Game 125 Wrap-Up: NYY 3 TOR 2

(Courtesy of the AP)

A comeback win in the day and a comeback win at night, with the added bonus of it being a walk-off.  Great day all around in Yankeeland yesterday as the playoff odds improve ever so slightly again.  And what's this??  A decent start from Phil Hughes?  At home???  Now it was a really good day.

Game Notes:

- Rajai Davis created a scoring chance for Toronto in the top of the 1st with a leadoff single, stolen base, and moved to third on a groundout.  A Hughes wild pitch and he was running home to give the Jays the early lead.

- The Bombers tied it up against Mark Buehrle in the bottom of the 3rd on a Robinson Cano RBI single.  He was white hot in the day game and it carried over into the night.  Props to Austin Romine for singling to start the rally.

- Hughes was in and out of trouble for most of the night.  His offspeed command was shaky at best and he once again struggled to finish 2-strike and 2-out at-bats.  A 1-out triple and a sac fly in the top of the 5th gave the lead back to the Jays.

- In fairness, Hughes was much better than he's been for the majority of the season.  He pitched into the 7th inning, allowed only the 2 runs, and struck out 6 batters before handing it over to Preston Claiborne and the rest of the 'pen.

- Hughes pitched well enough to win, but wasn't eligible to pick it up when the Yanks tied the game on a Jayson Nix solo HR and put the go-ahead run at second with an Austin Romine double.  Couldn't drive the run in though, and the game stayed tied into the bottom of the 9th.

- Mark Reynolds did what he does when he's not striking out or hitting home runs and led off the 9th with a walk.  Joe sent in Ichiro to run, and he moved to third base on a sac bunt and a steal.  Nix came up again and drove Ichiro home for the walk-off win.  Talk about a picture perfect half-inning.  Just the way Joe drew it up.

F*ck Yeahs:

- Nix: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K.  I'm not a Nix guy, but when you're good you're good and he was plenty good last night.  Drove in the game-tying and game-winning runs in his final 2 plate appearances.

- Cano: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 LOB.  Another multi-hit game.  6 total on the day.

- Romine: 3-3, 1 2B, 1 R.  Keeps on hitting.  Threw out a potential base stealer to end the 8th inning too, his first CS in 3 chances last night.  Couldn't have timed it any better.

Oh Nos:

- A-Rod: 0-4, 3 K, 2 LOB.  The 2 guys on base were left there when he grounded into an inning-ending double play in the bottom of the 8th, so it was a crummy night at the plate for The Horse.  It happens.

Next Up:

Third game in 2 days tonight.  Adam Warren gets the spot start to keep Andy rested against R.A.Dickey.