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Reuters“Everything was down the middle,” said Wang, who had allowed seven runs three times previously. It last happened on May 10 against Texas.
Torre said Wang’s pitches were moving laterally but not sinking as much as normal, leading to control problems.
“He was getting behind in some counts, which was uncharacteristic,” Torre said.
Toronto took a 3-0 lead in the first on an RBI double by Alex Rios and a two-run single by Wells.
Cano closed the gap with a two-run homer off Halladay in the third before Toronto blew the game open with a five-run third, one of two innings in which the Blue Jays batted around.
Matt Stairs led off with a double and scored on Lyle Overbay’s single. One out later, Wells doubled home Overbay and scored on Thomas’ single. Troy Glaus walked and Aaron Hill grounded out before Gregg Zaun chased Wang with a two-run double down the right field line.
Thomas doubled home Rios in the fourth off reliever Jeff Karstens before the Blue Jays exploded for five more in the sixth off Karstens and left-hander Ron Villone.
Stairs walked, Overbay doubled and Rios reached on Derek Jeter’s fielding error, loading the bases for Wells, who hit a sacrifice fly. Thomas flied out and Glaus walked before Hill and John McDonald sandwiched two-run singles around a walk to Zaun.
Cano and Matsui both homered off Halladay in the seventh. Matsui’s homer was the 101st of his career, the most by a Japanese-born player in major league history.
Brian Wolfe worked a scoreless eighth before Jeremy Accardo closed it out in the ninth.
Yankees outfielder Bobby Abreu was ejected by home plate umpire Derryl Cousins for arguing a called third strike in the fourth inning. It was Abreu’s first ejection of the season.
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“It was a bad pitch low and in and I discussed that,” Abreu said. “He didn’t like the way I slammed the bat in the dugout and he just threw me out.”
Torre said Cousins was too quick to toss Abreu, who was replaced by Shelley Duncan.
“The fuse was a little short,” he said.
Notes: Glaus, who is stuck in an 0-for-21 slump, was the only Blue Jays starter not to record a hit. He walked and scored twice. ... Melky Cabrera extended his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games with an infield single in the sixth. ... Stairs doubled in his first two at-bats to give him five straight doubles. He’s the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat since Colorado’s Charles Johnson did it in 2004.
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
