Aaron Hill was the player of the game. - Seen here getting ready to reek havoc on a ball.



I call this the slutty scoreboard. [It gets plenty of action]




New York toppled at home, shrinking their AL East lead to 8 and a half games over the Rays.

The Yankees lost some ground in the AL East, as the Blue Jays scored a 9-4 win at Yankee Stadium last night, Cutting New York's lead to 8 and a half games ahead of the Rays.

Eric Chavez slugged a home run and drove in 2 runs, going 2-for-4 at the plate to lead the offense.

C.C. Sabathia (16-8) got the call, but perhaps shouldn't have answered it, as he pitched only 4 and a third innings, giving up 7 runs and 8 hits, to take the loss. Joe Girardi talked about his club's performance in a post-game interview. "C.C. sucked a great deal today. Goodbye."

The two teams conclude their series this afternoon at Yankee Stadium, with Freddy not so krueger Garcia (14-7, 3.94) going for the Yankees against Clayton Richard (6-14, 4.54) and the Blue Jays.

TOR at NYY - Yankee Stadium
Sep 3, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto Blue Jays (67-72)	0	0	1	2	4	0	2	0	0	9	11	0
New York Yankees (101-40)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3
W: A.J. Burnett (11-11) L: C.C. Sabathia (16-8) S: Jason Frasor (1)

Toronto Blue Jays
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Patterson, CF	4	2	1	0	1	1		.242
Escobar, SS	5	1	2	1	0	0		.268
Arencibia, C	4	2	1	1	1	1		.276
Hill, 2B	5	1	2	3	0	0	1 (22)	.237
Snider, LF	5	1	2	0	0	1		.279
Shealy, DH	3	0	1	1	0	0		.314
Encarnacion, 1B	4	1	1	2	0	0	1 (10)	.193
Thomas, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1		.250
Nix, 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0		.155
TEAM TOTALS	38	9	11	8	2	4
BATTING: HR: A. Hill (22), E. Encarnacion (10) RBI: Y. Escobar (37), R. Shealy (15), A. Hill 3 (70), J. Arencibia (56), E. Encarnacion 2 (33) SF: R. Shealy
BASERUNNING: SB: C. Patterson 2 (19)

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Jeter, SS	4	0	1	0	0	2		.280
Granderson, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1		.287
Teixeira, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	3		.320
Rodriguez, 3B	3	1	0	0	1	2		.277
Cano, 2B	3	2	1	2	1	1	1 (21)	.261
Chavez, DH	4	1	2	2	0	2	1 (8)	.262
Montero, C	3	0	1	0	0	2		.274
Swisher, RF	3	0	0	0	1	2		.290
Gardner, CF	2	0	0	0	1	1		.289
TEAM TOTALS	30	4	5	4	5	16
BATTING: HR: R. Cano (21), E. Chavez (8) RBI: R. Cano 2 (77), E. Chavez 2 (30) GIDP: N. Swisher
BASERUNNING: SB: B. Gardner (57)
FIELDING: E: D. Jeter (13), J. Montero 2 (2)

Toronto Blue Jays
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
A. Burnett (W, 11-11)	6.0	4	4	4	5	13		3.94
J. Frasor (S, 1)	3.0	1	0	0	0	3		2.51
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	4	4	5	16

New York Yankees
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
C. Sabathia (L, 16-8)	4.1	8	7	6	1	0		4.56
J. Chamberlain	2.0	0	2	1	1	2		2.23
R. Soriano	0.2	2	0	0	0	0		2.70
L. Ayala	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		3.42
P. Hughes	1.0	1	0	0	0	2		2.18
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	11	9	7	2	4