Jorge Posada tried to find A.J. Burnett after his game-ending hit Saturday. He darted away when Joba Chamberlain jumped in front of him, and Burnett crept up for a direct hit with one of his whipped cream pies. Just another fun day at home for the New York Yankees. Posada singled in the winning run in the 12th inning to lift New York to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, coming up with the...

After he was knocked out in the third inning at Fenway Park in early June, A.J. Burnett vowed to improve. Has he ever. Burnett scattered six hits over seven innings to win for the third time in four starts, and the Yankees opened the long holiday weekend with a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.

Ricky Romero spent the past two winters tinkering with his changeup. All that extra work is starting to pay off. Romero pitched four-hit ball over eight innings, Rod Barajas, Adam Lind and Scott Rolen each homered and the Toronto Blue Jays ended the Tampa Bay Rays' seven-game winning streak with a 5-0 victory Wednesday.

Right from the first pitch, the Tampa Bay Rays had their power stroke going. B.J. Upton homered to leadoff the game, Carl Crawford and Willy Aybar added solo shots and the Rays won their seventh straight game Tuesday night, 4-1 over the Toronto Blue Jays. "We really lived by the long ball," Rays manager Joe Maddon said.

In his first game back from the disabled list, Toronto ace Roy Halladay was outpitched by a rookie. Carl Crawford and Pat Burrell homered, Jeff Niemann pitched 7 1-3 strong innings and the Tampa Bays Rays ruined Halladay's return with their sixth straight victory, 4-1 over the Blue Jays on Monday night.

Brad Lidge's knee and Philadelphia's bullpen each faced a big test Sunday. Both came through successfully. Chase Utley hit a two-run triple, Jamie Moyer won back-to-back starts for the first time in more than two months and the Phillies held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Sunday afternoon.

Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel held a rare meeting Friday because he wanted to wake his team up. They sure looked wide-eyed on Saturday. J.A. Happ pitched a five-hitter, Jayson Werth homered twice and the Phillies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-0. "Usually you have to have anywhere from two to four of those meetings a year," Manuel said.

The Philadelphia Phillies held a closed-door meeting after losing for the 11th time in 13 games. The 20 minute session uncovered a lengthy list of problems but didn't provide any solutions. Ricky Romero held Philadelphia hitless for six innings and Aaron Hill hit a two-run double in the Toronto Blue Jays' 6-1 victory over the slumping Phillies on Friday night.

Joey Votto made sure the Cincinnati Reds didn't get swept out of his hometown. Votto had a tiebreaking home run among his four hits and the Reds avoided a sweep, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 on Thursday night. Born in suburban Toronto, Votto came in 2 for 18 in five career games here but turned that around by doubling home a run in the first, hitting an RBI single in the second, reaching...

One year later, Bronson Arroyo took another beating in Toronto. Aaron Hill, Adam Lind and Vernon Wells homered in a five-run first inning and the Toronto Blue Jays again battered Arroyo, beating the Cincinnati Reds 8-2 Wednesday night. Toronto won its third straight game. Cincinnati lost its fourth in a row and dropped two games under .500 for the first time this season.

Brian Tallet's changeup was working so well against right-handed batters that Blue Jays catcher Rod Barajas started calling for it against lefties, too. So far, so good. Instead of worrying about his changeup sinking down and in, the traditional power zone for left-handed hitters, Tallet's off-speed pitch is fooling batters on either side of the plate.