The Yankees and Blue Jays combined for six homers on Monday night, but it was a bloop single that proved to be the game-winner.

Andy Phillips was the hero of the day again as the Yanks downed the Jays 6-4 at The Stadium.  Kei Igawa was terrible (surprise, surprise), but the Bombers blasted three round-trippers and have a 4-1 mark since the All-Star break.

The Good:

Andy Phillips.  Phillips drove in the tie-breaking run for the second straight game.  His two-run single in the sixth gave the Yanks a 6-4 lead that they would never relinquish.  It's been a battle for Phillips in 2007; his Mom was in a serious accident in March, he didn't make the team out of spring training and he was batting .125 at the end of June.  But he's been contributing on both offense and defense lately and is batting .378 during the month of July.  Phillips finished 1 for 3 with 2 RBIs.

Alex Rodriguez.  A-Rod belted homer number 32 in the third inning and drove in runs number 88 and 89.  What else can be said about Rodriguez's season?  I'm sure A-Rod's dinger just boiled the blood of Jays manager John Gibbons.  You'll remember the last time these teams got together, A-Rod distracted the left side of the Blue Jay infield with a "hah!" which allowed a pop up to drop in for a Yankee run.  Gibbons called the play bush league.  A-Rod better be prepared for a brush-back pitch on Tuesday night.  Rodriguez finished 1 for 4 with a run scored and 2 runs batted in.

Robinson Cano.  And then there were three.  Yankee lefties Bobby Abreu and Hideki Matsui have begun to hit and Cano finally joined the party with his best game since the break.  Robbie hit almost everything hard on Monday night and looked more like the hitter who batted .342 last season.  Canu finished 2 for 4 with a tater, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI.

Hideki Matsui.  I usually try and max the "good" section to three, but I just can't leave Godzilla out of the mix.  Matsui drilled another home run and extended his hitting-streak to 11 games.  His homer in the second inning was his third in four games and his sixth of July.  Godzilla finished 2 for 4 with a run scored and the 1 ribbie.

The Bad:

Kei Igawa.  It was the same 'ol, same 'ol from Igawa.  His pitches were up and over the plate, his control was terrible and he continued to give up home runs.  It also took Igawa 115 pitches to get through five innings.  Unfortunately, the Yanks are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Saturday, so it looks like the Japanese Bandit will get at least one more start.  God help us all, say a prayer.  Igawa's vitals: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 7 K, 2 HR.

Johnny Damon.  You have to admire Damon's courage, but it looks like the break did nothing for his game.  There are times when he looks like he's 45 years old at the plate.  But since the Yanks don't have another option at DH, it looks like Damon will have to battle through his tumultuous season.  Damon finished 0 for 4 and is batting a dreadful .205 for the month of July and .241 overall.

The Ugly:

Give that man a shield!  Home plate umpire Marty Foster had a tough sixth inning.  He was drilled in the forearm with a pitch which caused him to drop his balls and strikes counter and then took a foul ball off his leg.  I think they should go back to the balloon protector for the umps.  It would provide more protection and I think they're just hysterical.  But, hey, that's just me.

Good pitching match-up for Tuesday night.  Roy Halladay will go for the Jays and the Yanks will send Andy Pettitte to the hill.  Halladay is 10-4 on the season, but sports a very un-Halladay-like 4.66 ERA on the year.  Doc also carries a 5.79 road ERA and has a 8.44 ERA during the month of July.  Strange.  Pettitte will try and even his record to 6-6 for 2007.  Andy has been shaky in his last three starts, but he did pick up a win his last time out against the Devil Rays.

And wins are all that matter at this stage of the game.