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August 12, 2009

Matsui, Posada HRs power Yankees to win (AP)

New York Yankees Hideki Matsui(notes) reacts as he flies out with Robinson Cano(notes) at first for the third out in the fifth inning of the Yankees baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 in New York.

Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada hit back-to-back homers leading off the eighth inning and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 on Tuesday night for their eighth win in nine games. Matsui hit a 3-2 pitch from Jesse Carlson (1-5) deep to right to tie it at 4 and Posada followed with an opposite-field drive that just got over the glove of leaping right fielder Joe Inglett.

August 5, 2009

Yanks hit 3 HRs off Halladay in 5-3 win (AP)

New York Yankees' Johnny Damon(notes) hits a home run off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay(notes) during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009.

Even though the New York Yankees finally were able to hit Roy Halladay, they still don't enjoy facing the Toronto ace. Andy Pettitte won for the first time in six starts and Johnny Damon, Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui all hit solo shots off Halladay, beating the Blue Jays 5-3 on Tuesday night. "He's no fun to face," shortstop Derek Jeter said of Halladay.

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