Lucky Game 13: Yankee Stadium

Monday, April 14 2003 @ 06:54 AM EDT

Contributed by: Jordan

If you'd said on Opening Day that the Jays would be sending their only undefeated starter to the mound tonight in New York, a tall right-hander, then the odds were pretty good I wouldn't have guessed that would be Tanyon Sturtze. And yet here he is tonight, the former Devil Ray who's already matched half his 2002 win total. And Sturtze didn't rack up easy wins against cream puffs -- the Red Sox and Twins can hit a little. Yankee Stadium, of course, is a whole different stage.

Matched up against him is Jeff Goldblum-lookalike Andy Pettitte, so it will be interesting to see how many lefty-hitting regulars Carlos Tosca will sit tonight. Hopefully, none -- I'd personally like to see Hinske and Catalanotto both start, as Pettitte isn't exactly Randy Johnson (mind you, neither has Randy Johnson been so far this season). Sturtze's biggest contribution tonight might be to give the bullpen a rest: Tosca has to be hoping for at least six solid innings, preferably seven.

It's early in the season, but Toronto really has to make amends for their wipeout against the Yanks in the opening series. If this squad wants to be taken seriously as an up-and-coming presence by their chief divisional rivals, they need to start right now. Start spreadin' the news....

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