walk, runners now first and second -- League warms for TOR -- Jeter walked, the bases are now loaded -- Arnsberg out to confer

Cano hits a shot to right ... Johnson snags the screaming line, one run scores on the sacfly, and a runner tags and advances to third -- Yankees now lead, 3-0

Runners at the corners for Sheffield, he flies to center to end the rally ... Yankees bleeding out the runs today

BOT 4: Wells grounds out to third ... ARod throws on a hop, nice pick by Phillips at first, one down -- Hillenbrand grounds to third ... ARod reaches out and makes the play to rob a single, nice, two away -- Koskie lines a two out single to center -- runner at first for Zaun, he flies to right to end the inning

TOP 5: ARod goes down swinging on a foul tip, one down -- Matsui lines to right, two gone -- Full count to Giambi, he battles then draws a two out walk -- League warms for the Jays -- Posada goes down swinging ... and is put out at first to retire the side

BOT 5: Hinske lines a leadoff single to right -- Johnson also lines a single to right, runners now first and second -- Hudson grounds to first, runners advance on the play to second and third, one down -- Adams draws a walk, the bases are now loaded

Stottlemyre out to confer -- Catalanotto grounds to short into a 643 inning ending double play ... man, Small is living right today

TOP 6: League now pitching for TOR -- Bernie goes down swinging, one down --
Phillips grounds to short, two away -- Jeter grounds to second to retire the side

BOT 6: Wells rips one down the leftfield line ... in with a leadoff double -- Hillenbrand lines just past the stretched out Jeter and into left, runner to third on the hit

Sturtze and Franklin warm for NY -- runners at the corners for Koskie, he pops foul to third, one down -- Zaun grounds to second into an inning ending 463 double play ... again, Small escapes the jaws of doom

TOP 7: League continues -- Cano sharply lines the first pitch to second, one pitch, one gone -- Sheffield goes down swinging, two down -- ARod grounds thr first pitch to short to retire the side

Local boy Brandon League looking really good so far

Seventh Inning Stretch, Yankees lead, 3-0

BOT 7: Tino in at 1B -- Hinske grounds one past the diving Tino and down the rightfield line for a leadoff double -- Sturtze and Franklin warm for NY -- Johnson grounds to short, one down

Runner at second for Hudson, he grounds to second, runner to third on the play, two away -- Adams lines a two out singled to left, one run scores -- the score is now NY 3-1

That will be all for Small, another great quality outing for him -- Embree will be the new pitcher for NY -- Rios to PH for Catalanotto, he grounds to , the force is made at second to end the two out rally

TOP 8: Rios in at RF, Johnson now in LF -- League now into his third inning of work -- Matsui lines a leadoff single to center -- Schoeneweis warms for TOR, Gordon warms for NY -- the runner goes, Giambi lines a single to right, Matsui going for third, draws the throw ... there's no one covering the bag due to the G-shift, Giambi to second on the overthrow

Womack in to PR for Giambi at second -- runners now second and third for Posada, he bloops to left ... it will fall in for a single, one run scores, the lag runner to third on the hit -- Yankees now lead, 4-1

Gibbons will take the ball from League, Schoeneweis in to pitch for Jays -- runners at the corners for Bernie, he goes down swinging, one down -- Tino draws a walk and that loads up the bases --

Jeter is greenlighted on the 3-1 and grounds a single through to left, another run scores -- the score is now NY 5-1

Chulk warms for TOR -- bases still loaded for Cano, he goes down swinging. two away -- Gibbons out to take the ball, Chulk in to pitch for the Jays -- Sheffield grounds to second to end the rally ... man, blood from a stone today the way the Yankees are hitting with men on

BOT 8: Embree continues -- Wells pops the first pitch foul to first ... great reach play by Tino at the edge of the stands, one down -- Hillenbrand also pops the first pitch foul to first, this one a bit more garden variety, two gone --
Koskie pops foul to third in shallow left ... great over the shoulder catch by ARod, three foul outs, odd way to retire the side

TOP 9: Full count to ARod, the payoff ... he draws a leadoff walk -- on a checkback throw to first, the throw gets away from Hillenbrand ... ARod to second -- runner at second for Matsui, grounds to second, the runner to third on the play, one down

Womack flies to right, the runner from third tags and scores on the sacfly -- Yankees extend to 6-1

Posada grounds to deep short ... the shortstop throws from his knees after making a diving stop ... not in time, Posada on with a two out infield single -- Bernie goes down looking ... OLE!!!!, the golden sombrero ... to end the rally

BOT 9: Sturtze now pitching -- Crosby in RF -- Zaun bloops to left center, one down -- Hinske draws a four pitch walk -- Johnson bloops a single to right center, runners now first and second

Hudson goes down swinging after the full count payoff on a foultip, two away -- runners still first and second for Adams, he groiunds one up the middle off the mound, under Sturtze's glove and into center for a two out single, one run scores -- the score is now NY 6-2

Torre in to take the ball, Mo in to pitch for NY -- runners at first and second for Rios, he flies to center to end the game

FINAL: Yankees win, 6-2

Nice to see the Yankees play a fairly strong game after three largely shaky games against the Tribe

58UP 49DOWN ... two straight wins