Alex Rodriguez has 4 RBIs and Sidney Ponson got shelled, but the Yankees were able to keep their heads above water winning 13-9.

A-Rod, Abreu, and Damon each had three hits while Jeter, Nady, and Matsui each drove in two runners.

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Damon CF	4	3	3	1	2	0	0	.316
D Jeter SS	3	3	2	2	3	0	0	.296
B Abreu RF	5	2	3	1	1	1	2	.302
A Rodriguez 3B	6	2	3	4	0	0	3	.309
J Giambi 1B	4	0	0	1	1	1	6	.249
C Ransom 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600
X Nady LF	5	0	1	2	0	2	2	.300
H Matsui DH	5	0	2	2	0	1	3	.304
R Cano 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	.268
I Rodriguez C	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	.281
Totals	42	13	17	13	7	6	19
BATTING HR: J Damon (12, 2nd inning off J Verlander 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: A Rodriguez 4 (85), J Giambi (85), H Matsui 2 (42), J Damon (58), X Nady 2 (25), B Abreu (84), D Jeter 2 (62) SF: X Nady, J Giambi 2-out RBI: H Matsui 2, X Nady, D Jeter 2 GIDP: H Matsui Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: B Abreu 1, A Rodriguez 2, R Cano 1, H Matsui 1 Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: B Abreu (16, 2nd base off J Verlander/B Inge)
FIELDING E: R Cano (13, ground ball)

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Ponson	3.0	9	7	6	1	1	2	76-43	5.13
E Ramirez	1.1	2	2	2	3	1	1	40-22	3.68
B Bruney (W, 2-0)	1.2	1	0	0	1	3	0	30-14	2.42
P Coke	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	20-12	0.00
D Marte	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18-10	7.11
C Britton	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18-9	3.78
Totals	9.0	13	9	8	6	9	3	202-110
PITCHING WP: P Coke Batters faced: S Ponson 20; E Ramirez 9; B Bruney 7; P Coke 4; D Marte 3; C Britton 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Ponson 5-3; E Ramirez 0-3; B Bruney 0-2; P Coke 0-1; D Marte 0-1; C Britton 1-2

Scoring Summary
			NYY	DET
	1st	A Rodriguez singled to center, J Damon and D Jeter scored, B Abreu to third.	2	0
	1st	J Giambi hit sacrifice fly to left, B Abreu scored, A Rodriguez to second.	3	0
	1st	H Matsui singled to center, A Rodriguez scored.	4	0
	1st	M Ordonez doubled to left, C Granderson scored.	4	1
	2nd	J Damon homered to right.	5	1
	2nd	A Rodriguez safe at first on error by third baseman J Larish, D Jeter scored.	6	1
	2nd	X Nady singled to left, B Abreu scored, A Rodriguez to second.	7	1
	2nd	H Matsui singled to right, A Rodriguez scored, X Nady to third.	8	1
	2nd	G Sheffield homered to left center.	8	2
	3rd	B Abreu singled to left, I Rodriguez scored, J Damon to third, D Jeter to second.	9	2
	3rd	A Rodriguez singled to left, J Damon scored, D Jeter to third, B Abreu to second.	10	2
	3rd	X Nady hit sacrifice fly to left, D Jeter scored.	11	2
	4th	B Inge homered to left, J Larish scored.	11	4
	4th	P Polanco safe at first on error by second baseman R Cano, R Santiago scored, C Granderson to third.	11	5
	4th	M Ordonez hit sacrifice fly to right, C Granderson scored.	11	6
	4th	M Cabrera homered to right, P Polanco scored.	11	8
	5th	M Ordonez singled to left, C Granderson scored, P Polanco to second.	11	9
	6th	D Jeter singled to right, R Cano and I Rodriguez scored, J Damon to third.	13	9

Carl Pavano has got a win streak going, even though its been 501 days in between the two wins. Pavano pitched well against the Orioles last night, going five innings en route to a 5-3 Yankee win. Rivera picked up the save (#30 on the season) and Giambi and Matsui both homered.

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Damon CF	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	.311
D Jeter SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.296
B Abreu RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.293
A Rodriguez 3B	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	.309
J Giambi 1B	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	.253
C Ransom 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
X Nady LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.316
H Matsui DH	4	1	1	1	0	1	2	.312
R Cano 2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.263
I Rodriguez C	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.285
Totals	35	5	8	5	1	9	8
BATTING 2B: A Rodriguez (29, J Guthrie) HR: J Giambi (25, 3rd inning off J Guthrie 1 on, 2 Out); H Matsui (9, 7th inning off J Guthrie 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Rodriguez (78), J Giambi 3 (76), H Matsui (38) 2-out RBI: A Rodriguez, J Giambi 3 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: B Abreu 1, H Matsui 1 Team LOB: 5
FIELDING DP: 1 (R Cano).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Pavano (W, 1-0)	5.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	91-54	5.40
B Bruney (H, 5)	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	29-19	2.11
J Veras (H, 8)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	21-13	2.72
M Rivera (S, 30)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-6	1.57
Totals	9.0	9	3	3	1	9	0	151-92
PITCHING HBP: K Millar (By C Pavano); M Mora (By C Pavano) Batters faced: C Pavano 24; B Bruney 7; J Veras 4; M Rivera 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Pavano 5-4; B Bruney 2-3; J Veras 1-0; M Rivera 2-0

Scoring Summary
			NYY	BAL
	1st	A Rodriguez doubled to deep center, J Damon scored, A Rodriguez to third advancing on throw.	1	0
	1st	J Giambi reached on infield single to second, A Rodriguez scored.	2	0
	2nd	J Castro hit sacrifice fly to center, L Scott scored, K Millar to third, J Payton to second.	2	1
	2nd	B Roberts grounded out to shortstop, K Millar scored, J Payton to third.	2	2
	2nd	N Markakis singled to center, J Payton scored.	2	3
	3rd	J Giambi homered to center, A Rodriguez scored.	4	3
	7th	H Matsui homered to right center.	5	3

Momentum seems hard to come by for the Yanks theses days; after winning the day before, the Bombers were blown out of the water by the hapless Blue Jays, 14-3.
The lone bright spot in the evening was the return of Hideki Matsui, who hit a three run homer in the top of the seventh.

