Yanks Walk-Off In 12th, Wang To DL... Again

INSIDER: Today, the Bronx Bombers defeated Roy Halladay and the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in 12 innings. Today's no decision for Halladay broke a streak of of six straight wins for him over the Yanks, dating back to Opening Day last year.

ON THE MOUND:

After having a very solid first five innings, allowing two runs on four hits, Chien-Ming Wang got into some trouble in the sixth. He allowed a leadoff double to Marco Scutaro and two batters later Adam Lind gave the Jays 4-3 lead with a two-run homer. Wang then was taken out of the game. It was reported that he strained his shoulder and is now headed for the DL. The Yankees are now looking an August return. What a bummer, he was just starting to look like the old Wang and then he goes down with a DL stint.

Sergio Mitre will likely replace Wang in the rotation. In 7 starts for Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Mirtre is 3-1, with a 2.95 ERA. He's allowed 13 ER 29 hits, struck out 31 and walked just 5 in 39.2 innings pitched.

David Robertson would replace Wang and the Jays would eventually score another run in the inning to extend their lead to 5-3.

The score would remain tied through the next four and a half innings as each team's bullpens held the offenses scoreless.

Brian Bruney struggled but did not give in, Phil Hughes, Mariano Rivera, Phil Coke and Brett Tomko combined to pitch five scoreless, allowed just three hits and two walks.

THE OFFENSE:

Roy Halladay did not have one of his best days which does not happen often.

The Yanks scored their first run in the first. With Johnny Damon on second and two out in the first Alex Rodriguez came through with another clutch hit, an RBI single to right to give the Yanks a 1-0 lead. An inning later Hideki Matsui added another run with a solo homer, his 12th of the year. Jorge Posada added a solo homer in the fourth for the Yanks third run.

With the Jays leading 5-3 in the seventh, Derek Jeter led off with a single to bring Johnny Damon up as the tying run. Damon, who was hitting .345 agianst Halladay coming into today, took a 1-1 pitch a knocked it three rows into the seats in right for a game-tying two-run homer. Most definitely a New Yankee stadium HR.

Mark Teixeira led off the bottom of the 12th with a double off the first base bag, and then the Jays walked Alex Rodriguez to setup the double play. With the way Robinson Cano is swingning the bat with men on - 0 for his last 19 coming into the at-bat - Joe Girardi decided to have him bunt the runners over. But Jays' reliever Shawn Camp couldn't throw a strike and Cano worked a 3-0 count. For some reason Cano bunted the ball, Teixeira, too stunned to move at second, barely got halfway to third before catcher Raul Chavez fielded that ball and forced him out. Girardi said that since Cano has no sacrifice bunts this season he misunderstood the sign.

The mistake didn't end up costing the Yankees because Jorge Posada then lined a single into right-center scoring A-Rod from second, and the Yanks won the game 6-5. It was their eighth walk-off win, and 24th comeback win of the year. It was also Posada's second walk-off hit of the year. It was the Yanks ninth win in ten chances and combined with Boston's 3-2 loss to Seattle puts the Yanks just one game back in the AL East.

Also, don't forget to check out the video tribute the Yankees did for Lou Gehrig. They have several players reading parts of his speech.

THE BOX SCORE:

NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jeter, SS 5 1 1 0 1 2 0 .308 Damon, LF 4 2 1 2 2 2 1 .287 Teixeira, 1B 6 0 3 0 0 0 2 .279 Rodriguez, A, 3B 3 1 2 1 3 0 2 .244 Cano, 2B 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 .300 Posada, C 6 1 2 2 0 1 0 .269 Matsui, H, DH 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .259 1-Ransom, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 a-Swisher, PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Cabrera, Me, RF 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 .280 Gardner, CF 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .277 Totals 45 6 12 6 6 9 18

a-Grounded out for Ransom in the 10th.
1-Ran for Matsui, H in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Matsui, H (15, League), Teixeira (23, Camp).
HR: Matsui, H (12, 2nd inning off Halladay, 0 on, 1 out), Posada (11, 4th inning off Halladay, 0 on, 0 out), Damon (16, 7th inning off Halladay, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Jeter; Damon 4; Teixeira 4; Rodriguez, A 2; Posada 5; Matsui, H 6; Cabrera, Me.
RBI: Rodriguez, A (43), Matsui, H (32), Posada 2 (35), Damon 2 (49).
2-out RBI: Rodriguez, A.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cano 4; Gardner.
GIDP: Cano.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
DP: 3 (Cano-Jeter-Teixeira, Jeter-Cano-Teixeira, Wang-Jeter-Teixeira).

NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Wang 5.1 6 4 4 1 1 1 9.64 Robertson, D 0.2 1 1 1 2 1 0 2.84 Bruney 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3.68 Hughes, P 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.20 Rivera, Ma 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.60 Coke 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.97 Tomko (W, 1-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.19
PLAYER OF THE GAME:

Jorge Posada (2-for-6, HR, 2 RBI, R, Walk-off single in 12th)

UP NEXT:

Yankees vs. Blue Jays
Game Time: 1:05 p.m. | TV/Radio: YES, WCBS
RHP Joba Chamberlain (4-2, 3.89) vs. LHP Brett Cecil (2-1, 5.09)

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