Yankees' rally had that October feel
September, 30, 2012
9/30/12
7:14
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By
Wallace Matthews | ESPNNewYork.com
TORONTO -- The Yankees didn't play their best game of the season, far from it, in beating the Blue Jays, 9-6, to salvage a split of this four-game series and end their seven-game road trip ever-so-slightly in the black at 4-3. But they may have put together their best inning of the season in the seventh, just at a time when it looked as if they were headed to a crushing, and perhaps season-threatening, defeat.
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Wallace Matthews
ESPNNewYork.comWallace Matthews has covered New York sports since 1983 as a reporter, columnist, radio host and TV commentator. He covers the Yankees for ESPNNewYork.com after working for Newsday, the New York Post, the New York Sun and ESPN New York 98.7 FM.
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UPCOMING GAMES
| W-L | HM | AW | STK | L10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYY | 30-18 | 15-9 | 15-9 | W2 | |
| TAM | 24-24 | 14-10 | 10-14 | L3 |
| W-L | HM | AW | STK | L10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYY | 30-18 | 15-9 | 15-9 | W2 | |
| TAM | 24-24 | 14-10 | 10-14 | L3 |
| W-L | HM | AW | STK | L10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYY | 30-18 | 15-9 | 15-9 | W2 | |
| NYM | 17-29 | 9-17 | 8-12 | L5 |
TEAM LEADERS
| WINS LEADER | ||||||||||||
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Hiroki Kuroda
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| OTHER LEADERS | ||||||||||||
| BA | R. Cano | .286 | ||||||||||
| HR | R. Cano | 13 | ||||||||||
| RBI | R. Cano | 34 | ||||||||||
| R | R. Cano | 26 | ||||||||||
| OPS | R. Cano | .894 | ||||||||||
| ERA | H. Kuroda | 2.67 | ||||||||||
| SO | C. Sabathia | 56 | ||||||||||
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