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 He pitched five innings and felt he could have gone deeper into the
game, and left fielder Chris Colabello had a career-best four hits
as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Yankees 5-1.
Buehrle (4-2) had lost his 12 previous decisions against the Yankees
and had not defeated them since 2004.
"I told you he was due," manager John Gibbons said. "We're excited
for him. To be honest with you, I'm as excited about that as I was
with the 200th (win of Buehrle's career on April 10). It's been 10
or 11 years since he beat those guys. And he's won 200 games. He's
had an amazing career -- no-hitter, perfect game."
Catcher Russell Martin homered for the Blue Jays (14-15), who took
the rubber match of the three-game series with the Yankees (17-11)
and prevented left-hander CC Sabathia (0-5) from getting his first
win of the season.
Sabathia allowed nine hits, two walks and four runs in 6 1/3
innings.
"He didn't pitch that poorly," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We
haven't scored a lot of runs in his starts. You look at all the
starts he's had. He got us into the seventh; we just didn't do much
against Buehrle."
Sabathia said, "Today was just one of those things where they were
making good contact, putting some swings on some pretty good
pitches."
Buehrle, now 2-14 against the Yankees, allowed six hits, one walk
and one run.
"I felt good," Buehrle said. "I wish I could have gone a little
longer, but Gibby made the decision to pull me out. I've had
struggles against these guys and it's well documented that I haven't
thrown well (against them)."
Martin said, "I felt like he had good pace today. He was in command
of his pitches; he didn't really leave any pitches in the heart of
the plate. He was aggressive to get Strike 1. He was just mixing up
very well."
Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury extended his hitting streak
to nine games with a single in the fifth.
Right-hander Roberto Osuna took over in the sixth and pitched 2 1/3
innings before left-hander Aaron Loup took over. Left-hander Brett
Cecil came out for the ninth.
"I just thought five innings (was enough), the way things have gone
for him over the years against these guys," Gibbons said. "Our
bullpen really was too rested. Osuna, Loup and Cecil needed to
pitch, especially with the day off (Thursday).
Buehrle said, "I think over my career I've had good games where I've
thrown pretty well against them and things haven't panned out. For
the most part, I haven't pitched too well against them, but there
have been some games where I felt I should have had more than one
win. That's the ways it plays out. I got in some jams tonight and
had to pitch out of them, so we'll take it."
Martin hit his seventh homer of the season with one out in the sixth
to give the Blue Jays a 4-1 lead. It was the fourth straight start
in which he had homered.
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Colabello's two-out single against right-hander Esmil Rogers and
shortstop Ryan Goins' triple against left-hander Chasen Shreve
bumped the lead to 5-1 in the eighth.
The Yankees scored a run in the first. Left fielder Chris Young
singled, took third on a double by designated hitter Alex Rodriguez
and came home when first baseman Mark Teixeira grounded out to
first.
A two-run single by right fielder Ezequiel Carrera with one out in
the second gave Toronto a 2-1 lead. The hit scored center fielder
Kevin Pillar, who led off with a bunt single, and Colabello, who
doubled.
"Just a cutter," Sabathia said of the pitch to Carrera. "That was
just a bad pitch. I was just talking to Mac (catcher Brian McCann)
about it. Just got to get it down. It's two strikes, lefty; there's
no way I should give up a hit right there. It's got to be a better
pitch."
The Blue Jays took a 3-1 lead in the fourth on Colabello's one-out,
RBI single. Colabello knocked in Martin, who had led off with an
infield single that bounced off Sabathia and took second on a balk.
NOTES: Yankees INF Gregorio Petit (bruised right hand) went on the
disabled list. He was hit on the hand by a pitch while striking out
in the ninth inning Tuesday. ... New York INF Jose Pirela was
activated from the DL. He sustained a concussion running into the
center-field wall in a March 22 spring training game. ... Yankees LF
Brett Gardner (stiff neck) did not start. ... Blue Jays INF/OF Danny
Valencia (sprained ankle) missed his second consecutive game, and OF
Michael Saunders (sore left knee) missed his third in a row. ... The
Yankees will start RHP Nathan Eovaldi (2-0, 3.81 ERA) against
Orioles RHP Chris Tillman (2-3, 6.23) in the opener of a four-game
home series against Baltimore on Thursday. ... The Blue Jays will
start RHP Aaron Sanchez (2-2, 4.62) against LHP Wade Miley (1-3,
7.15) on Friday in the opener of a three-game home series against
the Boston Red Sox.
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