The game didn't start that way. Derek Jeter led off with a solo shot to CF. Sergio Mitre struck out 5 Jays through 2 innings. Mitre surrendered a solo shot in the 3rd to Aaron Hill and after the Yanks scratched out another run, things ran afoul for him in the 4th. With 2 men on and none out, Mitre fielded a comebacker and threw slightly wide of 2B. Robinson Cano couldn't handle the throw as a run scored and the Jays had runners on 2nd and 3rd. Cano was charged with the error, but it wasn't a good throw from Mitre. The Jays would score 2 more runs with Mitre allowing career utility player, Joe Inglett, to triple in the 4th run with 2 out. He has consistently demonstrated a lack of ability to get the 3rd out in innings. It has to be his inability to bear down, because he is not talented enough to let up.
The Yanks though, gave him one last shot. Robinson Cano and Jerry Hairston, Jr. led off the bottom of the 4th with back-to-back HRs to tie the game. Mitre coughed it up one last time when Lyle Overbay crushed one in the 5th. Overbay's dinger would hold up, as the Yanks weren't able to push across the tying run, despite Alfredo Aceves tossing 4 shutout innings in relief. Are the Yanks trying to stretch him out as a starter?
Cano led off the 6th with a double, but was stranded. Jeter led off the 7th with a single, but Nick Swisher, Mark Teixeira and ARod all K'd. Their last shot came in the 9th when Hideki Matsui hit a one-out single, but pinch runner Ramiro Pena was left stranded when Swisher struck out for the 3rd time to end the game.
The Yankees will have to ask themselves if they can afford to keep Sergio Mitre in the starting rotation. Granted, only 3 of the 5 runs were earned, but he is not able to nip innings in the bud, and it cost him and the team tonight.
Yankees Record: 69-43
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