Power Back On For Jays
By Geoff Marks
Start popping the popcorn, it’s time for game four as field attendants and vendors alike prepare for the finale of the Yankees/Jays series. But what is this, a Power Outage!
Due to storming and power outage in the Toronto area, the game was put on hold for a good hour and a half. Then, after they finally got the lights on in the dome, things started off with an appreciation ceremony for Tom Cheek, radio announcer for the Jays. He was awarded a place on the Toronto "Wall of Fame" and a complimentary picture for his towering streak of 4306 consecutive games. All hail the Cal Ripken of announcers!
On the mound for the Yankees was Mike Mussina, who is yet to record a win since coming off the DL. In the lead off position for the Jays was Reed Johnson, and he did his duty, with not only getting a hit, but a homerun. Jays take an early 1-0 lead. The game went by pretty slow after that, until the bottom of the 8th when Carlos Delgado took Moose deep to tie the game, his 23rd. Then later that inning it was rookie Gabe Gross, Reed Johnson, and Orlando Hudson — all with RBI singles.
Starting off on the mound for the Jays was Miguel Batista. Batista’s last few starts have not been very good, so today he was looking for a win. In the third the Yankees tied it up with an A-rod solo homer, and then it’s A-rod again in the fifth when he knocked in Kenny Lofton with a RBI single. In the 7th Bernie Williams tried to stir things up with a RBI single. In the 9th it was Posada, with a pinch-hit homerun to bring the Yankees within two. But that was all as they couldn’t push the comeback, and the Jays won the game 6-4. Batista receives the win, and Mussina is given the loss.
The Red Sox also picked up a win today, so they advance ever closer to the division title, only 4 and 1/2 games back.
Sources- www.yankees.com
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