Dustin Moseley barely threw over 80 pitches going into the eight inning. Lead off batters for the Jays in every inning seemed to be swinging on first pitch and getting out. You would never believe that Moseley gave up nine hits and five runs unless you saw it.
“I thought he pitched a lot better than the five runs he gave up,” says manager Joe Girardi.
Moseley gave up home runs to Travis Snider (two-run HR) and Vernon Wells and John Buck had a pretty good night at the plate with two RBI. One thing Moseley was missing was run support from his teammates. Mark Teixeira provided the Yankees with their only two runs of the game with a two-run shot to the left field bleachers in the first inning…but that’s it. Marcus Thames was responsible for the Yankees other hit of the game; for they only had two.
“That was tough,” says Moseley. “I thought it was a fly ball and it just kept going and it just crushed that inning. Kind of took the breath out of us a little bit.”
Ricky Romero pitched a great game for the Blue Jays. He bounced back after giving up the homer to Tex and pitched a complete two-hit game.
“He was really good after the first inning,” says Girardi. “I thought we hit some balls hard at people, but he didn’t walk people. His defense played behind him, and we just couldn’t get it done.”
MIA: Except for Teixeira, the rest of the Yankees regulars did not produce any hits. Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Robinson Cano, and Brett Gardner each went 0-for-3 (Jeter with a walk) and Nick Swisher went 0-for-4 by flying out to center three times.
Unsung Hero: Once again this goes to the Jays. Travis Snider is on pace to be the Jays hero of the series. He hit a two-run homer that basically sealed the deal for the Jays to win this game.