MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
NEW YORK YANKEES AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS
08/09/2006
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
NEW YORK YANKEES AT TORONTO BLUE JAYS
GAME ID: 1704 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9TH , 2006 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Yankees (66-49) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 9 0
Toronto Blue Jays (64-51) 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 X 7 10 0
Blue Jays Win at Home, 7-5
Starting pitcher Ricky Sosa pitched well enough to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees, 7-5. Sosa got the win, improving to 10-7. He gave up 5 hits and walked 1 over 6.1 innings. He allowed 1 run. New York has now lost 4 in a row.

In the bottom of the seventh, Toronto first baseman Todd Helton had a productive at-bat. With the bases loaded and one out, Helton stroked a 2-run single to left. It made the score 6-1, Toronto. For the game, he was 1-4. He drove in 2 runs.

"I put my work in and trusted the process," said Sosa.
NEW YORK BATTING LINESCORE TORONTO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Cano 2B 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .301 17 67
E. Longoria 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .273 0 2
T. Hafner DH 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .330 18 87
A. Rodriguez SS 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 .261 19 68
M. Thames LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .163 5 15
I. Rodriguez C 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .327 11 61
M. Kotsay RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .282 5 29
R. Sadler CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .255 9 46
H. Blalock 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .230 10 41
   a-A. Pujols PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .299 25 81
Totals 35 5 9 5 1 8 8      
a - A. Pujols pinch hit for H. Blalock in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: E. Longoria (1, 8th Inning off N. Evangelista, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: I. Rodriguez (11, 7th Inning off R. Sosa, 0 on, 1 out) , A. Rodriguez (19, 8th Inning off N. Evangelista, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: R. Cano 2 , E. Longoria 2 , T. Hafner , A. Rodriguez 6 , I. Rodriguez 4 , M. Kotsay
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Rodriguez , M. Thames
GIDP: R. Sadler
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Cano-Rodriguez-Blalock, Longoria-Cano-Blalock)
OF assists: 1 (Thames(Wakeland at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Peralta SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 .295 12 55
K. Griffey Jr. RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 .237 6 20
C. Quentin CF, LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .242 24 67
C. Wakeland DH 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .262 30 91
T. Helton 1B 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 .295 8 64
Y. Molina C 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .292 13 67
B. Wilkerson LF 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 .256 10 42
   a-A. Rios CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 3 17
B. Boone 2B 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .246 6 37
S. Pratt 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .243 3 28
Totals 30 7 10 7 5 2 17      
a - A. Rios substituted for B. Wilkerson in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Wilkerson 2 (23, 2nd Inning off H. Totten, 1 on, 0 outs; 8th Inning off J. Soria, 0 on, 0 outs) , Y. Molina (27, 2nd Inning off H. Totten, 0 on, 0 outs) , B. Boone 2 (15, 2nd Inning off H. Totten, 1 on, 0 outs; 8th Inning off J. Soria, 1 on, 0 outs)
Triples: K. Griffey Jr. (1, 2nd Inning off H. Totten, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: K. Griffey Jr. (6, 5th Inning off H. Totten, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Peralta , K. Griffey Jr. 7 , T. Helton , Y. Molina 2 , B. Wilkerson 4 , B. Boone 4 , S. Pratt
2-out RBI: K. Griffey Jr.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Griffey Jr. , C. Quentin , T. Helton
GIDP: J. Peralta , S. Pratt
Hit by Pitch: C. Quentin , C. Wakeland , S. Pratt
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
CS: S. Pratt (2)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Pratt-Boone-Helton)
NEW YORK PITCHING LINESCORE TORONTO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
H. Totten L (6-7) 5.1 6 4 4 5 2 1 103 5.05   
B. Kim 1.2 2 2 2 0 0 0 20 6.81   
J. Soria 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 1.88   
PITCHING
Game Score: H. Totten 37
Batters Faced: H. Totten 26, B. Kim 7, J. Soria 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: H. Totten 4-9, B. Kim 1-2, J. Soria 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: H. Totten 103-58, B. Kim 20-10, J. Soria 19-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Kim 1-0
Hit Batsmen: B. Kim 2 , J. Soria
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Sosa W (10-7) 6.1 5 1 1 1 6 1 88 4.92   
N. Evangelista H (8) 1.0 4 4 4 0 0 1 24 4.48   
W. Startup H (7) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.51   
H. Jones SV (25) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.13   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Sosa 64
Batters Faced: R. Sosa 24, N. Evangelista 7, W. Startup 2, H. Jones 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Sosa 10-2, N. Evangelista 1-2, W. Startup 0-1, H. Jones 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: R. Sosa 88-56, N. Evangelista 24-16, W. Startup 7-5, H. Jones 11-6
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ricky Sosa
Ballpark: SkyDome
Weather: Partly Cloudy (68 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 14 mph
Start Time: 7:07 PM ET
Time: 2:50
Attendance: 50418
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