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NEW YORK -- Jason Giambi's pinch-hit two-run homer off B.J. Ryan in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Yankees to a 9-8 victory over the Blue Jays on Thursday at Yankee Stadium.
Down by two runs heading to the ninth, the Yankees made two quick outs before Alex Rodriguez kept the inning alive with a single. Hideki Matsui followed with a single to score Rodriguez from second and bring the Yankees to within one before Giambi bashed his team-leading 12th homer deep into the upper deck in right field.
The late heroics from Giambi -- who had been slowed by a sore left foot after being hit by a pitch in the first game of the series -- rescued the Yankees after, for the fourth straight start, Chien-Ming Wang gave up more than five runs, done in by a shaky fifth inning that included a costly defensive lapse by center fielder Melky Cabrera.
The Jays went ahead, 3-2, when Cabrera dropped what should have been a routine lineout by Alex Rios with one out in the fifth. The error allowed Joe Inglett to score and washed away a likely inning-ending double play because he had nearly rounded third base from second.
Wang tossed 4 1/3 innings and surrendered seven runs (six earned) on four hits -- including a two-run homer by Matt Stairs -- and four walks. A two-run double by Lyle Overbay extended the Jays' lead to 7-2 and capped a five-run fifth inning. Wang has now gone six straight starts without a win, the longest such streak of his career.
In his first game since April 26, Jorge Posada went 1-for-3 with one strikeout and led off the second with a first-pitch single. Posada was activated from the 15-day disabled list before Wednesday's game.
Down by two runs heading to the ninth, the Yankees made two quick outs before Alex Rodriguez kept the inning alive with a single. Hideki Matsui followed with a single to score Rodriguez from second and bring the Yankees to within one before Giambi bashed his team-leading 12th homer deep into the upper deck in right field.
The late heroics from Giambi -- who had been slowed by a sore left foot after being hit by a pitch in the first game of the series -- rescued the Yankees after, for the fourth straight start, Chien-Ming Wang gave up more than five runs, done in by a shaky fifth inning that included a costly defensive lapse by center fielder Melky Cabrera.
The Jays went ahead, 3-2, when Cabrera dropped what should have been a routine lineout by Alex Rios with one out in the fifth. The error allowed Joe Inglett to score and washed away a likely inning-ending double play because he had nearly rounded third base from second.
Wang tossed 4 1/3 innings and surrendered seven runs (six earned) on four hits -- including a two-run homer by Matt Stairs -- and four walks. A two-run double by Lyle Overbay extended the Jays' lead to 7-2 and capped a five-run fifth inning. Wang has now gone six straight starts without a win, the longest such streak of his career.
In his first game since April 26, Jorge Posada went 1-for-3 with one strikeout and led off the second with a first-pitch single. Posada was activated from the 15-day disabled list before Wednesday's game.
