Robinson Cano, Don'tcha Know

We borrow from John Sterling, who usually reserves that phrase for a home run, to praise Robinson Cano who had the game winning hit in tonight's 3-2 Yankees win in 10 innings. Blue Jays reliever Casey Janssen hit Alex Rodriguez to start the inning, then bounced a pitch in the dirt that allowed A-Rod to take 2nd. Hideki Matsui struck out after narrowly missed an upper-deck walk off home run. But after an intentional walk to Jorge Posada, Cano sliced a ball into left field for a game winning single. Luis Vizcaino picked up the victory after tossing a scoreless top half of the 10th. It was the Yankees 10th win in 13 games.

The Yankees found themselves down a run in the bottom of the 9th and facing Jay's closer Jeremy Accardo. Andy Phillips was clutch again, leading off with a single and then stealing 2nd when Melky Cabrera swung and missed on a hit and run pitch. Miguel Cairo pinch ran for Phillips, but was gunned down at the plate by right fielder Alex Rios when Cabrera's grounder went under the glove of 1st Baseman Lyle Overbay. Cabrera advanced to 2nd on the play and immediately stole 3rd.

Johnny Damon walked and with the threat of another running situation, Accardo balked, allowing Cabrera to score the tying run. Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu both had chances to be the hero, but both grounded out to shortstop John McDonald to send the game into extra innings.

The game featured a pitcher's duel between starters Roy Halladay and Andy Pettitte. Both allowed 1 run in 7 innings, though Halladay uncharacteristically walked 3 hitters.

Both teams scored runs in the 1st inning, with Pettitte falling behind most of the Blue Jays. Rios had a 1-out single, and Troy Glaus drew a 2-out walk. Pettitte then hung a pitch to Frank Thomas and the Big Hurt rapped it for an RBI double. Pettitte bounced back, retiring Overbay on a ground out to Phillips at first.

Damon lead off the Yankees half of the 1st with a walk and moved to 3rd on ground outs by Jeter and Abreu. A-Rod then fought off a 2-strike pitching, lacing it into right field for an RBI single. It was A-Rod's 90th RBI in the team's 92nd game.

The Blue Jays put runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 out in the 2nd, but Pettitte struck out Rios to retire the side. The Yankees only had 2 more base runners through the 6th, before mounting a threat in the 7th. Cano and Cabrera sandwiched singles around a Phillips fly out, but Damon popped out and Jeter grounded out to end the inning.

For whatever reason, Joe Torre called on Kyle Farnsworth to pitch the 8th, and once again he succeeded in disappointing. Thomas lead off with a single and was pinch run for by Howie Clark (HAH!). Farnsworth tried to pick Clark off 1st Base, despite the fact he was still standing on. The throw was well wide of Phillips' reach and Clark advanced to 2nd on the error. After Overbay hit a bullet to Phillips for an out, Aaron Hill double to left to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead. Remarkably, Torre stayed with Farnsworth for the rest of the inning. Thankfully no further damage was done.

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Melky Cabrera's 3 hits extended his hitting streak to 13 games. Hideki Matsui's 2 hits extended his streak to 12 games.

When you're hot, you're hold and when you're cold, you're cold. Bobby Abreu's hot streak has come to an abrupt end. He's now on an in 0-12 skid.

The Yankees signed Erubiel Durazo to a minor league contract today. About a week after initial reports had him signing and Brian Cashman denying it.

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