In a game of to completely different stories Mariano Rivera tied Trevor Hoffman for all time saves

The first four innings of the game was all Blue Jays as Henderson Alvarez was breezing through the Yankees batters as he faced the minimum over the first two innings with Mark Teixeira hitting into a double play to end the first and Nick Swisher hit into the double play in the second. Then the Jays came to bat in the second and 5 of the first 6 batters reaching base and Colby Rasmus RBI double while Brett Lawrie almost beat out a Jeter throw on a ground but picked up a RBI and Jose Molina had a RBI ground rule double and Mike McCoy had sac bunt RBI as the Jays brought 8 batters to the plate and scored 4 to open the scoring. Alvarez faced a batter above minimum through the third inning and a walk and double lead to the first Yankee run in the fourth when Robinson Cano a sac fly dropped by Adam Loewen but Cano gave it right back with one out he thought Rasmus had no chance to catch a Nick Swisher field ball but he did and Cano over ran Teixeira who would of scored the Yankees second run if Cano had not run into a careless out. In the bottom of the fourth Mike McCoy had a two run double to give the Jays a 6-1 lead and Alvarez had shutout the Yankees on 5 hits and a walk and had given up 9 hits and 2 walks in 11 innings of 1 run ball against the Yanks and Soxs in his young MLB career.

Then in the sixth the Yankees showed Alvarez and the Blue Jays how the Yankees are the Yankees as Curtis Granderson begain with a ground rule double and Teixeira single him home and then Alvarez trow a wild pitch and later hit Cano to bring A-Rod to the plate and he hit a no doubter as A-Rod's three run homer cut the Jays lead to 6-5 as the Yankees just started to put their bats together. When Carlos Villanueva came in for the seventh Jeter got a single which lead to Curtis Ganderson stepped up and Carlos must of thought that Ganderson would not end the at bat as he fouled off 7 straight 2 and 2 pitches before he joined Bautista in the 40 homer club as on the 12 pitch he saw was delivered into the center field seats and the two run digger gave the Yankees a 7-6 lead. The Yankees bullpen after Bartolo Colon left after four innings of 6 runs on 7 hits and a walk did not even allow a Jay to reach base and the final scene was Mariano Rivera got Eric Thames to fly out to Curtis Ganderson and the last player to ever wear the No. 42 picked up his 42 save on the season and his 601St in his hall of fame career to tied Trevor Hoffman for the all-timer record in saves as the Yankees won 7-6.

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Tom Mehegan