It looked like the new Toronto Blue Jays would sweep the Yankees with great starting pitching as Brandon Morrow was dealing all day alongside a great effort from Javier Vazquez for the Bombers.

Vazquez made only one mistake. He walked Adam Lind and when Vernon Wells missed a hanging slider on a previous pitch, he did not miss the next hanger and deposited into the left field seats for his 15th home run of the season.

Francisco Cervelli led off the eighth and was hit in the shoulder with a 1-2 pitch. Morrow was relived by Kelly Downs and he proceeded to hit Brett Gardner as well.

With runners on 1st and second and no outs, Derek Jeter doubled just inside the first base line to make the score 2-1 and put runners on second and third. Nick Swisher struck out on a check swing which got Joe Girardi ejected.

Struggling Mark Texeira was walked intentionally to load the bases for A-Rod. This time A-Rod eventually struck out but a wild pitch on the pitch before scored Gardner to tie the game at two. With two outs and two on, Robinson Cano came to the plate and delivered a clutch two out single to left to score two and put the Yankees ahead at 4-2.

Joba gave a run right back when ex-Yankee Jose Molina doubled deep to right center just out of the reach of Curtis Granderson. Fred Lewis followed with a single up the middle and the Blue Jays were within a run at 4-3. Chamberlain got tough and induced a double play grounder off the bat of Aaron Hill and then Damaso Marte struck out Adam Lind to end the inning.

The Yankees could not add any insurance and Mo had to face the heart of the order to preserve a Yankee win. He needed only five pitches. On the second pitch to Vernon Wells, he got a hot grounder to third. Ramiro Pena made a nice short hop catch and threw out Wells for the first out. Jose Bautista lined out to Cano for the second out and Alex Gonzalez grounded to Pena at third to end the game.

Rivera has 13 saves on the 2010 season and his ERA now stands at 1.40.

It got a little bit hairy for me as I was watching my favorite player. With the Yankees enjoying a 6-3 lead, before I knew it the potential tying run was at the plate and there were no outs.

CC Sabathia pitched very well. He only gave up three hits, but one of them was a two run home run to Luke Scott to pull the Birds to within three runs.

The Yankees erupted early as they went out to a lead. A-Rod extended the lead with a two homer. The O's bounced back somewhat on a long home run from Adam Jones but all in all I enjoyed watching my favorite team.

As for Rivera, he faced Nick Markakis to start the ninth and walked him which is very unusual for the Sandman. In an effort to run the ball inside on Ty Wigginton, he ended up hitting him with a pitch. The scenario I feared was right before me. Two runners on, no outs and Luke Scott up at the plate. As I mentioned Scott hit a bomb earlier in the game.

However, because Mo is so automatic, many of us simply don't appreciate his ability to be graceful under pressure. He struck out Luke Scott, then sawed the bat off in the hands of Garrett Atkins for the second out. To end it, he struck out Adam Jones to end the game.

For Rivera, the save was his 12th of the season and 538th of his career. His 2010 season ERA now stands at 1.47.

The game was a real pitchers duel between Brian Matusz and Javier Vazquez. Each pitcher gave up only one earned run. The Yankee run scored on a home run from Curtis Granderson and the O's tied the score on a long ball from Corey Paterson.

Both pitchers also pitched out of huge jams. Matusz was faced with second and third with no outs. He got two pop ups and a strike out to end the inning. Vazquez had the bases loaded and one out and was able to strike out Adam Jones and then get a force play to end the inning.

In the eighth, Matusz was relieved by David Hernandez and he induced A-Rod to ground to third but the throw from Miguel Tejada was low and Wigginton could not handle it and it skipped by him allowing two runs to score.

Joba Chamberlain bounced back from an awful outing with a perfect eighth inning and then handed the torch to Rivera.

Rivera got Nick Markakis on a huge jam shot back to the mound for the first out. Ty Wigginton was also jammed and grounded weakly to Miranda at first for the second out. Luke Scott lofted a liner over short for a single but then Matt Wieters grounded to short and Jeter flipped to Cano for the force to end the game with the Yankees winning 3-1.

For Rivera it was his 11th save of the season in 12 save opportunities and the 537th of his career. His ERA for the 2010 season now stands at 1.56.

It looked like it was going to be another flat day for the Yankees. Justin Masterson was dealing for Cleveland and A.J. Burnett all but matched him. The Tribe went out to an early 1-0 lead and then in the seventh due to an error from Derek Jeter on a potential third out they were able to score two more runs and extend the lead to 3-0.

The Yankees charged back when Jeter delivered a two out two run single to draw the Yankees to within a run at 3-2 On the play Brett Gardner just slid home with his hand just touching the plate prior to the tag from Lou Marson. Teixeira then hit a three run bomb to the bleachers in left center and the Yankees had the lead at 5-3.

The Yankees added two more runs in the eighth to remove the save situation but since Mo was up he came in the game.

He struck out Russell Branyan to start the inning and also got Jhonny Peralta for the second out. Valabeuna broke his bat and it came flying back to the mound at Rivera. Mo jumped over the bat, still fielded the ball and threw the runner out to end the game.

Rivera is 0-1 on the season with 10 saves in 11 save opportunities and his 2010 season ERA now stands at 1.65.

Mariano Rivera did it again on Wednesday evening in Minnesota. After securing a save in the completion of the Tuesday night suspended contest, Mo came back in the regularly scheduled game and converted his 10th save of the season.

Andy Pettitte and Francisco Liriano both pitched beautifully. The Twins took an early 1-0 lead on an RBI single from Joe Mauer. The Yankees tied it when Francisco Cervelli was able to beat out a potential double play grounder and scored on a double from rookie Kevin Russo. The Yankees went ahead 2-1 on a triple from Brett Gardner.

