The Jays take their third series of the year from the Yankees
It was all Vernon all the time last night. Wells kicked things off with a triple and a run in the first, and followed with a two run dinger in the third and an rbi infield single in the fourth. Aaron Hill, down in the 8th spot again had a good night for himself too, with a homer, a couple of walks and a couple of runs scored. On the pitching side Brett Cecil was excellent, he went eight strong, giving up a couple of runs and striking out five. Cecil has dominated the AL East this year.
Early in August there was a lot of talk that from August 2nd onwards the Jays opponents were all likely to be over .500, until a series against Baltimore in the middle of September. The 'Great 38' Mike Wilner took to calling this run of games. With last night's win, the Jays are now 12-9 in that stretch - not too shabby.
Elsewhere the Rays got Jeff Niemann back from the DL, but he had an almighty struggle, being pulled in the fourth after giving up ten runs. Tampa Bay lost 12-3 and remain tied at the top of the AL East with New York.
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