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YANKEES 7
BLUEJAYS 5



Sunday afternoon at the Stadium, the Yankees defeated the Blue Jays 7-5. Mike Mussina had a strong outing, and the Yankees bats were alive, as the Yankees pulled to within 1 1/2 games of the AL East lead.



Mussina held Toronto scoreless in six of the seven innings he pitched, with the exception of a three-run second inning. Mussina scattered seven hits and struck out five to pick up his 11th victory, winning his third consecutive start. Reliever Luis Vizcaino surrendered a two-run homer to Matt Stairs in the eighth before Joba Chamberlain came on to pitch out of a two-out, two-on jam, striking out Lind on a slider to end the inning. Chamberlain recorded all three outs in the ninth inning to record the first save of his career.



The Yankees put up a 3 spot in the 2nd inning, with 3 run scoring singles by Molina, Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter in the bottom half.
With the game tied 3-3 in the 5th, Robinson Cano would hit a run scoring single to give the Yanks the lead. Doug Mientkiewicz nubbed a slow roller up the third-base line that Russ Adams could not barehand, allowing a second run to score. Jose Molina came through with a bloop single to left that brought home New York’s sixth run, one of three RBIs in a three-hit game for the Yankees’ backup catcher.



Coupled with the Red Sox loss to the Devil Rays, the Yankees have pulled within 1 1/2 games of the AL East division lead. Monday afternoon, the Yankees will try to gain mroe ground with a make up game against the Blu Jays. Andy Pettitte will take the mound against AJ Burnett.

GAME NOTES:
MUSSINA: 7IP, 7H, 3ER, 5SO
MOLINA: 3-4, 3RBI
JETER: 2-5, RBI
CANO: 3-5, RBI



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