In looked like the Twins would take the lead in the eighth inning. Butera started the inning with a double to right center. The ball hit in the pocket of Gardner's glove and popped out. Denard Span attempted to sacrifice but A-Rod bobbled his bunt attempt and the Twins had runners on 1st and 3rd with no outs. Andy Pettitte was able to glove a line drive from the next batter with the runners staying put and the stage was set for Joe Mauer to try and put the Twins ahead. Pettitte had struck Mauer out in the previous at bat and this time it was even better. Mauer hit the ball hard toward short and Jeter and Cano turned it into an inning ending double play.

In the top of the ninth, Gardner and Jeter were retired quickly by Twins closer Jon Rauch but Nick Swisher bombed a home run deep to right field to give the Yankees the lead at 3-2.

In the ninth, Pettitte took the mound but it was just a stall tactic to give Mo more time to warm up. The Sandman entered and he got Justin Morneau on a hump back liner which Jeter got on a bounce around second and threw him out for the first out. Michael Cuddyer battled to a 3-2 count but also grounded to Jeter and then Delmon Young hit the second pitch to A-Rod on the ground and he threw Young out to end the game.

The save for Rivera was his 10th of the season in 11 save opportunities and the 536th of his career. His season ERA now stands at 1.76.

A.J. Burnett and Scott Baker pitched stellar on Tuesday night in Minnesota but the rains came after the fifth and the game was suspended until 4 PM this afternoon.

Derek Jeter hit a home run in the sixth for the only run of the game and with runners on second and third he went into the hole deep and used his patented jump throw to retire Delmon Young and prevent the Twins from either tying or more likely taking the lead in the game.

David Robertson and Joba Chamberlain got through the seventh and eighth and the torch was handed to Mo for the ninth.

Rivera still isn't right with his control and he almost blew another save. However, rookie Kevin Russo went to the wall in left to retire J.J. Hardy for the first out of the game. Jim Thome pinch hit for Brendan Harris and he was walked again by Mariano. In a Sunday afternoon game in the Bronx on May 16th, Mo also walked Thome to force in a run prior to Kubel's grand slam.

With one out Denard Span was up and Mo got him to hit into a 4-6-3 double play to end the game. For Rivera it is his 9th save of the season and 535th of his career. His season ERA now stands at 1.88.

The Lineup, an MSG TV series, started airing in March with the focus of naming the best players at each position in the history of New York baseball. Mariano Rivera was named the greatest relief pitcher, joining 6 Yankees, out of the 10 player spots (all starting positions, including starting pitcher and relief pitcher). You can watch the show's debate on their site and check out their final remarks below.

Mo still doesn't quite have his command down yet, but it is coming. However, on Friday night at Citi Field he was able to hold on and help the Yankees beat the Mets 2-1 in the opener of interleague play at Citi Field.

Javier Vazquez was a pleasant surprise for Joe Girardi and the Yankees as he completed six shoutout innings and surrendered only one hit. However, during his second successful sacrifice bunt he bruised a finger and was taken out of the game.

David Robertson got two outs and then Joba Chamberlain struggled some but mad it through one and one third and held a 2=0 lead for the Yankees and Mo.

The lead came on a two run double from recent call up Kevin Russo.

Rivera entered in the ninth and faced Jose Reyes to start the inning. Reyes flew out to Winn in left field and that was followed quickly by Joey Cora bouncing back to Mo for the second out. Jason Bay was next and he doubled to deep left and then rookie phenom Ike Davis doubled to right center to score Bay. David Wright was the potential winning run but Mo got tough and got him to ground to second to end the game.

For Rivera it is his eighth save in nine save opportunities and the 534th of his career. His record is 0-1 and his ERA is now at 2.03.

CC Sabathia cruised through seven innings and left with a 5-1 lead. However, Joba Chamberlain surrendered four runs in the eighth to tie the score and Rivera entered in the ninth.

Rivera retired pinch hitter Mike Lowell on a grounder to A-Rod to start the inning. Darnell McDonald singled up the middle and then Marco Scutaro popped up to short right field. Cano ran away from the ball when it looked like Thames was going to catch it but he dropped it and both runners were safe at first and second. Dustin Pedroia grounded weakly to first for the second out, but both runners moved up on the play. Jeremy Hermida battled and eventually lined a double over the head of Randy Winn to score two runs and give the Red Sox the lead at 7-5. Kevin Youkilis flied out to center to end the inning.

The Yankees battled back against Jonathan Papelbon but were only able to score one run and lost game 7-6. Cano doubled in A-Rod from second and was advanced to third with one out, but could not score when Juan Miranda grounded back to the box and Randy Winn struck out swinging to end the game.

Rivera is now 0-1 on the season, but his ERA is lowered to 1.46 with both runs he surrendered being unearned.

I couldn't believe it when I saw it come across my phone. I was actually helping my son move to start his summer co-op assignment yesterday and I had the MLB pitch-by-pitch playing on my phone. When I saw suddenly that it went from 3-2 to 6-3 it was truly shocking. The Sandman is mortal and human after all. Joba couldn't get through the eighth inning and Mo was summoned for a four out save.

He walked Jim Thome to force in a run and then Jason Kubel hit a down and in 1-0 cutter for a grand slam and an eventual 6-3 win for the Twins.

Kubel's granny prevented Mo from breaking Eric Gagne's streak of 51 consecutive home saves. Both men are now tied with that record. For Rivera he is 0-0 on the season and his ERA now stands at 1.59.