| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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| Yankees | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
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| Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Blue Jays on Saturday. (Getty Images) |
The Yankees were able to come out with a win today as they defeated the Blue Jays 5-3 in eleven inning. What once was a 3-0 lead was washed away in the eighth inning, but the Yankees recovered and scored two in the eleventh. inning. Hiroki Kuroda was outstanding again today as he gave them a stellar outing.
Hiroki Kuroda allowed one run on three hits in seven and a third innings of work. He struck out seven and walked only one. Kuroda finished his outing with 108 pitches thrown, in which 64 of them were for strikes.
David Robertson replaced Kuroda with one out in the seventh and surrendered three runs, which tied the game at three.
The bullpen, excluding Robertson, was solid today. Joba Chamberlain was electric as his fastball hit 98 on the radar gun, which was backed up with a hard slider. Boone Logan did a good job today as well as Shawn Kelley.
The Yankee offense got on the board in the second inning when Vernon Wells lined a solo shot off of the right field foul screen. They would tack on two more runs in the fifth inning on a Kevin Youkilis two-run single.
With the game tied at three in the eleventh inning, the Yankees had runners on first and second with no outs. Francisco Cervelli was on first and Vernon Wells was on second as they both reached on singles. Ichiro Suzuki was up and he laid down a bunt that was fielding cleanly by Aaron Loup. Loup tried to get the lead runner at third base, but threw the ball wide of the bag. Vernon Wells and Francisco Cervelli would both score on the throwing error.
Mariano Rivera came on in the eleventh inning and locked down his fifth save of the season.
The Yankees and Blue Jays will complete their three game set tomorrow afternoon