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Damon CF-LF	3	0	1	0	1	2	1	.313
D Jeter SS	4	0	1	0	0	2	3	.297
C Ransom SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
B Abreu RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.288
J Molina 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227
A Rodriguez 3B	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	.308
W Betemit 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259
J Giambi 1B	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	.250
B Gardner CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189
X Nady LF-RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.315
H Matsui DH	4	1	1	3	0	0	2	.317
R Cano 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261
I Rodriguez C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.288
Totals	32	3	7	3	2	10	13
BATTING HR: H Matsui (8, 7th inning off R Halladay 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: H Matsui 3 (37) GIDP: B Abreu Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Jeter 1, A Rodriguez 1 Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING SB: J Damon 2 (23, 2nd base off R Halladay/R Barajas 2)
FIELDING E: J Giambi (7, ground ball)

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Ponson (L, 7-4)	2.0	8	7	7	1	0	0	51-31	4.67
D Robertson	1.1	3	2	2	1	1	0	31-19	5.96
B Traber	2.1	7	4	4	1	2	1	48-34	7.02
E Ramirez	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-4	3.57
C Britton	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	38-27	4.61
Totals	8.0	21	14	14	3	6	1	174-115
PITCHING Batters faced: S Ponson 14; D Robertson 8; B Traber 15; E Ramirez 1; C Britton 10 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Ponson 2-3; D Robertson 0-3; B Traber 1-4; E Ramirez 0-0; C Britton 0-4

Scoring Summary
			NYY	TOR
	1st	A Rios singled to right center, J Inglett scored.	0	1
	2nd	R Barajas hit sacrifice fly to center, A Lind scored.	0	2
	3rd	A Rios doubled to deep right, J Inglett and M Scutaro scored.	0	4
	3rd	A Lind singled to center, A Rios scored, V Wells to second.	0	5
	3rd	J McDonald singled to center, V Wells and A Lind scored, L Overbay to second.	0	7
	4th	M Stairs doubled to deep center, M Scutaro, A Rios and A Lind scored.	0	10
	5th	M Scutaro homered to left, J McDonald and J Inglett scored.	0	13
	7th	H Matsui homered to right, A Rodriguez and X Nady scored.	3	13
	8th	M Scutaro doubled to left, R Barajas scored, J Inglett to third.	3	14

White Plains, NY
by Chris Lima
River Avenue News

According to multiple sources, the New York Yankees might be able to find a little boost courtesy of some players making their way back from the disabled list.

As early as tomorrow, Yankee skipper Joe Girardi has hinted that injured outfielder Hideki Matsui may return to the lineup: (from MLB.com)

Matsui had 15 simulated at-bats on Sunday in Tampa, Fla., getting his early work in after playing in three games for the Class A Tampa Yankees.

With his left knee showing no signs of swelling, the Yankees are optimistic that Matsui -- out since June 22 with inflammation -- may be able to rejoin the big league club as it opens a six-game road trip on Tuesday at Toronto.

"It's a big bat to get back in the lineup," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Hideki has obviously been an integral part of this lineup the last four or five years. He'll be a welcome addition."

Matsui had 11 at-bats against right-handed pitching on Sunday and four against left-handers. He has logged eight total at-bats in game action for Tampa, stroking two hits -- including a home run -- and walking twice.

The Yankees have also hinted that a Saturday call-up may bring either Philip Hughes or Carl Pavano to help the back end of their rotation.

Hughes has been having mixed results while pitching for Scranton, recovering from a stress fracture in his rib cage. Pavano, finalizing the last year of his four year mega million bust deal, looks to salvage any shred of dignity he may have left.

From the Associated Press:

NEW YORK -- The Yankees acknowledged that Hideki Matsui could need surgery on his ailing left knee if it doesn't start feeling better. The slugger was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday.

"Hopefully, this is a 15-day thing and we get him healthy and get him better," manager Joe Girardi said. "Could it be more? Yes."

Matsui had surgery on his right knee last offseason, but his left one is hurting now. The designated hitter and part-time left fielder is batting .323 with seven homers and 34 RBIs in 69 games.

"It's sore. There's some issues in there, obviously," Girardi said. "He had to have it drained again yesterday and hopefully it calms down now."

Asked if surgery was a possibility, Girardi said: "I think when things don't get healthy, surgery is always your next bet. But we're hoping to avoid that."

General manager Brian Cashman said surgery for Matsui would be a "last resort."

The Yankees have made a bunch of roster moves to help aid a depleted bullpen:

Optioned RHP Ross Ohlendorf to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; recalled LHP Kei Igawa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Placed OF Hideki Matsui on the 15-day disabled list; purchased the contract of RHP Sidney Ponson from Double-A Trenton.