Yankees hit 3 homeruns off of Roy Halladay for 5-3 win. The Yankees started the scoring early with an RBI double from Alex Rodriguez, and a throwing error by Kevin Millar which scored Matsui to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead after the 1st inning. Alex Rios put the Blue Jays on scoreboard with an RBI sac-fly in the bottom of the 4th inning, cutting the lead to 2-1. In the top of the 8th, Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira would hit back-to-back solo homeruns to right field to make it 4-1 Yankees. With Mariano Rivera pitching in the bottom of the 8th, Vernon Wells hits a 2 out, 2 run double but, Rivera would get the final out and escape with the score at 4-3. Hideki Matsui gave the Yankees a big insurance run in the top of the 9th inning with a booming solo homerun to straight away center field which made it a 5-3 Yankees lead. The Blue Jays made Rivera sweat in the 9th but, Rivera was able to get the final 3 outs for his 31st save of the year. The Yankees improve to 64-42 with the win and the Blue Jays fall to 51-55. Andy Pettitte (9-6) pitched 6.2 innings, allowing 4 hits, 1 earned run, 4 walks and, struck out 6. Roy Halladay (11-5), despite pitching a complete game, gets the loss. He allowed 10 hits, 4 earned runs while striking out 5. Tomorrow the Yankees have Mitre on the mound as he'll face rookie starting pitcher Marc Rzepczynski.
Winning Pitcher - Andy Pettitte (9-6)
Losing Pitcher - Roy Halladay (11-5)
Save - Mariano Rivera (31)
Update 12:23 a.m. - Boston loses 4-2 to Tampa. Yankees are now 1 and 1/2 games up in first place.
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