Home Stand, Game 7

1:05PM HST

TOP 1: Menechino first pitch swinging, singles through the infield to left -- Johnson flails at a slider, SO (RJ 1) -- Wells waves through the heat, SO (RJ 2) -- Johnson gets Hillenbrand to wave at the slider, SO (RJ 3) -- after giving up the single, he strikes out the side

BOT 1: Jeter hits a tough grounder to third, out by a step -- Halladay works a full count to Womack, he grounds the payoff pitch to first, two down -- Sheff tics one straight into the ground, fair ball, he is tagged out by the catcher ... weird

1:26PM HST

TOP 2: Johnson walks Rios on four pitches -- Rios goes, Zaun grounds to Tino, one away -- Hinske, swing and a miss SO (RJ 4), two away -- Hudson makes a great running catch at the wall to end the inning ... wow

BOT 2: Matsui grounds to second, great play by Hudson -- ARod is Kd by a backdoor breaking ball, two down -- Giambi walks -- Posada grounds to Hudson to end the inning

1:41PM HST

TOP 3: McDonald flails at the high cheese (RJ 5) -- that was #4200K of the Big Unit's career -- now only 1514 short of the Ryan Express LOL -- full count to Menechino, the payoff pitch ... FROZEN PIZZA!!! (RJ 6) -- Reid Johnson has to skip some rope on the 1-1 pitch ... whoo -- Johnson doubles over Sheff's head -- a grounder to Jeter retires the side

BOT 3: Tino is HBP -- Bernie battles off a few, then strikes out swinging -- Jeter singles up the middle -- runners at first and second, one down -- full count to Womack, the payoff pitch ... runners go, Womack strikes out --- the throw by Zaun, dropped by Hillenbrand, Tino is safe

Two down, two on -- Sheff hits one right at Wells in center, three down

2:00PM HST

TOP 4: Johnson gets the leadoff batter to ground out -- Rios lines out to center -- Zaun grounds to short to retire the side

BOT 4: Matsui grounds to third -- ARod singles through the infield to right -- he steals second on the first pitch to Giambi -- Giambi strikes out -- Posada lines to third to end the inning ... still no score

2:15PM HST

TOP 5: Johnson pops up the leadoff man, nice catch by Tino crossing the mound -- Hudson walks, steals second on a breaking ball -- McDonald singles to center, Hudson holds at third -- Menechino hits into a routine 463 DP to retire the side and end potential Blue Jay rally

BOT 5: Tino taps one back at Halladay, easy first out -- McDonald leaps and steals a single from Bernie, two away -- Jeter down on strikes to end the inning

2:28PM HST

TOP 6: Reid Johnson strikes out (RJ 7) -- Wells grounds to third, two away --
Hillenbrand hits a comebacker to the Big Unit ... who stabs it with a behind the back catch and puts him away at first ... what a play!

BOT 6: Womack battles and then waves through a slow curve, SO -- Sheff crushes one but it dies in center, two down -- Matsui grounds right back to Halladay, who retires Matsui and the side

2:39PM HST

TOP 7: Rios first pitch swinging, singles to left -- Johnson picks off Rios, Tino makes a great throw to Womack to tag Rios out -- Zaun walks -- Hinske jacks an 0-2 pitch over the right field fence, Jays 2-0

Hudson grounds to Womack, two down -- McDonald hits a comebacker to Johnson, barehands this one, and goes to first to retire the side ...two great defensive plays by the Big Unit

Seventh Inning Stretch, Jays lead 2-0

Boy, this game with all the pitching and defense is blazing by

BOT 7: Full count to ARod, payoff pitch ... swung on and missed, one down -- Reid Johnson runs down a tail away bloop to left, two down -- Posada lines a two out double to the gap in right center

One on, two out -- Tino grounds to second, and that ends the inning

2:55PM

TOP 8: Menechino pops out to Jeter -- Reid Johnson grounds to short, two away -- Busy inning for Jeter, he puts out Wells for the third out

BOT 8: Bernie grounds to Hudson, one pitch, one out -- Halladay now at 100 pitches -- Jeter, back to back SOs -- Womack pops up to end the inning

3:06 PM HST

TOP 9: Hillenbrand lines one to center, single -- Rios also singles -- runners at first and second, none down -- Big Unit flashing the glove again, catches a potential sac bunt, one down -- not this time Hinske, SO (RJ 8) -- Hudson fouls the first pitch

Torre and Monahan to the mound to check on RJ -- he stays in, and blasts one by Hudson 0-2 -- and gets Hudson on a nasty slider (RJ 9) ... that is a CG for the Big Unit, and the 93rd of his career ... hard luck, hard luck

BOT 9: Halladay trying to get a CG and preserve the shutout -- Sheff jacks one to left ... FOUL -- nasty breaker gets Sheff, that's Halladay's 9th SO, one down -- Matsui grounds to second, two down -- ARod grounded out to short to end the game

Halladay has pitched a complete game, three hit shutout against the Yankees ... that's a gem -- Awesome pitching duel tonight between the Big Unit and Roy Halladay

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3:18 PM HST

In a National League special time-wise ... time to get back to the joyous labor of the sweat of my brow

FINAL: Jays win, 2-0

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Yanks guaranteed their first sub-.500 April since 1991 -- the thing that is frustrating about the past two games is that they have wasted two great outings by Big Unit and K. Brown -- and of course, no timely bats for the third consecutive game

What can I say ... this April cannot end any sooner for me