I guess you can't win them all.

I guess.

The Blue Jays scored 3 runs in the top of the seventh and edged the Yankees 3-2 on a hazy afternoon in the Bronx.  Chien-Ming Wang had one bad inning and it cost him and the Yanks allowed Toronto starter Dusin McGowan to settle in after a rocky start as the Jays avoided the four-game sweep.  The loss also snapped the Yankees winning streak at five games.  I was "watching" from work on MLB's gamecast and saw parts of the game on Yankees Encore when I got home so my roundup will be sort of generic.  Here we go!

The Good:

Chien-Ming Wang.  Wang was impressive even though he was tagged with the loss.  He was in control for nearly the entire game, but ran into trouble in the seventh.  The Wanger gave up a double and a triple in the inning which led to the three runs.  Wang also experienced some bad luck during Toronto's rally when Vernon Wells hit a ball that traveled maybe 8 feet up the third base line for an infield hit.  If the Yanks buried McGowan like they should have in the first, maybe this inning wouldn't have mattered.  Unfortunately, it did.  Wang dropped to 10-5 with this tough luck line: 7.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 3 K.

Bobby Abreu.  Abreu doubled in the only two Yankee runs in the first.  He's been hot lately and it seems like Torre is going to ride him in the number three hole until he cools off.  Bobby's batting .358 during the month of July, but I still wish Torre would move him back to seventh and move Melky back into the number two slot with Jeter batting third.  I just think it makes the lineup better.  Anyway, Abreu finished 1 for 3 with a walk and the 2 ribbies.

The Bad:

Johnny Damon.  Damon worked out a walk and scored a run on Thursday, but he's almost an automatic out at the plate now.  He's mired in an 0 for 17 slump and is batting .167 in the month of July.  The worst part?  The Yanks don't have another option to put in the DH spot.  It looks like Johnny is going to get the chance to work through his funk.  For better or worse.

The Ugly:

You OK Melky?  The Yanks held their breath (at least I did) in the first inning when Melky Cabrera grabbed his side after hitting a foul ball.  Torre, Tony Pena and Stevie Donohue went out to check on the Melk-Man.  Cabrera assured everyone he was fine and continued his at-bat.  Thank God.  If Melky goes down the Yanks will be in serious trouble in center field.  Lord knows, Damon can't handle the position on a day-to-day basis anymore.  

The Yankees will welcome in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a four-game set (including a double-dip on Saturday) starting on Friday night.  Game 1 will be a rematch of the final game of the four-game series last weekend in Tampa -- Mike Mussina vs. Edwin Jackson.  Jackson showed why he's still in the D-Ray rotation even with a 1-9 record; he's got good stuff and it took the Yanks a few times through the order to finally figure him out.  The Moose struggled through his six innings of work in his last start and has only one win in his last five starts.

So, I guess that means Mussina is due to get the Yanks back on the winning track.