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Blue Jays
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 31, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on August 31, 2008 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Roy Halladay |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Andy Pettitte |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 53,634 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Adrian Johnson 1B: Tim Tschida 2B: Jim Joyce 3B: Jeff Nelson |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Marco Scutaro | Second Baseman |
| David Eckstein | DH |
| Alex Rios | Right Fielder |
| Vernon Wells | Center Fielder |
| Rod Barajas | Catcher |
| Adam Lind | Left Fielder |
| Jose Bautista | First Baseman |
| Scott Rolen | Third Baseman |
| John McDonald | Shortstop |
| Cito Gaston | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Damon | Center Fielder |
| Derek Jeter | Shortstop |
| Bobby Abreu | Right Fielder |
| Alex Rodriguez | Third Baseman |
| Jason Giambi | First Baseman |
| Xavier Nady | Left Fielder |
| Hideki Matsui | DH |
| Robinson Cano | Second Baseman |
| Jose Molina | Catcher |
| Joe Girardi | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 31, 2008
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Scutaro vs. Pettitte
Scutaro takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Eckstein vs. Pettitte
Eckstein bunts towards the mound. Pettitte fields it and throws to first for the out. Scutaro moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Rios vs. Pettitte
Rios hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scutaro moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Wells vs. Pettitte
Wells hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Scutaro scores. Rios moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Barajas vs. Pettitte
Barajas hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Nady. Barajas reaches second base with a double. Rios scores. Wells goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Lind vs. Pettitte
Lind strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Bautista vs. Pettitte
Bautista strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Halladay
Damon strikes out. Barajas drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Damon out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Jeter vs. Halladay
Jeter hits a fly ball into right field. Rios settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Abreu vs. Halladay
Abreu hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Halladay
Rodriguez hits a line drive towards short. McDonald reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rolen vs. Pettitte
Rolen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Pettitte
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scutaro vs. Pettitte
Scutaro hits a fly ball into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Eckstein vs. Pettitte
Eckstein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Giambi scoops it up and throws to first, with Pettitte covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Halladay
Giambi hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Nady vs. Halladay
Nady hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wells. Nady reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Matsui vs. Halladay
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Halladay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cano vs. Halladay
Cano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scutaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Pettitte
Rios hits a line drive into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Pettitte
Wells hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Barajas vs. Pettitte
Barajas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Molina vs. Halladay
Molina hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Halladay
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Jeter vs. Halladay
Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scutaro fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Abreu vs. Halladay
Abreu hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bautista scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Abreu for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Pettitte
Lind hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pettitte fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bautista vs. Pettitte
Bautista hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Nady. Bautista reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Rolen vs. Pettitte
Rolen strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
McDonald vs. Pettitte
McDonald hits a fly ball into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Halladay
Rodriguez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Halladay
Giambi hits a fly ball into right field. Rios settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Nady vs. Halladay
Nady hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Matsui vs. Halladay
Matsui hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Nady moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Cano vs. Halladay
Cano strikes out. There goes Nady. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Matsui. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Molina vs. Halladay
Molina hits a popup towards first. Bautista settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Scutaro vs. Pettitte
Scutaro strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Eckstein vs. Pettitte
Eckstein hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Rios vs. Pettitte
Rios hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Eckstein moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Wells vs. Pettitte
Wells hits a fly ball into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Halladay
Damon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jeter vs. Halladay
Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Halladay fields it and throws to first for the out. Damon moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Abreu vs. Halladay
Abreu hits a fly ball into left field. Lind settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Halladay
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Barajas vs. Pettitte
Barajas hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Pettitte
Lind hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Cano reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bautista vs. Pettitte
Bautista hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cano scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giambi vs. Halladay
Giambi hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nady vs. Halladay
Nady hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scutaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Halladay
Matsui hits a popup towards short. McDonald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cano vs. Halladay
Cano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scutaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rolen vs. Pettitte
Rolen hits a popup towards short. Jeter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Pettitte
McDonald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Scutaro vs. Pettitte
Scutaro hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Abreu. Scutaro reaches second base with a double. McDonald moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Eckstein vs. Pettitte
Eckstein hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McDonald scores. Scutaro moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Rios vs. Veras
Jose Veras now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Scutaro scores. Eckstein moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Rios vs. Veras
Rios strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Wells vs. Veras
Wells is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Barajas vs. Veras
Barajas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Molina vs. Halladay
Lyle Overbay now playing first base.
Molina strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Halladay
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scutaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Jeter vs. Halladay
Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Aceves
Alfredo Aceves now pitching.
Lind hits a fly ball into left field. Nady settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Overbay vs. Aceves
Overbay strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Rolen vs. Aceves
Rolen hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Abreu vs. Downs
Joe Inglett now playing left field. Scott Downs now pitching.
Abreu hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay scoops it up and throws to first, with Downs covering, for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Downs
Rodriguez is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Giambi vs. Downs
Giambi is hit by the pitch. Rodriguez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Nady vs. Downs
Nady hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Giambi moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Matsui vs. Downs
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scutaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Aceves
McDonald hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Molina settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Scutaro vs. Aceves
Scutaro strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Eckstein vs. Aceves
Eckstein strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cano vs. League
Brandon League now pitching.
Cano hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Betemit vs. League
Wilson Betemit pinch hits for Jose Molina.
Betemit hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scutaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. League
Damon hits a line drive into left field. Inglett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/2008 -- Toronto at New York (D)
Toronto AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Scutaro M, 2b 4 2 1 0 Damon J, cf 5 0 2 0
Eckstein D, dh 4 0 2 1 Jeter D, ss 4 0 0 0
Rios A, rf 4 1 1 0 Abreu B, rf 4 0 1 0
Wells V, cf 3 1 2 1 Rodriguez A, 3b 3 1 1 1
Barajas R, c 4 0 1 2 Giambi J, 1b 3 1 1 1
Lind A, lf 4 0 0 0 Nady X, lf 4 0 2 0
Inglett J, lf 0 0 0 0 Matsui H, dh 4 0 1 0
Bautista J, 1b 3 0 1 0 Cano R, 2b 4 0 0 0
Overbay L, 1b 1 0 0 0 Molina J, c 3 0 0 0
Rolen S, 3b 4 1 1 1 Betemit W, ph 1 0 0 0
McDonald J, ss 4 1 1 0
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35 6 10 5 35 2 8 2
Toronto 310 000 200 -- 6
New York 000 101 000 -- 2
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Halladay R (W) 7.0 8 2 2 0 3
Downs S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
League B 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte A (L) 6.1 10 6 6 1 4
Veras J 0.2 0 0 0 1 2
Aceves A 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Toronto 5, New York 8
2B -- Barajas R, Nady X, Bautista J, Scutaro M
HR -- Rolen S, Rodriguez A, Giambi J
SH -- Eckstein D
HBP -- by Downs S (Rodriguez A), by Downs S (Giambi J)
WP -- Halladay R, Veras J
T -- 2:47
A -- 53634
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